Fort Lauderdale |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 28. WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER |
Article II. SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL |
Division 2. BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS |
§ 28-52. Approval of plans.
(a)
For residential and commercial sanitary sewer service, the property owner or agent shall provide scaled drawings, details and specifications, signed and sealed by a Florida registered professional engineer meeting department of sustainable development (DSD) and public works engineering division requirements and a stamp of approval will be placed on the plans and specifications therefor when deemed satisfactory and the building lateral and engineering sewer permits issued.
(b)
For establishments producing industrial wastes, a discharge permit must be secured from the director of public works or his designee. After the discharge permit is obtained, a stamp of approval will be placed on such plans and specifications when deemed satisfactory and the building lateral and engineering sewer permits issued.
(c)
Sewer manholes, gravity mains, lift stations, force mains and sewer laterals that connect to gravity mains require signed and sealed plans, details and specifications to be submitted by a Florida professional engineer meeting the department of sustainable development (DSD) and public works engineering division requirements and when deemed satisfactory an engineering permit issued.
(d)
No work of any kind or nature shall commence prior to the submission of plans and specifications and the securing of approval and the permit therefor.
(Code 1953, § 37-17; Ord. No. C-77-91, § 1, 7-19-77; Ord. No. C-14-49, § 2, 12-17-14 )