Additional Sewer Connections Prohibited

Saint Paul Legislative Code tit. X, ch. 79

in effect

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.01 Connections outside city.

Sec. 79.01. - Connections outside city. No connection shall be made, directly or indirectly, through intermediary, private or public sewers, to the sewer system of the City of Saint Paul to serve property lying outside the limits of said city, except as authorized by resolution of the city council. When any such resolution is adopted, the owner of said property shall pay the cost of publication thereof in addition to any other charges provided in the resolution. (Code 1956, § 235.01)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.02 Additional requirements.

Sec. 79.02. - Additional requirements. A permit shall be obtained from the city in which said property is located, specifically authorizing the person owning said property to connect, by extension, to the sewer system of the City of Saint Paul for disposal of sanitary sewage. (Code 1956, § 235.02)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.03 Revocation of permission.

Sec. 79.03. - Revocation of permission. Any permission granted under the provisions of this chapter for any sewer connection may be revoked at any time by resolution of the council of the City of Saint Paul, and upon the passage of said resolution, such connection shall be terminated by the owner of the property. (Code 1956, § 235.05)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.04 Exceptions.

Sec. 79.04. - Exceptions. Neither this chapter nor any provision thereof shall be deemed prohibitory of any provision under any other ordinance of the City of Saint Paul heretofore or hereafter enacted for any grant of any permit or authority for the construction, maintenance or operation of any sewer connection between the public sewer system of the City of Saint Paul and any other public or private sewer system or sewer for the sewage drainage or sewer service of any real estate located outside the corporate limits of the City of Saint Paul for the deposit, conduct, treatment and disposal of sewage and other waste materials through such other public or private sewer system or sewer, the public sewer system of the City of Saint Paul, and the facilities of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, and in each instance of the provision for the grant of any such permit or authority under any such other ordinance such provision therefor and such grant of permit or authority shall be deemed exceptions from the prohibitory provisions hereof and valid and effectual according and subject only to the provisions, terms and conditions of such other ordinance. (Code 1956, § 235.07)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.05 Charges.

Sec. 79.05. - Charges. (a) Said permittee or his successors in interest shall pay, in addition to all other sums required to be paid or to become payable hereunder, all sewer service charges rendered from time to time against said property for or on account of the cost of operation and maintenance of the sewage disposal system and the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission Sewage Treatment Works, pursuant to the resolution or other provisions of law having regard to the location of such real estate without the corporate limits of the City of Saint Paul. (b) Said permittee or his successors in interest shall pay all sewer connection charges pursuant to the resolution or other provisions of law. Such charges shall include permit fees, sewer availability charges and advance assessments for sewer connection. (Code 1956, § 235.09)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.06 Installation.

Sec. 79.06. - Installation. The necessary sanitary sewer extensions to connect said premises shall be installed, maintained and operated at the expense of the permittee or his successors in interest, and shall be made with the approval of the city council and under the direction of the director of the department of public works, in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may from time to time prescribe. All plans and profiles of said extension shall be approved by the city engineer of the city, and all parts of said extension and connections thereto located on any public way shall become a part of the sewer system of said city. (Code 1956, § 235.10)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.07 Inspection.

Sec. 79.07. - Inspection. The city engineer of the City of Saint Paul shall be given the right to enter upon said premises and inspect said extension of the sewer and the connections thereto at any time the engineer shall deem necessary. (Code 1956, § 235.11)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.08 Revocation.

Sec. 79.08. - Revocation. The permit hereby authorized shall be subject to revocation by the city council in the event of default by said permittee or his successors in interest relative to any of the conditions herein specified if such default continues for more than thirty (30) days from and after written notice thereof given by or at the direction of the council to the party in default; and said permit shall or may be revoked and terminated by the council in the event it shall find that the sewage from said connections cause an overload upon the sewer system of the City of Saint Paul. (Code 1956, § 235.12)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.09 Certain waters prohibited.

Sec. 79.09. - Certain waters prohibited. Said permittee or his successors in interest shall at no time permit stormwater, rainwater leaders, ground drainage water or cooling and condenser water from air conditioning units to be directed to said sewer. (Code 1956, § 235.13)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 79.10 Indemnity to city.

Sec. 79.10. - Indemnity to city. Permittee shall agree to indemnify and save harmless the City of Saint Paul from any liability arising from the construction, maintenance, operation or connection of said sewer system of the City of Saint Paul. (Code 1956, § 235.14)

Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITXSEDR_CH79ADSECOPRFetched: 11/1/2026