The approval of a Service Connection permit application shall be subject to:
(A) Compliance with all terms of this chapter and the Sister Lakes Area Sanitary Sewage Disposal System (Ord. 01-03), including, without limitation, § 50.061, the Wastewater Treatment Agreement and the rules and regulations of the Authority, the Health Department, the City, and the MDEQ;
(B) The availability of capacity in the System, including Compatible Pollutant Capacity; and
(C) Compliance of the plans and specifications for connection with the following standards for construction.
(1) The design, installation, and connection of the Building Sewer and Service Connection to the Public Sewer System shall conform to requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Township (including, if applicable, recommendations of the Township Engineer). Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Township Inspector.
(2) The size of the Building Sewer for gravity installation shall not be less than four inches in diameter, and for on-site pump installation, shall not be less than two inches in diameter, and is subject to inspection by the Township Inspector at the time of connection to the Service Connection. In the event such inspection reveals a deficiency or non-conformity in the Building Sewer, the connection of the Building Sewer to the Service Connection shall not be completed or approved until the owner has corrected the said deficiency or non-conformity to the satisfaction of the Township Inspector.
(3) Whenever possible, the Building Sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No Building Sewer shall be laid parallel to and within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. Where this minimum depth cannot be obtained, the Building Sewer shall be laid at a minimum grade of one-quarter inch per foot, sloping toward the Service Connection.
(4) In all buildings in which any Building Drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the Service Connection, the Sewage carried by the Building Drain shall be lifted by means acceptable to the Township and discharged to the Service Connection; however, operation and maintenance of all on-site lift pumps and ejectors shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
(5) Where the Public Sewer System is more than 12 feet deep measured from established street grade, a riser may be constructed on the Service Connection using methods and materials approved by the Township.
(6) All joints and connections shall be made gas-tight and watertight.
(7) A separate and independent Building Sewer shall be provided for every building; provided that in the event 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 through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the Building Sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(8) A suitable backwater valve shall be installed in the Building Sewer and a cleanout shall be installed at the property line between the backwater valve and the Public Sewer at the expense of the applicant.
(Ord. 01-03, passed 8-8-2001)