The provisions of any applicable Township Code or the provisions of this section shall apply, whichever is more strict.
No unauthorized persons (i.e., persons other than personnel of the Joint Sewer Authority, the participating municipalities, or their agents) shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Township.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (a) for residential and commercial service, and (b) for service to industrial users. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township. A permit and inspection fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township at the time the application is filed. All building sewer permit applications under (b) above shall be reviewed and approved in writing by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township prior to permit issuance. Permit and inspection fees for sewer permits shall be in such amounts as may be established from time to time by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation, connection, and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner or user, who shall indemnify the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be caused by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building or any part of any building as may be determined by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, upon examination and test by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township, to meet all requirements of this Ordinance.
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes and/or other applicable rules and regulations of the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification therefor, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
In order to prevent grease, oil and sand from being discharged into the public sewage system, all hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, restaurants, and any other establishments engaged in the preparation, processing or sale of food shall install and properly maintain one or more grease traps of a type and capacity approved by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township, and same shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. If any other user in the opinion of the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township discharges a quantity, oil or sand, in its sewage so as to warrant the installation and maintenance of one or more grease traps, same shall be installed and maintained in accordance with these regulations at the direction of the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township.
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, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by a method approved by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township and discharged to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of sump pumps, roof downspouts, foundation 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 POTW unless such connection is approved in writing by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
The connection of the building sewer into the POTW (which for purposes of this Ordinance includes the collection system) shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the respective municipality set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight, and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township before installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Manager when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the POTW. The connection to the public sewer and testing shall be made under the supervision of the manager or his representative.
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 work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township.
No excavation, construction, or connection work shall be commenced within an the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township right-of-way until the owner, his agents and/or independent contractor shall have first filed a bond in double the amount of the cost of the work to be performed as determined by the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township, agreeing to indemnify and save harmless the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township against any and all loss, damages, costs, and expenses which the Joint Sewer Authority and/or the Township may thereafter suffer, incur, or pay by reason of the failure to complete properly any of the aforesaid excavation, construction, or connection work.
The term "owner" as used herein, shall be deemed to include the owner or owners in fee simple, lessees of the premises, occupiers of the premises, users, and all other parties having a use or interest in the premises and occupying the same with or without the consent and permission of the owner of the fee title.
Sanitary sewers installed with unused points of connection for building sewers shall have said points of connection capped for watertight integrity prior to connection of the building sewer. The method of capping shall be one approved by the Manager and/or the Township.