A. 
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any municipal sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Director. Any person proposing a new discharge into the system or a substantial change in the volume or character of pollutants that are being discharged into the system shall notify the Nantucket Sewer Department no less than 45 days prior to the proposed change or connection; and must engage the services of a licensed utility installer.
B. 
For properties not previously connected to the sewer, a sewer connection permit, with appropriate fee, must be obtained for the primary residence prior to application for a sewer connection permit for any additional dwellings on the property.
C. 
An application, on forms prescribed by the Nantucket Sewer Department and approved by the Sewer Commission-, shall be made with respect to each sewer connection required or permitted hereby. Each such application shall be submitted to the Nantucket Sewer Department for review and approval or shall be denied by the Director. Appeals of denials shall be submitted to the Sewer Commission through the Town's administration for a scheduled public hearing.
D. 
Upon the approval of an application for a connection to the Nantucket sewer system, a connection fee shall, pursuant to Article II of this chapter, be due and payable as set forth.
A. 
Action on application. The Director shall examine or cause to be examined all applications for permits and amendments thereto within 30 days after filing. If the application does not conform to applicable sewer regulations and pertinent laws, the Director shall reject such application in writing. Once satisfied that the proposed work conforms to the regulations and pertinent laws applicable thereto, the Director shall issue a permit. If the applicant receives no written answer within such 30 days, the permit shall be deemed denied.
B. 
Report to Building Department. The Director shall give to the Building Department of the municipality a copy of each permit issued within 30 days of issuance. Such notice shall state the name of the person to whom the permit was granted and the location of the property (Assessor's map and parcel number).
C. 
Expiration of permit. Any permit issued shall be deemed abandoned and invalid unless a building permit has been issued for the property within 24 months after its issuance. This permit may be extended for periods not exceeding six months each, but only to the same extent as the related building permit is extended, as may be determined in writing by the Director with a renewal fee of $100 charged for any such extension of time.
A. 
Any sewer connection made in violation of these regulations shall be disconnected and/or removed and properly installed, in accordance with these regulations, as determined by the Nantucket Sewer Department. All costs incurred by the Town in the enforcement of this regulation, including disconnection and reconnection costs, shall be assessed as an additional fee. No reconnection will be allowed until all applicable fees and/or fines have been paid.
B. 
Any person making sewer connections without benefit of a sewer connection permit must pay all applicable fees and shall be fined in accordance with Article III, Exhibit 1.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This Exhibit is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Any person failing to maintain or report building sewers or sewer service laterals is subject to the requirements of Subsections D and E and, at the discretion of the Director, discontinuation of service.
D. 
Any person found to be violating any provision of this regulation, except § 336-7, shall be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the time period stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
E. 
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection D shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $100 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
F. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this regulation shall become liable to the Town for any expense, loss or damage occasioned to the Town by reason of such violation.
G. 
For violations other than exceedances of the time limits established in Subsection D, the Board of Health/Sewer Commission may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 per day for each violation.
H. 
Contractors found to be violating any provision of these rules and regulations may be subject to license suspension or revocation and will NOT be able to work within the Towns rights-of-way until the matter is resolved. Contractors with numerous violations that exceed three separate violations are subject to having their licenses revoked for life.
I. 
Any violation of these regulations shall be subject to fines in accordance with MGL c. 83, § 10.
A. 
This regulation shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, recording and publication as provided by law.
B. 
Passed and adopted by the Select Board of the Town of Nantucket, State of Massachusetts, on the 5th day of January 2022.