[Amended 2-11-1974]
No person shall uncover, connect with, make
any opening into, or disconnect from, use, alter or disturb, in any
manner, any sewer of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit,
in writing, from the Borough. Such permit shall be issued to each
owner required to connect to a sewer by ordinance of the Borough,
subject always to compliance with these rates, rules and regulations,
and may be issued by the Borough to owners not so required to connect.
Application for a permit required under § 418-14 shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served.
[Amended 2-11-1974]
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection
or disconnection of any improved property with a sewer until such
person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
B.
Such person shall
have given the Borough at least 24 hours' notice of the time when
such connection or disconnection will be made so that the Borough
may supervise and inspect the work of connection or disconnection
and necessary testing.
Except as otherwise provided in this section,
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, 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 lateral shall be borne by the owner of the improved property
to be connected. Such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the
Borough 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 lateral.
Materials for a building sewer, jointing materials and methods of installation shall be in accordance with requirements of Article VI and shall be subject to approval of the Borough.
The permit required by § 418-14 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 lateral.
A.
A building sewer
shall be connected to a sewer at the lateral. No person shall make
a connection directly to or tamper with a sewer in any manner.
B.
The invert of
a building sewer at the point of connection to a lateral shall be
at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the lateral.
A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection of a building
sewer to a lateral shall be made secure and watertight. Special fittings
for connection of a building sewer to a lateral may be used only after
approval of the Borough has been secured.
C.
A cleanout of not less than four inches shall be installed from the building sewer to grade, inside the curbline, or, if there shall be no curbline, not less than 15 feet from the center line of the street, subject to the provisions of § 418-19.
[Added 3-12-1984 by Ord. No. 369, approved 3-13-1984]
D.
Sewer disconnections.
[Added 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. 520, approved 11-9-1998; amended 2-14-2000 by Ord. No.
532, approved 2-14-2000]
(1)
Persons desiring
to make a disconnection of a connection unit shall be responsible
for sewer billings through the end of the quarter in which the application
is made and permit is issued, but not longer, provided that the sewer
system is no longer in use and all of the utilities are disconnected.
(2)
A property
owner shall only be allowed to disconnect his property from the sewer
system if the habitable structure on the property is to be demolished
and not to be replaced with another habitable structure.
(3)
An uninhabitable
property shall be the only reason allowed for disconnection of the
sanitary sewer.
(4)
The application
fee for disconnection shall be $500 of which $400 will be refunded
to the property owner upon inspection of the disconnection by the
Public Works Department. Failure to obtain a proper inspection will
result in forfeiture of the application fee to the Borough.
(5)
The requirements
for disconnection required at the time of disconnection shall be:
(a)
The disconnection
shall be properly sealed to prevent infiltration.
(b)
The property
owners shall furnish to the Department of Public Works a map showing
the location of the lateral that was disconnected that notes the distances
from stationary objects such as manhole locations and street locations.
(c)
The property
owner shall show the depth of the lateral that has been disconnected.
(d)
Applicants
for a disconnection permit shall produce evidence of the cessation
of use of the connection unit in the form of a demolition permit as
may be previously granted under other provisions and ordinances of
the Borough of Athens.
(6)
The disconnection
permits can be obtained from the office of the Borough Manager or
his/her designee.
(7)
Disconnections shall be subject to the specifications as found in Article VI of these rates, rules and regulations.
(8)
If the applicant
does not complete the disconnection within a twelve-month period following
issuance of the permit, then the Borough shall make the disconnection,
and costs in excess of the $500 shall be assessed against the owners
and collected by municipal lien, including the assessment of attorney's
fees, at 10% of the costs, as provided by the ordinances of the Borough
of Athens.
