§ 15-115. Sewer connection permits and requirements.

(a)

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

(b)

Service to property within the sanitation district.

(1)

The town assumed the provision of sewer service from the Bayfield Sanitation District as of January 1, 2008. Subject to availability of capacity and compliance with all other conditions stated in this section, including the payment of all applicable fees, the town shall provide service to a residential connection on property that was legally included in the sanitation district by the issuance of a permit for a single residence that is otherwise in compliance with all regulations of the town, the county or any other governmental entity with jurisdiction. If the property to be served is located outside town limits and if legally possible, the owner of any such property shall be encouraged to annex the property to the town. However, no annexation shall be compelled solely as a condition of receiving sewer service for residential service.

(2)

The provision of service to any commercial or other non-residential property that was legally included in the sanitation district shall require staff review to assess impacts on the system, and any such connection may require compliance with additional conditions imposed by the town. If legally possible, the owner of any such property shall be encouraged to annex the property to the town, but no annexation shall be compelled solely as a condition of sewer service.

(c)

Provision of service within the town. Except as otherwise provided herein, it shall be the general policy of the town to provide sewer service only to property that is legally annexed into the town. Any person seeking service for property that is eligible for annexation shall submit a petition to annex and pay all fees and expenses associated with the annexation of property into the town. Nothing contained herein shall require the town to annex or provide sewer service to any property.

(d)

Provision of service outside town boundaries.

(1)

The town may agree, by action of the board of trustees, to provide sewer service to areas outside the town by contract, but only in cases where the property to be served is not legally eligible for annexation. Any such contract shall contain, at a minimum, provisions for the collection of fees and charges, limits on effluent, and provisions for the compliance with all rules and regulations contained herein or otherwise imposed by the town. In addition, the owner of any property served by contract shall execute an agreement or other documents reasonably required by the town to consent to annex the property into the town when the property becomes eligible for annexation.

(2)

Any consent for service required for any subdivisions or other development located outside town limits which requires county land use approval of any type, either under the County Land Use Code or under the terms of any intergovernmental agreement between the town and the county shall require town board approval, which may include compliance with terms specific to any such development, including but not limited to requirements to construct improvements and the payment of impact fees.

(e)

Application for service. Any person desiring sewer service shall make application on a sewer tap application furnished by the town. The application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the town. The PIF as determined hereunder and an inspection fee established by the town shall be paid to the town at the time a building permit is obtained.

(f)

Owner's responsibilities for service line. All sewer services shall be privately owned and maintained until the actual point of connection at the sewer main. All costs and expenses incident to the installation, connection, operation and maintenance of the service line shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation, operation or maintenance of the service line.

(g)

Shared service lines. A separate and independent service line shall be provided for each lot or parcel. The town shall nave no maintenance responsibility for any service line, including shared service lines. More than one building or unit may be connected to the service line provided it is of adequate size to serve all connections. The portion of the line which serves more than one building or unit shall be known as a "shared service line". In the event the lot or parcel is later subdivided, each new lot or parcel shall have a separate service line.

(h)

Existing service lines. Old service lines may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and/or testing by the town, to meet all requirements of the codes and standards.

(i)

Service line specifications. The size, slope, alignment materials of construction of a service line, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the town's codes and standards and the state plumbing code.

(j)

Private lift stations. Whenever possible, the service line shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. 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 means and discharged to the service line, at no expense to the town.

(k)

Connections prohibited. No person shall make connections of roof down spouts, interior or exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, floor drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a service line which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. All clean water drain connections are specifically prohibited.

(l)

Inspection of service lines. The applicant for sewer service shall notify the town 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, at the expense of the applicant.

(m)

Safety and restoration required. All excavations for service line installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, paving cuts and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the town and other governmental entities.

(n)

Extension of sewer mains. Any person who (1) does not have access to sewer main service of the town within 400 feet of his premises during initial construction or petitions for annexation to the town; and (2) requires sewer main extension for service, shall be required to extend the sewer main of the town to his property in accordance with section 15-118.

(o)

Other conditions of service. In addition to any other conditions imposed herein, all connections to and use of the town sewer treatment facilities shall be done in full compliance with any state enforcement orders, consent orders or other conditions of any discharge permit issued to the Bayfield Sanitation District or the Town of Bayfield. Those conditions may include limits on the quantity or strength of any effluent from any service, pretreatment requirements or other requirements for the installation of monitoring devices or sampling ports to assure compliance with all such provisions.

(Ord. No. 329, § 15-105, 12-18-07)