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 written permit from the Town of Jerusalem.
The Town shall establish connection permit forms, fees and standards which may be amended from time to time by resolution of the Town Board. The owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Town.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the connection sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer or pressurized service shall be provided for every building. The Town will consider exceptions for extenuating circumstances on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with the duly adopted connection standards.
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 chapter.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer or pressurized service and the methods to be used in excavation, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations and standards of the district.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer or where connection is to be made to a public force main, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be pumped in accordance with district standards.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, catch basins, sump pumps 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 public sanitary sewer or force main.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer or force main shall conform to the standards of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the district.
The applicant shall notify the Town or its agent, in accordance with the connection permit conditions, prior to construction of the connection. The connection shall be subject to inspection by the agent of the Town (district). Approval by said agent or the Town shall in no way relieve the contractor of any responsibilities for workmanship, materials or any other liabilities.
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 Town. The owner or his agent shall obtain a road opening permit from the owner of right-of-way, County of Yates, New York Department of Transportation or Town of Jerusalem.