Except as otherwise provided in this § 425-8, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other cause shown and only after special written permission of the Borough shall have been secured; provided, however, that a single building sewer is permitted to serve a school, factory, apartment house or other multiple-unit structure whose individual units may not be subject to separate ownership.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and of connection thereof to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the Borough and the Authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of such construction and-or connection. All building sewers must be constructed of standard strength vitrified clay pipe provided with special joints and an internal diameter of not less than six inches, or medium-weight cast-iron pipe with an internal diameter of not less than four inches, or Class 1500 asbestos-cement pipe with an internal diameter of not less than four inches. Joints must be of an approved material and construction, and the pipe must be laid in the best possible alignment and at a minimum grade of 1%. Adequate cover to protect the pipe from crushing or frost action will be required. Each building sewer exceeding 15 feet from the curbline or property line to the structure must be provided with a six-inch cleanout vent. The property owner will be responsible for the maintenance of the building sewer.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated by the Borough and where the lateral or service connection is provided. The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building sewer to the lateral or service connection shall be made secure and watertight.
If the owner of any improved property abutting on or adjoining any street in which there is a sewer after 60 days' notice from the Borough, in accordance with § 425-2, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, the Borough may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by a municipal claim, by action in assumpsit or such other legal proceeding as may be permitted by law.