No connections shall be made to a sanitary or to a combined
sewer which connections are intended to discharge inflow. Such prohibited
connections include, but are not limited to, footing drains, roof
leaders, roof drains, cellar drains, sump pumps, catch basins, uncontaminated
cooling water discharges, or other sources of inflow.
For properties where separate storm sewers are available within
100 feet of the property line or where, in the judgement of the Superintendent,
sufficient natural drainage is available, connections which contribute
inflow to the sanitary sewers must be disconnected in a fashion approved
by the Superintendent, prior to the sale of the property.
Upon notice from the Tax Assessor, the Superintendent shall
inspect any newly sold property for the purpose of determining if
storm sewers or natural drainage is available, and, if so, if all
connections which contribute inflow have been disconnected.
It shall be a willful violation of this chapter for any person
to reconnect any inflow source which has been disconnected pursuant
to this article.
The Superintendent is enabled to take whatever action is necessary to determine the amount of inflow including the requirement for installation of a control manhole. The property from which the inflow originated shall be billed for inflow according to Article XII, Charges, however, the Town Board may cause a surcharge at a rate not to exceed five times that for normal sewage volume charge.
