No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or openings into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Sewer Commission as explained in Article VII; and such person shall make good any defects which may appear in any sewer, street, drain or work done by him and remunerate the commonwealth or town or any person for loss or damage occurring in consequence of any work done under any permit granted him.
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owners. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer from the inside foundation wall to the public sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for each building which connects to the public sewer. The Sewer Commission may allow an exception to the requirement for separate connections if, in its opinion, there is no alternative method of making a connection from the building to the public sewer. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Sewer Commission, to meet all requirements of these rules and regulations.
A. 
Licenses to connect particular sewers to the public sewers will be issued to experienced and competent contractors. Licensed drainlayers shall procure and maintain minimum insurance in types and amounts as follows;
(1) 
Workman's compensation and employer's liability insurance as required by Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(2) 
Limits of liability insurance for personal bodily insurance; including comprehensive general liability including explosion, collapse and underground exposures.
(a) 
Each occurrence limit: $1,000,000.
(b) 
Products and completed operations: $1,000,000.
(c) 
General aggregate limit: $1,000,000.
(3) 
Limits of liability insurance for property damage; including comprehensive general liability including explosion, collapse and underground exposures.
(a) 
Each occurrence limit: $1,000,000.
(b) 
Products and completed operations: $1,000,000.
(c) 
General aggregate limit: $1,000,000.
(4) 
Motor vehicle insurance:
(a) 
Bodily injury per person: $500,000.
(b) 
Bodily injury per accident: $1,000,000.
(c) 
Property damage per accident: $300,000.
B. 
All insurance shall be obtained from companies satisfactory to the Sewer Commission. Licensed drainlayers shall file a certificate of same with the Sewer Commission prior to any work.
C. 
Licensed drainlayers shall post a bond in the amount of $10,000 to guarantee the satisfactory completion of the work. No subcontractors shall be allowed. This bond is for the work performed by a drainlayer making a connection from the existing sewer lateral at the town property line to a single-family residential structure on private property; or the work performed by a drainlayer making a connection from the sewer main line to a single-family residential structure on private property.
D. 
The bond shall remain in full effect for a period of one year after the satisfactory completion of the most recent work performed by the drainlayer. The drainlayers shall repair or replace without cost to the property owner or the town any defects in the work or parts of the work furnished or built by him and any damage due to faulty workmanship on his part or due to faulty or imperfect material or equipment furnished by him, which defects or damage may appear within one year from the date of completion of the work. Violation of the requirements of these rules and regulations shall be cause for revocation of the license.
E. 
Any other type of work performed by the drainlayer in relationship to the connection to the wastewater municipal system shall require bonding and insurance satisfactory to the Sewer Commission.
A. 
The Board of Sewer Commissioners has adopted Standard Specifications for Sewer Construction.[1] Copies may be obtained at the DPW building.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 402, Sewer Construction Standard Specifications.
B. 
All work on sewer lines shall be performed only by qualified licensed drainlayers. Road permits shall be required of every installer of a sewer service in public or private way before any work is started. These permits are issued by the Town of Barre Highway Department or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Public Works, depending upon the location of the work. In the case of a state highway, the town will obtain the permit.
C. 
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Standard Specifications for Sewer Construction adopted or amended from time to time, by the Board of Sewer Commissioners; Building and Plumbing Codes and other applicable rules and regulations of the town and the commonwealth. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Sewer Commission before installation.
D. 
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so far as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town of Barre or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts depending on the location of the work.
E. 
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to the property served by a private wastewater disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with these rules and regulations, and any septic tank, cesspools and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable materials, to the satisfaction of the Sewer Commission.
F. 
All connections made to the building plumbing system shall be upstream of any septic tanks or cesspools.
All excavations in existing public ways shall be subject to the requirements of the rules and regulations of the Town of Barre Highway Department or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts depending on the location of the work.
A. 
The applicant should first seek a permit and be given the Board of Sewer Commissioners specifications for construction. Then the applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Sewer Commission when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
B. 
The building sewer service shall not be accepted until the pipe has been tested, cleaned and inspected as directed by the Sewer Commission.
C. 
The connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall be made under the supervision of the Sewer Commission.
D. 
The initial inspection will be granted by virtue of the permit; a fee for each subsequent inspection will be paid for by the contractor.
E. 
An additional charge per inspection shall be assessed for any inspection made outside the normal working hours of the Sewer Department.
Any legal entity which desire to connect to the public sewer from a property or properties which require approval by the Planning Board or subdivision of the property shall be required to execute a Tripartite Bond Agreement with the Board and an escrow agent, who is approved by the Board. The Tripartite Bond Agreement shall secure the performance of the developer's obligation to complete the installation and testing of the sanitary sewers and appurtenances and the restoration of all areas affected by the developer's operations.