A. 
No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Engineer.
B. 
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(s) or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Commission. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Engineer. A permit and inspection fee shall be as determined by the Commission and paid to the Commission at the time the application is filed.
A. 
The connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall be done at the public sewer in the vicinity of the curbline. Except as provided in Article IV, if a building sewer from the public sewer to the vicinity of the curb line has not previously been provided, the owner(s) shall arrange to provide installation in accordance with this chapter. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
B. 
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building. 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 front building sewer may be extended to the rear building only upon prior approval of the Engineer. The Village does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
C. 
Where building laterals are to serve multiple dwelling structures, there shall be provided at least one separate building lateral for each group of eight apartments (or less).
D. 
Where a public sewer is to serve a complex of industrial, commercial, institutional or dwelling structures, special design of the building lateral system shall be required. Plans and specifications shall be prepared and submitted for approval pursuant to this chapter.
E. 
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
[Amended 6-13-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
Building sewers shall be either cast-iron soil pipe or polyvinyl chloride sewer pipe conforming to the following:
A. 
Cast-iron soil pipe.
(1) 
Materials. All cast-iron soil pipe shall be manufactured, tested, coated and inspected in accordance with all the provisions of ASTM Specification A74, Cast-Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings. All dimensions, weights and markings of cast-iron soil pipe shall conform to the requirements of the American National Standards Institute, Designation A112.5.1, except spigot ends shall be plain end for receiving neoprene gaskets. Except where the use of extra-heavy cast-iron soil pipe shall be required by the Engineer, cast-iron soil pipe shall be service weight and shall be furnished in nominal five-foot laying lengths or less.
(2) 
Fittings. All fittings and specials of cast-iron soil pipe shall conform in every respect to the pipe with which they are used. Cleanouts for laterals shall be installed with a wye fitting, extended to finished grade with cast-iron soil pipe and closed with a brass screwed-end plug.
(3) 
Gasket joints. In every instance where hub and plain-end cast-iron soil pipe is installed, gasket joints shall be used. Gasket joints shall be a neoprene compression-type gasket which provides a positive double seal in the assembled joint. The gasket shall be a premolded one-piece unit, designed for joining cast-iron hub and plain-end soil pipe and fittings. The assembled joint shall be sealed by compression of the gasket between the exterior surface of the spigot and the interior surface of the hub. The joint shall be assembled following the manufacturer's recommendations using acceptable lubricant and special pipe-coupling tools designed for that purpose. Lubricant shall be a bland, flax-base, nontoxic material and shall not chemically attack the gasket material. Acceptable gaskets are Ty-Seal joint as manufactured by Tyler Pipe and Foundry Company, Tyler, Texas, or Dual-Tite, as manufactured by Buffalo Pipe and Foundry Corp., Buffalo, New York, or equal.
B. 
Polyvinyl chloride sewer pipe.
(1) 
Material. All polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and fittings shall be Class SDR-35 and shall meet or exceed all of the requirements of ASTM Specification D3034, Type PSM Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Sewer Pipe and Fittings; or ASTM Specification F789, Type PS-46 Poly (Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Plastic Gravity Flow Sewer Pipe and Fittings; or ASTM Specification 679, Type Poly (Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Large-Diameter Plastic Gravity Sewer Pipe and Fittings. All pipe shall be suitable for use as a gravity sewer conduit with integral bell and elastomeric gasket joints. The gasket shall meet the requirements of ASTM F477. The bell shall consist of an integral wall section which securely locks the solid cross-section elastomeric ring into position. Standard lengths shall be 12 feet six inches and 20 feet PMS one inch. Acceptable manufacturers are Johns-Manville, Certain-Teed, Carlon or the equal.
(2) 
Fittings. All fittings and accessories shall be as manufactured and furnished by the pipe supplier and have bell and/or spigot configurations identical to that of the pipe to which they are connected. Cleanouts for laterals shall be installed with a wye fitting extended to finished grade with cast-iron soil pipe through use of an acceptable connection and closed with a brass screwed-end plug.
(3) 
Pipe stiffness. Minimum pipe stiffness (F/ y) at 5% deflection shall be 46 pounds per square inch for all sizes when tested in accordance with ASTM Designation D2412, External Loading Properties of Plastic Pipe by Parallel Plate Loading.
(4) 
Installation. Extreme care shall be taken to provide proper pipe foundations and pipe sidefills in accordance with the recommendations of the pipe manufacturer, maintaining accurate alignment of the pipe at all times.
C. 
Relation to water mains.
(1) 
Horizontal separation. Sewers shall be laid at least 10 feet (3.0) meters) horizontally from any existing or proposed water main. The distance shall be measured edge-to-edge. In cases where it is not practical to maintain a ten-foot separation, the Commission may allow deviation on a case-by-case basis, if supported by data from the design engineer. Such deviation may allow installation of the sewer closer to a water main, provided that the water main is in a separate trench or on an undisturbed earth shelf located on one side of the sewer and at an elevation so the bottom of the water main is at least 18 inches (46 centimeters) above the top of the sewer.
(2) 
Crossings. Sewers crossing water mains shall be laid to provide a minimum vertical distance of 18 inches (46 centimeters) between the outside of the water main and the outside of the sewer. This shall be the case where the water main is either above or below the sewer. The crossing shall be arranged so that the sewer joints will be equidistant and as far as possible from the water main joints. Where a water main crosses under a sewer, adequate structural support shall be provided for the sewer to prevent damage to the water main.
(3) 
Special conditions. When it is impossible to obtain proper horizontal and vertical separation as stipulated above, the sewer shall be designed and constructed equal to the water pipe and shall be pressure treated to assure watertightness prior to backfilling.
D. 
Mandatory use of cast-iron soil pipe. Extra-heavy cast-iron soil pipe may be required by the Engineer where the building sewer is likely to be damaged by tree roots or where located under roads, streets and/or other drives.
E. 
Installation on fill or unstable ground. If installed on fill or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast-iron soil pipe, although other pipe material may be permitted if such pipe is uniformly supported on a poured concrete cradle approved by the Engineer. Special excavation and filling methods and materials, including the use of porous fabric (geotextiles) and/or select material, may be required by the Engineer. The distance between consecutive joints of nonmetallic pipe, as measured along the center line of the installed pipe, shall not exceed 12 feet six inches except under abnormal circumstances, in which case this dimension may be exceeded if approved in advance by the Engineer.
F. 
Size and slope of laterals. The size and slope of building or street laterals shall be subject to approval by the Engineer, but in no event shall the internal diameter of the pipe be less than four inches, nor shall the slope of the pipe be less than 1/8 inch per foot, nor shall velocity of flow in the pipe be less than two feet per second.
A. 
At the point of connection of a building sewer to a main sewer, a standard wye fitting and a 1/8 (45º) bend shall be used. No lateral connection shall be made to the main sewer which permits the flow into the sewer from the lateral to enter at right angles.
B. 
The wye and eighth-bend fittings, previously mentioned, shall be inserted in the main sanitary sewer at the time of its construction for each proposed lot for either immediate or future development. The location of all lateral connections shall be indicated on a drawing, and copies of this drawing showing the as-built location of these connections shall be furnished to the Engineer. No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by the Commission until two copies of this record drawing showing lateral locations have been so filed.
[Amended 6-13-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988]
When any street lateral is to serve a school, hospital or similar institutional or public housing or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings or which, in the opinion of the Engineer, will receive domestic sewage or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building and street lateral is anticipated, then such street lateral shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Engineer shall determine if and where this type of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Engineer. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to Article IV and the lateral connection made thereto as directed by the Engineer.
All excavations required for the installation of a building or street lateral shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Engineer. Pipe laying and backfill, regardless of pipe material used, shall be performed in general accordance with Paragraphs 3 through 6 of ASTM Specification C-12, except that trench width measured at the top of the installed pipe shall not exceed 24 inches, and except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. The depth of cover over the pipe shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost, but in no case shall such depth be less than four feet six inches unless prior approval has been granted by the Engineer, in writing, to permit a lesser depth of cover, and then under such conditions the Engineer may impose.
All new or reconstructed building sewers shall be fitted with a standard wye fitting and a 1/8 (45º) bend with appropriate pipe to provide a cleanout in the vicinity of the curbline. The cleanout shall be of similar material as the building sewer or as otherwise required by the Engineer and shall be provided with a secured cap at the ground level. Installation, location and configuration shall be as required by the Engineer, and sufficient information shall accompany the permit application.
Whenever possible, the building sewer 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 means approved by the Engineer and discharged to the building sewer.
No person(s) shall make connections of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway 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 unless such connection is approved by the Engineer for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
A. 
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village of the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Engineer before installation.
B. 
All joints and connections shall be made watertight. No cement joints will be permitted. Poured joints for cast-iron pipe shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead not less than one inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and caulked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved. The transition joint between cast-iron pipe and other pipe materials shall be made with special adapters and jointing materials approved by the Engineer. If such joints are hot-poured, the material shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when subjected to a temperature of 160º F., nor be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the lateral. The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp or similar approved material. Premolded gasket joints for hub- and plain-end cast-iron pipe may be used, if approved by the Engineer, and shall be a neoprene joint. The gasket shall be a premolded, one-piece unit, designed for joining the cast-iron hub and plain-end soil pipe and fittings. The assembled joint shall be sealed by compression of the gasket between the exterior surface of the spigot and the interior surface of the hub. The joint shall be assembled following the manufacturer's recommendations using acceptable lubricant and special pipe-coupling tools designed for that purpose. The plain spigot end shall be forced into the hub end of the pipe for the full depth of the hub itself. Lubricant shall be a bland, flax-base, nontoxic material and shall not chemically attack the gasket material. PVC pipe joints shall follow the manufacturer's recommendations, using properly designed couplings and rubber gaskets pursuant to the published information relating thereto.
A. 
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Engineer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Engineer or his representative. Notifications to the Engineer for requested inspections shall be made at least 72 hours in advance of the time when the inspection is desired. Premature filling of trenches before an inspection is made will subject the person to whom a permit is issued to a penalty in accordance with this chapter, and such person shall expose the installed pipe at his own expense until inspected by the Engineer.
B. 
In the event that such work is not ready for inspection or for any other reason may not be approved by the Engineer, the property owner, builder or developer shall be notified that such work has not been approved and the reason therefor and at the same time shall be notified that no further inspection of such work will be made until the property owner, builder or developer has paid a surcharge in the amount as established by the Commission to cover the extra expense and cost to the Village. In the event of further disapproval of the same work, a further surcharge shall be paid by the property owner, builder or developer in accordance with the above schedule, before a further inspection shall be made.
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 Village.
An interior cleanout fitting shall be provided for each building lateral at a readily accessible location, preferably just inside the basement wall. The fitting shall contain a forty-five-degree branch with removable plug, and be so positioned that sewer cleaning equipment can be inserted therein to clean the building lateral.
No structure shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system unless there is a soil line extended to a point above the roof and properly vented or otherwise vented in a manner approved by the Engineer. In existing public or private buildings, dwellings or stores not properly vented, a running trap with double hub vent is required, and it shall be installed in a manner which has been approved by the Engineer. Grease traps will be installed where the Commission or its duly authorized agent may direct. Grease traps must be kept clean at all times, at the owner's expense.