No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with
or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Authority.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm
cooling water or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer.
Swimming pool drains shall not be connected to any sanitary sewer.
When building laterals are to serve multiple dwelling structures,
the building lateral shall be sized in accordance with the metered
water use and with sound professional engineering judgment.
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new
buildings only when they are found, on examination by the Authority,
to meet all requirements of this chapter.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such drain
shall be lifted by mechanical means and discharged to the building
lateral, on approval of the Authority.
If, in the judgment of the Authority, it is determined that
a building lateral without a property line clean-out needs repair
or replacement, the Town may install a clean-out at the property line,
at the property owner's expense, such that the street lateral can
be maintained independently of the building lateral.
Any existing street lateral which, upon examination by the Authority or Code Enforcement Officer, is determined to be in need of replacement will be replaced with a new street lateral with a property line clean-out. (The replacement street lateral shall be constructed by the Authority or approved contractor per §
251-30.) The cost of constructing the replacement street lateral and clean-out shall be at the property owner's expense. Once the replacement street lateral and clean-out have been constructed and approved by the Authority, the new street lateral, from the sewer main to the curbline, shall become the property of the Town. Any repairs to new street laterals shall be made by the Town at the Town's expense. The owner shall be responsible for the lateral from the building to the curbline. This responsibility shall include replacement costs, maintenance, including plugged lines, and any excavation that is deemed necessary for repair.
All excavations for constructing building laterals shall be adequately protected 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 Authority. When installation requires disturbance of paved public roads and shoulders, restoration shall involve backfilling to road grade. Shortly thereafter, the Town Department of Public Works shall complete road and shoulder restoration to the Town standards. The cost for such final road and shoulder restoration by the DPW shall be included with the fees paid with the application for the permit required in §
251-33.
All costs associated with the provisions of this article shall
be borne by the property owner unless specifically stated or agreed
to be a cost borne by the Town. The property owner shall indemnify
the Town from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly
occasioned by the installation of the building and street laterals,
and connections and appurtenances.