No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Director.
Any person, except significant industrial users, proposing a new discharge
into the system shall notify the Director in writing at least 10 working
days prior to the proposed change or connection.
[Amended 12-3-2001 by Ord. No. 1357]
B.
In each
case, the owner or an agent shall make application on a form furnished
by the City. The application shall be supplemented by a sewer connection
plan; see City specifications. Additional information may be required
if it is considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director. A permit
and inspection fee shall be made payable to the City at the time the
application is filed.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building, except that where one building stands at the rear
of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or
can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley,
court, yard, or driveway, or where it is not able to be subdivided,
the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
A.
Old building sewers, constructed of transite (asbestos-cement) or
polyvinyl chloride (PVC), may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, after examination and testing by the Director,
to meet all requirements of this chapter. Old services constructed
of a clay-based material (i.e., vitrified clay) shall be removed from
the main to the building and replaced with watertight PVC pipe meeting
the specifications of this chapter.
B.
Sewer services for buildings razed must be discontinued at the main
unless an approved building permit has been issued by the Building
Commissioner to replace said building. If the building service for
the razed structure is of a clay-based material, it shall be renewed
from the main to the building with a material meeting the specifications
of this chapter.
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
The size, slope, alignment, and 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 conform
to the requirements of all applicable building and plumbing codes
or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. In the absence
of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and
procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and
WEF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
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, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by a method approved by the Director and discharged to the
building sewer. A minimum of four feet of cover shall be required
for all building sewers, unless otherwise authorized by the Director.
The connection of the building sewer shall conform to the requirements
of all applicable building and plumbing codes or other applicable
rules and regulations of the City. All such connections shall be made
gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures
and materials shall be approved by the Director in writing before
installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Director 24 hours prior to installation and when the building sewer
is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection
shall be made under the supervision of the Director or his representative.
Failure to give proper notice will require the building sewer to be
reexcavated for inspection purposes. The cost for reexcavation shall
be borne by the owner.
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, and other public property disturbed in
the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the Director. All applicable permits must be obtained prior to
excavation. A street opening permit shall be obtained from the Director
prior to any work done in the public way. The Director reserves the
right to deny street openings from November 1 to April 15 if adverse
weather conditions exist.
A.
Sewer mains or services shall be laid at least 10 feet horizontally
from any existing or proposed water mains or services.
B.
Should conditions prevent a lateral separation of 10 feet, a sewer
main or service may be laid closer than 10 feet to a water main or
service if, for absolutely essential reasons, it is not possible to
achieve such separation. The sewer may be located not less than three
feet horizontally from a water main or service, provided that there
is at least 18 inches below the bottom of the water main or service
and the top of the sewer with the sewer below the water main or service.
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
A.
In the case of a sewer extension on or to a new development, the
owner shall install the sewer main in accordance with the rules pertaining
to the subdivision of land and the laying out of public ways as required
by the Planning Board.
B.
Prior to any work, the owner shall file a plot plan and profile prepared
by a licensed professional engineer with the Director.
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
C.
The owner shall furnish the Director with a complete set of reproducible
as-built plans detailing the location of wyes with measurements and
elevations.
D.
Service location as-built drawings shall be submitted prior to the
issuance of an occupancy permit.
[Added 3-4-1996 by Ord. No. 1213]
The property owner shall be responsible for all maintenance
and repair of the building sewer from the building to the publicly
owned sewer main. All privately owned and constructed sewer mains
shall remain such until accepted by the City.
