(A) No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any connections, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof, without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent. The permission shall be subject to the existence of sufficient hydraulic and/or treatment capacities of the wastewater treatment facilities as determined by the Superintendent.
(B) (1) There shall be 2 classes of building sewer permits:
(a) For residential and commercial service; and
(b) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(2) In either case, the owner(s), or his or her agent, shall make application on a special form furnished by the Superintendent. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of $300 for residential or commercial building sewer permit, and $500 for an industrial building sewer permit, shall be paid to the Superintendent at the time the application is filed.
(C) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(D) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where 1 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, court, yard, or driveway, the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as 1 building sewer, but the town does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any single connection.
(E) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to all criteria of § 50.26 of this chapter. In the absence of code provisions, or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPC Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(F) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In any buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(G) (1) No person(s) shall make connection of roof downpours, foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps, basement or yard drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater, to a building sewer which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer; and
(2) Any connection to a private sewage disposal system, which existed prior to the availability of public sewers, shall be removed from the building sewer prior to connection with the public sewer.
(H) 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 ASTM and the WPC Manual of Practice No. 9. All connections shall be made gaslight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
(I) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent, or his or her representative. The applicant shall provide access to all structures (and areas of structures) to the Superintendent for the purpose of establishing compliance with division (G) above.
(J) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights 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.
(K) All properties where there is an available sanitary sewer within 300 feet of the property line shall connect to the aforementioned sanitary sewer system.
(1) The cost of any grinder pump or other associated equipment required to make such connection shall be the exclusive responsibility of the individual property owner.
(2) Failure to comply with this requirement after the required 90 day notice will result in a fine of $100 per day.
(3) Property owners may request to have the town pay the initial cost associated with the installation, replacement, or repair of a grinder pump used or required for this purpose.
(a) If the town pays these expenses at the time of service, the property owner shall be required to repay the entire cost of the equipment and labor required to install the grinder pump, payable on payment plan, as an addition to their regular monthly sewer bill.
(4) The town shall adopt a policy regarding the imposition of fees in this division (K) that includes:
(a) For those properties that currently have grinder pumps, the provisions of this division (K) shall be enforced upon transfer of title to the real property at any time after adoption of this section;
(b) Any further direction necessitated by division (K)(3)(a) above; or
(c) Any other matter authorized by Chapter 50 that is necessary or prudent in collection of fees and costs related thereto.
(Ord. 12-1999, passed 9-27-1999; Am. Ord. 2021-08, passed 9-28-2021)