No connection shall be made to the sewer system unless the manner
in which the connection is made and the materials and workmanship
employed in effecting such connection shall comply with the requirements
of the Township's standard construction specifications. It shall
also be necessary for all connections to comply with any special requirements
imposed by these rules and regulations.
Each improved property shall be connected separately and independently
to the sewer system 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 good cause shown and then only after special permission by the
Township, in writing, shall have been secured, and subject to such
rules, regulations, and conditions as may be prescribed by the Township.
The installation of such separate building sewers and laterals shall
be made at the expense of the property owners.
All costs and expenses of construction and connection of a building
sewer to a sewer system shall be borne solely by the owner. Every
owner connecting to the sewer system shall agree to indemnify and
save harmless the Township from and against any and all loss or damage
that may be occasioned to the sewer system or any other property of
the Township or any other third-party property, directly or indirectly,
as well as from an action, cause of action, claim or judgment, including
any costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred in defending such
action, cause of action, claim or judgment, as a result of construction
of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to the sewer
system.
Every building sewer shall be maintained at all times in a sanitary
and safe operating condition by the owner of an improved property.
The owner shall comply with all maintenance and discharge rules imposed
by the Township, including those which may be set forth, in writing,
separately from these rules from time to time. It shall be the owner's
responsibility to ensure that occupants of the premises or tenants,
if any, comply with all maintenance and discharge rules imposed by
the Township. Further, in the event the Township determines that the
owner or customer was responsible for causing blockage or damage in
an area which would ordinarily be the responsibility of the Township,
by placing inappropriate material into the building sewer, as determined
by the Township, the owner shall be responsible to reimburse the Township
for all costs incurred, including labor and materials, to correct
the blockage or repair the damage.
In the event it becomes necessary to replace a building sewer,
the owner shall notify the Township and such a replacement shall be
subject to the specifications and inspection provisions of these rules
and regulations. The owner shall be responsible for all costs of replacement
of the building sewer.
All costs and expenses for the construction of a building sewer,
including testing, shall be borne by the owner of an improved property
to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless
the Township from all loss or damage which may be occasioned, directly
or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer. If
required for service to a property, the Township, at the expense of
the owner, may construct the building sewer. The Township shall have
the right to repair a damaged building sewer at the owner's expense;
and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the Township from
all loss or damage which may be occasioned, directly or indirectly,
as a result of the repair of a building sewer.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Township, special conditions
require additional safeguards or more stringent specifications to
be observed, then the Township specifically reserves the right to
refuse to permit a connection to be made to its sewer system until
such special requirements or specifications as may be stipulated by
the Township have been satisfied.