No person 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 Superintendent.
[Amended 12-4-1972[1]]
The owner shall make application for a sewer permit on a form furnished by the Village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information required by the Village. A permit and inspection fee per household unit, as set forth in the fee schedule established by resolution of the Board of Trustees, shall be paid to the Village Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Rules and regulations governing the materials and methods and building sewer installations and connections shall be established by the Superintendent.
All expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. Where the connection is made off the property, the owner shall file a bond of $5,000 with the Village Clerk to indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the lateral sewer. The boundary line of any sewer easement shall be construed to be a property line.
A separate lateral sewer shall be provided for every building, except where otherwise approved by the Superintendent.
The owner shall notify the Superintendent when any lateral sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent.
All excavations for lateral sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Superintendent.