Sewer Tapper ($1,000) Bond - City of Heath, OH in Ohio

Brief Summary

Heath will not issue a sewer tapper's license until this $1,000 performance bond is on file with the City Auditor. It is a small bond with one job, backing your promise to install sewer lines and taps the way the city's sewer inspector instructs. Keep it clean and your yearly renewal stays a simple fee payment with no retest.

Under Heath Codified Ordinance 929.14, the person supervising a sewer tap or a sewer line built to a tap on the City of Heath sanitary mains needs a sewer tapper's license from the Service Director. No license is issued until a $1,000 performance bond, or $1,000 cash at the discretion of the Director of Utilities, is filed with the City Auditor. The bond is conditioned on satisfactory installation of sewer lines and taps under the instructions of the sewer inspector the city assigns to the job.

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How to Apply for a Sewer Tapper ($1,000) Bond:

• Apply to the Service Director for a sewer tapper's license and pay the $50 deposit.
• Pass the sewer tapper examination with a grade of 70 percent or better. It is given within ninety days of the application.
• Obtain the $1,000 performance bond in the applicant's name.
• File the bond with the Heath City Auditor. The license will not issue until it is on file.
• Get a written permit before making any tap or building any sewer line to a tap.
• Renew before February 1 each year with the $50 license fee.

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The bond is not the only hurdle

Heath tests its sewer tappers. You apply with a $50 deposit and the examination is given within ninety days. A grade of 70 percent or better licenses you until January of the following year. The Sewer Tappers Examining Board has five members appointed by the Mayor, two of them members of Council. Line up the bond early so it is ready when you pass.

What the bond says

Section 929.14 states that no sewer tapper's license will be issued until the applicant has filed a performance bond of $1,000 with the City Auditor. The Director of Utilities may accept the same amount in cash instead. The bond is conditioned on satisfactory installation of sewer lines and taps in accordance with the instructions of the sewer inspector the city details to the project. There is one amount for every applicant. There are no tiers.

Permits and storm water

Every tap, and every sewer line built to a tap, on the city's sanitary sewer mains needs a written permit first. Connecting storm drainage to the city sanitary sewer system in any manner is prohibited, so downspouts and storm lines stay off the sanitary tap.

Renewal

Licenses run by calendar year. You can renew without retesting before February 1 each year by paying the $50 license fee, provided no part of your performance bond was forfeited during the preceding year. A forfeiture takes that easy renewal off the table.

Legal authority

Ohio Revised Code 715.27 lets a municipal corporation provide for the licensing of sewer tappers. The Heath section traces to Ordinance 106-94, passed October 3, 1994. Ask the City Auditor for the current bond form before the bond is issued so the wording matches what the city files.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Ohio Sewer Tapper ($1,000) Bond:

• Performance bond of exactly $1,000, or $1,000 cash if the Director of Utilities allows it.
• Bond filed with the City Auditor of Heath, Ohio.
• Work installed to the instructions of the sewer inspector the city assigns to the project.
• No storm drainage connected to the city sanitary sewer system.
• A surety review of the applicant, which sets the premium.

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