(A) (1) Before commencement of construction or modification of a private sewage line the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the town. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the town which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the town.
(2) A permit and inspection fee of $75 shall be paid to the town at the time the application is filed. The amount of said fee may be amended from time to time by separate ordinance of the Town Board.
(B) After receiving an order in writing from the town, the owner, agent of the owner, the occupant or agent of the occupant of the property shall comply with the provisions of this chapter as set forth in said order and within the time limit included therein. Said order shall be served on the owner or may be served on any person who, by contact with the owner, has assumed the duty of complying with the provisions of an order.
(C) The owner shall operate and maintain the private line in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the town.
(D) The application for a permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the building where the sewage disposal system is under construction. The notice should be plainly visible from the public thoroughfare serving this building.
(E) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pump 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.
(F) 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 town, 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 gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the town or certified representative before installation.
(G) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Street, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the court of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the said town.
(H) The building sewer shall be located at least 50 feet from any water supply well or pump suction line serving a residence; however, sewers constructed of water works grade cast iron having mechanical or push-type joints or of waterworks grade pressure type plastic with an SDR rating of 21 having gasketed push-on-type joints may be located within the 50-foot distance, but not closer than 20 feet to dug and bored wells and not closer than ten feet to drilled and driven wells or underground pump suction lines or requirements of Bulletin S.E. 13.
(1982 Code, Title VI, Ch. 2, § IV) (Ord. passed 5-12-2008) Penalty, see § 51.99