[Amended 8-6-2001; 9-9-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-04]
It shall be unlawful for any person to uncover, make any connections with or open into, use, alter or disturb any community sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Mayor and Council. Upon application, the applicant may be required to pay the relevant fee as established in the currently effective Town of Milton Fee Schedule for a street breaking permit, to be refunded when the street is returned to its original or otherwise satisfactory condition. A twenty-four-hour notice must be given.
[Amended 3-6-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-2]
A. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) 
For residential and commercial services; and
(2) 
For services to establishments producing industrial waste.
B. 
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a form provided by the Mayor and Council. Permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Mayor and Council. A permit inspection fee as established in the currently effective Town of Milton Fee Schedule shall be paid to the Town of Milton at the time application is filed.
[Amended 9-9-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-04]
C. 
Additionally, there shall be a sewer impact fee paid at the time of obtaining the building permit according to a schedule set by Town Council.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owners. The owner(s) shall indemnify the Town of Milton from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. For connection to an existing sewer line not requiring upgrading, it shall be the sole expense of the property owner for all construction not within the street or curbline.
[Added 6-1997]
A. 
All costs and expenses incident to the extension and connection of sewer service to any property shall be borne by the property owner or owners.
B. 
Any upgrade of materials or equipment required by the Town for future expansion, as determined by the Town, shall be the responsibility of the Town.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway. The sewer serving the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but the Mayor and Council does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and tested by the Mayor and Council, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The size, slope, materials and methods of new construction of building sewers, after the effective date of adoption of this chapter, shall conform to the following standards:
A. 
The minimum building sewer pipe diameter shall be six inches unless written approval is obtained from the Mayor and Council to connect to an existing building sewer of a smaller diameter.
B. 
Building sewers shall be constructed at a slope of 1/4 inch per foot or 2%. Where special conditions exist, building sewers may be constructed at a slope of 1/8 inch per foot or 1% upon approval by Mayor and Council.
C. 
Building sewers shall be constructed using one of the following materials:
(1) 
Extra strength vitrified class sewer pipe conforming to ASTM C200.
(2) 
Ductile iron pipe conforming to AWWA C151 with cement lining and interior bituminous seal coating.
(3) 
Type PSM polyvinylchloride (PVC) sewer pipe conforming to ASTM D3034.
D. 
All pipe joints shall be watertight and flexible and furnished or recommended by the manufacturer of the pipe in which they are installed.
E. 
Building sewers shall be connected to community sewers at existing hubs or lateral wyes. At locations where hubs or lateral wyes are not available on the community sewer, connection of the building sewer shall be made by cutting a hole in the community sewer equal in diameter to the building sewer and installing a saddle with a watertight seal between the saddle and the community sewer. Saddles shall be secured to the community sewer with corrosion resistant bands or clamps.
F. 
A clean-out connection with a watertight plug shall be installed on each building sewer and located outside of and adjacent to the public road or community sewer right-of-way. Clean-out openings shall be located at grade and protected with a concrete collar.
G. 
Building sewers, including the connection to the community sewer, shall be encased on all sides with a minimum of four inches of concrete from the point of connection to the community sewer to the edge of the right-of-way of the road or community sewer.
H. 
All building sewers shall be constructed, including excavation, backfill and surface restoration, in accordance with regulations and codes of the state and local agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
Wherever 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 community sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by a means approved by Mayor and Council and discharged to the building sewer.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a community sanitary sewer unless such connection is approved by the Mayor and Council for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
The applicant for a building sewer permit shall notify Mayor and Council when the building is ready for inspection and connection to the community sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Mayor and Council or its duly authorized representative. The trench shall not be backfilled until the connection is approved.
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 the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Mayor and Council.