No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a sewer connection permit, in writing, from the Township.
Application for a permit required under § 207-10 shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served, or certified plumber on behalf of the owner, within 60 days after receipt of the notice as set out in § 207-3. The application shall be submitted to the Township on a form designated by the Township. All applicable fees shall be paid by the owner prior to the issuance of the permit.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved property and building thereon shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. (In the case of multiple uses in a building, each such use shall obtain and have its own sewer capacity.) Grouping of more than one improved property or buildings on a building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but only after special permission of the Township, in writing, shall have been secured.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer, including testing, shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected. Any and all owners shall indemnify and save harmless the Township from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
If the owner of any improved property benefited, improved or accommodated by a sanitary sewer, after 60 days' notice from the Township, or such other time period authorized by the Township in accordance with § 207-3, shall fail or refuse to connect such improved property, as required, the Township or its agent may make such connection and the Township may collect from such owner all of the costs and expenses thereof by the filing of a municipal claim or lien, an action in assumpsit or other such legal proceeding as may be permitted by law.