No authorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sanitary sewer or appurtenance thereto or engage in the business of installing, constructing, altering, repairing or reconstructing any building sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the Sewer Inspector.
An application for a building sewer installation permit, supplemented by plans, licenses, performance bonds, engineering studies and other pertinent information outlined in Article III, shall be submitted to the Sewer Inspector prior to the award of a written permit.
A. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer installation permits:
(1) 
Class 1, non-industrial-waste-producing uses.
(2) 
Class 2, industrial-waste-producing uses.
B. 
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Borough.
C. 
An application made by an agent shall be consented to, in writing, by the owner.
D. 
Fees and charges. All fees and charges shall be in accordance with Chapter 34, Fees, § 34-11, Sanitary permits.
[Amended 12-9-1991 by Ord. No. 1,040, effective 3-29-1992]
A. 
Provided that a qualification certificate has been issued to any owner pursuant to the provisions of § 384-24, an owner shall be issued a municipal permit upon filing the necessary application therefor. Any such owner shall otherwise be exempt from the remaining provisions of this section.
B. 
A licensed plumber, acting as an owner's agent, shall be required to:[1]
(1) 
Obtain a municipal qualification certificate, pursuant to the provisions of § 384-23.
(2) 
Post a cash deposit in the amount of $1,000 or a bond in a like amount, approved as to form and surety by the Borough Attorney, for the term of each permit, to cover the installation of the building sewer and the connection to the service lateral. The condition for the return of the cash deposit or such bond, in either instance, shall be that installation of the building sewer and the connection to the service lateral made during the term of the installer's permit have been made in strict accordance with the application, the provisions of the National Standard Plumbing Code, this article and the provisions of the permit or that the installer or the surety will pay to the Borough, the owner or any occupant of the realty all of its or their expenditures, fees and costs, up to the amount of the deposit or the amount of the bond, in the repair of any malfunction or damage to the service lateral or any public property which shall occur incident to the installation of the building sewer.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
All costs incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Borough from any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
The permit required shall be displayed prominently upon the improved property to be connected to the public sanitary sewer at all times during construction of the building sewer.
The issuance of a permit for the making of a connection shall not relieve the owner or his agent or any person presuming to act under the authority of such permit from obtaining any additional permits required by law, ordinance or regulation for the opening of streets or roads, the discharge of certain wastes, the construction of buildings or the like.
A permit may be revoked at any time by the Sewer Inspector, in writing, for any violation of this Part 1 or for violation of any condition upon which the permit was issued or for a refusal to allow inspection by the Sewer Inspector.
No permit issued under the provisions of this Part 1 may be transferred for any reason whatsoever.
The Borough may refuse connection of any improved property to the local sewerage system or compel discontinuance of sewer use by any person until such time as all provisions of this article have been complied with or otherwise to prevent infiltration of stormwater or groundwater or the discharge of waste prohibited by the rules and regulations promulgated by the Pequannock, Lincoln Park and Fairfield Sewerage Authority or otherwise deemed harmful to the sanitary sewer system by the Engineer.
A building sewer permittee shall notify the Sewer Inspector at least 24 hours in advance of any required inspection. Inspection shall be required when the service lateral is tapped and connection is made thereto and prior to backfilling the trench.