A.
No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into,
use, alter, or disturb any public sewer, or appurtenances thereof,
unless a proper permit therefor shall have been issued by the Town
Council, as hereinafter provided.
B.
No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance,
or equipment which is part of the public sewerage system.
A.
Class A permits. Class A permits shall authorize the connection of
residential establishments. A Class A.2 shall authorize the connection
of multiple dwelling units.
B.
Class B permits. Class B permits shall authorize the connection of
commercial and/or industrial establishments producing sanitary sewage.
A.
Application for a building sewer permit shall be made by an approved
pipe layer for the building to be connected and shall be made on an
application form provided by the Town. Final connection of building
to building sewer shall be made by an approved pipe layer.
B.
Each application shall be supplemented with plans and specifications
for the sewer connection and such other information relating to the
building and the wastes to be discharged as may be considered pertinent
by the Town.
C.
At the discretion of the Director, all plans, specifications, and
data so submitted shall be required to bear the seal and signature
of a professional engineer registered as a sanitary engineer in the
State of New Hampshire.
D.
A permit and inspection fee as presented in Appendix A[1] shall be paid to the Town at the time the application
is filed.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
E.
Review of plans and specifications. A charge shall be assessed to
each applicant for the cost of reviewing plans and specifications
(project documents) by the Town. Said charge shall be due and payable
to the Town by the applicant at the time the application is filed.
All other fees shall be paid in accordance with Appendix A, Accessibility
Fee Schedule.
F.
The Town reserves the right to hire an independent consultant engineering
firm to review proposed plans and specs, all costs to be borne by
the applicant and paid with the submission of the application.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of a building sewer shall be borne by the owner, and the issuance
of a building sewer permit shall be contingent upon the owner indemnifying
the Town against any loss or damage that may be caused directly or
indirectly by the installation of the building sewer.
A.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building, except when two or more buildings are so situated that a
separate and independent building sewer for each building is not practical
or unless otherwise approved by the Town.
B.
The Town may authorize the connection of such buildings to the public
sewer through a single building sewer, subject to such terms and conditions
of easement, design, and construction as the Town Council may require.
No person shall make a connection of roof downspouts, exterior
or interior foundation drains, areaway drains, cooling water drains,
stormwater drains, or any other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or building which in turn is connected, or intended
to be connected, directly or indirectly, to a public sanitary sewer.
A.
Within one year of the adoption of the effective date of this chapter, any person, firm, or corporation having a discharge referenced in § 212-10 now connected and/or discharging into the sanitary sewer system shall disconnect and/or remove same. Any disconnects or openings in the sanitary sewer shall be closed in an effective, workmanlike manner, as approved by the Director.
Separate wastewater and stormwater systems. In all new construction
and in all reconstruction and remodeling involving building sanitary
facilities, separate piping systems shall be provided for wastewater
and for stormwater and shall be extended from the building as separate
systems to the public sewer and each, in turn, connected to the appropriate
sanitary sewer or storm sewer.
A.
Notification to the Director. Any person proposing a new discharge
into the system or a change in the volume or character of pollutants
that are discharged into the system shall notify the Director at least
45 days prior to the proposed change or connection.
B.
DES sewage connection permit. Any person proposing to construct or
modify any of the following or any combination of the following shall
submit an application for a sewer connection permit to the DES in
accordance with DES Env-Wq 700, and the Town Council:
(1)
Any extension of a collector or interceptor, whether public or private,
regardless of flow;
(2)
Any wastewater connection or other discharge in excess of 5,000 gpd;
(3)
Any wastewater connection or other discharge to a WWTP operating
in excess of 80% design flow capacity or design loading capacity based
on actual average flow or loadings for three consecutive months;
(4)
Any industrial wastewater connection or change in existing discharge
of industrial wastewater, regardless of quality or quantity;
(5)
Any sewage pumping station greater than 50 gpm or serving more than
one building; or
(6)
Any proposed sewer that serves more than one building or that requires
a manhole at the connection.
The DES approves plans for new systems, extensions, or replacement
sewers only when designed upon the separate plan, in which rainwater
from roofs, streets, and other areas, and groundwater from foundation
drains are excluded.
The current adopted Sewer District Map is on file in the office
of the Department of Public Works.
