Ordinances-1964-55

SECTION 6. Mandatory connections. The owners of all residences and business establishments intended or used for human habitation, occupancy or use that are within the drainage area of the public sewers must connect their sewage facilities to the public sewers. Such connections of all existing residences and business establishments shall be completed by September 1, 1965. SECTION 7. Permit. Before any person shall open, uncover, or in any manner make a connection with or modify any part of the public sewer, he must obtain a written permit from the superintendent or designated representative of the council. The application shall include a legal description of the property, the name of the property owner, the amount and date of any prior assessment for construction of the public sewers, a general description of the materials to be used and the manner of construction, the line of the building sewer and the name and address of the person who will do the work. The superintendent or designated representative of the council may allow amendments to the application or permit that do not conflict with this ordinance; The superintendent or designated representative of the council shall issue the permit; bearing his and the mayor's signatures and the time and date of issuance, if the proposed work meets all the requirements of this ordinance, and if all fees required under this ordinance have been paid. Work under any permit must be begun within six months after it is issued. SECTION 8. Revocation of permit. The superintendent or designated representative of the council may at any time revoke the permit for any violation of this ordinance and require that the work be stopped. The owner or plumber may appeal such action to the town council in the manner provided in section 5 of this ordinance. SECTION 9. Fee for permit. Before any permit is issued the person who makes the application shall pay $20.00 to the superintendent or designated representative of the council to cover the cost of issuing the permit and supervising, regulating and inspecting the work. These fees shall be turned over to the city treasurer not later than the tenth day of the month following the month in which collected, with a written report of the amount and source. SECTION 10. Special fee. If the property to be connected to a public sewer has not been assessed for any part of the cost of construction of the public sewers, or has been assessed only as an unimproved lot, the owner shall pay a special fee to the city treasurer for the use of the public sewers before the permit is issued. The amount of this fee shall be an equitable portion of the cost of the public sewers in relation to the benefits received by the property, and shall be determined by the town council at its first regular meeting of each calendar year. SECTION 11. Separate connections. In no case shall a joint sewer be allowed where the property abuts on a street, alley or easement in which there is a public sewer. Other buildings, in adjacent areas, which are required to be connected shall be separately and independently connected to the public sewers unless the town council in a duly adopted resolution specifically permits joint connections, in accordance with plans approved by the council. SECTION 12. Quality of pipe and foundation. Building sewer pipes shall be of the best quality, free from flaws, splits or breaks. They shall be laid on a smooth bottom with bell holes cut in the bottom of the trench so that the length between the bells has a perfect bearing on the ground. Joints between the bell and spigot shall be watertight, gas tight and root proof. All sewer pipes must be laid in such a manner as to prevent rupture by settlement or freezing. SECTION 13. Grade. All sewer pipes shall be laid with a uniform grade from the building to the public sewer and no offsetting will be allowed without written permission of the superintendent or designated representative of the council.