(A) Except as hereinafter provided, upon the change in ownership of every residential lot, parcel of real estate, or building that discharges sanitary waste into the sanitary sewer system of the town, and/or apply for a building permit, said property shall be inspected for proper sanitary sewer connection, inflow, and infiltration. No water service shall be provided to such property until a satisfactory certificate of inspection has been issued by the Building Code Inspector, or his or her appointee for the town. The fee for the issuance of a satisfactory certificate of inspection shall be $25, which sum shall be paid by the then owner of the property inspected.
(B) The inspection required hereunder shall be at the town’s cost and may include televising and recording the condition of the sewer lateral leading from the premises to the town’s sewer main. Conducting smoke testing and liquid dye testing, and entrance onto the property to verify that no sump pump, foundation drains, downspouts, or other prohibitive connections are connected to the sanitary sewer system, as stated in § 52.014(A).
(C) No water service shall be provided to such premises until such a time as any defects or improper connections found by such inspection have been corrected at the owner’s expense, and to the satisfaction of the town’s Building Code Inspector or his or her appointee.
(D) Once inspected, any such property receiving a satisfactory certificate of inspection shall not be subject to reinspection under this section for a period of five years or if the property changed ownership or disconnected it shall be inspected again.
(E) When, for any reason the owner of any property lawfully disconnects a building sewer from the public sewer, said property shall be inspected by the Building Code Inspector for the town, for proper disconnection from, and closure on, the public sanitary sewer, to ensure that there will be no inflow and infiltration into the public sewer.
(F) The homeowner must have a cleanout on their property and it shall be at the homeowner’s expense. The insurance-approved backflow flapper can be applied to the homeowner’s property to prevent the backflow into the property’s home. This shall be purchased from the town at a cost of $150 and a sewer permit fee of $100 that require two inspections. If the flapper is not installed or another backflow flapper that the town’s insurance has not approved, the town will not be liable for the damage to the property and the property owner will sign a waiver relieving the town of liability from any damage to the property from not having the backflow preventer installed. This waiver will be recorded and attached to the property’s deed.
(1) All new construction/new lateral shall be required to install the town/insurance approved backflow flapper. The fee will be included in the tap fee of($1,000 in town and $1,500 out of town.
(2) A new construction/with existing lateral shall get a sewer permit for $100 that will require two inspections and the cost of the town/insurance approved backflow device at town’s cost.
(3) Repairs or modification of a sewer lateral, which includes modular, manufactured and single wide mobile homes, additions and alterations to stick built homes and/or any commercial properties in such cases a sewer permit at $100, (this includes up to two inspections are required) and the town/ insurance approved backflow flapper.
(4) Reconnection of a sewer lateral to an existing structure will require a sewer permit and the town/insurance approved backflow flapper.
(5) Due to the insurance coverage requirements, the installation of any backflow preventers other that those provided by the town will require a signed waiver of the town’s liability for damages in the event of a failure of the backflow preventer. All backflow preventers that are purchased through the town at town’s cost and inspected by the Building Inspector code enforcer, have been approved by the town’s insurance and the town will be liable for any damage resulting from the failure of said device.
(Ord. 2014-17, passed 7-8-2014; Ord. 2016-19, passed 11-17-2016; Ord. 2017-17, passed 12-28-2017; Ord. 2021-6, passed 11-16-2021) Penalty, see § 52.999