No person shall uncover, make any extension or connection to or opening into or use, alter or disturb any public sewer or any appurtenances thereof without having first obtained a written permit from the Authority to do so.
Every extension of any public sewer shall be made pursuant to plans and specifications prepared by or for the Authority and approved by the Engineer.
A. 
All persons who own or occupy any land fronting on a street through which a sewer is or shall be built shall connect all their sinks, drains, water closets and privies on said land with such sewer, and no cesspool privy, privy vault, septic tank, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater shall be built or maintained on said land, nor shall the Health Department issue any permit for any cesspool on land so situated.
B. 
Every connection into any public sewer shall be made by a house service connection and a sewer lateral.
C. 
All owners of property shall connect their respective premises with said sewers within 60 days of public notification of the construction completion of the sewer system. All persons who shall neglect to make connections within said time shall be liable to a penalty.
The house service connection and sewer lateral shall be made, paid for, installed and maintained by the owner.
Plans and specifications for all extensions and connections to the public sewer system shall conform to the Building Code of the Town of West New York[1] and the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission. Plans and specifications shall be submitted to the Authority subject to prior review and approval by the Authority.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 135, Building Construction Standards, and Ch. 161, Construction Codes, Uniform.
The house service connection shall be laid at a straight grade and, so far as possible, in a straight alignment. Changes in direction shall be made only with curved pipe and fixtures, and cleanouts shall be constructed as required by the Authority at each change in direction and for every 50 feet of house service connection.
In all buildings which the house service connection is necessarily laid too low to permit gravity flow to the street curb, the sanitary sewage to be carried by such connection shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged into the house service connection or sewer lateral.
All excavations required for the establishment of a house service connection shall be open trench work, unless otherwise approved by the Engineer. Pipelaying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with the requirements of Plumbing Subcode Official and not be done until the house service connection has been inspected, tested and approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official.
Open trenches in the establishment of house service connections shall not be left unattended during the course of construction without adequate regard to the safety of the general public. Trenches left open overnight or a weekend must have adequate covering or, in lieu thereof, have barriers and lights (at night) so placed along the opening so as to prevent any persons or vehicles from falling therein.
The owner or his agent shall inform the Engineer when the house service connection is ready for inspection.
Except as provided in § 331-60, a separate and independent sewer lateral shall be provided for:
A. 
Each building under one roof (but not buildings accessory to it), in one ownership and occupied as the residence of one family or for one business enterprise.
B. 
A combination of buildings on one lot or curtilage in one ownership and occupied as the residence of one family or for one business enterprise.
C. 
Each section of a double or semidetached dwelling having a vertical common wall between its separate dwelling units making it capable of divided ownership.
D. 
One-ownership property containing more than one office, etc. A property which is one ownership and which contains more than one store, apartment or office may be serviced by one or more sewer laterals as required by the Engineer.
The sewer lateral, including the connection from the curb to the sewer, the making of the tap in the sewer, the making of the connection of the sewer lateral to the house service connection, the backfilling of the trench and resurfacing the street above the trench from the street sewer to the curb, shall be installed at the owner's expense either by an owner who meets the qualifications of a contractor with a New Jersey license or by a contractor licensed by the Town of West New York. All work shall be inspected and approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official.