No person other than those described in Article
VII (§
264-44,
264-46 or
264-48) shall construct, repair, alter or remove any sewer, building drain, building sewer or sewer line connected to or with or discharging directly or indirectly to or into any public sewer of said Town or intended so as to discharge at some future time, either in a public street or in public or private land.
The following may, as indicated, construct, repair, alter, or remove
building sewers, subject to supervision and approval by the WPCA:
A. Regular forces of a contractor employed by the Town operating
under orders of the WPCA and in the performance of work for said Town.
B. Regular forces of the Town and/or the State Highway Division,
Department of Transportation, operating under and subject to a permit for
the particular job to be issued by said WPCA or its designated representative
and while engaged in the regular work and operations of said Town, or State
Highway Division, Department of Transportation.
C. Regular forces of any public utility corporation authorized
by state law to construct, maintain and operate pipes or ducts within public
highways within said Town, while engaged in work incidental to the regular
structures of said utility company and operating under and subject to the
conditions of a permit for the particular job issued by said WPCA or its designated
representative.
D. Drain layers licensed pursuant to §
264-44 hereof.
The limitations as to persons who may construct, alter or repair building drains and building sewers as provided in §
264-45 shall not restrict the usual work of plumbers or others when operating in accordance with local plumbing and building codes of the Town when they are working on pipes within or not more than five feet outside the walls of a building or similar structure; provided no plumber or other person shall make any connection to a public sewer of said Town without a permit therefor, even if said sewer is located under or immediately adjacent to any building or similar structure; and provided all fixtures within said building or structure and all use made of them shall conform to the requirement of this chapter as to what may and may not be permitted to be discharged in public sanitary sewers.
Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the owner of a single-family
residence occupied or to be occupied by him from personally installing the
building sewer on his own property, provided the following conditions are
met:
A. Approval of plans and final approval by the WPCA or its
designated representative shall be obtained;
B. A permit shall be secured as herein provided before the
work is performed;
C. Permit fees shall be paid, and applications made for
inspections; and
D. All work shall be performed by the owner personally in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
The WPCA or its designated representative may assist in the installation,
repair and alteration of connections to public sewers and of building connections
by furnishing such information as may be in its possession and proper to be
furnished to the party performing such work.
The WPCA may, in any case where the quantity or expense of work by Town
forces incidental to the construction, repair of inspection of any sewer connection
warrants such a requirement, require that the owner of property concerned
or the drain layer shall reimburse the Town for the cost of services of Town
employees engaged in work or inspections incidental to said sewer connection.
The WPCA or its designated representative may make a suitable provision for
such reimbursement a condition precedent to the issuance of any permit for
construction, alteration or repair of such sewer or sewer connection, subject
to such directions as the WPCA may issue.
Adequate precautions shall be taken to exclude from public sewers all
water or other materials which may constrict, damage or wrongfully fill any
sewer into which they may discharge directly or indirectly. To that end, the
open ends of sewer or drain connections shall be kept closed or protected
during construction and during periods when work on any incomplete job is
suspended.