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.
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 and the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission.
Plans and specifications shall be submitted to the Authority subject
to prior review and approval by the Authority.
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.