(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Clerk-Treasurer.
(B) (1) Before a permit may be issued for excavating for plumbing in any public street or alley, the person applying for such permit shall have executed unto the town, and deposited with the Clerk- Treasurer a corporate surety in the sum of $1,000 conditioned that he or she will perform faithfully in all work with due care and skill, and in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations established under the authority or any ordinances of the town pertaining to plumbing.
(2) This bond shall state that the person will indemnify and save harmless the town, and the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays, and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness or negligence on his or her part in connection with plumbing or excavation for plumbing as prescribed in this chapter. Such bond shall remain in force for two years; except that, on such expiration, it shall remain in force as to all penalties, claims, and demands that may have accrued thereunder prior to such expiration.
(C) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential service and for service to commercial establishments and establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the said town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Utility Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of $50 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and $100 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time application is filed.
(D) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(E) 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 as one building sewer.
(F) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the said Inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(G) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointly testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the town.
(H) 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.
(I) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(J) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the town. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
(K) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the said Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the said Superintendent or his or her representative.
(L) All excavations for building sewer installation must 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 said town.
(Ord. 10, 1998, passed 9-9-1998) Penalty, see § 51.99