A written permit shall be obtained from the Administrator before
any connection, opening, uncovering, use, discharge, alteration or
other disturbance of a Village sewer or its tributaries and appurtenances
is made. The permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous place. Any
work performed after issuance of a permit shall be in conformity with
its terms and conditions and the provisions of this chapter.
A.
The property owner shall apply for a permit on a form furnished by
the Village Clerk and shall provide all information called for on
the form.
B.
The permit application shall be accompanied by an application fee,
established pursuant to a schedule adopted by resolution of the Board
of Trustees, and by plans, specifications or other information considered
pertinent by the Administrator.
C.
All permit applications for service to establishments producing industrial
wastes shall be subject to Board of Trustees approval after a public
hearing held upon 10 days' notice to the general public by publication
in the Village's official newspaper.
A combined permit and inspection fee shall be paid to the Village
before a permit is issued. Fees shall be established pursuant to a
schedule adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees and may vary
depending on whether the property served is residential, commercial
or industrial and on whether the permit is for an original building
sewer connection or some other purpose.
A.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the property owner.
B.
Property owners who install their own building sewer lateral connection
shall indemnify said Village from any loss or damage that may directly
or indirectly be occasioned by said installation.
C.
Any person working for fee (contractor) to make connections to the
Village sewer system must register with the Village.
D.
All registered contractors must have on file with the Village an
owner's and contractor's protective liability insurance
policy, in the name of the Village, in the following amounts: bodily
injury, $500,000 each person and $1,000,000 each accident; and property
damage, $100,000.
The drainage and plumbing system of each building shall have
a separate and independent connection with the Village sewer wherever
possible. Where one building stands in the rear of another or is on
an interior lot and no connection to a sewer is available nor can
be made through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, then
the building sewer from the building on the front of the lot may be
extended to the building on the rear of the lot. This may be considered
as one building sewer for permit and inspection fee purposes, but
for sewer service charge or rent purposes, the number of connections
shall be based upon the number of units being serviced.
Existing building sewers may be used in conjunction with new
buildings only when they are found, upon information and testing by
the Administrator, wholly at the expense of the property owner, to
meet all requirements of this chapter and any other laws, rules, regulations
and specifications which apply.
The repair, maintenance and cleaning of a building sewer is
the responsibility of the property owner. In the event of the property
owner's failure to repair, maintain or clean, the Village may
undertake the necessary work and charge all expenses to the property
owner. A minimum charge for such work shall be set by resolution of
the Board of Trustees.
Before any building with a building sewer is demolished, the
owner thereof shall conform with requirements established by the Administrator.
The cutoff or plugging of the building sewer shall be done only with
the permission and under the supervision of the Administrator.
Improvements, enlargements and extensions by private organizations
to the Village sewer system shall be subject to the approval of the
Administrator with regard to design, construction and operation. Prior
to the approval of the plans for improvements, enlargements and extensions,
said private organizations shall deposit with the Village a sum sufficient
to cover inspection costs. This sum will be established pursuant to
a schedule adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees, based on
a percentage of the estimated cost of construction. Any unused balance
of the deposits remaining after completion and acceptance of the construction
shall be refunded.
The applicant for the connection of any building sewer to a
Village sewer system shall notify the Administrator when the building
sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the Village sewer.
In no case shall any underground portions of the building sewer be
covered, or connection to the Village sewer made, without the approval
and/or supervision of the Administrator. Trenches refilled prior to
inspection will have to be reopened by the contractor or owner at
no expense to the Village. The building sewer may be put into use
only after satisfactory final inspection has been made and approval
given by the Administrator.
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building
sewer and its appurtenances, and the methods to be used in excavating,
placing of the building sewer pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling
the trench shall conform to the requirements and specifications for
the installation of building sewers as adopted by the Board of Trustees
and all applicable provisions of any other rules and regulations of
the Village or of the County of Orange or the State of New York, whichever
requirement is most strict. In the absence of any requirements or
in the amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM), and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF),
Manual of Practice No. 9, shall apply. Any deviations from the prescribed
materials and construction procedures must be approved by the Administrator
prior to installation.
All building sewer excavations shall comply with all federal,
state and local safety regulations and 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 work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the
Administrator and other appropriate municipal authorities.
A.
Connections.
(1)
Connections of the building sewer into the Village sewer shall use
the Y-branch or tee as installed in the Village sewer if such Y-branch
is available at a suitable location. If no fitting is available or
is not at a suitable location on the Village sewer, then the property
owner shall install, at his own expense, a wye or tee in the Village
sewer at the location specified by the Administrator.
(2)
As an alternate, special fittings such as saddle hub tees may be
used for the connection when approved by the Administrator. In this
case, a net hole may be cut in the Village sewer to receive the saddle
hub tee. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection
shall be at the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the
Village sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made between the saddle
hub tee and the Village sewer and the connection made secure and watertight
by encasement in concrete.
B.
In the case of undeveloped property, where a building sewer connection
may not have been provided at the property line (or permanent easement
boundary), the property owner will be required, if and when a sewer
connection becomes necessary, to construct at his own expense such
a building sewer from the Village sewer to his building drain.
C.
The building sewer shall be laid at a depth sufficient to afford
protection from frost and at a uniform grade of 1/4 inch per foot
(or about 2%). Special permission may be given by the Administrator
to use a lesser grade, which in no case shall be less than 1/8 inch
per foot (or about 1%).
D.
No building sewer shall be laid within three feet of and parallel
to any bearing wall.
E.
Necessary changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved
pipe and fittings. Ninety-degree bends are not acceptable. Two forty-five-degree
bends connected with a one-foot nipple or a ninety-degree long sweep
must be installed where needed.
F.
All excavations must be properly refilled to grade in compacted layers
and the original type of surface replaced.
G.
The opening of streets and sidewalks for the purpose of making sewer
connections must be done in accordance with the requirements of Village
Law and of the county and state highway departments, as applicable.
Any required highway work permit shall be obtained by the property
owner or his contractor. Whenever construction is necessary in any
street or road, the Administrator may cause the work to be performed
by the Village and bill the property owner for all expenses.
H.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer
shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Administrator.
I.
Building sewers and water service branches or connections shall not
be laid in the same trench and shall be separated by at least 10 feet.
A minimum eighteen-inch vertical separation shall be maintained between
water and sewer facilities under all circumstances. Any building sewer
installation in the vicinity of any water main or water service pipe
shall conform with all requirements of the Department of Health. Whenever
the construction of sewer facilities is taking place in close proximity
to a water service branch or connection, the Administrator may cause
the work to be performed by the Village and bill the property owner
for all expenses.
J.
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 a
method approved by the Administrator and discharged to a gravity-flow
building sewer. No water-operated sewage ejector shall be used.
K.
All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
Joints shall be made with approved materials in accordance with the
latest requirements of the Building Code.[1] The joint between the building drain and building sewer
shall be of the compression type. Where materials change, i.e., cast
iron to clay, a compression adapter shall be used. Adapters acceptable
are either those furnished and manufactured by the manufacturer for
use with its pipe or an equal approved by the Administrator.
L.
Cleanouts extending up to ground level (to grade) must be spaced
not more than 100 feet apart along the building sewer. When they are
required, the type and details of all building sewer cleanouts must
be approved by the Administrator.
A.
All building drains shall be in accordance with the New York Building
Construction Code Applicable to Plumbing, 1973, including latest revisions.
C.
All cleanouts to grade shall use a four-inch minimum diameter cast-iron
riser, topped with a four-inch brass cleanout plug (raised square-head
design). The cleanout plug shall be installed using pipe-thread compound.
Joints in the cleanout riser must be rubber-gasketed or caulked lead
and oakum. No cemented joints are allowed.
D.
All building drain cleanouts shall use a cast iron combination wye
and 1/8 bend (long turn pattern only) at the base in the drain with
the cast-iron cleanout riser extending vertically to a point at least
three inches above final grade.
E.
Where the building drain is located under the basement floor, all
cleanout risers shall be extended to raise the cleanout plugs up to
the level of the basement floor.
F.
All cleanouts shall be double direction in order to facilitate cleaning
in both directions.
G.
All building traps shall be cast-iron double hand hole running traps
incorporating two brass cleanout plugs, having a minimum diameter
of four inches. The cleanout plugs shall be installed using pipe-thread
compound.
H.
The building trap shall be located as close to the foundation wall
as possible. No connections shall be made downstream of this trap.
I.
For basement facilities, the Administrator may require a backwater
valve on the main building drain. As an alternate, a smaller backwater
valve may be installed on each separate basement connection to the
building drain, such as on washing machines, sinks, toilets, etc.
J.
All backwater valves, whether installed in the main building drain
or in separate connections to the building drain, shall incorporate
a cleanout and be of a type approved by the Administrator.
K.
Fresh-air inlet pipes shall be cast iron, copper or plastic, having
a minimum diameter of three inches.
L.
The fresh-air inlet shall terminate outside the building at least
six inches above final grade and shall be a U-bend, with opening facing
downward. The open end shall be protected by a bugproof plate or cap,
permanently fixed in the mouth of the pipe, with an open ventilating
area at least equal to the area of the inlet pipe.
M.
Upon request, the Village of Walden will supply a typical building
drain layout, illustrating the requirements of this chapter.
Sanitary sewers shall not be less than eight inches in diameter
and/or adequate size and capacity to serve their tributary area on
the design basis of 100 gallons of average daily sewage flow per capita
per day contributed by the estimated tributary population. Also included
shall be a design allowance for groundwater infiltration of 150 gallons
per inch of pipe diameter per mile of pipe per day. The slope of the
sanitary sewers shall be such so as to provide a minimum velocity
of two feet per second or a maximum velocity of 15 feet per second
when said sewer is flowing full and the appropriate pipe roughness
coefficient as approved by the Administrator is utilized. The methods,
practices and materials used in the construction of sanitary sewers
shall be in accordance with all rules, regulations and specifications
of this chapter and those of the Department of Health and NYSDEC,
as well as any other local, state and federal requirements which may
apply. In the absence of any such standards, the materials and procedures
of ASTM Manual of Practice
No. 9 shall apply.
The Village reserves the right to specify and require encasement
of any sewer pipe in concrete or the installation of the sewer pipe
in concrete cradles if foundation and construction conditions are
such as to warrant such protection in the opinion of the Administrator.
Concrete, steel or corrugated metal pipe of suitable diameter
and thickness or tunnel liners of adequate internal diameter shall
be installed for encasement or enclosures of sanitary sewers to be
constructed under all railroads and where directed by the Administrator
for the crossing of main highways.
Manholes shall be constructed of sewer or concrete brick, concrete
block, concrete or precast concrete, complete with cast-iron frame
and cover and steps in accordance with the standard detail drawings
on file in the Village and shall be subject to the approval of the
Administrator. Manholes must have precasted bottom sections.
