§ 53.03 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS.

   (A)   All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of a building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify and hold harmless the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be caused by the installation of a building sewer, whether it be to the owner, town employee or agent or other third party.

   (B)   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, courtyard or driveway. In that case, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.

   (C)   Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, upon examination and testing by the Inspector to meet all requirements of this chapter.

   (D)   The building sewer shall be of:

      (1)   Polyvinyl Chloride Pipe (PVC): SDR 26.

      (2)   Other suitable material approved by the Town of Kouts.

   (E)   If a building sewer is laid within ten feet horizontally of a water service pipe, the water main shall be in a separate trench or on an undisturbed earth shelf on one side of the sewer and 18-inches clear above the sewer. If the horizontal or vertical separations cannot be met, both the water main and the sewer shall be constructed of slip-on or mechanical joint pipe complying with public water supply standards and pressure tested to 150 psi before backfilling.

   (F)   The size and slope of the building sewers shall be subject to the approval of the town engineer or his or her designee, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The slope of such six-inch pipe shall not be less than 1/8-inch per foot.

   (G)   Whenever 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. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost but in no event shall it be less than 42 inches. The building sewer shall be laid at a uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with proper curved pipes and fittings.

   (H)   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 a means approved by the town in writing and discharged to the building sewer.

   (I)   All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Inspector. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the town.

All joints and connections shall be made gas tight and water tight.

   (J)   All joints in cast iron soil pipe, vitrified clay pipe and PVC pipe or between such pipe and metals shall be made with approved jointing material in accordance with the latest edition of Volume III, Plumbing Rules and Regulations of the Administrative Building Council of the State of Indiana. Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of the town.

   (K)   The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the “Y” branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is 12 inches in diameter or less, and a properly located “Y” branch is not available, the owner shall, at his or her expense, install a “Y” branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the town. Where the public sewer is greater than 12 inches in diameter, and no properly located “Y” branch is available, a neat hole may be cut in the public sewer to receive the building sewer, with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about 45 degrees. A 45 degree elbow may be used to make such connection, with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inner surface of the public sewer. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be made at the top one-quarter of the public sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and water tight by resilient gaskets, epoxy cements or encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the town. The final connection must be inspected and approved by the town.

   (L)   No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, basement drains, sump pumps, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.

   (M)   The connection of a 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 town, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials and the Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. MOP9. All such connections shall be made gas tight and water tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved in writing by the town before installation.

   (N)   The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the town when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the town. Prior to all excavation on public property, the town must be notified at least 48 hours in advance and provided with a listing of the hours of closure, if any.

   (O)   All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with signs, barricades, lights and flag person as needed 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 town. All signs, barricades and lights shall be in good condition and conform to the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

   (P)   Before the town accepts any sewers, new or otherwise, into the POTW, certified air pressure tests, certified infiltration tests and a complete, clear videotape (VHS), or CD must be provided to and accepted by the town.

   (Q)   It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, permit to be deposited, or discharged in any manner whatsoever, any substance into a sewer at a point different than the proposed sewer connection to the sanitary sewer system.

(Ord. 2008-2, passed 3-17-08)

§ 53.04 SEWER USER CLASS.

   (A)   Every person whose premises are served by said sewage works shall be charged for the service provided. These charges are established for each user class, as defined, in order that the sewage works shall recover, from each user and user class, revenue which is proportional to its use of the treatment works in terms of volume and load. User charges are levied to defray the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the treatment works. User charges shall be uniform in magnitude within a user class.

   (B)   (a)   User charges are subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register February 17,1984 (40 CFR 35.2140). Replacement costs, which are recovered through the system of user charges, shall be based upon the expected useful life of the sewage works equipment.

   (C)   The various classes of users of the treatment works for the purpose of this chapter, shall be as follows:

      (1)   Class I      Residential

      (2)   Class II      Commercial

                  Governmental

                  Institutional

                  Industrial

(Ord. 2008-2, passed 3-17-08; Am. Ord. 2017-3, passed 8-21-17)

§ 53.05 RATES ESTABLISHED.

   (A)   For the use of the service rendered by the sewage works, rates and charges shall be collected from the owners of each and every lot, parcel of real estate, or building that is connected with the town's sanitary system or otherwise discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewage system of the town.

   (B)   Such rates and charges include user charges, debt service costs, excessive strength surcharges and other service charges, which rates and charges shall be payable as hereinafter provided and shall be in an amount determined as follows:

      (1)   General. The sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises subject to such rates and charges as the same is measured by the water meter there in use, plus a billing and collection charge per bill except as herein otherwise provided. For the purpose of billing and collecting the charges for sewage service, the water meters shall be read monthly and the users shall be billed each month (or period equaling a month). The water usage schedule on which the amount of said rates and charges shall be determined as is set forth in the remaining subsections of this division.

      (2)   All Class I and Class II connections. A service connection charge (tap-in fee) shall be paid before any sewer connection is completed. Before such connection is made, a permit must be secured and 24 hours' notice given to the town. All such connections shall be made and all such work done at the expense of the applicant who shall also furnish materials necessary for such work. All such connections shall be made under the supervision of the Town and no connection shall be covered until the work has been inspected. Applications for such connections shall be made to the town, and the permit fee paid. Such fee shall be that which is set from time to time by the Board.

      (3)   All Class I and Class II users.

Metered rates per month per 1,000 gallons
		Effective upon adoption	Effective June 1, 2018	Effective June 1, 2019
Operation, maintenance, and replacement rate per 1,000 gallons		$4.31	$5.62	$6.93
Local capital charge rates per 1,000 gallons
First 4,600 gallons		$5.67	$7.39	$9.12
Next 5,400 gallons		$4.96	$6.47	$7.97
Next 40,000 gallons		$3.89	$5.07	$6.26
Over 50,000 gallons		$2.13	$2.78	$3.42
Billing and collection charge per bill		$3.39	$4.42	$5.45
Minimum monthly charges
Meter Size	Water Allowance (Gallons)
5/8" - 3/4"	2,000	$23.35	$30.44	$37.55
1"	5,000	$53.01	$69.11	$85.24
1-1/2"	10,000	$99.36	$129.56	$159.74
2"	16,000	$148.56	$193.70	$238.88
3"	30,000	$263.36	$343.36	$423.56
4"	50,000	$427.36	$557.16	$687.34
6"	100,000	$749.36	$977.16	$1,204.84
Unmetered	N/a	$49.32	$64.31	$79.30
**   Each user shall pay a minimum charge according to the above meter size for which the user will be entitled to the quantity of water shown for each month.

 

      (4)   Unmetered rate per month. In all cases in which users of said sewage system are not supplied with water from the municipal waterworks system or such usage is not metered, the charge for the use of the sewage system shall be charged the unmetered minimum monthly charge ($49.32 effective upon adoption, $64.31 effective June 1, 2018, $79.30 effective June 1, 2019).

      (5)   Town rates and charges. For the service rendered to the town, said town shall be subject to the same rates and charges.

      (6)   Monitoring fees. In order to recover the cost of monitoring industrial wastes, the town shall charge the user not less than $100 per sampling event plus the actual cost for collecting and analyzing the sample(s) as determined by the town or by an independent laboratory. This charge will be reviewed on the same basis as all other rates and charges in this chapter.

      (7)   Meter maintenance. In the even the user is connected to the sanitary sewer but has private well water, the user shall be responsible for all maintenance costs including labor and parts.

(Ord. 2008-2, passed 3-17-08; Am. Ord. 2014-4, passed 7-21-14; Am. Ord. 2017-3, passed 8-21-17)