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Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 : General Wastewater Regulations

18-206 : Connection to public sewers.

  1. Application for service.
    1. There shall be two (2) classifications of service: (1) residential and (2) commercial, industrial and other nonresidential establishments. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application for connection on forms furnished by the town. Applicants for service to commercial and industrial establishments shall be required to furnish information about all waste producing activities, wastewater characteristics and constituents. The application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the superintendent. Details regarding commercial and industrial permits include but are not limited to those required by this ordinance. Service connection fees for establishing new sewer service are paid to the town. Industrial user discharge permit fees may also apply. The receipt by the town of a prospective customer's application for connection shall not obligate the town to render the connection. If the service applied for cannot be supplied in accordance with this chapter and the town's rules and regulations and general practice, or state and federal requirement, the connection charge will be refunded in full, and there shall be no liability of the town to the applicant for such service.
    2. Users shall notify the town of any proposed new introduction of wastewater constituents or any proposed change in the volume or character of the wastewater being discharged to the system a minimum of sixty (60) days prior to the change. The town may deny or limit this new introduction or change based upon the information submitted in the notification.
  2. Prohibited connections. No person shall make connections of roof downspouts, sump pumps, basement wall seepage or floor seepage, exterior foundation drains, area way drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. Any such connections which already exist on the effective date of this ordinance shall be completely and permanently disconnected within sixty (60) days of the effective day of this ordinance. The owners of any building sewer having such connections, leaks or defects shall bear all of the costs incidental to removal of such sources. Pipes, sumps and pumps for such sources of ground water shall be separate from the sanitary sewer.
  3. Physical connection to public sewer.
    1. No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof. The town shall make all connections to the public sewer upon the property owner first submitting a connection application to the town.
      The connection application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the superintendent. A service connection fee shall be paid to the town at the time the application is filed.
      The applicant is responsible for excavation and installation of the building sewer which is located on private property. The town will inspect the installation prior to backfilling and make the connection to the public sewer.
    2. All costs and expenses incident to the installation, connection, and inspection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner including all service and connection fees. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
    3. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for each building; except where one (1) building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or a building sewer cannot be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer. However, the connection of the second building to the first building's sewer may require the payment of applicable fees in accordance with the town's current schedule of rates and fees for sewer customers.
    4. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and testing by the town's representative, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
    5. Building sewers shall conform to the requirements of the town's most recently adopted plumbing code or the current requirements of the MUC, whichever is most restrictive.
    6. Connections of building sewers to the public sewer system shall be made in accordance with the current requirements of the MUC.
    7. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved pump system according to § 18-207 and discharged to the building sewer at the expense of the owner.
    8. The methods to be used in excavating, placing of pipe, jointing, testing, backfilling the trench, or other activities in the construction of a building sewer which have not been described above shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the town or in accordance with the current requirements of the MUC, whichever is most restrictive. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the superintendent before installation.
    9. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the town.
    10. Inspection of connections.
      1. The sewer connection and all building sewers from the building to the public sewer main line shall be inspected before the underground portion is covered by town's authorized representative.
      2. The applicant for discharge shall notify the town's representative when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the town's representative.
  4. Maintenance of building sewers.
    1. Each individual property owner shall be entirely responsible for the construction, maintenance, repair and/or replacement of the building sewer as deemed necessary by the superintendent to meet specifications of the town. Owners failing to maintain or repair building sewers or who allow stormwater, groundwater, and/or other prohibited flows to enter the sanitary sewer may face enforcement action by up to and including discontinuation of water and sewer service.
    2. The town may inspect the facilities of any user to ascertain whether the purpose of this chapter is being met and all requirements are being complied with.
    3. The point of division between the building sewer and the town-owned sewer tap or service connection shall be at the property line, right-of-way line or the town's easement. The town-owned tap or service line connection cannot extend onto private property except that minimal distance to the edge of right-of-way, easements, and/or that distance necessary to cross other utility lines and provide a location unencumbered by other underground utilities where the user can make a connection to the building sewer without risk of damage to those other utilities.
  5. Sewer extensions. All expansion or extension of the public sewer constructed by property owners or developers shall comply with the current requirements of the MUC. All plans and construction must follow the latest edition of the standard sanitary sewer specifications of the MUC. The entire cost of the construction of any extensions (including engineering design, review and approval by the state and/or other regulatory agencies, permits, easements (acquired in the name of the town), construction inspection, preparation of as-built drawings, etc.) shall be borne by the property owners or developer. Upon completion of construction, the town shall be provided as-built drawings (in PDF and in electronic format compatible with MUC's current GIS/mapping system), documentation of all proof-testing performed during construction, and other documentation as may be required by the current specifications and policies of the MUC. The developer/property owners shall provide a one (1) year warranty to the town from the date of the town's formal, written acceptance of the extension. The developer/property owners are responsible for all maintenance and repairs during the warranty period.
  6. Protection from damage. No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structures, appurtenances or equipment which is a part of the WWF. (as added by Ord. #03-01-23, April 2023 Ch1_05-28-24)
Date Last Updated: 05/28/2024
Codification Date: 07/01/2020

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Ben Waller

Aldermen - Mickey Ankrom

Aldermen - Jeff Atkins

Aldermen - Eddie Douglas

Aldermen - Patsy Winstead Harrell

Recorder - Robin Jarnigan

Date Last Updated: 05/28/2024
Codification Date: 07/01/2020

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Ben Waller

Aldermen - Mickey Ankrom

Aldermen - Jeff Atkins

Aldermen - Eddie Douglas

Aldermen - Patsy Winstead Harrell

Recorder - Robin Jarnigan