(A) Unauthorized connections. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereto without first obtaining a written permit from the Town Council.
(B) Tap charges and other requirements for connection to public sewer. No owner or occupant of any real property shall tap or drain either directly or indirectly into any public sewer until a sewer tap permit has been obtained and until that person has satisfied their obligation to pay all assessments, reimbursements and/or pro rata share of sewer extension costs laid against that property for the public sewer installed to serve it. A tap permit given in error or wastewater service charges billed to a property in error shall not operate to nullify any such obligation.
(C) Permit application. Regardless of the class of user, the property owner or the property owner's agent shall make application for a new connection. The following information shall be required for a new connection:
(1) Completed application form, provided by the town;
(3) A tap fee, as identified in Appendix B: Wastewater Fee Schedule, which shall cover the cost of equipment and installation to connect the building sewer to the wastewater system;
(4) Plans and specifications for the new connection to the sewer;
(5) A proposed utility easement to accommodate the town's grinder pump station and any lateral for connection to the wastewater system;
(6) Any other applicable information deemed necessary by the Town Superintendent; and
(D) Fees. The application fee shall be required when the application is submitted to the Clear Lake Town Council for approval. The application fee is non-refundable. The tap fee and inspection fee shall be required prior to issuance of the permit.
(E) Permit approval. Upon approval from the Town Council and proof of recording of any applicable utility easement, the owner shall obtain necessary permits to begin construction on the project including the building sewer. All costs and expenses associated with the building sewer shall be borne by the property owner. The property owner or installer of the building sewer shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may result directly or indirectly from the installation.
(F) Determining major contributors. Each commercial and industrial user shall supply the town with information about expected wastewater constituents and characteristics to be used in determining whether or not the user will be a major contributor.
(G) Separate sewer requirements. A separate and independent building or house lateral sewer shall be provided for every building or house, except where one building or house stands at the rear of another and no lateral sewer or private building or house lateral sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building or house through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway. In such cases, the building or house lateral sewer from the front building or house may be extended to the rear building or house and the whole considered as one building or house lateral sewer.
(H) Use of old building or house lateral sewer for a new building or house.
(1) Old building or house lateral sewers may be used in connection with new buildings or houses only when they are determined, upon examination and test by the inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(2) All excavations for building sewer installation 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 work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the town.
(I) Connection of downspouts, drains, and the like.
(1) No person shall hereafter connect or reconnect roof downspouts, footing drains, areaway drains, driveways, parking lots, or other sources of surface, runoff or groundwater, to the town's wastewater utility or to a building or house lateral sewer or building or house drain which is in turn connected directly or indirectly to the wastewater system.
(2) The town shall have the authority to require an owner of real property to disconnect from a building sewer which drains into a sanitary sewer any downspouts, yard drains or other drains which carry the runoff of natural precipitation. Property owners shall have 30 days after notice to comply with any such requirements.
(J) Inspection; supervision of connection. The applicant for the building or house lateral sewer permit shall notify the Town Superintendent when a building or house lateral sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the wastewater system. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the inspector or his or her representative using materials and techniques conforming to the requirements of the wastewater utility standards and specifications.
(K) The applicant shall give 72 hours weekday notice before the burial or covering of the building or house lateral sewer and shall not cover or bury the sewer until the inspection is completed and the connection approved.
(Ord. 2017-03; passed 9-11-17; Am. Ord. 2017-05, passed 11-13-17)