(A) Only a duly licensed plumber/contractor, per the Town's Standard Construction Specifications and Standard Details approved by the Town Board, or an employee of the Public Works Department shall be permitted to do any work on or uncover, make any connections with, make an opening into, use, alter, or disturb any municipal sewer or appurtenances. All such plumbers/ contractors shall be governed by state and town regulations that are in force or that may be hereafter adopted.
(B) Any person desiring sewer service from the municipal sewer system for premises not currently connected with the system shall apply to the Town Finance Officer for a permit. The owner or his agent shall make application on a 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 Superintendent. The time the application is filed, the applicant shall pay to the municipal Finance Officer a connection/tap fee to be determined by the following schedule:
(1) Owners of commercial premises shall pay an assessment fee, per current fee schedule, for connection to the municipal sewage system; and
(2) Owners of residential premises shall pay an assessment fee, per current fee schedule, per dwelling for connection to the municipal sewage system.
(C) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the municipality from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be caused by the installation of the building sewer.
(D) A separate and independent building sewer connection shall be provided for every dwelling as required by State Plumbing Code. Under exceptional circumstances the Town Board may waive the provisions of this section.
(E) Existing building sewers, in working condition, may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and tested by the Public Works Department, or individual appointed by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter and are approved by the Town Board.
(F) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. Slope shall comply with State Plumbing Code requirements.
(G) Wherever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened.
(H) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the municipal sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharge to the building sewer, at no cost to the municipality.
(I) The connection for the building sewer into the municipal sewer shall be made at the owner's expense with an approved saddle in the municipal sewer at the location specified by the "Superintendent".
(Ord. 15, passed 6-20-2006; Ord. 15R-2015, passed 2-2-2015) Penalty, see § 10.99