A. 
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first notifying the Building Inspector or Director of Public Works.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
B. 
All contractors, plumbers, pipe fitters or other persons shall be licensed to do work in the Village and shall have an acceptable certificate of insurance before being permitted to work on any public sewer or building sewer. A license from the State of Wisconsin shall be received, except in cases where state law permits building owners to do their own work without being licensed.
C. 
Prior to commencement of the work, the permittee shall notify the proper utilities at least 48 hours before beginning excavations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the property owner. The Village will assess a connection charge set by the Village Board for each new connection to a public sewer, to the owner of the building being connected, when it is not stubbed in. The connection charges are intended to recover the average cost to the Village for making the connection and extending it to the easement limits or right-of-way. The property owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Village Department of Public Works, to meet all requirements for this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The size, slope, alignment, and materials of construction of building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, the State Department of Natural Resources, the building and plumbing codes, and other applicable rules and regulations of the Village.[1] In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WEF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 147, Building Construction.
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 an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
A. 
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
B. 
All existing downspouts or groundwater drains, etc., connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer must be disconnected no later than 60 days from the date of an official written notice by the approving authority. Failure to disconnect after such notice shall authorize the Village to cause disconnection and assessment of the costs of such disconnection against the property involved. The Village may, in the alternative, institute legal action for violation of this section. Exceptions to the above shall be made only by the approving authority in writing.
A. 
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes[1] or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WEF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the approving authority before installation.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 147, Building Construction.
B. 
All connections to existing sewer mains shall be made with a saddle "T" or "Y" fitting set upon a carefully cut opening centered in the upper quadrant of the main sewer pipe and securely strapped on with corrosion-resistant straps or rods, or with solvent-welded joints in the case of plastic pipe.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the approving authority when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the approving authority.
All excavations for the 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 the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Village.
All users shall keep their own service pipes in good repair and protected from frost, at their own risk and expense, and shall prevent any unnecessary overburdening of the sewer system. Any leakage found in the lateral must be repaired or replaced at the owner's expense. The owner is responsible for lawn restoration and/or street or sidewalk restoration occasioned by the repair of his lateral and related structures. Any repair not commenced within 10 days of request by the Village so to do shall authorize the Village to make such repairs and/or restorations either directly or by contract, and the owner shall be responsible for the cost thereof.
A. 
The owner of each parcel of land adjacent to the sewer main on which there exists a building usable for human habitation or in a block through which such system is extended shall connect to such system within 90 days of notice in writing from the Village. Upon failure to do so the Village may cause such connection to be made and bill the property owner for such costs. If such costs are not paid within 30 days, such costs shall be assessed as a special tax lien against the property; provided, however, that the owner may, within 30 days after the completion of the work, file a written option with the Village Clerk-Treasurer stating that he cannot pay such amount in one sum and asking that it be levied in not to exceed five equal installments, and the amount shall be so collected with interest at the Village's current borrowing rate plus 2% per annum from the completion of the work, the unpaid balance being a special tax lien.
B. 
In lieu of the above, the Village at its option may impose a penalty for the period that the violation continues, after 10 days' written notice to any owner failing to make a connection to the sewer system, of an amount equal to 150% of the minimum monthly charge for sewer service payable monthly for the period in which the failure to connect continues, and upon failure to make such payment said charge shall be assessed as a special tax lien against the property.
C. 
This chapter ordains that failure to connect to the sewer system is contrary to the minimum health standards of said Village and fails to assure preservation of the public health, comfort, and safety of said Village.
A. 
The user shall be responsible for maintaining the entire sewer lateral in service. If the sewer lateral must be replaced, the Village will be responsible for the portion within the street right-of-way and the sewer user will be responsible for the portion on the private property.
B. 
When any sewer service is to be relaid and there are two or more buildings on such service, each building shall be disconnected from such service and a new sewer service shall be installed for each building.
There will be no additional septic tanks or other private sewage disposal systems allowed within the corporate limits of the Village after the date of this chapter. The maintenance and use of septic tanks and other private sewage disposal systems within the corporate limits of the Village serviced by its sewer system is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and a health hazard.
Whenever premises served by the system are to be vacated, or whenever any person desires to discontinue service from the system, the Village must be notified in writing. The owner of the premises shall be liable for any damages to the property or such damage which may be discovered having occurred to the property of the system other than through the fault of the system or its employees, representatives, or agents.
All sewer services, charges, and special assessments on a rental property shall become the responsibility of the lessor in the event of nonpayment by the lessee. Bills shall be mailed to the lessee on a monthly basis, and if payments are not received within 30 days thereof a subsequent bill shall be mailed to the lessor. The lessor of the premises shall be liable for any damages having occurred to the property of the system as a result of the actions, or lack thereof, of the lessee.
All sewer services, charges, and special assessments shall be a lien on a lot, part of a lot, or land on which sewer services were supplied. All sums which have accrued during the preceding year and which are unpaid by the first day of October in any year shall be certified to the Village Clerk-Treasurer to be placed on the tax roll for collection as provided by Wisconsin Statutes.