[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]
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 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:
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.
