[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Farmingdale as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-17-1979 by L.L. No. 14-1979 (Ch. 80 of the 1975
Code)]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Village
of Farmingdale Sewer Code."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated unless a different meaning clearly appears in the
context:
A certification of acceptance by the Plumbing Inspector as
conforming to the provisions of this article or of the regulations
heretofore adopted by the County of Nassau governing discharge into
and connections with the sewer facilities of the County of Nassau.
A branch leading from a soil, waste, vent or house drain
or house sewer which is terminated at a developed distance of two
feet or more by means of a cap, plug or other fitting not used for
admitting water to the pipe.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a house drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste or other drainage
pipes inside the walls of any building and conveys the same to the
house sewer, beginning at the end of the existing CI pipe or two feet
outside the outer face of the building wall. Where the house trap
is located outside the building wall, it shall be considered as part
of the house drain.
That part of the horizontal piping of a house drainage system
extending from the house drain at the end of the existing CI pipe
or two feet outside the outer face of the building wall to its connection
with the public sewer or private disposal plant and conveying the
drainage of but one building site.
A person established in the plumbing business as an individual,
member of a partnership or officer of a corporation duly permitted
to conduct the business of a plumber under applicable ordinances of
the Town of Oyster Bay and/or the Town of Babylon, State of New York.
That part of any system of horizontal, vertical or continuous
piping which receives the waste, vent from fixture outlets or traps,
directly or through branch pipes.
The Plumbing Inspector designated by the Board of Trustees
and such duly authorized employees of the County of Nassau and United
States Environmental Protection Agency and New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation personnel authorized to conduct such
inspections.
Any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets, with
or without the discharges from other fixtures, to the house drain.
A general term for any vertical line of soil, waste or vent
piping.
A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage
of air or gas through a pipe without materially affecting the flow
of sewage or wastewater through it.
The vertical distance between the crown weir and the dip
of the trap.
Any pipe provided to ventilate the plumbing system and to
prevent trap siphonage and back pressure.
The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale.
Any pipe which receives the discharge of any fixtures, except
water closets and urinals, and conveys the same to the house drain,
soil or waste stacks.
Those pipes which convey water from the service pipe to the
plumbing fixtures.
That pipe from the water main to the building served.
It shall be unlawful for any person to perform any work associated
with connecting new and/or existing sanitary disposal systems to Nassau
County Sewer Facilities otherwise than in compliance with the terms
and conditions of this article.
No person shall install, alter or repair or cause to be installed,
altered or repaired any plumbing installations within the scope of
this article except such persons as are duly permitted as hereinabove
defined, except that this provision shall not apply to any employee
of the State of New York or any political subdivision thereof when
employed on the business of the State of New York or any political
subdivision thereof.
A domestic corporation desiring or intending to conduct the
business or trade of plumbing within the Village of Farmingdale may
do so, provided that one or more officers of such corporation, separately
or aggregately, hold and own at least 51% of the issued and outstanding
stock of such corporation and provided that each of said officers
holding such percentage is a duly permitted plumber, as said term
is defined herein.
A.
No person, corporation or partnership permitted as a plumber pursuant
to this article shall apply for, receive or make use of any permit
granted by reason of such permit so as to permit the performance of
any plumbing work by others not under his immediate supervision.
B.
Any permitted plumber shall submit, on request of the Plumbing Inspector,
evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Plumbing Inspector that he
has not permitted any such work to be done in his name by other than
a permitted plumber and that, in general, he has fully complied with
the requirement of this section.
A.
Every permitted plumber shall file with the Board of Trustees of
the Village of Farmingdale, at the time of the filing of the application
for a permit, a bond approved by said Board, the amount of which shall
be set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees, indemnifying
and saving harmless the Village of Farmingdale from all damages or
claims for damage to public sewer, water, water service main or pipes,
to highways or the surface thereof, to public or private property
or to any person arising from unlawful or negligent acts or omissions
of said permitted plumber, his agent, servants, employees or anyone
operating under the authority of his permit in making connections
with a public sewer or in making an opening or excavation in a public
highway, public square or public parking area or in maintaining, guarding,
refilling or working in or about such opening or excavation or in
maintaining or guarding objects or materials taken from such opening
or excavation or used in connection therewith. Said bond shall remain
in full force and effect for a period of not less than six months
subsequent to the completion of all work encompassed by the permit.
B.
The filing of said bond shall qualify the applicant for a maximum
of 10 permits, and, in the event that said applicant shall apply for
permits in excess of 10, additional surety bonds shall be required
as follows:
(1)
For permits in excess of 10 but not more than 20, an additional surety
bond in an amount of which shall be set from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Trustees.
(2)
For permits in excess of 20, such additional surety bonds as in the
judgment of the Board of Trustees shall be deemed necessary.
A.
Every permitted plumber shall, prior to the commencement of any work,
file with the Board of Trustees at the time of the filing of the application
for a permit a public liability insurance policy covering liability
arising from the issuance of the permits provided for herein, for
all damages arising out of bodily injury to any one person and for
all damages arising out of bodily injury in any one accident and for
property damage with coverage limits in amounts as set from time to
time by resolution of the Board of Trustees. Said liability policy
shall remain in full force and effect throughout the term of the operation
of the work and shall contain a provision wherein the cancellation
or material modifications there shall not be made unless at least
15 days' prior written notice thereof is given by registered
or certified mail to the Plumbing Inspector of the Village of Farmingdale.
Said policy of insurance shall specifically name the Incorporated
Village of Farmingdale as an insured, and proof of payment of the
premium therefor shall be simultaneously furnished at the time of
the filing thereof.[1]
B.
Workmen's compensation. All permitted plumbers, prior to the
commencement of any work and simultaneously with the application for
a permit, shall file evidence of workmen's compensation coverage
in the form of a certificate of workmen's compensation insurance
as required by the New York State workmen's compensation laws,
said policy to be kept in full force and effect until the completion
of all work under the above-mentioned permit and the issuance of the
certificate of approval.
A.
Every new installation of a plumbing system in a building or structure
shall, when there is an accessible public sewer in a street abutting
the lot on which such building is located, be connected with such
sewer as provided in this section.
B.
The plumbing system of an existing building or structure located
on a lot abutting a street in which a public sewer has been installed
after such plumbing or drainage was installed shall, whenever directed
by the Building Department of the Village of Farmingdale or the Department
of Public Works of the County of Nassau, be connected to such public
sewer. Under no circumstances shall it be permissible to construct
a new cesspool or septic tank for an existing building or structure
where public sewer facilities are available.
A.
A separate application must be filed for each sewer connection to
a building. Said application shall be obtained at the office of the
Village Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Farmingdale, shall be signed
by the fee owner of the premises and his permitted plumber and, if
made by such permitted plumber, must contain an authorization by such
fee owner permitting same. Upon the request of the Village Clerk-Treasurer
and/or the Plumbing Inspector, the applicant plumber shall submit
proof of his being a duly permitted plumber under appropriate provisions
of the Town of Oyster Bay and/or Town of Babylon, New York.
B.
The fee for each sewer connection permit shall be in an amount as
shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees,
which schedule of fees shall be maintained by the Village Clerk-Treasurer,
and shall accompany the application.[1]
C.
No fee shall be returned after a permit has been issued.
D.
The applicant shall submit with said application a copy of the contract
entered into with the homeowner for the performance of such work,
which shall have expressly set forth therein the number of cesspools
to be disconnected and the nature of any plumbing work to be performed
within the interior of the premises.
E.
Immediately upon approval by the Plumbing Inspector of the installation
of a sewer connection to a building, a certificate of approval shall
be issued by the Plumbing Inspector to the plumber and a copy forwarded
by mail to the homeowner. The Plumbing Inspector shall endorse upon
such certificate the date that said installation was inspected. In
the event that the installation of a sewer to a building has not been
completed and approved within four months following the date of issuance
of a permit, the same shall be deemed to be of no further force and
effect, and the fee theretofore paid shall be deemed forfeited.
Each building in the area served by a public sewer must be connected
separately and independently with the sewer through the house connection
branch directly opposite the building or nearest in the downstream
direction. Groupings of buildings by one house sewer will not be permitted,
save by special permission of the Building Department of the Village
of Farmingdale and the Department of Public Works of the County of
Nassau.
A.
When a building is connected to the county sewer system, all cesspools
or overflow pools located upon the premises shall be discontinued,
or where such cesspools or overflow pools are disconnected for any
reason, the owner must have these pools promptly emptied, cleaned,
disinfected and properly and completely backfilled with earth, sand
or other clean material and water-jetted so as to ensure minimum settlement.
Adequate safeguards will be maintained at all times during installations,
and protective coverings over cesspool openings shall be utilized
so that said cesspool areas shall not become public hazards. All work
associated with discontinued cesspools herein provided for shall be
completed not later than 24 hours subsequent to the commencement of
such work.
B.
Cesspools must be breached with 10 feet of extra-heavy cast-iron
pipe. When transit pipe is used to bypass a cesspool, it must be a
minimum of five feet from the center line of the cesspool or two feet
from the side of same.
A.
All joints shall be made watertight, and precautions shall be taken
to prevent caulking material from percolating into pipes.
B.
The sewer connection to a building shall be of cast-iron sewer pipe
or asbestos-cement sewer pipe. All of the aforesaid pipe shall be
not less than five inches in diameter.
C.
For cast-iron pipe, all joints shall be firmly packed with oakum
or hemp and shall be secured only with pure molten lead; neoprene
gaskets will be permitted for extra-heavy cast-iron pipe and fittings.
D.
For asbestos-cement pipe, all joints shall be made with the standard
couplings and rubber sealing rings under compression and shall be
made in strict accordance with the manufacturer's standards and
recommendations. Forty-five-degree asbestos-cement fittings are prohibited
on any part of a house sewer line. Exceptions are permitted on cleanouts
from horizontal to vertical only.
E.
Cleanouts shall be installed at every change of direction over 30°
and at intervals of every 50 feet of lineal run. A five-inch Y cleanout
shall be installed at the termination point of the house drain and
extended to within six inches of grade. No cleanout shall be required
at the termination point of the house drain where a five-inch cleanout
exists in front of the house trap.
A.
House sewers shall be covered to a depth of at least two feet with
well-rammed fine earth, free from stones or rubbish.
B.
When a house sewer is installed and the house trap will be below
grade, a slate, steel or concrete cover two feet by two feet must
be installed over the concrete pit.
C.
When a house sewer is being installed and no house trap, fresh-air
inlet or continuous vent through the roof exists, the same must be
installed, and the minimum two-inch vent pipe increased to three inches
through the roof.
D.
All plumbing fixtures must be connected to the sanitary system when
a house sewer is being installed. An additional plumbing permit will
be required and inspections of said fixtures shall be made by the
Building Department of the Village of Farmingdale.
E.
No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly, any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface drainage into
any county sewer facility, nor such other substances as shall be prohibited
from being discharged therein by virtue of the applicable rules and
regulations adopted by the County of Nassau governing discharges into
connections made with such county sewer facility.
A.
An iron running trap shall be placed in the house drain near the
front wall of the house and on the sewer side of all connections.
If placed outside the house or below the cellar floor, it must be
made accessible by a masonry manhole at least 24 inches square inside
or 30 inches inside diameter, the wall of which shall be at least
eight inches thick, and provided with an iron manhole cover. When
outside the house, it shall in no case be less than three feet six
inches below the surface of the ground. Where fixtures are less than
three feet above the main sewer in the street, an approved backwater
valve shall be installed.
B.
A five-by-four-inch extra-heavy cast-iron wye shall be placed inside the foundation wall and before the house trap. In slab floor or cellarless types of jobs, the above shall be placed outside the house in a pit as described in Subsection A.
C.
When the plumbing system is altered by the addition of any new soil,
waste or vent lines to the extent of 50% or more and no house trap
and fresh air inlet is existing on the house drain, the same shall
be provided for as prescribed in this section.
D.
House traps shall have two cleanouts with brass screw-type plugs.
No pipe shall be laid in any trench unless the sewer connection
to the building and the connection to the sewer at the curb are exposed.
All pipe shall be laid with the uniform fall and in as direct and
straight a line as possible, from two feet outside the outer face
of the building wall or point where existing cast-iron pipe extends
through the wall to the existing connection to the sewer at the curb.
The minimum fall per foot of pipe laid shall be 1/8 inch per foot.
Sewer piping shall be supported throughout its entire length.
Tunneling may be done in yards, courts or driveways of any building
site, provided that cast-iron pipe is used. However, the diameter
of the tunnel may not be over twice the diameter of the pipe, and
it shall be of such length as will permit inspection of all joints
outside the tunnel. All tunnels shall be backfilled by the use of
water.
Adequate precaution shall be taken to ensure proper compaction
of backfill around the pipe without damage to piping. Trenches shall
be backfilled in thin layers to 12 inches above the top of the pipe
with clean earth which shall not contain stones, boulders, cinder
fill or other materials which will damage or break the pipe or cause
corrosive action. Mechanical devices may then be used to finish backfilling
to grade. All trenches shall be compacted with water, using the jetting
method.
Where a water condition exists, excavation must be properly
drained of excess water with the use of pumps and well points as necessary
to ensure a watertight connection of the house sewer line with the
county sewer facility spur and so as to permit visual inspection by
the Plumbing Inspector.
All rules and regulations of the State Building Code applicable
to plumbing heretofore adopted by the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale
shall likewise be applicable to soil, waste air inlet and venting
piping, as shall be required by the work encompassed by this article.
A.
The plumber making the sewer connection to a building shall be responsible
for any damage to Village property, including but not limited to sidewalks,
aprons, trees, grass area and curbs. He shall take all precautions
necessary to protect Village property. Any open trench or other obstruction
in, on or abutting the sidewalk, street or other Village property
shall be surrounded by suitable barriers or guards for the protection
of persons using the streets or property in the daytime and, in addition
thereto, by lights or flares from twilight continuously until daylight.
Such barriers and lights shall conform in kind and number to the requirements
of the Plumbing Inspector. Immediately upon the approval of the sewer
connection to a building, the plumber shall see that all trench settlement
is properly filled to the grade of the original ground.
B.
Shoring. All excavations for a sewer connection exceeding the depth
of five feet shall be properly shored with plywood or sheathing material
so as not to cause a wholesale cave-in of the trench and surrounding
area.
The Plumbing Inspector shall be notified 24 hours in advance
of the commencement of any work under any permit issued hereunder.
No work performed pursuant to a permit issued under this article shall
be covered before inspection is made by the proper county or Village
inspector.
Workmanship shall be of such quality to fully secure the results
sought to be obtained in this article. All details of plumbing work
not otherwise provided for in this article shall be of a kind and
quality approved by a Plumbing Inspector.
All regulations governing discharge into and connections with
county sewer facilities adopted by the County of Nassau are hereby
made part of these regulations and must be complied with by the applicant
or owner of the premises involved.
Any and every person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article or who shall fail to comply herewith shall be subject
to a fine not to exceed $250 or 15 days' imprisonment, or both, and
shall forthwith, upon oral or written notice of any employee or official
of the Village, proceed to correct and remedy such violation without
any delay. If such person or persons who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article, after notice of such violation in the
manner above set out, do not forthwith proceed to correct and remedy
such violation, then and in that event, each day that a condition
in violation of this article exists shall constitute a separate and
distinct violation of this article.
