No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into,
or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or the sewer system
without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Borough Secretary.
Such permit shall be issued to owners required to connect to a sewer
by ordinance of the Borough, subject always to compliance with these
rules and regulations and may be issued by the Borough Secretary to
owners not so required to connect.
Application for a permit required under §
355-3 shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any
improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled
each of the following conditions:
A. Such person shall have notified the Borough Secretary of the desire
and intention to connect to a sewer.
B. Such person shall have applied for and obtained a permit as required by §
355-3.
C. Such person shall have given the Borough Secretary at least 24 hours'
notice of the time when such connection will be made so that an employee
of the sewage treatment plant may supervise and inspect the work of
connection and necessary testing.
Except as otherwise provided in this §
355-6 each connection unit on each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one connection unit on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, and then only after special permission of the Borough Secretary, 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 connection
sewer or service lateral shall be borne by the owner of the improved
property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save
harmless the Authority and Borough Council 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.
Materials for a building sewer, jointing materials and methods of installation shall be in accordance with requirements of Article
III and shall be subject to approval of the Authority and Borough Council.
The permit required by §
355-3 shall be displayed prominently upon the improved property to be connected to a sewer at all times during construction of the building sewer and connection of the building sewer to a collection sewer.