Any person desiring to construct or cause to be constructed any sewer to be used for sanitary purposes or to drain any lands, any part of which sewer will be in any street or in any public land or which will connect in any manner to any public sewer or truck sewer in the city, shall first obtain a permit from the City Engineer. The request for a permit shall be accompanied by a plan and profile of the proposed extension, drawn by a professional engineer licensed in the State of New Jersey and shall show the location, size, grade, manholes, taps, type of pipe and pipe bedding and such other information that the City Engineer may require.
Upon issuance of a permit under this article, the sewer shall be constructed in strict accordance with the conditions of approval and the standard specifications on file in the office of the City Engineer.
The City Engineer shall be given 24 hours' prior notice of the commencement of the work, and the work shall be performed under his direction or by his authorized representative. The permittee shall pay to the city an inspection fee equal in amount to the compensation paid to the Engineer or to his representative by the city.
The City Engineer shall have the authority to require such changes in submitted plans as he may deem advisable if, in his professional judgment, it is in the best interests of the city so to do.