§ 12-52. Same—Making connections.

(a)

The owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreations, assembly, or other purpose, situated within the town, shall be separately and independently connected with the municipal sewer, except in cases where there are two (2) buildings in the same lot. In that case, the sewer connection of the one may be connected with that of the other. Where several buildings adjoin each other, side owners of adjoining buildings may connect all of them, on their own responsibility, in one (1) sewer line across the rear of buildings or through an open space to the street by special permission from the inspector when in the inspector's opinion conditions justify that being done. In such cases the pipe shall not be less than six (6) inches.

(b)

All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight, cast-iron pipe joints shall be mechanical joints. No paint, varnish, or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved. Directions of the manufacturer shall be followed in preparing and making joints and installing the sewer pipes.

(c)

Sewer tie-ins.

(1)

The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. On existing lots in existing subdivisions, if no "Y" branch is available, the municipality shall have the "Y" branch installed in the public sewer at the location specified by the inspector, at the cost of the owner. In new subdivisions, each lot shall have a "Y" branch installed in the public sewer, at the owner's expense, at the location specified by the inspector.

(2)

Each lot must have a sewer tie-in on the lot. The sewer tie-in shall be buried in the ground no more than three (3) feet from the surface of the ground; it shall be directly accessible from the surface above and shall not be covered by any obstruction, including without limitation to any structure, street, sidewalk, or driveway.

(d)

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the direct supervision of the inspector.

(e)

All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights 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 municipality.

(Code 1979, §§ 7-3014(a), 7-3015(d)—(n); Ord. No. 2003-2, 2-25-03; Ord. No. 2007-4, 6-26-07)

Cross reference

Barricades authorized, § 16-4; driving through barricades, removing barricades, § 18-9.