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There will be multiple dwellings throughout the cul-de-sac that will connect to the new sewer main line running through the cul-de-sac. At the end of the new sewer main there will be a manhole and I want to connect a lateral that is servicing one house into that manhole. I don't know if that...

I have seen many city codes and standards say sanitary sewer laterals cannot connect to manholes. Sometimes it will state that you can get the city engineer's permission to do it. What is the reasoning behind not allowing this? I am doing a utility design for a cul-de-sac and it just seems to...