No connections which are intended to discharge
inflow shall be made to a sanitary or to a combined sewer. Such prohibited
connections include, but are not limited to, footing drains, roof
leaders, roof drains, cellar drains, sump pumps, catch basins, uncontaminated
cooling water discharges or other sources of inflow.
For properties where separate storm sewers are
available within 100 feet of the property line or where, in the judgment
of the Superintendent, sufficient natural drainage is available, connections
which contribute inflow to the sanitary sewers must be disconnected
in a fashion approved by the Superintendent prior to the sale of the
property.
A.
Upon notice from the owner or authorized agent, the
Superintendent shall inspect any property prior to its sale for the
purpose of determining if storm sewers or natural drainage is available
and, if so, if all connections which contribute to inflow have been
disconnected.
B.
There shall be no charge to the property owner if
said property owner or his or her agent meets with the Water and Sewer
Department at the specified time and date for the infiltration/inflow
inspection. However, upon making arrangements for said infiltration/inflow
inspection for the purpose of selling the property, if the property
owner or his or her agent is unable to meet with the Water Department
at the specified time and date and without a reasonable cancellation
time, a charge as set from time to time by the Town Board shall be
assessed against the property owner for failure to keep the appointment
to perform the inspection. If the property owner or his or her agent
fails to appear for each subsequent inspection without a reasonable
cancellation notice, a charge as set from time to time by the Town
Board will be assessed to the property owner.
It shall be a willful violation of this Part
2 for any person to reconnect any inflow source which has been disconnected
pursuant to this Part 2.
The Superintendent is enabled to take whatever action is necessary to determine the amount of inflow, including the requirement for installation of a control manhole. The property from which the inflow originated shall be billed for inflow according to Article XIII; however, the Town Board may impose a surcharge at a rate not to exceed five times that for normal sewage volume charge.
