(A) No owner or occupant of any real property shall tap or drain either directly or indirectly into any public sewer until a sewer tap permit has been obtained from the town and until the owner has satisfied the obligation to pay all assessments, reimbursements and pro rata shares of sewers extension costs laid against that property for public sewers which serve it. A sewer tap permit given in error shall not operate to nullify any such obligation that has been duly recorded nor estop the town from charging and collecting such costs at any subsequent time.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the utility may, in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the Town Council from time to time, permit an owner or occupant to tap or drain into a public sewer and to defer, in whole or in part, payment of the obligation, upon the execution and delivery to the utility of a note, mortgage, lien document or other evidence or obligation acceptable to the utility.
(C) All such deferred obligations shall be considered for the purposes of IC 36-9-23-31 through 36-9- 23-34 to be fees assessed against real property.
(E) Sewer tap permits shall be obtained from the town's utility office for a fee of $75 for each sewer tap permit for a standard six-inch service, a fee of $100 for each sewer tap permit for a special six-inch service (such as a tap into a collection system manhole) and a fee of $100 for each sewer tap permit for a sewer service larger than six inches. The aforementioned charges will apply to similar types of taps into the town storm sewer system. No later than 48 hours after making each sewer tap and building of the sewer installation, the tap contractor or property owner shall notify the Town Utility Office of such connections so that an inspection may be made by the utility prior to backfilling the said sewer installation.
(F) No person shall connect any roof downspout, exterior foundation drain or other source of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which is connected either directly or indirectly to a sanitary sewer of the town.
(G) The Town Council shall have an authority to require an owner of real property to disconnect any downspouts, yard drains or other drains which carry the runoff of natural precipitation from a building sewer which drains into a sanitary sewer. Property owners shall have 30 days after notice thereof to comply with any such requirements.
(H) A new connection may be made to a town sewer or sewers connected to the town system only after there has been adequate assurance by the town that the downstream facilities of the sewage works have adequate capacity to transmit and treat new waste loadings.
(I) No person shall make use of a sewer tap or backfill or otherwise conceal a sewer installation unless and until the same has been inspected and approved by the utility. In addition to all other remedies, the utility may cause the said installation of sewer tap to be excavated and exposed, may terminate the connection, and may require the owner or occupant to pay or reimburse the utility for its costs and expenses in such excavation, exposure, termination, reconnection and restoration. Such costs and expenses shall be considered as charges for sewerage treatment services and may be collected in accordance with the provisions of IC 36-9-23-31 through 36-9-23-34 and §§ 50.70 through 50.74.
(Ord. 88-008, passed 10-4-88) Penalty, see § 50.99