(A) No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall make any opening into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb, in any manner, any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit, in writing from this municipality or its designee.
(B) Application for a permit required under division (A) above shall be made by the owner of the property served or to be served or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
(C) No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection of any property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
(1) Such person shall have notified the Secretary of the municipality of the desire and intention to connect such property to a sewer;
(2) Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a permit as required by division (A) above;
(3) Such person shall have given the Secretary of the municipality at least 24 hours’ notice of the time when such connection will be made so that this municipality may supervise and inspect or may cause to be supervised and inspected the work of connection and necessary testing; and
(4) If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Secretary of this municipality that any tapping (or connection) fee, which may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the owner of each property who connects such property to a sewer, has been paid.
(D) Except as otherwise provided in this division (D), each property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then only after special permission of this municipality, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by this municipality.
(E) All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and shall save harmless this municipality and its designees from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of the construction of a building sewer, the connection of a building sewer to a sewer, or the abandonment of a privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle as required under § 52.046(D).
(F) (1) A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated by this municipality and where, if applicable, the lateral is provided.
(2) The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or higher elevation than the invert of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and water-tight.
(G) If the owner of any property abutting on or adjoining any street in which a sewer constituting part of the sewer system is located, after 60 days’ notice from this municipality requiring the connection of such property with a sewer, in accordance with § 52.046(A), shall fail to connect such property, as required, this municipality may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by a municipal claim, an action in assumpsit or such other legal proceeding as may be permitted by law. Properties shall be responsible for payment of minimum sewage bills following the expiration of 60 days from notice, whether connected or not.
(Ord. 614, passed 12-18-1996) Penalty, see § 52.999