(A) Permit required. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Sewer Commissioner.
(1999 Code, § 3-217)
(B) Classification; permit application, fee.
(1) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(a) For residential and commercial service; and
(b) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(2) In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the municipality. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Sewer Commissioner.
(3) A permit and inspection fee of 10% of the tap fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and 10% of the tap fee for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the municipality at the time the application is filed.
(1999 Code, § 3-218)
(C) Expense. The owner, upon approval of his or her application for sewer service, shall pay to the Sewer Commissioner a tap fee in the amount of $500 which compensates the municipality for the expense of processing his or her application and tapping the sewer main. The owner shall then be required to pay the expense of procuring the materials required as well as the services of a licensed plumber and shall pay all other costs of installation. The owner shall indemnify the municipality from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(1999 Code, § 3-219)
(D) Single premises. 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 building 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, but the municipality does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
(1999 Code, § 3-220)
(E) Use of existing sewers. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Sewer Commissioner, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(1999 Code, § 3-221)
(F) Construction codes.
(1) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the municipality. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(2) 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 earned by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(3) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the municipality, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight, and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Sewer Commissioner before installation.
(1999 Code, § 3-222)
(G) Unlawful connection. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts. interior and exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(1999 Code, § 3-223)
(H) Inspections. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Sewer Commissioner when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Sewer Commissioner or his or her representative.
(1999 Code, § 3-224)
(I) Excavations. 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 a manner satisfactory to the municipality.
(1999 Code, § 3-225)
Penalty, see § 53.99