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Wastewater means the liquid and water -carried wastes of the community and all <br />constituents thereof, whether treated or untreated, discharged into or permitted to enter <br />a public sewer. <br />Sec. 39-50.1. - Ownership. <br />(a) The City shall in no way whatsoever be responsible for any damage to <br />persons or property because of any leakage, breakage, or seepage from, or accident or <br />damage to, any sewer pipe or its appurtenances located on any private premises; nor <br />shall the City be responsible for or on account of any damage, injury, or loss caused <br />directly or indirectly by the existence on private premises of any sewer pipe or its <br />appurtenances. <br />(b) A sewer lateral from its connection to a building on the property to its point <br />of connection with the sewer main, inclusive of both the upper and lower sewer lateral, <br />shall remain the responsibility of the property owner or user with regard to maintenance, <br />repair and upkeep. All sewer laterals shall be maintained by the owner of the property or <br />user served by such lateral in a safe and sanitary condition so that there is no seepage <br />of waste at any point up to and including the junction of the sewer lateral and the sewer <br />main and so that passage of waste through the lateral to the sewer main is free from <br />stoppage and obstruction. All devices and safeguards that are required by this chapter <br />for the operation thereof shall be maintained in good working order. <br />Sec. 39-50.2 - Repair by city forces. <br />(a) Repair and maintenance of all sewer mains dedicated to the city shall be <br />the responsibility of the city's sewer enterprise. <br />(b) Except as provided herein, repair and maintenance of all privately owned <br />sewer mains and all lateral lines, equipment, and appurtenances connected to the city <br />sewer mains shall be the responsibility of the ownerluser, and shall meet the <br />requirements contained in this article. <br />(c) The city's sewer enterprise may perform the repair and maintenance of all <br />lower sewer lateral lines within the public right-of-way, at the discretion of the director of <br />public works and so long as funds are available in the sewer enterprise to perform such <br />repair and maintenance in accordance with Resolution NS -2479. <br />Sec. 39-51. - Mandatory connections. <br />(a) All buildings or other structures which contain any plumbing fixtures and <br />which are located within any sewer district or district serviced by a public sewer must be <br />connected to a public sewer. <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 37 of 56 <br />11 A-39 <br />