(a) In General. Applications for an installation shall be made in writing and submitted in duplicate in accordance with the following instructions:
(1) The application shall state the location and size of the area to be served; shall state in detail the number, nature and location of connections to be served (including dwelling units, schools and other public buildings, and commercial and industrial establishments, together with the probable number of employees of each such establishment); and shall be accompanied by two copies of a preliminary plat (measuring twenty-three inches by thirty-six inches) drawn to scale and showing the following information:
A. The upper half of the drawing shall show the sewer location in the plan and the lower half shall show the profile of the sewer and of the ground surface.
B. All manholes shall be located in the plan and on the profile.
C. In addition to the sewers, the plan shall show the location of existing structures, houses, etc., plus the location of proposed or existing underground utilities, curbs, property lines, railroad crossings, culverts, bridges, etc., crossing the sewer line.
D. The horizontal scale for profiles shall be the same as that used for the plan, which shall in no case be smaller than 100 feet to the inch. The vertical scale shall in no case be smaller than ten feet to the inch.
E. Sewer sizes, manhole numbers and stationing shall be shown on the plan and repeated on the profile.
F. Sewer grades, invert elevations at manholes, elevations of the tops of manhole castings, types of pipe, locations of cradles, etc., maximum levels or flood stages at manholes and existing and proposed street grades shall be shown on the profile.
G. A vicinity map at a scale not smaller than 4,000 feet to the inch shall be used as a cover sheet for all plans where the proposed installation is on more than one street.
H. The following note shall be placed on the cover sheet for all plans: “Sanitary sewers shall be constructed in strict compliance with current standards of Loudoun County.”
(2) The application shall include such other pertinent information as the County may require and shall indicate in full detail the manner in which the applicant proposes to meet the standards set forth herein. The plat shall be prepared and certified by an engineer duly authorized by the State to perform such work. The application shall be accompanied by a certificate from the County Zoning Administrator that the area to be served by the proposed installation has been officially zoned for the particular type of land use described in the application and shown on the accompanying plat.
(b) Review of Application. In making its review of the application and accompanying preliminary plat, the County reserves the right to require such changes, including changes in pipe sizes, as it may consider necessary in order to meet the requirements of these standards and to permit future extensions where circumstances so indicate.
(c) Issuance of Permit. Upon delivery of the application to the County by the applicant, as hereinbefore provided, the County may issue the official permit for the installation of the project. The applicant is hereby placed on notice that any installation work he may do on the project prior to the issuance of such permit is done entirely at his own risk.
(d) Notice of Construction. The holder of a permit hereunder shall notify the County Administrator of the actual installation of any sewer or other facility covered by such permit at least forty-eight hours prior to the covering up of such sewer or facility in order to permit inspection and testing thereof.