Lorain County Sanitary Engineering Department

Sewer Builders License (Lorain County Sewer Districts)

A contractor who builds, connects to or taps into sewers and drains in the Lorain County Sewer Districts applies each year to the Board of County Commissioners, through the Lorain County Sanitary Engineering Department, for a Sewer Builders License. The figure is as published on the department's current 'Annual Application and Bond for SEWER BUILDERS LICENSE', linked from the County Engineer's permits page, which prints 'PERMIT FEE $100'. The form commits the applicant to be governed by the 'Rules and Regulations and Uniform Standards and Specifications' adopted by the Board of County Commissioners for the department; those rules are not published on the Engineer's site. The same form carries a Sewer Contractor's License and Bond in the sum of $10,000.00 'to be paid in accordance with O.R.C. 153.54', runs the license 'until December 31' with bond duration January 1 to December 31, requires proof of public liability and property damage insurance, and asks a firm not licensed by the department in the past two years to supply references and recent jobs. Work under a permit must be inspected, with inspection fees paid 'pursuant to current rates as published by the Lorain County Sanitary Engineering Department', and work done without inspection is subject to a penalty set by the Sanitary Engineer.