(a) Permit Required. No person shall make any connection to the main public sanitary or storm sewerage system or repair, install or clean any sanitary and/or storm sewerage devices, except minor repairs, frozen pipes and leaks, within the Municipality, without first submitting plans and specifications in duplicate for proposed installations of roughed in plumbing, drainage and sewerage for approval or rejection by the Plumbing Inspector and obtaining a written permit from the Director of Finance.
(Ord. 2012-13. Passed 5-7-12.)
Application blanks and forms for such permit will be furnished by the Plumbing Inspector without fee or other charge.
(b) Application. The application shall state the name of the owner of the property or an authorized representative thereof, the location of the proposed sewer connection, and the name of the person to be employed to perform the work.
(c) Authority to Enter Premises. The permit shall give to the members of Council and Village Administrator or their authorized agents, authority to enter upon the premises for the purpose of investigating existing drains and connections.
(Ord. 1994-20. Passed 5-16-94.)
(Ord. 1994-20. Passed 5-16-94.)
(d) Permit Fees. A tapping fee in accordance with the following schedule shall be charged for sanitary sewer connections and storm sewer connections in the Municipality.
Applicable Zoning Classification Tap Fee R $1,000.00 each building tap (6 inch max.) MR $1,000.00 each building tap with two or less units and $200.00 for each unit in excess of two units for any one building MHPD $1,000.00 each main sewer tap and $200.00 each private sewer connection. GB, CB, NB, L1, H1, ID $1,000.00 each building tap for 6 inch sewer tap and $400.00 per inch diameter for every inch over six inches $250.00 for each storm sewer tap |
A tap shall be defined for application of this section as a connection to a public or private sanitary sewer which services a tap with the Municipal sanitary sewer system. (Ord. 2008-51. Passed 12-1-08.)
(1) In October of each year, beginning in 2009, and continuing thereafter until further action of this Council, the Director of Finance shall determine the amount of increase, if any, in the cost of living index (as used by the Village to set employee wage increases) over the preceding twelve month period (for the most recent period then available) as announced by the United States Department of Labor and shall report the same to Council. Thereafter, the Director of Finance shall increase the current schedule of rates set forth above by the same increase in cost of living as reported to Council. That increased rate shall then become the new current rate to be charged effective January 1 of the following year, for the following year.
(Ord. 2012-13. Passed 5-7-12.)
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary as set forth in paragraph (1) hereinabove, in any year, the cost of living adjustment shall be adjusted or eliminated if the Council, by majority vote, declares, prior to December 31 in the year before the adjustment would otherwise be made, that any cost of living increase which would normally be awarded for that year shall either be eliminated or reduced, as Council may designate, for that year.
(3) Nothing in the foregoing provisions shall be construed to restrain or restrict the authority of any future Council to either alter, amend, or repeal the structure of cost of living adjustments provided herein, or to implement any further increases or reductions in rates at any time, as Council at that time may deem appropriate.
(Ord. 2008-51. Passed 12-1-08.)
(e) Issuance and Inspection Fees. A fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be charged for the issuance of the permit by the Director of Finance plus one dollar ($1.00) for each trap or fixture up to and including ten fixtures and two dollars ($2.00) for each trap or fixture over ten. (Ord. 2012-13. Passed 5-7-12.)
(f) Permit Time Limit. Permits are good for a continuous performance of the approved work. A permit shall automatically expire when work ceases for a period of ninety days without good and reasonable cause for same, but shall naturally expire upon completion of work for which it was issued.
(Ord. 1973-14. Passed 5-17-73; Ord. 1978-05. Passed 3-20-78.)