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7.065 Storm Water and Sewers - Connection; Equivalent Assessments. . (1) No person shall connect or allow to remain connected to any city sanitary sewer a drain, downspout or other conduit carrying storm or surface water. This type of drain, downspout or other conduit shall be dis- charged into either a watercourse, street gutter, or into a storm sewer or other approved facility. {2) No person shall connect a drain, downspout or other conduit carrying storm or surface water to the city storm sewer system or to a street gutter without first paying the fees required by this section and obtaining a permit from the city engineer. The city engineer shall issue the permit upon payment of the required fee and assessments and upon a determination that the proposed connection is a proper use of the public drainage facili- ties. A fee for a permit required by this section shall be set as provided in section 2.020 of this code. Permits shall only be issued to a property owner for connections for the owner's personal residence or to a licensed plumber or licensed septic tank installation contractor. {3) In all building plans submitted to the building official, where the improvement sought to be made contemplates the disposal of storm or surface water, such plans shall show what storm sewer connections are contemplated and what storm or surface water is to be discharged therein, and such plans so submitted shall be reviewed and approval granted by the city engineer. The building official shall not approve the plans until this approval is given. (4) In addition to the permit fee required by subsection 7.065(2), when the owner of real property connects or seeks to connect the owner's prop- erty to a city storm sewer for which the city has given a credit under sub- sections 7.730(3) and 7.730(4) based upon the size of the storm sewer that would be assessable under supart 7.175{2)(b)4, the owner shall pay to the finance officer an equivalent assessment and any other fees required by the city before connecting to the storm sewer. If the property has delinquent local improvement assessments against it, before issuing the storm sewer con- nection permit, all delinquent assessments shall be brought current. The equivalent assessment shall be determined by the city engineer, taking into account the city policies regarding the size of storm sewer assessed to bene- fitted property, based on the greater of the credit given under subsection 7.730(3) or (4) for the storm sewer to which connection is proposed or the cost at the time of connection of local improvement assessments for similar storm sewers. As used in this subsection "cost" includes the expenses iden- tified in section 7.170. The total equivalent assessment shall be reduced by any principal payment received on a local improvement assessment levied against the property for a storm sewer. Any person aggrieved by the city engineer's determination of the equivalent assessment may seek its review before a hearings official by following the procedures in section 3.060 of this code. The petitioner shall have the burden of proof in such review. (5) In lieu of paying the equivalent assessment at the time of issuance of the permit to connect, the owner of the real property to be con- nected to the storm sewer may execute and deliver to the finance officer an agreement to pay the equivalent assessment in installments. The finance officer may accept the owner's agreement to pay only if it is consistent with the limits established under subsection 7.160(2) and (3). Equivalent assessments paid as provided in this subsection shall be charged interest on the unpaid principal balance as provided in section 2.022 of this code and are hereby declared alien against the real property and shall be docketed Ordinance - 4