BUILDING CONNECTIONS; PERMIT, APPROVAL, RECORDS, AND RESPONSIBILITY
Mesa City Code § 8-4-8
in effect8-4-8: - BUILDING CONNECTIONS; PERMIT, APPROVAL, RECORDS, AND RESPONSIBILITY
(A) No authorized person shall make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Development Services Department.
(B) Each person making application for a building connection shall obtain a valid plumbing permit from the City as a prerequisite for the approval of the required building connection. All applications for building connections to be constructed by the Development Services Department shall be accompanied by the current fee for such work.
(C) The number, location, manner of connection, and size of all building connections shall be subject to the approval of the Development Services Manager.
(D) The Development Services Department shall keep a record of all building connections made and the purpose for which they are to be used, together with the name of the owner of the property, the owner's agent, or a representative.
(E) The property owner shall be responsible for the cleaning, unstopping, maintenance, and repair of the building connection piping serving the property from the owner's home or building to the public sewer, except as provided in Subsection (F) of this Section.
(F) Where the correction of a stoppage requires the repair or replacement of a damaged or broken section of the building connection and the damaged or broken section is located off-property in a street or alley, the Water Resources Department shall make the repair or replacement.
(Ord. No. 5959, § 2, 8-25-25)
Source: City of Mesa, Arizona, Mesa City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/az/mesa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT8HESAEN_CH4SASERE_8-4-8BUCOPEAPREREFetched: 11/1/2026