§ 52.23 BUILDING SEWERS.

   (A)   Connections to the town’s wastewater collection system shall only be made in accordance with the town’s sanitary sewer construction standards.

   (B)   Capacity, inspection and permit fees shall be in accordance with the town’s sewer rate schedule as stipulated in §§ 52.35 through 52.41 of this chapter.

   (C)   The permit application shall include plans, specifications and other information as required by the town’s sanitary sewer construction standards.

   (D)   All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

   (E)   An existing building sewer may be used to connect a new building only when it is found, upon examination and testing, to meet all requirements of the town’s standards and ordinances.

   (F)   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, connecting to the public sewer, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the town’s sanitary sewer construction standards.

   (G)   No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff of groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.

   (H)   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. V-B-1-a(2), passed 2-7-1983; Ord. 2019-8-26(A), passed 8-26-2019) Penalty, see § 52.99