(a) No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance without first obtaining a written permit from the Village Administrator.
(b) Every person desiring a permit to make a connection with, open or tap any public sewer or drain shall first make application to the Administrator who shall consult his records with regard to the sewer or drain desired to be connected with, opened or tapped. If such connection, opening or tap can be made, the Administrator shall give such applicant the approximate location with which the connection, opening or tap is to be made. Upon receipt of all fees, the Administrator shall give to the applicant a permit stating that permission is granted to connect with, open or tap such sewer or drain and also state in such permit the name of the street and the abutting lot number. All permits shall be issued by the Administrator. No permit to connect to the system will be issued until the Administrator has determined that there is capacity available for the wastewater to be discharged in all downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains, and the wastewater treatment plant, including capacity for compatible wastes.
(c) For each permit issued by the Administrator, a charge shall be made as hereinafter provided. A connection charge shall be made for all new buildings, major additions or alterations to buildings causing increased wastewater discharge, any land use causing the discharge of wastewater into the wastewater system and any change in wastewater flow. The connection charge shall be computed as hereinafter provided.
(1) The connection charge provided herein shall also be made where any dwelling or building is connected to the wastewater system. Before the permit can be used, evidence that the connection charge has been paid shall be filed with the Village Administrator.
(Ord. 93-01. Passed 2-2-93.)
(2) Charges for connection to the system shall be computed on the basis of the size of the water meter serving the premises. Charges for connection to the system shall be computed as follows:
Tap Fee
Water Meter Size (inches) | Inside Village Connection Charge | Outside Village Connection Charge |
5/8 | $400.00 | $600.00 |
3/4 | $500.00 | $750.00 |
1 | $600.00 | $900.00 |
1 1/4 | $700.00 | $1050.00 |
1 ½ | $1000.00 | $1500.00 |
2 | $1600.00 | $2400.00 |
3 | $3000.00 | $4500.00 |
4 | $5000.00 | $7500.00 |
A. Connection charge. Connection charge for other meter sizes are to be determined by the Village Administrator.
B. Inspection Fee. An inspection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(Ord. 2006-07. Passed 6-20-06.)
C. No person shall make any connection to the Village sanitary sewer until he has first obtained a permit for such purpose from the Village Administrator, and paid the fee therefor as determined by Council. The sanitary sewer tap permit when issued shall expire within seven days from issuance thereof, unless the applicant, within such seven day period makes application and pays for the building permit for such premises. Further, such sanitary sewer tap permit, once issued, shall expire and be invalid unless within a period of one hundred twenty days from the date of issuance of the permit, the sewer tap is completed, including the installation of the sanitary sewer from the tap to the foundation of the building or structure. If such permit expires either because of the failure to obtain the other permit within the aforesaid seven day period or the failure to complete construction of the tap and sewer line within such one hundred twenty day period, then before any work on the installation of a sanitary sewer tap, or sanitary line to the foundation shall be commenced, or if partially completed, before any additional work is undertaken, a new sanitary sewer tap permit must be applied for and the sewer tap charge for the new permit shall be the charge in existence at the time of application for the new sanitary sewer tap permit.
An extension of time may be granted by the Administrator because of unforeseen problems such as weather, sickness, or equipment problems. A maximum of two hundred forty-five day extension may be granted.
(Ord. 93-01. Passed 2-2-93.)
(d) The permit and fees specified in subsection (c) hereof, shall not preclude any deposit or bond required by any Village ordinance to insure that the connection with the sewer system will be made in such a manner as will not injure the sewer system of the Village and will be returned to the same state as before the connection was made.
(e) The Administrator shall devise and procure the permit forms, such permits to be consecutively numbered. The Administrator shall turn over to the Fiscal Officer, in the manner prescribed by law, all funds received as a result of the connection charges which will be credited to the Sewage System Bond Retirement Fund of the Village.
(f) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. The owner(s) shall hold the Village harmless from any loss or damage that may in any way result from or be occasioned by such installation or connection.
(g) (1) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except that where one nonresidential building on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the front building sewer may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer but the Village does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
(2) On January 1, 1979, and thereafter, a separate building sewer connected at the property line to a public sewer shall be required for each residential building on a lot of property; therefore, no more than one residential building shall be connected to a single building sewer which is connected at the property line to a public sewer. Where two residential structures exist on the same lot of property prior to January 1, 1979, each structure may be permitted to discharge through one side of a wye which is connected to a six-inch leader into a public sewer at the property line, but the Village does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection.
(3) A single connection to the public system may be provided for several nonresidential building sewers collected by a privately owned interceptor. All provisions of this chapter shall apply to the privately owned interceptor.
(h) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Administrator, to meet all requirements of this chapter and current rules and regulations of the Administrator as set forth in Section 921.10(d). Abandoned sewers or openings shall be plugged to prevent dirt or fill material from entering the sewer system.
(i) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(j) No connection or lateral extending to private property from a public sewer or drain shall be constructed except in accordance with specifications issued by the Administrator. Such specifications shall, as a minimum, conform to the appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9.
(k) All connections, tappings or openings shall be made under the supervision of the Administrator. The applicant for the permit shall notify the Administrator when the connection is ready for inspection.
(l) At least twenty-four hours notice must be given to the Administrator before any street or public right of way can be opened for the purpose of laying a private sewer or drain and the work may not proceed until approval of the Administrator is obtained. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Village. All refilling of the excavation made for such connection shall be under the supervision of the Village officials responsible for streets. The Administrator shall be authorized to require posting of a bond in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) before permission is granted to excavate in any public street.
(m) Whenever a building is demolished thus terminating sewage flow from such location, all building connections to the sewer system shall be plugged at the tapping or opening into the sewer, unless the building sewer is found to meet requirements of this chapter, and the rules and regulations of the Administrator as provided under Section 921.10(d); in which case the plug shall be at the property line. Such plugging shall be made under the supervision of the Administrator. The owner(s) of the building shall notify the Administrator as to when the plugging shall occur.
(Ord. 78-1. Passed 7-18-78.)