§ 78-202. Building sewers and connections.

(a)

The village board appoints the building inspector or the superintendent of the sewerage system as inspector to act under the direction of the village board and to have control of the supervision and inspection of plumbing, drainage and sewer connections, and to enforce all related laws, ordinances and rules.

(b)

No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance without first obtaining a written permit from the inspector.

(c)

No connections shall be made to any of the sewers of the village from any building, premises, excavation, place or property of any kind whatsoever by any drain, tap or sewer intended or designed to or capable of discharging any matter, whether fluid or solid, into the sewers of the village unless a permit has first been issued by the inspector.

(d)

No private sewage disposal system shall be installed unless a permit has first been issued by the inspector.

(e)

The applicant for a sewer connection permit or private sewage disposal system shall file a written application for such permit with the inspector for his approval. Before the inspector shall issue such permit or approve the application, he shall collect a sewer connection fee set by the board from the applicant. This shall be paid separate from the permit fee that shall include a fee to cover inspection costs; the inspector shall inspect the premises covered by the application.

(f)

There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential and commercial service, and for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the inspector.

(g)

No permit shall be issued to connect any lot, excavation or open basement with the public sanitary sewer. No building shall be connected to a sanitary sewer until the building is completely enclosed by a roof, the outside completely backfilled to the established grade, and all sanitary sewer lines within buildings that will be covered by basement floors have been inspected and approved by the inspector and after the permanent floor is constructed in the basement.

(h)

All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

(i)

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.

(j)

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the inspector to meet all requirements of this article.

(k)

In all buildings where a foundation drainage system is provided and there is no natural drain for this subsurface water to drain into, the owner shall provide or build a suitable pit, minimum size 15 inches in diameter by 30 inches deep, to collect all water that may enter the foundation drainage system. Also, he shall install, operate and maintain a sump pump, cellar drainer or some suitable pump; and he shall pump this foundation water to a storm sewer or outside the building to a natural drain or discharge point at least 15 feet from the foundation wall of the building. No person shall connect any foundation drainage system to the sewerage system. No person shall willfully allow any sump pit to overflow into the basement floor drain that is connected to the sanitary sewer.

(l)

All excavations required for installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the inspector. Pipe laying shall be performed in accordance with the state plumbing code.

(m)

All building sewers shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the appropriate provisions of Wis. Admin. Code ch. Comm. 82 and any amendments.

(n)

In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer at the expense of the building owner.

(o)

The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the Y branch. If no suitable Y branch is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about 45 degrees. A 45-degree ell may be used to make such connection, with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inner surface of the public sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special connections may be used for the connection only when approved by the inspector. If the public sewer is broken or damaged in any manner by making a connection, the owner shall replace all damaged pipe in the public sewer at his expense.

(p)

The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the inspector, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The slope of such six-inch pipe shall not be less than one-eighth inch per foot.

(q)

Building sewers shall be laid to attain a seven-foot depth to the lot line, except where the public sewer main is less than seven feet deep and a lesser depth for the building sewer is determined by the inspector.

(Code 1989, § 14.05; Ord. No. 040918-02, § 1, 4-9-2018)