The provisions of any applicable Township Code or the provisions
of this section shall apply, whichever is more strict.
No unauthorized persons (i.e., persons other than personnel
of the Joint Sewer Authority, the participating municipalities, or
their agents) 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 Township.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (a) for
residential and commercial service, and (b) for service to industrial
users. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the
Township. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans,
specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment
of the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township. A permit and inspection
fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and for
an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Joint Sewer
Authority and/or the Township at the time the application is filed.
All building sewer permit applications under (b) above shall be reviewed
and approved in writing by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township
prior to permit issuance. Permit and inspection fees for sewer permits
shall be in such amounts as may be established from time to time by
the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation, connection,
and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner
or user, who shall indemnify the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the
Township from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be
caused by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building or any part of any building as may be determined
by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, upon examination and test by the Joint Sewer
Authority and/or the Township, to meet all requirements of this Ordinance.
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building
sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall conform to the
requirements of the building and plumbing codes and/or other applicable
rules and regulations of the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township.
In the absence of code provisions or in amplification therefor, the
materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of
the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
In order to prevent grease, oil and sand from being discharged
into the public sewage system, all hospitals, nursing homes, hotels,
restaurants, and any other establishments engaged in the preparation,
processing or sale of food shall install and properly maintain one
or more grease traps of a type and capacity approved by the Joint
Sewer Authority and/or the Township, and same shall be located so
as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
If any other user in the opinion of the Joint Sewer Authority and/or
the Township discharges a quantity, oil or sand, in its sewage so
as to warrant the installation and maintenance of one or more grease
traps, same shall be installed and maintained in accordance with these
regulations at the direction of the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the
Township.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building 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 a method approved by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or
the Township and discharged to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of sump pumps, roof downspouts,
foundation drains, areaway 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 POTW unless such connection
is approved in writing by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township
for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
The connection of the building sewer into the POTW (which for
purposes of this Ordinance includes the collection system) shall conform
to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable
rules and regulations of the respective municipality set forth in
appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice
No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight,
and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the Joint Sewer Authority
and/or the Township before installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Manager when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection
to the POTW. The connection to the public sewer and testing shall
be made under the supervision of the manager or his representative.
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 work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to
the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township.
No excavation, construction, or connection work shall be commenced
within an the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township right-of-way
until the owner, his agents and/or independent contractor shall have
first filed a bond in double the amount of the cost of the work to
be performed as determined by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the
Township, agreeing to indemnify and save harmless the Joint Sewer
Authority and/or the Township against any and all loss, damages, costs,
and expenses which the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township may
thereafter suffer, incur, or pay by reason of the failure to complete
properly any of the aforesaid excavation, construction, or connection
work.
The term "owner" as used herein, shall be deemed to include
the owner or owners in fee simple, lessees of the premises, occupiers
of the premises, users, and all other parties having a use or interest
in the premises and occupying the same with or without the consent
and permission of the owner of the fee title.
Sanitary sewers installed with unused points of connection for
building sewers shall have said points of connection capped for watertight
integrity prior to connection of the building sewer. The method of
capping shall be one approved by the Manager and/or the Township.