All connections to the local sewers or local system shall be reviewed
and approved or denied by the Village. All connections to the regional sewers
or regional system shall be reviewed and approved or denied by the Commission.
A. Connection to local sewers.
(1) General. Any person desiring to connect property located
within the Village to a local sewer shall apply to the Village for permission
to make such connection and obtain a connection permit ("local connection
permit"). The Village shall not grant permission for connection where the
local sewer is not adequately sized to transport the additional flow or the
Commission indicates that the wastewater facilities do not have available
capacity. Industrial connections or connections by significant dischargers
must be preapproved by both the Village and the Commission.
(2) Combined sewers. No combined sanitary and storm sewers
shall be connected to the local sewers.
(3) Application for connection of building sewer to local
sewer. No person shall connect a building sewer to a local sewer without obtaining
a local connection permit as herein provided. Applications for permission
to connect a building sewer to a local sewer shall be made in writing to the
Village. The application shall be made by the owner or the owner's representative
and shall include a statement giving the exact location of the premises, the
purpose for which the connection is to be used, the time when the work is
to be done and such other information as may be required by the Village. The
local connection permit fee and regional connection permit fee shall be paid
upon filing the application. No work of laying the building sewer shall be
commenced or continued without the required local connection permit being
on the premises. At the time of the connection, each building sewer shall
be inspected by the Plumbing Inspector or the Village's designee. Copies of
all industrial waste discharge permit applications, pretreatment applications
and information regarding volume and characteristics for potential significant
dischargers shall also be provided to and approved by the Commission prior
to connection to any local sewer.
B. Connection of new local sewers to existing local sewer.
(1) General. Any developer or builder desiring to construct
a sewer which will subsequently be dedicated to the Village and connected
to an existing local sewer or regional sewer shall make application for permission
to make such connection. No work of laying the proposed local sewer shall
be commenced or continued without first obtaining written final approval of
the plans and specifications by the Village or its designee and the required
connection permit. The connection permit shall be on the premises or in the
hands of a professional engineer licensed to practice in the State of Wisconsin
at all times during construction. The Village shall not grant permission for
connection when the capacity of downstream collection is inadequate.
(2) Application. An application for permission to construct
a new local sewer which will subsequently be dedicated to the Village and
connected to an existing local or regional sewer shall be made as follows:
(a) The application to be made to the Village in writing
by a professional engineer licensed to practice in Wisconsin.
(b) The application shall describe the location of the requested
connection, the volume and characteristics of the wastewater to be discharged,
the time when the work is to be done and such other information as may be
required by the Village or Village Engineer and shall include a statement
that the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the system will
be subject to this chapter and the lawful rules and regulations of the Commission
and that all necessary connection charges, as described herein, shall be paid.
The application shall be accompanied by six sets of plans and specifications
for the connecting system. The plans and specifications shall be prepared
by a professional engineer, licensed to practice in the State of Wisconsin,
and shall conform to state and local plumbing codes and the requirements of
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Municipal water supply piping
may be included in the plans and specifications submitted to the Village Engineer.
All elevations given on the plans submitted to the Village shall be based
on NGVD 88 datum, and horizontal positions shall be shown on the Dane Coordinate
System. Every plan submitted shall bear a sign showing the direction of true
North in relation to the plan.
(c) The plans and specifications described in Subsection
B(2)(b) shall be submitted to the Village Engineer at least 15 calendar days prior to the Village Board meeting at which presentation is desired. The Village Engineer shall review said plans and specifications for conformity with all design standards as periodically adopted and approved by rule or regulation of the Village and Commission, and the Village Engineer shall then transmit the plans and specifications, along with his or her recommendations, to the Village Board, with a copy to the Commission. A copy of the design standards as established by rule or regulation of the Commission shall be on file at all times at the office of the Commission Engineer.
(d) The Village shall review the plans and specifications for conformity
with all ordinances, administrative rules and regulations and for any other
matter within its jurisdiction. The Village shall then either approve, conditionally
approve or reject the plans and specifications. The applicant shall be informed
in writing of the action taken, and, if the plans and specifications are approved
conditionally or rejected, the conditions of approval or reasons for rejection
shall be given in writing.
(e) Unless the time is extended by written agreement between the
applicant and the Village, the Village shall complete the action required
herein within 90 days of the filing of the plans and specifications previously
approved by the Village Engineer. Failure to act within such 90 days shall
constitute denial of the plans and specifications by the Village. In no event
shall construction proceed until all required approvals are granted.
(f) The Village's approval of the plans and specifications and the
issuance of the connection permit shall be conditioned upon approval by the
Commission and State of Wisconsin. When plans and specifications have been
approved by the Commission, they shall be transmitted by the Village to the
Commission. Any changes or additions to the plans and specifications which
are required by an approving authority, other than the Commission, shall be
submitted by the applicant to the Village Engineer and Commission Engineer
as said changes or additions are made.
(3) Commission review. Prior to final action by the Village, applications
for a local connection permit shall be reviewed by the Village Engineer and
Village Attorney, in consultation with the Commission Engineer and Commission
Attorney as necessary, at the applicant's expense.
Records of building sewer connections or other connections to local
sewers shall be kept by the Village and information regarding the same shall
be furnished to the Commission at such times as the Commission may require.
Information to be furnished regarding building sewer connections shall consist
of the number of connections for the reporting period, the size of each connection,
the nature or character of the user and such additional information as the
Commission may require.