(A) Any entity proposing to build local or lateral sanitary sewers or extensions to connect directly or indirectly into the town’s sanitary sewerage system shall conform its plan and specifications to the requirements of the approving authority. The plans and specifications shall be prepared by a registered engineer who is authorized by the laws of this state and approved or approvable by any and all local, county and state authorities having jurisdiction.
(B) The following administrative procedures shall be followed:
(1) Submit preliminary construction plans to the approving authority in sufficient detail to indicate location, system layout, line sizes, service connections, flows, character of sewage, relationship with and connection to the town’s system, and total development plans;
(2) Receive preliminary acceptance from the approving authority and other jurisdictional agencies;
(3) Prepare construction drawings and documents for approving authority acceptance;
(4) Secure all other necessary agency approvals of construction drawings and contract documents;
(5) Upon receipt of required approvals, proceed with construction, notifying the approving authority of construction schedules;
(6) Provide the approving authority with permission for on-site inspection during construction; and
(7) Furnish to the approving authority a certificate of completion, instrument of conveyance and warranty together with any other legal documents as may be required for annexation, reimbursement and similar special provisions.
(C) Construction of the proposed sewerage system shall be accomplished by a registered contractor licensed under the laws of this state who shall have paid all business licenses required by the town.
(D) Public bids must be received and tabulated for any portion of the proposed system which qualifies for reimbursement from the town. These tabulated bids must be submitted to and approved by the approving authority before award of construction contracts.
(E) Upon completion of construction, the engineer employed by the subdistrict shall inspect and furnish to the approving authority, at no cost to the town, his or her certificate of completion indicating that the subject sewerage system has been constructed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, and shall provide four copies of as-constructed drawings.
(F) The owner or his or her authorized agent shall submit a warranty which is a legal instrument in which the owner warrants the materials, equipment and construction of the system for 12 months. The owner shall further warrant to the approving authority that all fees have been paid by him or her such that there is no outstanding indebtedness remaining and holding the town harmless in each instance.
(G) All known sewer taps shall be made during construction and the location of all taps shall be recorded on the as-constructed drawings.
(H) All sewerage system extensions must be compatible with present and future plans and needs of the town.
(I) When all other requirements of this chapter have been met and approved the owner shall prepare and submit to the approving authority an instrument of conveyance, conveying the constructed system to the town, at no cost to the town, and the system shall thereafter be owned, operated and maintained by the town as provided for in this chapter. The instrument of conveyance shall also include permanent easements and rights-of-way fully described and duly recorded at the appropriate authority.
(1995 Code, § 4-3009) (Ord. passed 2-16-1982)