(A) No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sanitary sewer, private sewer, or appurtenance thereof which is connected, directly or indirectly, to the town sewage works under the jurisdiction of the town without first obtaining a written permit from the Town Manager. No new connections shall be made to a public sanitary sewer unless there is capacity available to all existing users, downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains, and the sewage treatment plant.
(B) The owner or his or her agent shall make application for a building sewer permit on a 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 Inspector. An inspection fee shall be paid to the town at the time the application is filed in accordance with § 52.031.
(C) All cost and expenses 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 of damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. A connection fee shall be paid to the town prior to connection being made to the town’s sewage work in accordance with § 52.031.
(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, courtyard, or driveway, then 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 said 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, joint testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Building Code (675 I.A.C. 13-2.6-36 et seq.) and Plumbing Code (675 I.A.C. 16-1.4-1 et seq.) 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 sanitary sewer, sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharge to the building sewer.
(H) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, sump pumps, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains floor drains, or other sources of storm, surface, and groundwater or other unpolluted water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer under the jurisdiction of the town.
(I) The connection of a building sewer into the public sanitary sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building Code (675 I.A.C. 13-2.6-36 et seq.) and Plumbing Code (675 I.A.C. 16-1.4-1 et seq.) or other application 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. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Town Manager before installation.
(J) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sanitary sewer. The construction shall be made under the supervision of the said Inspector or his or her representative.
(K) All excavations for the 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 town.
(Prior Code, § 9-62) (Ord. 2009-7, passed 9-15-2009; Ord. 2014-22, passed 8-12-2014) Penalty, see § 52.999