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 permit
from the Superintendent.
[Amended 2-12-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
There shall be two classes of building sewer
permits: for residential and commercial service and for service to
establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner
or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by
the town and/or the village. The permit application shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent
in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee
as set by resolution of the Board of Trustees for a residential or
commercial building sewer permit shall be paid to the town and/or
village at the time the application is filed. A permit and inspection
fee as set by resolution of the Board of Trustees for an industrial
permit shall be paid to the town and/or village at the time the application
is filed.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A154, Fees.
A.
All costs
and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building
sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the town
and/or village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
B.
All costs
and expenses incident to maintaining and repairing a sewer lateral
shall be borne by the building owner. Said repairs and maintenance
shall be commenced immediately upon discovery of the condition requiring
action and completed so as to maintain an unbroken, unobstructed and
nonleaking lateral. The Village shall have no liability for the inspection
(by video or otherwise), clearing, leak detection or repairing of
any lateral connected to a Village sewer main. In the event that it
is determined that a break in the lateral occurred in the Village
right-of-way (between the Village main and the property line) then,
in that event and in that event only, the Village shall repair the
line as soon as practicable. If it is further determined that break
occurred due to the actions of the Village then, in that event and
in that event only, the Village will reimburse the building owner
up to $350 for the cost of a video inspection of the lateral.
[Added 7-9-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014]
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building, except 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, the building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
building sewer.
Old building sewers 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.
The size, slope, alignment and materials of
construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating,
placing the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall
all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code
or other applicable rules and regulations of the town and/or village.
In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the
materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of
the ASTM and WPCF 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 wastewater carried by such
building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged
to the building sewer.
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 or building drain which,
in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary
sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the
public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and
plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the town
and/or village or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections
shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before
installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit
shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for
inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall
be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
All excavations for building sewer installation
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 the work shall be restored in
a manner satisfactory to the town and/or village.
