(A) Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or sewage disposal device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure side of such sewage disposal system or sewage disposal device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line as a building sewer.
(B) No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by the authority. If any part of a building sewer is covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered for inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
(C) Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved property.
(D) Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and injury. Any street, sidewalk, or other property disturbed in the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to the authority.
(E) If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt of a written notice of the authority, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building sewer within 60 days of receipt of such notice, the authority may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of the authority.
(F) If, after the expiration of three months from the date of written notice to connect, any owner of improved property abutting on or adjoining any street, alley, lane, or other public highway in which there is a sewer shall have failed to connect therewith as required by § 51.003(A), the township, or the authority on its behalf, may give such owner 45 days’ written notice of this section, either by personal service or by registered United States Mail, sent to the last known address of such owner, and upon failure of such owner to make the required connection within the said 45-day period, the township, or the authority on its behalf, may make such connection and collect the cost thereof from such owner by a municipal lien or an action in assumpsit.
(G) This township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating to connections with a sewer and with the sewer system, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be construed as part of this subchapter.
(Ord. 2005-1, passed 2-22-2005)