The provisions of any applicable Township code
or the provisions of this article shall apply, whichever is more strict.
No unauthorized persons (i.e., persons other
than personnel of the control authority, the participating municipalities
or their agents) shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof
without first obtaining a written permit from the Township.
A. There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) For residential and commercial service; and
(2) For service to industrial users.
B. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make
application on a special form furnished by the control authority and/or
the Township. The permit application shall be supplemented by any
plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in
the judgment of the control authority and/or the Township. A permit
and inspection fee for a residential or commercial building sewer
permit and for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to
the control authority and/or the Township at the time the application
is filed. All building sewer permit applications under Subsection
A(2)(b) above shall be reviewed and approved in writing by the control
authority and/or the Township prior to permit issuance. Permit and
inspection fees for sewer permits shall be in such amounts as may
be established from time to time by the control authority and/or the
Township.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation,
connection and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by
the owner or user, who shall indemnify the control authority and/or
the Township from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be caused by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building or any part of any building as may
be determined by the control authority and/or the Township.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, upon examination and
test by the control authority and/or the Township, to meet all requirements
of this Part 2.
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction
of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing
of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall conform
to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes and/or other
applicable rules and regulations of the control authority and/or the
Township. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification therefore,
the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
In order to prevent grease, oil and sand from
being discharged into the public sewage system, all hospitals, nursing
homes, hotels, restaurants and any other establishments engaged in
the preparation, processing or sale of food shall install and properly
maintain one or more grease traps of a type and capacity approved
by the control authority and/or the Township, and same shall be located
so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
If any other user in the opinion of the control authority and/or the
Township discharges a quantity, oil or sand in its sewage so as to
warrant the installation and maintenance of one or more grease traps,
same shall be installed and maintained in accordance with these regulations
at the direction of the control authority and/or the Township.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall
be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such
building drain shall be lifted by a method approved by the control
authority and/or the Township and discharged to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of sump pumps,
roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources
of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain
which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a POTW unless
such connection is approved in writing by the control authority and/or
the Township for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
The connection of the building sewer into the
POTW (which for purposes of this Part 2 includes the collection system)
shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code
or other applicable rules and regulations of the respective municipality
set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual
of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and
watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the
prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the control
authority and/or the Township before installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit
shall notify the Manager when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the POTW. The connection to the public sewer and
testing shall be made under the supervision of the Manager or his
representative.
All excavations for building sewer installation
shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public
property disturbed in the course of work shall be restored in a manner
satisfactory to the control authority and/or the Township.
No excavation, construction or connection work
shall be commenced within the control authority and/or the Township
right-of-way until the owner, his agents and/or independent contractor
shall have first filed a bond in double the amount of the cost of
the work to be performed as determined by the control authority and/or
the Township, agreeing to indemnify and save harmless the control
authority and/or the Township against any and all loss, damages, costs
and expenses which the control authority and/or the Township may thereafter
suffer, incur or pay by reason of the failure to complete properly
any of the aforesaid excavation, construction or connection work.
The term "owner," as used herein, shall be deemed
to include the owner or owners in fee simple, lessees of the premises,
occupiers of the premises, users and all other parties having a use
or interest in the premises and occupying the same with or without
the consent and permission of the owner of the fee title.
Sanitary sewers installed with unused points
of connection for building sewers shall have said points of connection
capped for watertight integrity prior to connection of the building
sewer. The method of capping shall be one approved by the Manager
and/or the Township.