A person intending to connect to a sanitary sewer lateral from his property to the public sewer shall first obtain a permit to connect from the Superintendent. The application shall be made on forms provided by the Superintendent and shall be accompanied by a sketch or plan showing the proposed installation in sufficient detail to enable the Superintendent to determine that the proposed installation meets the requirements of this regulation and other applicable specifications. This application shall be signed by the owner of the premises to be served or his authorized agent and by the qualified contractor who has been chosen to perform the work of installing and connecting the building drain to the public sewer. Upon approval of the application and plan, a permit shall be issued to have the work performed by the stated contractor. In the event the premises change ownership before the work is completed, or if another contractor is chosen to perform or finish the work, the original permit becomes void, and a new permit must be obtained by the new parties in interest.
Prior to the connection to the sanitary sewer system or changes in the construction of the building, an entrance fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the Authority when establishing the fee schedule for the ensuing fiscal year, shall be paid to the Authority on a per-unit basis as defined in the definition of "unit" in § 292-4 of this chapter.
A connection to the public sewer will be made only after the building's plumbing has been approved by the Town Building Official in order to ensure that minimum standards are met for the installation. No trench containing a building drain or connection to the sanitary sewer shall be backfilled until the Superintendent has completed an inspection of and approved the work. The water level in the trench shall be maintained at a level below the sewer connection before the cap is removed and while the cap is removed and while the connection is being made and until such time as it has been inspected, approved and backfilled. The contractor shall notify the Superintendent 48 hours before starting any work authorized under this permit.
Permits to connect to the public sewer may be revoked and annulled by the Superintendent for such cause and at such times as the Superintendent may deem sufficient, and the Town of Windsor Locks shall be held harmless as a consequence of said revocation or the cause thereof. All other parties in interest shall be held to have waived the right to claim damages from the Town of Windsor Locks or its agents on account of said revocation.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation, connection, and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the Town of Windsor Locks from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A. 
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no public sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard, or driveway, the building sewer that provides service for the building which fronts on the public sewer may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer; but the Town of Windsor Locks does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for the damage caused by or resulting from any such aforementioned connection.
B. 
Existing 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.
A. 
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench and connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town of Windsor Locks specifically as set forth in the Manual of Specifications and Construction Methods. In the absence of code or other provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
B. 
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the buildings at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer. Duplex lift systems shall be provided for commercial and industrial buildings, unless determined otherwise by the WPCA.
C. 
No building sewer shall be constructed within 25 feet of a water supply well. If a building sewer is constructed within 25 to 75 feet of a water supply well, it shall be constructed in accordance with all applicable guidelines promulgated by the Commissioner. Public health regulations shall override this section if they are more restrictive.
D. 
All building sewers shall be installed by a drain layer who possesses a valid license issued under Chapter 393 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, area drains, 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.
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 this course of work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town of Windsor Locks.
A. 
Each drain layer shall save the Town of Windsor Locks, its officers, agents and employees harmless from all loss or claims of loss, damage or injury arising from the operations of said drain layer by reason of his negligence in performing the work for which he has been issued a permit. The drain layer shall furnish the Town with a commercial general liability in which the Town is named as the insured, protecting it against such loss or claims of loss with combined single limits of not less than $500,000 per occurrence.
B. 
The above-referenced save-harmless clause must be written out on the contractor's insurance certificate.
C. 
Each drain layer shall file with the Town a satisfactory bond of a surety company authorized to transact such business in the State of Connecticut, and having an agent within the limits of Hartford County, in a form satisfactory to the Authority. The bond shall be in the amount of $5,000 conditioned substantially upon the applicant faithfully performing all work to be done under the permits issued to him in a workmanlike manner; upon the applicant using proper materials, restoring that portion of any street or public place which he has excavated in accordance with the rules contained in the permit issued him, and maintaining the same for a period of six months; and upon the applicant reimbursing the Town for any expense for repairs to such street or public place made necessary by reason of the excavation.
D. 
No work shall be sublet by a drain layer under any permit issued in any manner to divest said drain layer of full control and responsibility for all parts of said work.
Upon connection to the sanitary sewer, any septic tanks, cesspools, or similar private septic disposal facilities shall be demolished or abandoned and filled with suitable material by the drain layer.
No authorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage collection system or water pollution control facility.