[Adopted 3-10-1969 (Ch. 4, § F, of the Bylaws)]
No person shall connect a drain from any property to a Town or common drain without first obtaining a written permit from the Board of Selectmen by following the procedure hereinafter set forth:
A. 
The applicant shall file a written application for said permit with the Selectmen which shall state in detail the proposed location, material, size, construction, depth and gradient of the drain and at the same time shall file copies thereof with the Board of Health and Director of Public Works. Said Board of Health and Director shall report in writing to the Selectmen their recommendations on said application within 14 days.
B. 
The Board of Selectmen shall act upon said application within 30 days of its receipt unless the applicant shall extend said time in writing.
C. 
Upon approval of the application, the applicant shall submit a bond or security deposit, in form and amount acceptable to the Selectmen, to indemnify and hold harmless the Town from any and all loss, damage, cost and expense it may sustain by the reason of the work permitted or the negligence or any act of the applicant, his servants, agents or employees in performing the same.
D. 
In addition, the applicant shall prepare and file an easement, in form satisfactory to the Selectmen, which shall enable Town to repair, clean, maintain and replace such drain.
Until such permit has been issued and delivered, no person shall cut into or in any way interfere with such Town or common drain or allow anything to be discharged therein.
The cleaning, maintaining, repairing and replacement of a drain permitted hereunder, and the cost thereof, shall be the responsibility of the owner of the land from and through which said drains runs. In the event of the owner's failure to clean, maintain, repair and replace such drain, the Selectmen may, in their discretion, cause the same to be done and recover the cost thereof in action of contract. The provisions of this section shall be included in every application and assented to by the applicant.
In the event any provision of this bylaw shall be determined to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this bylaw.