(a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with, opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent. Before a permit may be issued for building sewer construction in any public street, way or alley, the person applying for such permit shall have executed unto the Village of Edgerton, and deposited with the Clerk a corporate surety in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) conditioned that he will perform faithfully all work with due care and skill, and in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations established under the authority or any ordinances of the Village pertaining to plumbing. This bond shall state that the person shall indemnify and save harmless the Village against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness or negligence on his part in connection with building sewer construction as prescribed in this chapter. Such bond shall remain in force and must be executed for a period of one year except that on such expiration it shall remain in force as to all penalties, claims and demands that may have accrued thereunder prior to such expiration.
(b) (1) No person, firm or corporation shall act or engage in the business of building sewer construction, repair, removal, alteration or demolition for others within the Village unless such person, firm or corporation shall have received a certificate of registration therefor and furnished the Village evidence of proper insurance coverage. However, the owner-occupant of a dwelling may carry on any of the work governed by this chapter without such certificate of registration, provided that such owner shall obtain a permit for any such work and shall call for inspection as provided herein.
(2) The Village Administrator shall issue the certificate of registration only after sufficient evidence is presented by the applicant to qualify him for the certificate. Council upon recommendation by the Village Administrator shall have the power to suspend or revoke any certificate of registration for violations of this chapter after a public hearing has been held for such action.
(3) Any applicant for a new registration certificate shall pay a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) to the Village which certificate will be in effect until the end of the calendar year. Any holder of a current registration certificate shall, upon payment of ten dollars ($10.00) be issued a renewal thereof, provided however, that the registrant applies and pays the renewal fee on or before January 10. Failure to do this will cause the forfeiture of the existing certificate of registration and such holder will be forbidden to perform any work governed by this chapter until a renewal certificate is issued.
(c) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (1) for residential service, and (2) for service to establishments producing industrial waste. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Superintendent. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Inspector. A permit and inspection fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and fifty dollars ($50.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Village at the time the application is filed.
(d) All costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner or the person installing the building sewer for said owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by said installation.
(e) 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 through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. Other exceptions will be allowed only by special permission granted by the Superintendent.
(f) Old building sewer or portions thereof, 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 chapter.
(g) The building sewer shall be constructed of either Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) or Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) pipe meeting current ASTM specifications. All joints and connections shall be made gas tight and water tight with factory made sleeves or rubber sealing rings. The pipe shall be bedded and backfilled with at least four inch layers of approved sand, gravel or stone.
(h) The size and slope of the building sewers shall be subject to the approval of said Inspector, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. The slope of such four inch pipe shall be not less than one-eighth inch per foot. A slope of one-fourth inch per foot shall be used wherever practical.
(i) Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by said Inspector. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with A.S.T.M. Specification (Designation C12) except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Inspector or his representative.
(j) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drains shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer. No water operated sewage ejector shall be used.
(k) The connection of building sewer into the public sewer shall be made to the sewer service designated for that property, if such service is available at a suitable location. Any connection not made at the designated service in the main sewer, shall be made only as directed by said Inspector.
(l) The applicant for the building sewer shall notify the Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Inspector or his representative.
(m) 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 manner satisfactory to the Village.
(n) The Municipality shall in no event be held responsible for claims made against it by reason of the breaking of any mains or service pipes, or by reason of any other interruption of the service caused by the breaking of machinery or stoppage for necessary repairs; and no person shall be entitled to damages nor have any portion of a payment refunded for any interruption.
(o) The premises receiving sanitary sewer services shall at all reasonable hours be subject to inspection by duly authorized personnel of the Municipality.
(Ord. 393. Passed 8-11-80.)