1. No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall make any opening into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb, in any manner, any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from this Township.
2. Application for a permit required under subsection (1) shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
3. No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
A. Such person shall have notified the secretary or other designated representative of this Township of the desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
B. Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a permit as required by subsection (1).
C. Such person shall have given the secretary or other designated representative of this Township at least 48 hours notice of the time when such connection will be made so that this Township may supervise and inspect or may cause to be supervised and inspected the work of connection and necessary testing.
D. If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the secretary or other designated representative of this Township that any tapping fee, and any other applicable fee or charge that may be charged and imposed by this Township against the owner of each improved property who connects such improved property to a sewer, has been paid.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then only after special permission of this Township, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by this Township.
5. All costs and expenses of acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of a building sewer and of the lateral serving any improved property shall be borne by the owner of the improved property served thereby, unless otherwise provided by this Township. All costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a lateral, and connection of a lateral to a sewer, including such costs and expenses of acquiring, installing, operating and maintaining a grinder pump or similar apparatus approved by the Township, shall be borne by the owner of the improved property so connected, unless otherwise provided by this Township. Each such owner shall indemnify and shall save harmless this Township from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction, connection, operation or use of a building sewer or of a lateral.
6. A building sewer and the appropriate lateral shall be connected to a sewer at the location designated by this Township. If this Township furnishes the lateral, the building sewer shall be connected to the sewer at the place where the lateral is located. The owner of each improved property shall provide this Township any information requested pertaining to the existing or proposed location of a building sewer and of the lateral.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or a higher elevation (unless a grinder pump is required as part of the building sewer) than the invert of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building sewer and lateral, or other designated point of connection, shall be made secure and watertight.
7. If the owner of any improved property located within this Township which is adjoining or adjacent to or whose principal building is within 150 feet from any part of the sewer system, after 60 days notice from this Township, either by personal service or by registered mail, requiring the connection of such improved property with a sewer, in accordance with § 302(1), shall fail to connect such improved property and use the sewer system, as required, this Township may enter upon such improved property and construct such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof in the manner permitted by law.
(Ord. 74, 5/5/2005, Art. III)