(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. Said permission shall be subject to the existence of sufficient hydraulic and/or treatment capacities of the sewerage and/or waste water treatment facilities as determined by the sewage works.
(B) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential and commercial service; and for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner(s) or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the sewage works. 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 $25 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and $50 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the sewage works 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 sewage works 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 one 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 one building sewer, but the sewage works does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
(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 this subchapter. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF 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 such 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 down spouts, 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.
(2) Any such 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 WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight 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.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-3-1996) Penalty, see § 55.99