No connections shall be made to a sanitary sewer
which connections are intended to discharge inflow. Such prohibited
connections include, but are not limited to, footing drains, roof
leaders, roof drains, cellar drains, sump pumps, catch basins, uncontaminated
cooling water discharges or other sources of inflow.
Connections which contribute inflow to the sanitary
sewers must be disconnected in a fashion approved by the Superintendent.
Prior to such time as any property having service
is sold or ownership is transferred, the owner shall notify the Superintendent
of such pending sale or transfer. The Superintendent shall inspect
such property for the purpose of determining if any connections which
contribute inflow exist. Any such connections so identified shall
be removed and remedied to the satisfaction of the Superintendent
prior to such sale or transfer.
It shall be a willful violation of this chapter
for any person to reconnect any inflow source which has been disconnected
pursuant to this article.
The Superintendent is enabled to take whatever action is necessary to determine the amount of inflow, including the requirement for installation of a control manhole. The property from which the inflow originated shall be billed for inflow according to Article
XII, however, the Town of Van Buren Town Board may cause a surcharge at a rate not to exceed five times that for normal sewage volume charge.