(A) Any new connection(s) to the POTW shall be prohibited unless sufficient capacity is available in all downstream facilities including, but not limited to capacity for flow, BOD5, and suspended solids, as determined by the Utilities Administrator.
(B) No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any part of the POTW or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the town.
(C) Applications for permits shall be made by the owner or his or her agent employed to do the work, and shall include the name of owner of the location, street number, how and by whom the location is occupied and where and how the connection is to be made. No connection shall drain beyond the property limits of the location.
(D) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (a) for residential and commercial (nonindustrial) service, and (b) for service to industries producing industrial waste. In either case, the application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or any other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the town. Any industry, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics, and type of activity.
(E) 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 and hold harmless the town from any loss or damage or claim thereof, including but not limited to costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation and connection of the building sewer.
(F) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of another 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 building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered one building sewer. However, it is the responsibility of the owner of the rear building to obtain such easement and/or other permission from the owner of the front building as is necessary to connect to the building sewer of the front building. The town is not responsible for obtaining such permission, and the town does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such connection.
(G) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and testing by the Utilities Administrator, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(H) The size, slopes, alignment and materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling of the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the State of Indiana Building and Plumbing Code and any other applicable rules and regulations of the town. In the absence of code provisions, the materials, procedures and specifications set forth in the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9, shall apply.
(I) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation at least two feet below ground level. 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 person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or otherwise directly or indirectly to the POTW.
(K) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of 327 IAC 3-6-8 and any applicable rules and regulations of the town, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight, and verified by proper testing to prevent the inclusion of infiltration/inflow. The town prior to installation must approve any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials.
(L) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the town when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and inspection shall be made under the supervision of the Utilities Administrator.
(M) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard, and such is the responsibility of the applicant and of his or her contractors, employees or other persons performing such work. The town does not undertake to supervise, inspect or be responsible for the safety of such excavations and installations, and the town shall assume no duty in that regard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the town.
(N) No person shall make a service connection with any public sewer unless licensed by the State of Indiana to perform such work, and no permit shall be granted to any person who is not so licensed.
(O) Any person desiring to make a service connection with public sewers shall contact the town and provide satisfactory evidence that the applicant or his employee or contractor is licensed to perform such work.
(Ord. 2016-28, passed 11-17-2016; Ord. 2019-25, passed 11-26-2019) Penalty, see §
53.99