[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer
is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or
device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure
side of such sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall
be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line,
as a building sewer. Pre-existing building sewers may be used in connection
with said building only when such connection is approved, in writing,
by the Township and said connection meets the requirements of this
Part and any and all other statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations
as may be otherwise adopted, enacted, and promulgated by the Township.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected
and approved by this Township. If any part of a building sewer is
covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall, at the direction
of the Township, be uncovered for inspection at the cost and expense
of the owner of the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades, lights and/or other safety devices to protect all
persons from damage and injury. Streets, sidewalks and all other public
property disturbed in the course of installation of a building sewer
shall be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved
property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to the Township,
and in accordance and compliance with any and all statutes, ordinances,
rules, or regulations as may be enacted, adopted, and/or promulgated
by the Township and any other regulatory department, agency, board,
or bureau as may have jurisdiction regarding such public property.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice
from this Township, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory conditions
with respect to a building sewer, within 30 days of receipt of such
notice, this Township may refuse to permit such person to discharge
sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until
such unsatisfactory conditions shall have been remedied to the satisfaction
of the Township.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to
the approval of the Township, but in no event shall the diameter be
less than four inches. The slope of such four inch pipe shall not
be less than 1/4 inches per foot.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer
shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall,
which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to
afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at
uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes
in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
Cleanouts, in accordance with standards and specifications as may
be adopted by the Township or otherwise directed by the Township Engineer,
are required to be installed and maintained at every 100 feet in length
of the building sewer.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
In a building in which the building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such
drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged
to the building sewer, the specifications, design, and installation
of which shall be subject to the advance review and approval of the
Township Engineer.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
This Township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time,
additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper
relating to connections with a sewer and the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be in the
form of a resolution and shall be construed as a part of this Part.
