The owners of all houses, buildings or properties
occupied for residential or other purposes, situated within the Village,
are hereby required at his/her or their expense to install suitable
toilet and wastewater facilities therein, and to connect such facilities
directly to the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter, within 90 days after the effective date of this chapter.
No connection shall be made to the public sewer
for the benefit of any property within the Village unless such property
is also connected to the Village water system and has one or more
water meters measuring the amount of water consumed upon the premises.
[Added 4-14-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
All building sewers and appurtenances hereto
shall be maintained in proper working order in accordance with the
requirements of this chapter by the owner of the property served by
the building sewer. In the event the building sewer and/or appurtenances
is not so maintained, the Superintendent or other authorized representative
of the Village of Morrisville may terminate sewage collection service
to the property until such time as repairs have been made to the satisfaction
of the Superintendent. The Village of Morrisville shall perform no
repairs to any building sewer or appurtenances thereto except such
temporary repairs as may be necessary to ensure the proper functioning
of the public sewer, or to abate a potential threat to the public
health. The property owner shall reimburse the Village for the cost
of any such repairs made by the Village. All such costs, shall be
added to the property owner's next quarterly sewer service bill if
not sooner paid, and such costs shall be considered additional sewer
rent for the purposes of its collection and for purposes of the provisions
of this chapter pertaining to the enforcement of collection of sewer
rents.
[Added 4-14-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
If the Superintendent is contacted regarding
an interruption of the flow of sewage through a building sewer, the
Superintendent or his designated representative shall investigate
to determine whether the interruption is attributable to any restriction
of flow though the public sewer, and if so, the Superintendent shall
undertake appropriate corrective action. If the Superintendent determines
that the pubic sewer is not the cause of the interruption, the property
owner or the person reporting the interruption shall be so notified
and it shall be the responsibility of the proper owner to take corrective
measures to restore the flow of sewage through the building sewer
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and in addition,
the property owner shall pay the Village of Morrisville a fee of $100
to reimburse the Village for the expense of the Superintendent's investigation.
This fee shall be added to the property owner's next quarterly sewer
service bill if not sooner paid, and this fee shall be considered
additional sewer rent for the purposes of its collection and for purposes
of the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the enforcement of
collection of sewer rents.
