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 Superintendent.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater or noncontact cooling water or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer. Swimming pool drains shall not be connected to any sanitary sewer.
A. 
There shall be two classes of sewer lateral permits:
(1) 
For residential, commercial and institutional service.
(2) 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. 
In either case, a permit application shall be submitted to the Superintendent. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent, in the judgment of the Superintendent. A fee, established by Article XII, shall accompany the application.
A. 
A separate and independent building lateral shall be provided for every building requiring sanitary facilities. When, however, there is a building behind a front building, the second building may use the front building's building lateral if there is no other way to provide sanitary service to the back building.
B. 
New building laterals shall not go under building basements. In like fashion, a building shall not be constructed over an existing lateral; the lateral shall be relocated after the Superintendent has approved plans showing the relocation. If relocation is not physically possible then the lateral shall be:
(1) 
Exposed and totally encapsulated in not less than three inches of concrete; or
(2) 
Exposed and walled and the building rooms above positively ventilated outdoors.
C. 
All existing manholes in or under the basement shall be sealed airtight in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent. No new manholes shall be constructed on the portion of the lateral under the building.
When building laterals are to serve multiple dwelling structures, the building lateral shall be sized in accordance with the metered water use and with sound professional engineering judgment.
Where a lateral sewer is to serve a complex of industrial, commercial, institutional or dwelling structures, special design of the building lateral system shall be required. Such lateral sewer shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this connection to the public sewer is required. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §§ 152-34 and 152-104 and the lateral connection made and tested as directed by the Superintendent. Plans and specifications shall be prepared and submitted for approval pursuant to this chapter.
Dry sewers shall be designed and installed in accordance with this chapter.
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
A. 
Building lateral pipe materials shall be one of the following:
(1) 
Tar-coated, service grade, cast-iron soil pipe conforming to ASTM Specification A-74, Cast Iron Pipe and Fittings. All dimensions, weight and markings of the pipe shall conform to the requirements of ANSI, Designation A112.5.1, except spigot ends shall be plain end, if gasket joints are used.
(2) 
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and fittings conforming to ASTM Specification D-3034-73, SDR-35 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Sewer Pipe and Fittings, or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe conforming to ASTM Specification D-1785, PVC Plastic Pipe Schedules 40, 80 and 120 Inches. Pipe with gasketed joints shall be manufactured with a socket configuration which will prevent improper installation of the gasket and will ensure that the gasket remains in place during the joining operation. The socket shall consist of an integral wall section stiffened with two PVC retainer rings which securely lock the solid cross-section gasket into position. The gasket shall be manufactured from a synthetic elastomer conforming to ASTM Specification F-477, Elastomeric Seals (Gaskets) for Joining Plastic Pipe. Pipe with solvent cement joints shall be joined with a PVC cement conforming to ASTM Specification D-2564, Solvent Cements for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Plastic Pipe and Fittings. All pipe shall be suitable for gravity sewer service. Minimum pipe stiffness (F/Y) at five-percent deflection shall be 46 psi when tested in accordance with ASTM Specification D-2412.
(3) 
Other pipe materials require the prior written approval of the Superintendent before being installed. The right is reserved for the Superintendent, as deemed necessary, to require any and all pertinent information regarding any alternate materials that may be proposed for use in order to determine the acceptance of any such material.
B. 
Any part of the building lateral that is located within five feet of a water main or water service shall be constructed of cast-iron soil pipe. Cast-iron soil pipe may be required by the Superintendent where the building lateral is likely to be damaged by tree roots. If installed on fill or unstable ground, the building lateral 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 Superintendent. The distance between consecutive joints, as measured along the center line of the installed pipe, shall not be less than 10 feet, except under abnormal circumstances, in which case this dimension may be diminished, if approved by the Superintendent. The size and slope of building laterals shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent, but in no event shall the internal pipe diameter be less than four inches, nor shall the pipe slope be less than 1/4 inch per foot.
At the point of connection of a building lateral to a public sewer, standard pipe fittings shall be used, subject to the approval of the Superintendent. The fittings shall be installed so that flow from the arm building lateral shall transition smoothly into the flow in the public sewer. No lateral connection shall be made to the public sewer which permits the flow into the public sewer from the lateral to enter at right angles.
The building lateral shall be connected to the main sewer at the time of constructing the main sewer, for each proposed lot for either immediate or future development. Laterals installed for future development shall be fitted with a standard plug approved for use by the Superintendent. All sewer connections shall be via a properly installed saddle or standard wye pipe fittings to the main sewer pipe. No portion of the lateral pipe shall protrude into the main sewer pipe. The location of all lateral connections shall be field marked with a two-inch by six-inch corrosion and rot resistant board. The marker board shall extend from the depth of the lateral to a minimum of two feet above grade. The location of all lateral connections shall be indicated on a drawing, and four copies of this drawing, showing the as-built location of these connections, shall be furnished to the Superintendent. A refundable deposit shall be placed with the village to assure receipt of these as-builts. The deposit shall be placed when application is made; the amount of the deposit shall be $100 per sheet of plans showing locations of lateral connections. No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by the village until four copies of this record drawing have been so filed with the Superintendent and the Superintendent has approved the submitted drawings.
When any building lateral is to serve a school, hospital or similar institution, or public housing, or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings, or which, in the opinion of the Superintendent, will receive wastewater or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building lateral is anticipated, then such building lateral shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Superintendent 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 Superintendent. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §§ 152-34 and 152-104, and the lateral connection made thereto as directed by the Superintendent.
Whenever possible, the building lateral shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. Building laterals laid parallel to a bearing wall shall not be installed closer than three feet to such wall. The building lateral shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings. Changes of direction of 90° or greater shall be made with a cleanout which extends to grade, terminating in a terminal box set in concrete. The ends of all building laterals which are not connected to the interior plumbing of the building, for any reason, shall be sealed against infiltration by a suitable stopper, plug or by other approved means.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such drain shall be lifted by mechanical means and discharged to the building lateral, on approval of the Superintendent.
All excavations required for the installation of a building lateral shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfilling, 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 the outside pipe diameter plus 14 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 not in any case shall such depth be less than four feet.
All joints and connections shall be made watertight.
Poured joints for cast-iron pipe shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp, and the annulus filled with an approved compound not less than one inch deep. Said compound shall be run in with a single pouring, and caulked tight, if appropriate for the compound used. 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 Superintendent. 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 160° F., nor be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the lateral.
Premolded gaskets may be used for hub and plain end cast-iron pipe joints and joints with fittings, if approved by the Superintendent. The gasket shall be a neoprene compression-type unit which provides a positive seal in the assembled joint. The gasket shall be 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.
Joints for PVC sewer pipe shall follow the manufacturer's recommendations, using properly designed couplings and rubber gaskets pursuant to the published information relating thereto, and conforming to the applicable ASTM specification identified in § 152-54.
A. 
The connection of the building lateral to an existing building lateral shall be made at the jurisdictional boundary. Except as provided under §§ 152-29 and 152-30, if a building lateral has not previously been provided, the building lateral will be constructed from the existing public sewer to the jurisdictional boundary, at the expense of the village. If deemed necessary in the judgment of the Superintendent, such building lateral shall be installed with a properly sealed and covered cleanout to grade located at the jurisdictional boundary. Such cleanouts shall terminate in a terminal box set in concrete.
B. 
The cost of constructing the building lateral from the jurisdictional boundary to the building drain, as well as all subsequent costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection of the building lateral to the public sewer, shall be borne by the property owner.
C. 
The property owner shall indemnify the village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building lateral.
D. 
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain, repair or replace the building lateral, as needed.
E. 
The method of connection of the building lateral to the building lateral will be dependent upon the type of sewer pipe material and, in all cases, shall be approved by the Superintendent.
If, in the judgment of the Superintendent, it is determined that a building lateral without a jurisdictional boundary cleanout needs repair or replacement, the village may install a cleanout at the jurisdictional boundary, at the property owner's expense, such that the building lateral can be properly maintained.
Any existing building lateral which, upon examination by the Superintendent, is determined to be in need of replacement will be replaced with a new building lateral. The replacement building lateral shall be constructed by a competent and experienced plumber, who is employed full-time in the trade of plumbing. The cost of constructing the replacement building lateral and any necessary cleanout shall be at the property owner's expense.
A. 
Whenever sewer problems are experienced, it shall be the property owner's responsibility to first contact the village. The village will then check the main sewer and, if there is a cleanout existing at ground level near the jurisdictional boundary, the village will also inspect the cleanout to determine the suspected location of the stoppage or problem. If the stoppage or problem is suspected to be within the public sewer as defined, the village will clear the stoppage or repair the problem. Otherwise, the property owner will be notified of the suspected location of the stoppage or problem.
B. 
The owner of the property shall be responsible for keeping the building lateral clear between the building and the jurisdictional boundary cleanout, if there is one. If there is no jurisdictional boundary cleanout at ground level, the owner shall also be responsible for clearing the lateral all the way to the main sewer, at the owners expense. If, in the course of attempting to clear the building lateral, it is suspected that a more severe problem may exist, other than a simple stoppage, the approximate location of the problem shall be determined by the owner, with the assistance of the village. If the problem is determined to be within the public sewer as defined, it shall be the responsibility of the village to correct, at the village's expense. If the problem is determined to be within the building lateral as defined, it shall be the owner's responsibility to correct, at the owner's expense.
C. 
The owner must employ the services of a competent and experienced plumbing or sewer contractor to clear any stoppages in the building lateral. The village shall not be held responsible for nor assume the cost of the owners contractor, regardless of the ultimate location of the stoppage or problem.
The Superintendent shall have the right, within the Superintendent's sole discretion, to require that the building lateral be tested for infiltration/exfiltration by:
A. 
Any full pipe method described in §§ 152-35 through 152-41; or
B. 
By a suitable joint method, with the prior written approval of the Superintendent.
The applicant for the building lateral permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building lateral is ready for inspection and connection is to be made to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent.
When trenches are excavated for the laying of building lateral pipes, such trenches shall be inspected by the Superintendent. Before the trenches are backfilled, the person performing such work shall notify the Superintendent when the laying of the building lateral is completed, and no backfilling of trenches shall begin until approval is obtained from the Superintendent.
All excavations for constructing building laterals shall be adequately protected with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Any and all public property disturbed, in the course of the work, shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Superintendent.
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 or test tee, and so positioned that sewer cleaning equipment can be inserted therein to clean the building lateral. The cleanout diameter shall be no less than the building lateral diameter.
All costs associated with the provisions of this article shall be borne by the property owner unless specifically stated or agreed to be a cost borne by the village. The property owner shall indemnify the village from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the building laterals and connections and appurtenances.