No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Engineer.
A. 
Maximum time period for "permit to discharge" shall be two years from the date of permit issuance. With permission of the City of Lackawanna, such "permit to discharge" may be extended for a period of one year from the expiration date of the original permit. There shall not be any extensions beyond the first extension granted.
B. 
Specific permit terms and conditions authorized to be established by this sewer use chapter may be subject to modification and change by the City of Lackawanna consistent with requirements of this chapter. Notification of such modification and change shall be commenced within 60 days of notification and completed within a time schedule agreed upon by the City of Lackawanna prior to start of modification.
C. 
A permit issued under the terms and conditions of this sewer use chapter shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises, or a new or changed operation.
D. 
An industrial discharger shall apply for a permit modification if production or process is changed so that the wastewater characteristics or flow is altered.
E. 
Permit application shall include information concerning volume, constituents, and characteristics of wastewater, flow rates, each product produced by type, amount and rate of production, and description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials processed and types of materials which are or could be discharged.
F. 
Permits issued under the terms and conditions of this sewer use chapter shall contain specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types, and standards for tests and reporting schedule.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (a) for residential service, and (b) for all other services. In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Engineer. A permit and inspection fee of record shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
A. 
Compliance with other requirements. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, connection with the public sewer, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of applicable rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of specific code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply. Procedures and materials shall be approved by the Engineer before installation.
B. 
Elevation; use of lift. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
C. 
Surface runoff not to be connected. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
D. 
Notification of Engineer before making connection. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Engineer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Engineer or his or her representative.
E. 
Work within the public right-of-way. The owner shall be responsible for construction of the new building sewer and connection to the public sewer within the right-of-way. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so 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 City.
F. 
Maintenance and repair of the building sewer.
G. 
The owner shall be responsible for maintaining the building sewer, excepting maintenance involving excavation for access to that portion of the building sewer in the public right-of-way. It shall be the owner's responsibility to confirm the location of problems in the building sewer prior to work being performed within the public right-of-way. The City may charge to the owner the actual costs of any excavation for repair of the building sewer within the public right-of-way if it is determined that such excavation was unnecessary for the repair and maintenance of the building sewer.
H. 
All work shall be inspected by the City of Lackawanna prior to backfill and performed in accordance with appropriate local and state codes.