No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written license
from the Board. Any person proposing a new discharge into the sewage
works or a substantial change in the volume of character of pollutants
that are being discharged into the sewage works shall notify the Superintendent
and the Board at least 45 days prior to the proposed change or connection
in order to obtain approval. No person shall break, cut or remove
any pipe of the public sanitary sewer, or make or cause to be made
any connection to said sewer except through the connection branches
provided for that purpose, unless in another manner approved by the
Board.
A.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
a) for residential and commercial service; and b) for service to establishments
producing industrial wastes. In either case, the applicant or his
agent shall make an application on a special form furnished by the
Town. Copies of said application shall be forwarded to North Attleborough
for its information. A permit and inspection fee equal to the cost
of inspection, as determined by the Board, shall be paid the Town
at the time the application is filed. Said permit shall be valid for
no more than 60 calendar days from date of issue.
B.
No licensed drain layer shall have more than 10 permits
outstanding at anytime without written permission from the Board.
C.
One copy of the permit shall at all time be available
for inspection at the site of the work.
D.
Drain layers shall only install building sewers during
the normal working hours of the Sewer Department. Emergency working
hours shall be approved in writing by the Board.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation,
inspection by the Superintendent and/or the Board, and connection
of the building sewer to the public sewer shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the Town and North Attleborough from any
loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the
installation and connection of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building; except where one building stands at
the rear of another or on an interior lot and no private building
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, with the written approval of the
Board. A manhole shall be constructed at the junction of the front
building sewer and the rear building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Board, to meet all requirements of this bylaw.
A.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction
of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing
of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes or
other applicable rules and regulations of the Town. In the absence
of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and
procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American
Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) shall apply, except that only
the following pipe shall be used:
B.
Minimum size and slope of pipe for residential users
shall be as shown on the typical building connection diagram herein
enclosed. Minimum size and slope of pipe for all other users shall
be as determined by the Board at the time the building sewer permit
is issued.
C.
Joints shall be tight and waterproof. No cement mortar
joints will be permitted. Cast-iron pipe with leaded joints may be
required by the Board where the building sewer is exposed to damage
by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building
sewer shall be of cast-iron pipe, except that nonmetallic material
may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved
by the Board.
D.
Any sewer line laid within 10 feet of a domestic waterline
shall be a cast-iron pipe. A rubber-compression-joint-type pipe or
approved equal may be used. A six-inch concrete envelope around vitrified
clay pipe is also acceptable.
A.
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, sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted
by means approved by the Board and discharged to the building sewer.
Such lifting devices shall be installed and maintained by the owner
with no liability assumed by the Town.
B.
All changes in direction shall be made only by Boston
tee wyes, cleanouts or cleanout manholes. No building sewer shall
be laid parallel to and within five feet of any bearing wall.
C.
All construction for new buildings which shall commence
after January 1, 1979, shall have the building drain exit the building
through the basement floor and connect with the building sewer at
an elevation below the basement floor whenever possible.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts,
exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface
runoff or groundwater to a building sewer which in turn is connected
directly or indirectly to a sanitary sewer. All interior cleanouts
shall be six inches above the basement floor.
A.
All pipe shall be laid in a six-inch screened gravel
envelope. In instances where groundwater may back up into the basement,
a well-compacted backfill seal may be placed around the cast-iron
portion of the building sewer; at the building, backfill shall be
placed in two-foot layers and each layer shall be well compacted.
For PVC pipe, the bedding shall be placed to 12 inches above the top
of the pipe and subsequent backfill shall be placed in one-foot layers
for the first three feet and be well compacted. For all other pipes,
the bedding shall be placed to mid-diameter with subsequent backfill
placed in two-foot layers, each layer well compacted.
B.
No blocks or stones shall be used to support the pipe.
When water is present in a trench, a sump of crushed stone shall be
constructed, and water shall be pumped at all times. The trench shall
be kept dry at all times during construction.
C.
At all times when pipe installation is not in progress,
the open ends of the pipe shall be closed with temporary watertight
plugs or by other approved means.
D.
All joints and connections shall be made watertight
and gastight.
(1)
"No bell" cast-iron pipe is prohibited.
E.
All joints in vitrified-clay pipe or between such
pipe and metals shall be made with approved premolded gasket joints.
The connections of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
be made at the Y branch, if such branch is available at a suitable
location. If no branch is available, a connection may be made by tapping
the existing sewer by an approved method, then inserting an approved
vitrified-clay Y or T saddle. Cutting the hole in the pipe by hand
is prohibited.
The drain layer shall notify the Board when
the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public
sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Board
or its representative.
All excavations for building sewer installations
shall be adequately guarded, as determined by the Board, 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 by the drain layer in a manner satisfactory
to the Town. When it is necessary to close off a street, the Fire
Department and Police Department shall be notified by the drain layer
24 hours in advance. A street opening permit from the Town of Plainville
shall be posted with the Board at least 24 hours before opening the
street.
Any variation from these rules of the Town shall
receive the approval of the Board before implementation.
The Board or duly authorized agent shall be
notified at least 24 hours prior to the beginning of any work on a
sewer or house connection.
No building shall be connected to the public
sewer system unless said building has a soil line extended to a point
above the roof properly vented.
All drain layers are required to give a full written report to the Board within 24 hours in the event that prohibited substances, as defined in Article IV, are found in a building sewer during the course of the work.
Notification of the completion of the work with
certification that all conditions have been complied with shall be
filed in writing with the Board within 24 hours after the completion
of the work covered in each permit.
All drain layers shall obtain a license from
the Board prior to performing any work in the Town. All licenses shall
be issued for a one-year period with renewal required on January 1
of each year. In applying for a license, the drain layer shall provide
all information required by the Board, including a statement that
the licensee will supervise and be responsible for all work performed
under the license. The licensee shall file with the Town Treasurer
a certificate of insurance in the sums of $100,000/$300,000 to cover
public liability; a certificate of insurance in the sum of $50,000
covering property damage including XCU coverage for explosion, collapse
or underground damage; and a performance bond in the sum of $15,000.
In addition, a certificate of insurance covering workmen's compensation
shall be filed; all of which shall remain in full force and effect
for a period of at least one year from the date of approval. No insurance
policy shall be canceled without 30 days' prior written notice by
registered mail to the Board. Said insurance shall indemnify the Town
against any and all claims, liabilities or actions for damages incurred
in or in any way connected with the performance of the work by a drain
layer and for or by reason of any acts of omission of said drain layer
in the performance of his work.
A.
No person duly licensed to construct building and
other private sewers and make connections with public sewers shall
allow his name to be used by any other person, either for the purpose
of obtaining permits or doing any work under his license.
B.
All building sewer installation work shall be performed
by drain layers licensed by the Board.
Any drain layer violating any provision of this bylaw shall, in addition to the general penalties provided for the violation of this bylaw in Article IX, forfeit his license.
The Board, the Superintendent and their duly
authorized agents bearing proper credentials and identification shall
be permitted to enter, at reasonable times, all properties connected
with the public sewers for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing; all in accordance with the provisions
of this bylaw. They may inquire into any processes, including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, plating or other industrial
activity, that contribute waters or wastes to the public sewers but
shall not order or demand information concerning any patented process
or trade secret beyond that necessary to determine the kind, source
and amount of wastewater discharge from the industrial or commercial
plant to the public sewers.
