Connection to utility services.
Springfield, Ill., City Code § 96.018
in effect§ 96.018. - Connection to utility services.
(a) No person, not an authorized employee of the city, shall make any connection with, uncover, alter, or disturb any water pipe or main, conduit, electric wire or line, sewer, or other utility constructed or maintained by the city, or open any manhole, intercepting chamber, or any appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the general manager of public utilities based on a written application setting forth the location and nature of the work to be done, together with a description thereof or copy of plans or specifications of the contemplated connection or alteration, and depositing with the city such a sum of money as the general manager shall estimate will fully cover all damage of any kind which may be caused by the connection or alteration or filing an appropriate bond guaranteeing restoration, in the form and amount and with surety, as approved by the city if requested by the general manager to do so.
(b) After such alteration or connection has been completed, the sewer, water pipe or main, conduit, electric wire or line, manhole, or intercepting chamber shall be immediately restored to as good a state or condition as prior to the doing of such work, to the satisfaction of the general manager if the completion of the restoration be without expense to the city and to its satisfaction, the sum deposited shall be refunded, but if any of the work be done by the city, the city shall certify the actual expense incurred and shall refund to the holder of the permit the difference, if any, between the amount deposited and the amount certified. In the event the amount so certified shall be in excess of the deposit the holder of the permit shall immediately pay such excess to the city.
(c) All sewers connected directly or indirectly with any city sewer shall be constructed in a manner and with materials approved by the general manager of public utilities and be reasonably free from leakage and impervious to groundwater infiltration, exclude storm and surface water, and shall be used to carry only domestic sewage and interior basement drainage. No inlet for storm water or land or surface drainage into any sewer shall be made.
(Ord. No. 208-3-96, § 1(Exh. A), 3-20-96)
Source: City of Springfield, Illinois, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/il/springfield/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIXGERE_CH96LASP_ARTIIENPR_S96.018COUTSEFetched: 11/8/2026