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 Village from any loss or damage that may, directly or
indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
[Amended 7-3-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]
A. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building, except 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. This second connection shall be considered to be an
additional sewer unit and as such shall require a permit and be subject
to the appropriate permit and inspection fee.
B. A separate sewer line is not required when an existing building is
expanded, remodeled or otherwise changed so as to accommodate an additional
dwelling unit or commercial business, be it one room or more, but
said change does constitute an additional sewer unit and shall require
a one-time fee equal to the amount of the appropriate permit and inspection
fee for that class of building.
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 Part 2.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and
connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
All excavations for a 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 Village.
[Amended 3-2-2011 by L.L. No. 4-2011]
Subsequent maintenance of the sewer lateral from the building
to the sewer main shall be as follows:
A. Cleaning shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
B. Repairs and/or replacement shall be the responsibility of the property
owner except that for repairs within the public right-of-way on Village
streets, the Village shall supply the following:
(3) For repeat problems occurring more than once in a five-year period,
if the Village personnel determine that the repeat excavation is caused
by inappropriate use of the sewer, such as the flushing of diapers
or sanitary napkins, the cost of labor and material provided by the
Village shall be charged back to the property owner, and if not paid
within 60 days, the cost shall be assessed on the next Village tax
bill.
(4) For work occurring within the right-of-way of state or county streets, roads or highways, the Village shall provide the material listed in Subsection
B(1) above if approved by the appropriate state or county agency having jurisdiction over the repair.
C. On Village streets, all work is to be supervised by Village personnel.
No backfilling shall be permitted until the work is inspected by Village
personnel.
D. All repairs which require excavation on or off the property being
served by the sewer shall require a permit issued by the Village Clerk.
A fee for the permit shall be established by resolution of the Village
Board.
E. For state or county streets, roads or highways, work shall be performed
in accordance with the rules of those jurisdictions.