A. 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 a private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through any 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.

The Town does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by, or resulting from, any such single connection. Each such application shall be reviewed and appropriate action taken on a case-by-case basis. No such connection shall be approved without written approval of, and an agreement to hold the Town harmless from any damage resulting from such connection from, the owners of both buildings.

B. Building sewers for existing buildings may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the superintendent, to meet all requirements of the ordinances and any sewer installation regulations of the Town.

C. 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, the means of lifting and discharging into the building sewer of the sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be approved by the superintendent.

D. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation or floor 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 sewer.

E. All connections of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made gas-tight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the procedures and materials prescribed in this chapter and any sewer installation specifications of the Town must be approved by the superintendent before installation. The applicant for a building sewer permit shall notify the superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of that official or his representative.

F. 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 by the owner, at the owner’s expense, in a manner satisfactory to the Town.

G. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner of the property on which it is installed. The owner, prior to connection of the building sewer to the Town sewer system, shall agree in writing to indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

H. Leaks or breaks on any service line shall be repaired by the property owner within seventy-two (72) hours of obtaining knowledge of a leak or from the time of notification of such condition by the Town. If satisfactory progress toward repairing the leak has not been completed within that time period, the superintendent may shut off service until the leak or break has been repaired. In addition, the Town shall have the right to effect the repair, and the responsibility of the cost for this repair shall be determined by the superintendent, and billed to the owner, as hereinafter provided. (Ord. 500 §1, 2004)