A. Permits Required. No building drain, private sanitary or stormwater sewer for connection to any public sewer system shall be laid, nor shall any person lay, alter or disturb any part of any public sewer or drain connected into any public sewer system without first having obtained a permit for such work from the Director of Public Works. All sewer construction shall meet the applicable requirements of this chapter, the Public Works and Engineering Design Guidelines, and the WMO. In the event a permit from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is required for qualified sewer construction, such permit shall be obtained before the Village permit becomes effective and before any work begins.
B. Responsibility of Owner.
1. Except as provided in the following paragraph 2, the owner of the property to which sewer service is supplied shall be responsible for installing, repairing and maintaining, at the owner's expense, all drains, connections and fittings for the building sewer connections into the public sewer systems.
2. All repairs to that portion of the main public sewer line or pipe encompassed within its outer circumference shall be made by and at the expense of the Village. All repairs to the building sewer, including that portion of the connection, "Y," or "T" lying outside of the outer circumference of the main public sewer line or pipe, shall be made by and at the expense of the owner of the premises served. Where the depth of a portion of the building sewer requiring repair under a public right-of-way exceeds 12 feet below grade, repairs shall require the inspection and approval of the Village Engineer prior to the commencement of and at the completion of any repair work, and the Village shall reimburse the owner of the premises served 50% of the reasonable and customary cost of the below grade sewer repair work approved by the Village Engineer. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the owner of the premises served shall in all circumstances be responsible for the entire cost of surface restoration required as the result of any repair work.
3. In the event that a failure develops or occurs in that portion of the building sewer to be maintained by the owner of the premises, the Village may close the public water service valve and discontinue the service of water to the premises until the required repairs are made to the defective portion of the building sewer by the owner of the premises. (Amended MC-16-2002, 12/31/02)
C. Permit Applications. Applications for sewer permits shall be submitted by the owner on forms provided by the Director of Public Works. The application shall be accompanied by all required fees and deposits, which shall be set by resolution of the Village Council. The sewer contractor shall have a permit bond on file with the Director of Public Works prior to Village's acceptance of a sewer permit application. Any remaining permit or other fees owed to the Village shall be paid in full prior to any approved permit being released or in force.
(MC-5-2014, § 4, Amended, 04/17/2014; prior code § 25.09)