[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Babylon 12-9-1969[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 89.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 133.
Housing standards — See Ch. 138.
Plumbing — See Ch. 170.
Site plan review — See Ch. 180.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 191.
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Editor's Note: The provisions of this chapter
are derived from Sec. 7-124 and Art. VIII of Ch. 7 of the 1969 Unified
Code of Ordinances of the Town of Babylon.
For the purposes of this chapter, known as "Sewers,"
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed
herein:
Any combination of fittings to the top of a buried oil tank
to permit settling of the tank in the subsurface without disturbance
to fuel lines, e.g., two elbow fittings and two forty-five-degree
angle fittings.
[Added 5-6-1975]
That part of the main horizontal drain and its
branches inside the walls of a building, vault or area and extending
to and connecting with the house sewer.
The lowest horizontal piping of the drainage
system of a building receiving the discharge from soil waste and other
drainage pipes inside the walls of the building extending to a point
five feet outside the inner face of the foundation walls and there
connecting with the house sewer.
That part of the main drain or sewer extending from a point
four feet outside the outer front wall of the building, vault or area
to its connection with a public sewer, private sewer or cesspool and
septic tanks.
A gravity feed fuel intake whereby fuel is led to a suspended
oil burner unit up and over the top of the unit.
[Added 5-6-1975]
The profession, art or trade of and all work done and all
materials used in and for:
Introducing, maintaining and extending a supply
of water through a pipe or pipes or any appurtenances thereof in a
building, premises or establishment.
Installing, connecting or repairing any system
of drainage whereby foul waste, cooling water, rain or surplus water,
gas, odor, vapor or fluid is discharged or proposed to be discharged
through a pipe or pipes from any building lot, premises or establishment
into any main public or private sewer, drain, pit, box, filter bed,
leaching well, septic tank or other receptacle or into any natural
or artificial body of water or watercourse, upon private or public
property.
Ventilating any building sewer or fixture or
appurtenance connected therewith.
Connecting any building, lot, premises or establishment
with any service pipe, building sewer, water pipe main, public or
private sewer or underground structure; performing all classes of
work generally done by plumbers, such as:
All piping and equipment for gas, water supply,
cast-iron mains, irrigation or sprinkler systems, hydrants, steel
mains and flange pipe on the site, drains, wastes, soil and vent lines,
including all piping for hot and cold water for domestic and culinary
purposes and connections to all fixtures and apparatus requiring same,
all water piping or waste lines of a temporary or permanent use, all
drinking water systems.
All piping, connections and equipment for heating,
pneumatic, thermostatic, vacuum and cleaning systems, including vacuum
or wateroperated ash removal systems.
All piping, connections and equipment for fire
lines and standpipes of every description, including piping for other
purposes, and standpipes taking place of tanks.
All piping and equipment for the transmission
of liquid soap systems, glucose, syrup, liquid sugar, ink or other
liquids in manufacturing or commercial plants, acid lines and vents,
subsoil drains, laundry machinery, transmitting gasoline and, where
lead pipe, sheet lead or solder is used, for putting pipes or tubing
together.
All piping connections and equipment for ice
machine work and all water supply, discharge and drain piping for
refrigerating machinery, ammonia condensers, air compressor jackets
cooling tanks and all other apparatus requiring such piping and connections,
and all piping for drinking water as well as oxygen, nitrous oxide
piping and hydrogen piping.
All piping and equipment from drip pans, tanks,
receptacles, apparatus, etc., of every description which conveys any
liquid waste or drip to the plumbing drainage system or fixtures either
by a direct or indirect connection to the plumbing system.
All welding and burning in connection with plumbing
work and plumbers' piping.
Connecting all gas ranges, gas logs and gas-fired
boilers and unit heaters, all gas dryers and other gas appliances
for whatever use and fuel-burning appliances.
Setting and connecting of all water meters,
water filters, hot-water tanks, hot-water heaters and incinerators,
cold-water tanks, suction tanks, pressure tanks, storage tanks, house
tanks, sump tanks, sump pumps and water pumps of every description,
whether steam- or motor-driven, all sewage ejectors and sewage disposal
systems, air compressors and compressed air tanks.
All piping and equipment used for exhaust fumes.
All exhaust and vapor piping for sterilizers.
All piping and equipment of gasoline bulk plants.
The setting and connection of all fixtures,
as partially enumerated below:
Plumbing fixtures.
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Autopsy tables
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Basins
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Bathtubs
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Bedpan sinks
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Bidets
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Clothes hampers
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Cuspidors
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Dental chairs
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Drinking fountains
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Gas ranges
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Grease and plaster traps
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Laundry tubs
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Sacraria
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Showers
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Sinks and sink cabinets
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Slop sinks
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Swimming pools and pools of any type
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Unit heaters
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Urinals
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Water closets
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Pumps.
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Circulating pumps
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Compressor pumps
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Drinking-water pumps
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Ejectors, electric
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Ejectors, pneumatic
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Fire pumps
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Gasoline pumps
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House pumps
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Sump pumps
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Vacuum cleaning machines
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Vacuum pumps
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Sterilizers,
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Aspirators
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Bandage sterilizers
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Bedpan sterilizers
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Hot and cold water sterilizers
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Instrument sterilizers
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Utensil sterilizers
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Water stills of every description
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Heaters and water meters, etc.
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Gas heaters
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Steam hot-water heaters
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Steam pre-water heaters
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Tank heaters of every description
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Water filters
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Water meters and fish traps and gauges
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Tanks.
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Beer tanks
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Drinking-water tanks
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Expansion tanks
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Gasoline tanks
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Hot water tanks
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House tanks
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Kerosene tanks
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Milk tanks
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Perfume tanks
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Peroxide tanks
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Pneumatic tanks
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Septic tanks
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Soap tanks
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Suction tanks
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Vacuum tanks
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Wax tanks
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Equipment.
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All milk piping
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Bottle-filling machines
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Bottle-washing machines
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Chlorating machines
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Fill boxes
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Fountains
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Hydraulic lifts
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Laundry dryers
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Laundry washers
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Liquidometers
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Milk storage tank machines
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Oil separators
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Pasteurizing machines
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Roof and floor drains of every description
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Washers of every description
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The hot and cold water supply, distributing pipes, hot-water
storage tanks and connections thereof, the fixtures and fixture traps;
the soil, waste and vent pipes; the house drain and house sewer; the
stormwater drainage with their devices, appurtenances and connections
all within or adjacent to the building.
Main sewers that are not constructed by and under the supervision
of the Town.
Any vertical line of pipe having outlets above the floor
of a first story for water closet connections.
Any oil burner suspended from a ceiling.
[Added 5-6-1975]
A device by which air pressure in an oil fuel line will produce
a whistle-like sound to indicate completed refueling.
[Added 5-6-1975]
Any special pipe provided to ventilate a system of piping
and to prevent trap siphonage and back pressure.
Any vertical line of pipe having outlets above the first
floor for fixtures other than water closets.
Before beginning work on a house sewer, notice
shall be given to the Plumbing Inspector, and no such work shall be
covered until it has been inspected and approved by him.
All subhouse drains shall discharge into airtight
sumps or receiving tanks so located as to receive the sewage and shall
be lifted and discharged into the house sewer by pumps, ejectors or
equally efficient method, Such pumps shall either be automatically
discharged or be of sufficient capacity to receive the sewage and
wastes of the building for not less than 24 hours.
Joints in house sewers shall be made watertight,
and precautions shall be taken to prevent caulking materials from
percolating into the pipes.
House sewers shall be covered to a depth of
at least two feet with well-rammed fine earth free from stones and
rubbish; but lines need not be placed lower than one foot above water
level.
All plumbing fixtures not connected to the public
sewer system shall have waste therefrom emptying into cesspools or
septic tanks constructed as hereinafter provided. Septic tanks shall
be required where the average yearly water table is less than 4 1/2
feet. All systems, including trenches and leaching fields, shall be
kept open for inspection by the Building Inspector.
Cast-iron and asbestos cement sewer pipe, not
less than four inches in size, may be used from a cesspool to a distance
of four feet outside the foundation walls; the remainder of the sewer
pipe shall be caulked with molten lead and oakum. There shall be a
running trap inside the building, having two brass cleanout screws
accessible at all times; in the building side of the trap there shall
be an outlet of the same dimensions as the sewer to be continued to
the outside of the building, not less than two feet from any door
or window, to act as a fresh air intake to the building sewer. Vent
pipes, where required, shall be not less than two inches in diameter
and through pitched roofs shall extend at least 12 inches above such
roof and through flat roofs at least two feet above the roof.
A.
Cesspools shall be of brick, concrete or concrete
block construction, open-joint type, up to a level two feet below
grade line; above this level all units shall be laid in cement mortar
and a removable tight cover of iron or concrete installed. No cesspool
shall be less than 30 feet from any well or 15 feet from the building
which it serves, nor less than 10 feet from any property line nor
less than 50 feet from the shoreline of any canal, bay or other waterway.
A single cesspool with inside diameter of six feet and a depth of
six feet from the inlet pipe shall be provided for a two-bedroom dwelling;
an additional two feet in depth shall be added for each additional
bedroom.
B.
Where the water table is greater than 4 1/2 feet
but not sufficient to permit proper installation or functioning of
the single cesspool, then twin cesspools, each with an inside diameter
of six feet and a depth of three feet below the inlet pipe, shall
be provided for a two-bedroom dwelling; an additional one foot in
depth shall be added to each cesspool for each additional bedroom.
C.
A twenty-four-inch space shall be provided around
a single cesspool and a twelve-inch space shall be provided around
twin cesspools, in each instance from the inlet pipe to the bottom
of the cesspool, which space shall be filled with 1 1/2 inches
of stone.
Where cesspools or overflow pools are discontinued
following connections to a street sewer or for any other reason, the
owner shall have said pools promptly emptied, cleaned and backfilled
with earth, sand or other acceptable clean material.
A septic tank may be of steel, brick or concrete
construction, must be airtight and located not less than five feet
from the building which it serves and not less than 10 feet from any
adjoining property. A five-hundred-gallon septic tank shall be provided
for two- and three-bedroom dwellings and a seven-hundred-fifty-gallon
septic tank shall be provided for a four-bedroom dwelling. Septic
tanks shall overflow into a leaching field as hereinafter provided.
A.
Leaching fields shall be constructed as follows: Tile
or fiber pipe, according to federal specifications, at least four
inches in diameter, shall be installed in a trench which shall be
two feet wide and shall contain at least 14 inches of clean sand and
gravel under 12 inches of washed gravel. The leaching pipe shall be
located at least one foot below grade in the upper half of the layer
of washed gravel. Heavy tar paper shall be laid over the completed
field, and the same shall be covered with at least 10 inches of fill
or topsoil.
B.
A minimum of 100 feet of leaching fields shall be
provided for two- and three-bedroom dwellings and an additional 50
feet of leaching fields shall be provided for each additional bedroom.
Upon application to the Board of Appeals and
after approval by it, granted after due public hearing, septic tanks
and/or cesspools may be built under sidewalks or other public rights-of-way.
Walls of same shall be not less than eight inches thick if of brick
or concrete, nor less than 12 inches thick if built of concrete blocks.
All joints thereof shall be of cement mortar. Tops of same shall be
concrete, reinforced to withstand a live load of not less than 300
pounds per square foot.
Plans for sanitary disposal systems for industrial
and business buildings, multiple dwellings and other structures not
expressly described in this chapter shall be submitted for approval
by the Town Engineer or the public health authorities; and such plans
as finally approved by the Building Inspector shall be strictly complied
with.
No soil or waste vent, circuit or loop vent
above the highest installed fixture on the branch or main shall hereafter
be used as a soil or waste pipe.
A.
No connection shall be made to a public sewer or any
sewer system, except by special permit from the Plumbing Department
and under the direction and supervision of a Plumbing Inspector.
B.
No permit for a sewer connection shall be issued unless
the plumbing system conforms with the Plumbing Code. This shall not
be construed to apply to work previously performed.
C.
All connections with a public sewer shall be made
only after issuance of a permit.
Every new installation of a plumbing system
in a building or structure, when there is an accessible public sewer
in the street abutting the lot on which such building or structure
is located, shall be connected with such sewer as provided in this
chapter.
A.
The plumbing system of an existing building or structure
located on a lot abutting on a street in which a public sewer is being
placed or has been placed after such plumbing or drainage was installed
shall, whenever directed by the Plumbing Inspector, be connected to
such public sewer.
B.
Connection to such public sewer shall be made in all
instances where any existing private sewer requires substantial repair
or replacement.
Each plumbing system of a building or structure
shall be separately connected with the public sewer or with a private
sewer or cesspool.
No direct or indirect connection for the removal
of sewage from any premises shall be made with the stormwater drainage
of the Town or with a stream or watercourse.
A.
Regulated. Private sewage disposal facilities shall
be constructed and installed within the Town limits, in compliance
with the rules and regulations of the Town Department of Health and/or
the Town Building Code and under such other conditions as may be prescribed.
B.
Location. Waterborne sewage disposal facilities for
dwellings shall be installed in the front yard wherever possible,
and for any other location, approval shall first be obtained from
the Building Department of the county.
It shall be unlawful to throw or deposit or
cause to be thrown or deposited in any fixture, vessel or receptacle
connected with a public sewer or with a plumbing system connected
with a public sewer any matter other than feces, urine, the necessary
water closet paper and liquid house slops, unless special permission
is obtained for the discharge of other wastes.
All new buildings, including stores, apartments
and public buildings, must have a properly vented and water-supplied
sink in the cellar for indirect wastes or a properly vented plugged
connection for future accommodation.
