(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or openings into, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the town.
(B) (1) There shall be three classes of building sewer permits based on the size of the water meter installed or to be installed for the premises, as follows:
(a) Less than one-inch meter;
(b) One-inch meter; and
(c) All meter sizes greater than one inch.
(2) In all cases, the owner or his or her agent shall make application for connection to the public sewer system on a special form furnished by the town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
(3) A connection, permit, and inspection fee shall be paid to the town at the time the application is filed based on the size of the water meter installed or to be installed for the premises, as set forth in § 51.36.
(4) For residential properties not having water meter service, the fees applicable to said properties shall be those fees as set forth for less than one-inch meters. For non-residential properties now having water meter service, the fees applicable to said properties shall be determined in such manner and with such method as the town may deem practicable and equitable in light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, particularly as relates to the anticipated volume and strength of inflow.
(5) Some new connections may also be subject to 15-year law fees authorized in I.C. 36-9-22-1 et seq., which allows and authorizes municipalities to contract with owners of real property for the construction of sewage works within the municipality or within four miles outside its corporate boundaries in order to provide service for the area in which the real property of those owners is located and to provide, for a period not to exceed 15 years, for the payment to those owners who participate in or contribute toward the costs of the construction of those sewage works, and their assigns, by any owner of real property who did not contribute to the original costs of those sewage works and subsequently taps into, uses or deposits sewage in the sewage works or in lateral sewers connected thereto (subsequent user) of a pro rata share of the costs of construction of those sewage works.
(6) Before commencement of work to replace an existing building sewer, sewer lateral, by which a home or other structure is connected to the town’s public sanitary sewer, the owner of the property shall apply for a permit for the new lateral and shall pay a connection, permit and inspection fee in the amount of $25 at the time the application is filed. If it is discovered that a new sewer lateral has been installed without a permit being issued and an inspection being conducted, the owner of the real estate on which the new sewer lateral exists shall be required to pay the initial permit and inspection fee of $25, shall be required to uncover the work to expose the new sewer lateral for inspection and pay an additional inspection fee of $25 at the time that inspection is performed.
(C) 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.
(D) 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.
(E) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Inspector, to meet all requirements of this subchapter.
(F) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the town. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(G) 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.
(H) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drainings, areaway drainings, or other sources of surface run-off or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(I) (1) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the town or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9.
(2) 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.
(J) (1) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
(2) The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Inspector or his or her representative.
(K) (1) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
(2) 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. 2019-6, passed 6-11-2019) Penalty, see § 51.99