(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb the public sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the township.
(B) A connection to the public sewer shall be made only by a licensed contractor upon written authorization and a permit issued by the township. Prior to said connection, the property owner or his agent shall submit a permit application to the township. This permit application shall be on a special form furnished by the township and shall be accompanied by the connection fee, any civil penalty which has accrued pursuant to § 51.24 of this chapter, provision for payment of the applicable inspection fee, provision for payment of all costs relating to construction of the service connection, the plans and specifications of all plumbing construction within the premises and all other information required by the township. The township shall determine if the system has sufficient capacity to accommodate sewage to be generated by the proposed use. The connection shall not be approved if sufficient capacity is not available.
(C) The approval of a permit application shall be subject to:
(1) Compliance with all terms of this chapter, including payment of the connection fee pursuant to division (B) above, the payment of any civil penalty which has accrued pursuant to § 51.24 of this chapter, provision for payment of all costs relating to construction of the service connection, provision for payment of the applicable inspection fee and all orders, rules and regulations of the Health Department and the SWRC;
(2) The availability of capacity in the system, including compatible pollutant capacity; and
(3) Compliance of the plans and specifications with the following standards for construction.
(a) The building sewer shall be of vitrified clay pipe meeting specifications of the American Standard for Testing Materials requirement C-700 (denoted ASTM C-700); Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) solid wall sewer pipe and fittings, designated ASTM D-2741 with minimum sidewall thickness to Diameter Ratio of 35, designated SDR-35; ABS composite sewer pipe and fittings designated ASTM D2680-SDR-35; ductile iron pipe meeting current specifications of the American Waterworks Association (AWWA) C-151, Class 52; polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe designated D-3034-SDR-35; or approved equal. All building sewers over ten feet deep below the existing ground elevation shall be of pipe having greater strength than the above-mentioned pipe classes.
(b) The size of the building sewer shall not be less than four inches in diameter. The minimum diameter of the service connection shall be six inches.
(c) 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. Minimum depth of the building sewer at the property line shall be eight and one-half feet below the established street grade. Where this minimum depth cannot be obtained, the building sewer shall be laid with a minimum rise of one-quarter inch per foot.
(d) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, the sewage to be carried by the building drain shall be lifted by approved means and discharged to the sewer.
(e) Where the public sewer is more than 12 feet deep measured from established street grade, a riser shall be constructed on the public sewer using methods and materials approved by the township.
(f) All joints and connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Joints for vitrified clay sewer pipe shall be of resilient materials conforming to ASTM C-425. Joints for ABS pipe shall be type SC (solvent cement) or type OR (O-Ring). Joints for PVC pipe shall conform to ASTM D1784.
(g) Connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall conform to requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the township, or the procedures in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9. All deviations from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the township.
(h) Two or more building sewers shall not be connected directly or indirectly to the same service connection or lateral.
(i) A minimum distance of ten feet shall be maintained between the building sewer and all water carrying pipes.
(j) Separate and independent service connections shall be provided for each parcel of land located adjacent to the path of the sanitary sewer. Additional service connections to a parcel shall be provided only when township zoning requirements for lot size and land use are met, approval of the Township Board is given, all permit and connection fees for each additional service connection are paid, and division (C) above is satisfied.
(D) All excavations, pipe laying and backfill required for the installation of building sewers shall conform with requirements and standards approved by the township. No backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected and approved by the contractor inspector. Backfill material shall be free of cinders, ashes, refuse, sod, organic material, brush, trees, boulders, rocks larger than six inches in diameter, frozen material or other material which, in the opinion of the connection inspector is unsuitable.
(E) The connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall be made at the service connection. If no service connection is available, the procedures set forth in division (C)(3)(g) above shall be followed.
(F) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior footing or foundation drains, areaway drains, storm drains or other points of entry of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the public sewer.
(G) All excavations for building sewer installation and connection to the public sewer shall be adequately guarded by the contractor 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 at the cost of the property owner in a manner satisfactory to the township.
(H) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall be borne by the owner of the property being connected. No such work shall be commenced before such owner obtains the necessary permission to work in the public right-of-way from the township and the County Road Commission. Said owner shall indemnify the township from all loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be caused by the installation and connection of the building sewer to the public sewer.
(I) The applicant for a building sewer permit shall notify the connection inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection. If the connection inspector determines that the building sewer has been constructed and installed pursuant to this chapter and the permit issued by the township, the building sewer shall then be connected with the public sewer under the supervision of the connection inspector.
(J) The cost of all repairs, maintenance and replacements of existing building sewers and their connection to public sewers shall be borne by the property owner. Such owner shall make application to perform such work to the township.
(K) Existing building sewers and their connections, used to connect previously demolished or removed buildings to the public sewer, may be used to connect newly constructed buildings only when such building sewers are certified by the administrator as meeting all requirements of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 70.005) (Ord. 92-2, effective 4-23-1992) Penalty, see § 51.99