(A) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the “Y” branch, if such a branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is 15 inches in diameter or less and no properly located “Y” branch is available, the owner shall at his or her expense install a saddle “Y” on the public sewer at the location specified by the town. Where the public sewer is greater than 15 inches in diameter and no properly located “Y” branch is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer with an entry in the downstream direction at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. A 45-degree ell may be used to make the connection with the spigot and 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 the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings shall be used for the connections as approved by the town.
(B) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(C) Whenever the town adopts a preliminary resolution for the permanent improvement of the roadway of any street, it shall in the resolution declare its intention of making, at the owner’s expense, all private connections with sewers, gas, water and other like pipes and public conveniences and bringing the connections inside the curb line of the street when it shall not be done by the abutting property owners. Notice of this intention shall also be made a part of the notice to be given concerning the improvement of the street as required by law.
(1) Should any owners of property abutting the proposed improvement fail to make the connections, the town shall at once proceed to authorize the proper town official to do so at the owner’s expense and the town shall have the power to designate the official who shall perform the work of making the connections. The town shall also have authority in the event it deems it necessary to cause the work of making the connections to be done by any competent contractor. The town may also, if it deems necessary in the final resolution ordering the improvement, declare that all such connections as shall not be made by abutting property owners shall be made by the contractor, in which event bidders shall state the amount at which they are willing to make the connections based either on the frontage of the lots where the connections are to be made or otherwise as may be ordered by the town.
(2) The cost of making the connections, whether by a town official designed by the town or by contract, shall be a lien on the property of the owner and shall be included in and constitute a part of the assessment for the improvement of the street and shall be collectible in the same manner as expenses for other street or sewer improvements are collected.
(1991 Code, § 50.31)