The following requirements shall apply to all connections to the public sewer by users of the POTW:
(A) The owner of any house, building, property or premises used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, and from which sanitary sewage originates and which is situated within the local unit and which is not more than 200 feet from an available public sewer, is hereby required at the owner's expense to install wastewater facilities therein in accordance with law and to connect such facilities directly with the available public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within 90 days after notification from the local unit or the POTW.
(B) The requirements of division (A) above shall be in addition to any requirements that may be imposed by the United States, the State of Michigan, or the POTW.
(C) Plans and specifications for all sewers (including, but not limited to, sewer mains) to be constructed within the POTW shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer and approved by the local unit and the POTW, as applicable.
(D) Each new sewer for which a sewer stub is not presently available but which is designed and is to be constructed so as to connect with or constitute an integral part of the sewerage system shall not be constructed without a written permit issued by the local unit and the POTW, as applicable.
(E) No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, repair or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof including sewer stub, wye branch and sewer main, without first obtaining a written permit from the POTW and the local unit, as applicable.
(F) All permit and inspection fees shall be established from time to time by the local unit or by the POTW, as applicable.
(G) No openings shall be made into the sewerage system without first obtaining a sewer connection permit on an application form furnished by the POTW. All applications for a permit shall be made by the owner of the premises, or the owner's authorized agent. Each application for a permit shall be accompanied by an application and inspection fee to defray the cost of processing the application and subsequent inspection of construction or installation. All inspections shall be done in conformance with regulations as adopted and approved by the POTW. If conditions require more than one inspection or if a full time inspector be required, an additional inspection fee may be charged. The removal of the cookie or stopper and connection to the sewerage system shall be performed only in the immediate presence of the POTW inspector or an authorized representative of the POTW. It shall be unlawful for any person, performing work under a permit for the laying of a sewer stub or building lead to cover any portion thereof until such time as same has been inspected and approved by the POTW Inspector or an authorized representative of the POTW. Such person shall notify the POTW when the work is ready for inspection and shall leave the premises in a condition convenient for examination by the Inspector. The person who applies for the permit shall be responsible to remove and replace all rejected work, restore all public streets and alleys to a similar condition as existed prior to excavation, and shall make all adjustments necessary to fully meet the requirements of this chapter, other rules and regulations hereinafter established and the conditions of the permit as required by the POTW and the local unit.
(H) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation, connection and maintenance including inspections of the sewer stub and building lead shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the local unit and the POTW from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation, connection and maintenance of the sewer stub and building lead. If a maintenance problem develops and it is determined after inspection that the sewer stub is damaged, the cost of uncovering and repairing the sewer stub shall be the cost of the local unit.
(I) A separate and independent building sewer shall be utilized for every building except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no building sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court yard, or driveway, the front building may extend a sanitary sewer to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer after approval by the POTW. Old building leads and sewer stubs may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, after examination and test by the POTW to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(J) Each person other than an owner or land contract vendee applying for a sewer connection permit shall be approved by the POTW.
(K) In all buildings in which any soil pipe is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such soil pipe shall be lifted by approved means and discharged to the building sewer. All excavations required for the installation of a sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved. Pipe laying bedding and backfill shall be performed in accordance with applicable ASTM specifications. No backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected and approved.
(L) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, footing drains, areaway drains, sump pumps, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater and other sources of uncontaminated water to a sewer stub or building lead which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sewer. If any such connection is determined to exist, the POTW may order its disconnection at the property owner's expense, and if the property owner refuses to obey the order, then the POTW may disconnect the connection and the costs shall be charged to the property owner.
(M) All excavations for the wye branch and/or sewer stub 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 construction shall be restored to the same or better condition than prior to excavation.
(N) The type and quality of sanitary sewer pipe and fittings used shall conform to the current POTW specifications at the time the permit is issued.
(Ord. 185, passed 4- -2006)