(a) Application and Fee. Except in the case of property owned by the Village, no person, corporation, partnership, association or public agency whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building, structure of other facility, either directly or indirectly, with a sanitary sewer in the Newcomerstown Sanitary Sewer District which has or will have its ultimate outlet at the Newcomerstown WWTP for the purpose of discharging sanitary wastes or acceptable industrial wastes from such premises without first receiving a permit for such purpose. The owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of Public Affairs. A permit fee outlined in Section 921.08 shall be paid to the Water Department Clerk at the time the application is filed.
(b) Permit Required for Private Sewage Disposal System. Before construction of a structure requiring the installation of a private sewage disposal system, the owner or
agent shall obtain written permission to install a private sewage disposal system from the Board and an Installation and Operation Permit from The Tuscarawas County General Health District.
The application for the Permit to Install shall be made on a form acceptable to the Board of Public Affairs and shall contain all pertinent information required. This application shall be accompanied by a fee determined by the Board.
(c) Tampering with or Damaging Works Prohibited. No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Wastewater Treatment Works.
(d) Notice to Correct or Cease Violation. Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter, except as provided in division (c) of this section, shall be served by the Village with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within a period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(e) Powers and Authority of Inspectors. Employees of the Village, duly authorized by the Board and bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the wastewater treatment works in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The authorized employees of the Village are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial or commercial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater treatment works. A user may withhold information considered confidential. A user must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
While performing the necessary work on private properties, the authorized employees of the Village shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner, and the owner shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Village employees, and the Village shall indemnify the owner against loss or damage to its property by Village employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the owner and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions.
(f) Board of Trustees of Public Affairs to Make Rules; Appeals. The Board shall make and enforce rules and regulations, subject to approval of Council, establishing the types and characteristics of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, and other matters not specifically covered in this chapter which shall not be discharged into the Village sewerage system, and the types and characteristics of sanitary sewerage and industrial wastes admissible to the Village sewerage system only after pretreatment. Such rules and regulations shall be subject to appeal to Council, which shall appoint three reputable and qualified persons to investigate a the appeal and agree to affirm or reject the ruling of the Board.
(g) Inspection of New Laterals. The building sewer lateral and its connection into the main sanitary sewer shall be left exposed for inspection and approval by the Board or its duly authorized agent. Upon approval, the Board will authorize the placing of backfill over the connection and pipe at which time the building sewer lateral may be used for its intended purpose.
(h) Notification. Prior to commencing any construction of public or building sewers a minimum of twenty- four hours notice shall be given to the office of the Board. No construction of sewers shall be allowed on legal holidays, Saturdays, Sundays or after 4:30 p.m. unless written permission is obtained from the Board. The Board may require payment by the Contractor or inspection costs for work performed on days and at times listed in the written permission.
(Ord. 6-80. Passed 5-19-80; Am. Ord. 5-99. Passed 3-23-99.)