1. No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer system without first making application for a permit, in writing, from the Township.
2. Application for a permit required under subsection .1 above shall be made by the owner, or his duly authorized agent, of the improved property to be served.
3. No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
A. Such person shall have notified the Township of the desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
B. Such person shall have applied for and obtained a permit as required by subsection .1 above.
C. Such person shall have given the Township at least 48 hours notice of the time when such connection will be made so that the Township may supervise and inspect the work of connection and do any necessary testing.
D. Such person shall have furnished evidence to the Township that any tapping fee charged and imposed by the authority against the owner or his agent of each improved property who connects such improved property to a sewer has been paid.
E. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, and then only after special permission of the Township, in writing, shall have been secured and subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by the Township.
F. 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 improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the Township and the authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
G. A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated by the Township or the authority where the lateral is provided and in accordance with Dover Township Construction Specifications and current Building Code adopted by Dover Township. The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or a 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 watertight. [Ord. 2005-08]
H. If the owner of any improved property located in the Township, after 60 days notice from the Township in accordance with § 26-135.1, shall fail to connect such improved property as required, the Township may make such connection and collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof. In such case, the Township shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved property to which connection has been made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such improved property to pay said bill, the Township shall file a municipal lien for said construction, the same to be subject in all respects to the general law provided for the filing and recovery of municipal liens. [Ord. 2005-08]
(Ord. 97-7, 5/27/1997, § 12.27; as amended by Ord. 2005-08, 10/24/2005)