(A) No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall make any opening into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb, in any manner, any lateral or any other part of the water system without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Authority.
(B) Application for a permit required under division (A) above shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served, or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
(C) No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection of any improved property with a lateral until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
(1) Such person shall have notified the Authority of the desire and intention to connect such improved property to a lateral;
(2) Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a permit as required by division (A) above;
(3) Such person shall have given the appropriate representative of the Authority at least 48 hours’ notice of the time when such connection will be made so that the Authority or this borough may supervise and inspect, or may cause to be supervised and inspected, the work of connection and necessary testing; and
(4) If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the appropriate representative of the Authority that any tapping, connection, and/or customer facility fee that may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the owner of each improved property who connects such improved property to a lateral has been paid.
(D) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a lateral through a building main. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building main shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good cause shown, but then only after special permission of the Authority, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to such rules, regulations, and conditions as may be prescribed by the Authority and this borough.
(E) All costs and expenses of construction of a building main and all costs and expenses of connection of a building main to a lateral shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and shall save harmless this borough and the Authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building main or of connection of a building main to a lateral.
(F) A building main shall be connected to a lateral at the place designated by this borough or by the Authority. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building main to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
(G) If the owner of any improved property located within this borough and abutting upon any street in which there is a main constituting part of the water system, after 90 days notice from this borough, in accordance with § 51.02(A), shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this borough may enter upon such improved property and may construct such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof in the manner permitted by law.
(Prior Code, Ch. 26, Pt. 1, § 103) (Ord. 3-92, passed 3-2-1992)