[HISTORY: Adopted by the Representative Town Meeting of the Town
of Branford 10-8-1962. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewer connections — See Ch. 204.
No person, firm or corporation shall make any connection with the public
sewers, or lay any drain to be connected with said sewers, or open any street
or public way for the purpose of laying or repairing any sewer or drain in
connection with said sewers, within the Town of Branford except a duly licensed
drainlayer, as hereinafter provided.
Application for a license as a drainlayer shall be made to the Town
Engineer upon a form prescribed by him. No such license shall be issued until
the applicant shall have been examined by the Town Engineer and the Board
of Selectmen. This examination shall be written or oral and of a character
which they shall require to determine whether said applicant is a suitable
and competent person to receive such license. Upon examination the Town Engineer
and Board of Selectmen shall certify in writing either that said applicant
is suitable and competent to receive a license or that said applicant is not
suitable and competent, in which case they shall state the reasons therefor.
Upon approval and upon compliance with the requirements hereinafter set forth,
the Town Engineer shall forthwith issue to such applicant a license.
The fee for a drainlayer's license shall be $10. All such licenses shall
expire one year after date of issue, unless sooner revoked. The fee for each
renewal shall be $5, which shall be due and payable on or before the anniversary
date of issue.
Before any such drainlayer's license shall be issued as herein provided,
the applicant shall file with the Town Engineer a license bond in the sum
of $1,000 and shall show evidence of renewal of bond with each subsequent
renewal of license.
[Amended 1-8-1963]
A.
No licensed drainlayer shall make any opening in any
public street until he shall have applied for and secured from the Town Engineer
or his authorized agent a permit for doing such work, in accordance with the
provisions of any ordinance then in effect relating to street openings in
the Town of Branford.
B.
It shall be unlawful for anyone other than a licensed
drainlayer or his duly authorized agent to solicit deposits or contracts or
commitments to connect with the public sewers.
No licensed drainlayer shall connect any drain or sewer upon or from
any premises in the Town of Branford or use or permit any sewer or drain to
be used without having first obtained a permit for making such connections
from the Town Engineer or his authorized agent, in accordance with the provisions
of any ordinance then in effect relating to the sewer system in the Town of
Branford and providing rules and regulations for connections therewith.[1]
Whenever, in the opinion of the Town Engineer or his authorized agents,
any licensed drainlayer has violated any of the provisions of this chapter
or any rules, regulations and specifications which may be adopted hereunder,
he may revoke the license of such drainlayer, and the Town of Branford may
proceed to call said drainlayer's bond. No person, firm or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or whose license shall
have been revoked as herein provided and shall have refused or neglected to
make good to the satisfaction of the Town of Branford any defective or imperfect
work or shall have refused or neglected to pay any fees, fines or penalties
imposed under the provisions of this chapter shall receive a renewal of such
license until such default shall have been fully remedied and satisfied.
Nothing herein provided shall be interpreted to prevent an owner from
doing any necessary excavating on his own property without a license.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions of
this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $100 for each
offense. Every 24 hours of continuation of such violation may constitute a
separate offense.
[Added 1-14-1964]
Any master plumber duly licensed under the provisions of Branford ordinances
shall have all the privileges and rights of a drainlayer under this chapter
and shall not be required to obtain a drainlayer's license or to file a bond
as aforementioned, so long as he shall be and remain a duly licensed master
plumber.
