No person shall be permitted to tap and make connection with any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Director of Public Service. Written application for building sewer permits shall be made on forms furnished by the Director. All applications for building sewer permits shall be made by the sewer tapper employed to do the work. The application shall be signed by the applicant and the owner of the premises for which the application is being made, or by the owner's authorized agent or attorney. The applicant shall state on the application the description of the parcel or number of the lot, number of front feet, name of district, and name of owner. The Director may require additional information as to the volume and nature of the proposed discharge including, but not limited to the character of any substances other than domestic waste which will be discharged from any building sewer sought to be connected into the public sewer.
Prior to the issuance of a building sewer permit, the Director of Public Service shall consult his records with regard to the sewer for which a tap and connection if requested, and shall determine that there is capacity available for the wastewater to be discharged into the sewer system to which the requested tap and connection will be tributary, and other elements of the treatment, works, such as, but not limited to lift and pumping stations, force mains, and the wastewater treatment plant, including capacity for compatible pollutants. If the Director determines that there is capacity available, and all other requirements and conditions of the rules and regulations established by the Director governing tapping and making connections to public sewers are fulfilled, the Director shall furnish to the applicant the approximate locations within which the tap and connection to the public sewer is to be made, and issue a written permit therefor.
(Ord. 30-86. Passed 1-14-86.)