No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a permit from the Town. The owner of the property with any such unauthorized connection or use shall be liable to the Town for all sewer use resulting from such connection or use and may be subject to criminal fines and/or penalties.
A. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits.
(1) 
For residential and commercial service.
(2) 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. 
Permit applications.
(1) 
In the case of residential and commercial service, the application for a permit will be made in person by the plumber, duly licensed in the State of Delaware, who will install or supervise the installation of the building sewer. The application for a permit shall be made on forms furnished by the Town and shall be supplemented by plans and specifications. The permit application shall also be signed by the licensed plumber, as well as the owner of the building having the building sewer connected thereto. All commercial service applicants must complete a wastewater questionnaire as part of the application.
(2) 
In the case of service for establishments producing industrial wastes, the application for a permit shall be made by the owner or his authorized agent. The application for a permit shall be made on forms furnished by the Town and shall be supplemented by plans and specifications and all other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Town. All commercial service applicants must complete a wastewater questionnaire as part of the application.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation, connection and disconnection of the building sewer shall be done by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation, connection and disconnection of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every dwelling, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose. A building sewer shall not service more than one:
A. 
Dwelling house, either detached or one side of a double house or house in a row of houses, provided that a garage, a guesthouse and similar features incidental to the family life shall be considered as a portion of the dwelling.
B. 
Industrial, commercial or manufacturing establishment.
C. 
Building separated from adjacent buildings by a party wall or walls and comprising apartments, stores, offices or any combination thereof.
D. 
Detached building comprising apartments, stores, offices or any combination thereof.
E. 
Establishment consisting of individual dwelling units under the management of a single commercial or cooperative entity.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Town, to meet all requirements of this Part 1.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer and the size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of the building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of this Part 1.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Town when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer lateral. Inspection of the building sewer shall be conducted by the Town. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Town.
All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades, and barricades and lights at night, so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the excavation/installation work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town. All state highways and rights-of-way must be permitted through the Delaware Department of Transportation and conform to the state's specifications.
The Town may require any person to provide such information as the Town deems appropriate to determine whether any action or activity undertaken by such person or on such person's property is in compliance with the requirements of this Part 1, poses a threat to human health and the environment or interferes with the health, safety, peace, comfort or convenience of the general community.