The following rules and regulations for the government of licensed
plumbers, sewer users, property owners and others, are hereby adopted
and established:
A.
Agreement to rules and regulations. All persons now receiving sewerage
service from the Village or who may hereafter make application for
such service or who otherwise receive such service, shall be considered
as having agreed to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of
this chapter, as amended from time to time; and such agreement is
a condition precedent to the provision of such sewerage service.
B.
Application for service. Every person desiring to connect property,
buildings or structures to public sewers shall make application in
writing to the Village on such forms as are prescribed for that purpose
prior to commencing use of such service. The application must describe
fully and truthfully all the wastes which are anticipated to be discharged.
If the applicant is not the fee simple owner of the property, the
written consent of the owner must accompany the application. Persons
connected to the public sewers of the Village are referred to herein
as "users." By submitting such an application, all users are deemed
to have agreed to be bound by this chapter, as amended from time to
time. If it appears that the service applied for will not provide
adequate service for the contemplated use, the Village Board may reject
the application. If the Village Board approves the application, it
shall issue a connection permit as shown on the application. No service
shall be provided or application approved without prior payment of
all applicable fees.
C.
Application fee waiver. Where the application for service is for
a connection to the Village's public sewers, the application
shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount to be determined
from time to time by the Village Board. Such fee shall cover the cost
of processing the application and inspection of the Village Board.
Application fees may vary in amount between residential users and
commercial/industrial users. The payment of this fee shall be in addition
to any connection fees that may be charged to or on account of new
users by the Village Board or by GBMSD.
D.
Inspections. Any connection to the public sewers within the Village
shall be subject to the prior inspection and approval of the work
by any authorized representative of the Village. No trench or other
excavation shall be filled, or any connection completed, without such
prior inspection. The applicant requesting the connection shall reimburse
the Village for all inspection costs incurred, if not previously paid
as part of the application fee.
E.
Disconnection and refusal of service. Sewer service may be disconnected
or refused for any of the following reasons:
F.
Disconnection for delinquent accounts. A bill for service is delinquent
if unpaid after the due date shown on the bill. The Village may disconnect
service for a delinquent bill by giving the user at least eight calendar
days prior to disconnection, a written disconnect notice which may
be included in the bill for service. For purposes of this rule, the
due date shall not be less than 20 days after issuance of the bill.
The Village may disconnect without notice where a dangerous condition
exists for as long as the condition exists. Service may be denied
to any user for failure to comply with the applicable requirements
of these rules and regulations or if a dangerous or unsafe condition
exists on the user's property.
G.
Subsequent amendments. The Village Board reserves the right to subsequently
amend, modify, repeal and modify, any or all provisions of this chapter.
No plumber, pipe fitter, or other person will be permitted to
do any plumbing or pipe-fitting work in connection with the sewer
system without first receiving a license from the State of Wisconsin
and obtaining permission from the Village in which the work is to
be performed. All service connections to the sewer main shall comply
with the state plumbing code, as amended.
A.
In order to assure preservation of public health, comfort and safety,
the owner of each parcel of land adjacent to a sewer main on which
there exists a building usable for human habitation, or in a block
through which such system is extended, shall connect all existing
interior sewer plumbing to such sewer on or before 90 days from the
date the Village gives written notice to the property owner requiring
connection. The Village shall give the notice requiring connection
within 14 days of completion of final construction. If any person
fails to connect within the ninety-day period specified above, the
Village may provide written notice of noncompliance, and if the owner
fails to bring the system into compliance within 10 days, the Village
of Hobart may issue a separate citation for each day of noncompliance
or may cause connection to be made, and the expense thereof shall
be assessed as a special tax against the property. Notwithstanding
the requirements set forth above, a property owner shall not be required
to connect if the property is located along a major sewer transmission
main route and the Village does not provide local sewer collection
mains for service to properties along the transmission main. Further,
the requirement to connect to public sewer may be delayed during the
frost season if the Village Board, in its sole discretion, decides
to delay the effective date of the notice until after the frost season
has passed. Finally, the requirement to connect to public sewer will
be voluntary as long as a residence is more than 400 feet from the
property line where a sewer main is installed and running past such
residence.
B.
If the Village of Hobart causes a connection to be made as provided
above, the affected property owner may, within 30 days after the receipt
of written notice from the Village that work has been completed, file
a written notice with the Clerk-Treasurer of the Village requesting
a hardship exception based upon an inability to pay the assessment
in one lump sum, and further requesting that the assessment be levied
in two, three, four or five annual installments. If the Village Board
grants this hardship exception, interest shall accrue on the deferred
balance of the assessment in the amount not to exceed 15% per annum,
as determined by the Village Board and, in addition, the deferred
balance of the assessment shall be a special tax lien on the subject
property.
Persons attaching to a public sewer shall have the building
sewer, or lateral, installed at their own cost and expense.
After sewer connections have been introduced into any building
or upon any premises, no plumber shall make any alterations, extensions,
or attachments, unless the party ordering such tapping or other work
exhibits the proper permit for the same from the Village.
In the event of any blockage, drainage or break in any building
sewer, which occurs within a public street, alley, highway or other
public right-of-way, the Village shall have the exclusive right and
option to repair the building sewer within said street, alley, highway,
or right-of-way. In such event, the owner of the building sewer shall
promptly reimburse the Village for all costs so incurred. If not so
reimbursed, the same shall be added to the owner's sewer service
charges and collected in the same manner as such changes are so collected.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 11.416, which immediately
followed this section, was repealed 3-19-2013.
No user shall allow other persons or other services to connect
to the sewer system through their lateral or building sewer.
Whenever any person desires to discontinue sewer service from
the system, the Village must be notified in writing prior to such
disconnection. Disconnection shall only be allowed where a structure
is demolished. The fact that a structure is vacant shall not entitle
the proper owner to discontinue sewer service or to an abatement of
sewer service charges.
Every user shall permit the Village or its duly authorized agent,
at all reasonable times to enter their premises or building to examine
the pipes and fixtures, and the manner in which the drains, and sewer
connections operate; and the user must at all times, frankly and without
concealment, answer all questions put to them relative to its use,
all in accordance with this chapter and § 196.171, Wis.
Stats., to the extent applicable.
It is expressly stipulated that no claim shall be made against
the Village, its Trustees, agents, employees and representatives by
reason of the breaking, clogging, stoppage, or freezing of any pipes;
or from any damage arising from repairing mains, making corrections
or extensions or any other work that may be deemed necessary. The
right is hereby reserved to cut off sewer service at any time for
the purpose of repairs or any other necessary purpose, any permit
granted or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding. Whenever it
shall become necessary to shut off the sewer, the Village shall, if
practicable, give notice to each and every user within the affected
area of the time when such service will be shut off.
A.
In making excavations in public streets or other public highways
for laying pipe or making repairs, the paving and the earth removed
must be deposited in a manner that will result in the least inconvenience
to the public. Prior to commencing any such excavations, an excavation
permit shall be obtained from the Village. In connection therewith,
the person making application for such permit shall comply with such
terms and conditions as the Village may impose with respect to such
excavation. Further, the person obtaining the permit shall guarantee
that all excavation and repair of streets and the construction of
facilities shall be free from defect in material and installation
for a period of one year following completion of construction. No
person shall have any such excavation made in any street or highway
open at any time without barricades; and during the night, warning
lights must be maintained at such excavations. In refilling the opening,
after the pipes are laid, the earth must be laid in layers of not
more than nine inches in depth, and each layer thoroughly compacted
to prevent settling. This work, together with the replacing of sidewalks,
ballast and paving, must be done so as to make the street as good,
at least, as before it was disturbed, and satisfactory to the Village.
No opening of the streets for tapping the pipes will be permitted
when the ground is frozen, except in emergency situations or except
as the Village may otherwise expressly allow in writing.
B.
Any excavation performed under this section shall be subject to the
inspection of the Village, and no work shall be deemed completed unless
and until accepted by the Village. All work performed under this section
and the inspection thereof shall be at the cost of the person obtaining
the excavation permit described herein.
Connections to the sewer system other than building sewer connections
shall be done only in accordance with the GBMSD Sewer Use Ordinance,
as amended.
All building sewers on private property shall be installed in
accordance with Ch. SPS 382, Wis. Adm. Code, "Design, Construction,
Installation, Supervision, and Inspections of Plumbing," as amended.
All laterals shall be inspected. The building sewer and/or private
interceptor main sewer shall be inspected upon completion of placement
of the pipe and before backfilling and tested before or after backfilling.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
connection to the public sewers shall be subject to the provisions
of the GBMSD Sewer Use Ordinance, as amended from time to time, to
the extent applicable. In the event of any conflict between the provisions
of this chapter and the GBMSD ordinance, the GBMSD ordinance shall
control.
A.
New connections to the Sanitary District's sewer system will
be allowed only if there is available capacity in all of the downstream
wastewater collection and treatment facilities of the Village and
GBMSD.
B.
Initial users of the public sanitary sewer system shall pay a one-time
connection charge to be determined by resolution of the Hobart board
of Trustees. This connection charge must be paid in full prior to
connecting to the sewer system. This charge is in addition to the
permit fee.
