A connection shall not be made to any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof except by permit to be issued by the
Superintendent or some other authorized agent of the Town and shall
not be made except in accordance with the specifications of this chapter
or other ordinances of the Town and shall not be made until a connection
fee, as established by the Town Council, has been paid.
Application for permission to connect with any
public sewer shall be in writing and shall be made by the owner of
the property which is desired to be connected with such sewer or by
his duly authorized agent. Such application shall be addressed to
the Superintendent and be made at least three days before the commencement
of the work. Such application shall give the exact location of the
property, the name of the owner, and the name of the person by whom
the work is to be done and shall show the exact proposed location
of the building sewer on the property.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to
give prompt attention upon receiving any application as hereinbefore
specified. Within three days after its receipt, he shall either issue
a permit to commence the work as herein specified or reject such application,
notifying the applicant in writing of the objections, and when all
requirements of this chapter have been complied with a permit shall
be issued authorizing the construction of such building drain and
building sewer. Should the Superintendent refuse to grant a permit,
the applicant may appeal the matter to the Town Council, whose decision
in the matter shall be final.
No person, while engaged in the construction
of a building sewer or otherwise, shall injure, break or move any
portion of any public sewer or appurtenance thereof or do any injury
to streets or sidewalks. No penalty fixed by the ordinances or Code
of the Town shall prevent the Town or any property owner from recovering
any damages sustained by reason of such injury by appropriate civil
action or otherwise.
Notice shall be given to the Superintendent
when the work is sufficiently advanced for such purpose, and it shall
be the duty of the Superintendent, within 24 hours after such notice,
to inspect such work, and in case any change therein shall be found
necessary, the Superintendent shall direct in writing that the change
be made.
No drainage, sewerage or plumbing shall be covered
or concealed in any way until it has been examined and approved by
the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall have the right to enter
any building under construction for the purpose of making the proper
inspection hereunder.
The connection of a building sewer to the public
sewer shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent.
[Amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-03]
The owner of the property in question shall bear all costs and
expenses incidental to the installation, connection and maintenance
of the building sewer on his property. The Superintendent or other
authorized Town agents are permitted to periodically inspect both
the public sewer and building sewers for maintenance concerns. Property
owners will be notified of any maintenance issues with the building
sewer and will have 90 days to repair the building sewer line. Appeals
to this requirement can be made to the Sewer Committee of the Town
Council.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building; provided, however, that where one
building stands at the rear of another 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 building sewer from
the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole
considered as one building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
All building sewers shall be constructed strictly
in accordance with the facts stated in the application and the provisions
of the Uniform Statewide Building Code, provided that a permit to
do the work has been issued by the Superintendent, and no plumbing
or building sewer shall be commenced without such permit having been
previously obtained.
In all buildings in which any building drain
is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage
carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means
and discharged to the building sewer.
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 Superintendent.
