(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or openings into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance without first obtaining a written permit from the approving authority.
(B) (1) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: domestic and industrial. In either case, the owner shall make application on forms obtained from the village. See also § 52.16.
(2) Attached to the permit application shall be any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the approving authority. A permit and inspection fee, to be determined by the village, shall be paid to the village at the time the application is filed.
(C) The costs for installation and connection of the building sewer shall be the responsibility of those needing these facilities so as to allow their wastewater to be discharged to the village sanitary sewer system.
(D) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where it is not feasible, and at the village’s discretion, an exemption is allowed.
(E) Existing building sewers may be used to serve new buildings only when they are found, upon examination and testing by the approving authority, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(F) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, joining, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the this chapter. All connections shall be gastight and watertight. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be in compliance with all aspects of the Department of Commerce’s Building and Plumbing Codes.
(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 sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(H) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, drain tile or other sources of runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain, which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(I) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the approving authority when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the approving authority or his or her representative.
(Ord. passed 9- -2011) Penalty, see § 52.99