(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city. Before a permit may be issued for excavating for plumbing in any public street, way or alley, the person applying for the permit shall have executed unto the city and deposited with the Treasurer a corporate surety bond in the sum of 51,000 conditioned and that he or she will perform faithfully all work with due care and skill and in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations established under the authority or any ordinances of the city pertaining to plumbing. This bond shall state that the persons will indemnify and save harmless the city and the township and the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness or negligence on his or her part in connection with plumbing or excavating for plumbing as prescribed in this chapter. The bond shall remain in force and must be executed for a period of one year; except that, on the expiration, it shall remain in force as to all penalty claims and demands that may have accrued thereunder prior to the expiration.
(B) The fee for the connection permit shall be an amount established by the City of Williamston in accordance with the wastewater disposal agreement.
(C) The person applying for a connection permit will receive one copy of the permit; one copy will be retained by the city; one copy will go to the township; two copies will be retained by the Inspector. The copies retained by the Inspector shall be returned to the city with a sketch of the actual installation on the backs showing all dimensions, directions and other pertinent information concerning the installation. The copies with the sketches shall bear the signature of the Inspector and the date the inspection was made. The city will then send one of these copies to the township.
(D) No connection to the system will be permitted unless there is capacity available in all downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains and the sewage treatment plant, including capacity for treatment of B.O.D. and suspended solids.
(E) All connections to the system will be made by a licensed contractor or plumber; provided, however, that, a property owner may make his or her own installation and connection in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and law so long as he or she has secured a connection permit. This does not allow a property owner to hire an unlicensed contractor to do his or her work.
(F) All licensed contractors and plumbers making connections to the systems shall file with the township and the city a copy of their plumbers' or contractors' license from the State of Michigan and a copy of their liability insurance prior to performing any connections to the system.
(G) No person shall connect roof downspouts, foundation drains, area way drains or any sources of surface or ground water to a building sewer which, in turn, is connected to the system.
(H) No building sewer shall be covered until after it has been inspected and approved by authorized personnel of the township or its designee. No building sewer shall be used until final approval after the trench is backfilled; an air test may be required at the owner's expense.
(Ord. 26, eff. 6-19-1982) Penalty, see § 50.999