[Adopted 2-27-1941 (Ch. 164, Art. IA, of the 1987 Code)]
The following rules and regulations, established by the North
Castle Town Board for the North Castle Sewer District No. 1, are hereby
made a part of any and all agreements with each party for laying,
discharging and using the sewer of said District. Every user of the
sewer from said sewer district system shall be in all respects bound
and shall be considered to have assented to the rules and regulations
and requirements of said North Castle Sewer District No. 1 as a condition
precedent to the rights to service from said sewer system.
The North Castle Town Board reserves the right to make such
changes in the rules and regulations and requirements as it may, from
time to time, deem desirable.
[Amended 11-24-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987; 4-29-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
Any person, firm, corporation or association violating any rule
or regulation of the said Sewer District No. 1 shall be subject to
a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 per day per violation or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 15 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article
shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate
and distinct offense hereunder.
A.
Every person, firm or corporation, before being allowed to lay house
sewers and connect with said district sewer system, shall furnish
a bond in the amount of $5,000 with one or more sureties acceptable
to the Town Attorney, conditioned substantially that he or it shall
indemnify and save harmless the said district of and from all suits
and actions brought against said district or any officer thereof for
or on account of any injury or damage received or sustained by any
person in consequence of or resulting from any work performed by him
or it or his or its servants or agents or from any improper materials
used in said work or from any negligence in guarding said work or
from any act of omission of him or it or his or its servants or agents.
B.
The Highway General Foreman may, within one year after the completion
of any work done by a person, firm or corporation, and with or without
notice to him or it, repair or cause to be repaired any street in
which such work shall be done, and the cost thereof shall be paid
by the person, firm or corporation. It is further understood and agreed
that all skilled workmen and laborers, as and when used on any work,
shall be insured and protected in accordance with the state labor
laws and subject also to all rules and regulations as to public employment.
Where a public sanitary sewer is accessible in a street, alley,
easement or thoroughfare to a building or premises abutting thereon,
the liquid wastes from any plumbing system in said building shall
be discharged into the public sewer unless prohibited by some law
of New York State, Westchester County or Town of North Castle ordinance
or rules or regulations of a sewer district; provided, however, that
in the case of a building which has never been connected to a public
sanitary sewer this section shall become effective 60 days after a
notice from the Director of Water and Sewer Operations, requiring
such connection, has been mailed to the owner, addressed to the premises
or to such other address as may be recorded on the books of the Town
of North Castle. When the connection to the public sewer involves
a discontinuance of an existing cesspool or similar type of local
disposal unit, said unit shall be immediately disinfected in a manner
conforming to Westchester County Board of Health regulations and under
the direction and in the presence of the Director of Water and Sewer
Operations. The pit or pits shall be covered over in a suitable and
safe manner and, at the end of six months, shall be filled with coal
ashes or clean earth and left safe in all respects. When existing
plumbing work in a building is disconnected from a private disposal
unit and connected to a public sewer, a house trap and fresh air inlet
shall be provided; the house drain shall be replaced in part or entirely
if found unsanitary; the direction of flow of the main house drain,
together with the house sewer, shall not in any case have changes
in direction aggregating greater than 90°.
Where the liquid wastes from any plumbing system are not discharged
into a public sewer, such wastes shall be treated or disposed of in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Westchester County
Board of Health, and a certificate of compliance shall be filed with
the inspector before a final certificate of inspection is issued by
the inspector. No building shall be occupied before a final certificate
is issued by the Building Inspector. All private sanitary disposal
systems shall be kept in good repair and shall be kept from overflowing
or polluting the adjacent area.
No rainwater, surface, subsurface and foundation drainage disposal
or water from condensing and cooling apparatus shall be discharged
into a public sanitary sewer. Such wastes may connect with storm sewers
where same are available. In cases of very small amounts of water
from cooling apparatus, the Director of Water and Sewer Operations
may allow a variance from this rule; provided, however, that in all
such cases each outlet be provided with a cast-iron trap.
Corrosive or harmful wastes shall not be discharged into a public
sewer, nor shall such wastes be discharged into a plumbing system
to which water closets, bathtubs, lavatories or other household plumbing
fixtures are connected. The disposal system designed to receive such
wastes shall be of a material capable of resisting the destructive
action of such wastes and disposal method, and the system shall be
made to meet with the approval of the Director of Water and Sewer
Operations.
Water or other wastes heated to over 140° F. shall not be
discharged into a public sewer or into a plumbing system to which
water closets, bathtubs, lavatories or other household plumbing fixtures
are connected. The exhaust blowoff, sediment or drip pipe from boilers
or heating plants shall be of cast iron or wrought iron galvanized
and shall discharge into the top and above the line of discharge of
a suitable closed tank or condenser, provided with a relief pipe of
at least three inches in diameter, extending to the outer air above
the roof. The tank shall have a three-inch minimum waste with 24 inches'
minimum seal trap and shall connect to the house sewer; when blowoff
tanks discharge water at a higher temperature than herein permitted,
they shall be provided with a cooling device which shall reduce the
temperature to less than 140° F. before the same is discharged
therefrom; provided, however, that where the volume of such water
is so small that, in the opinion of the Director of Water and Sewer
Operations, it may be discharged safely into a sanitary sewer or sanitary
disposal system, the Director of Water and Sewer Operations may issue
a written permit thereof, revocable on five days' notice.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
No explosive or inflammable matters shall be discharged into
any sewer or private sanitary disposal system. That portion of every
building hereafter constructed or converted into a place of business
where gasoline, benzine, naphtha or other inflammable oils or compounds
are used shall be provided with catch basins and its own private disposal
system located at least 15 feet from the property line and from any
building on the lot on which such building is erected, unless gasoline
and oil separator equipment approved by the Board of Fire Underwriters
shall be installed and the drainage and vent system altered to conform
and shall not be connected with a sanitary sewer. A permit therefor
shall be obtained from the Director of Water and Sewer Operations
of the Town or his authorized deputy, agent or representative, and
payment of an inspection fee as set forth in the Master Fee Schedule
shall be to the Director of Water and Sewer Operations before such
permit is issued.[1]
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
Catch basins and special sanitary disposal systems shall be
installed in the drainage system from any yard, manure pit, stable
or other like place, the discharge from which, if improperly treated,
might become a nuisance or danger to the health of the community.
No drains from any such areas, nor any floor drains, shall connect
directly to a sanitary sewer or to a private sanitary disposal system
to which household fixtures are connected. A permit for such installation
shall be obtained from the Director of Water and Sewer Operations
of the Town or his authorized deputy, agent or representative before
the installation thereof and an inspection fee as set forth in the
Master Fee Schedule paid to the Director of Water and Sewer Operations
of the Town or his authorized deputy, agent or representative before
such permit is issued.[1]
All horizontal piping shall be run in practical alignment and
at a uniform grade of not less than 1/4 inch per foot up to five-inch-diameter
pipe, inclusive, and not less than 1/8 inch per foot for all larger
sizes, and all piping shall be supported or anchored at intervals
not to exceed 10 feet. When making connections for house sewer and
five-inch tile or cast-iron Y-branches cannot be located on the public
sewer, the plumber, at his own expense, will cut a hole five inches
in diameter in the tile or cast-iron pipe, in the presence of the
Director of Water and Sewer Operations. Care must be taken in making
such tap in the public sewer that no damage will be caused to the
system. One length of four-inch extra-heavy cast-iron pipe will be
permitted through the foundation wall, with a reducer to connect with
the five-inch cast-iron pipe. All stacks shall be supported at their
bases, and all pipes shall be rigidly secured.
All changes in direction shall be made by the appropriate use
of 45° wyes, long-sweep quarter bends, sixth, eighth or sixteenth
bends, except that sanitary tees may be used on vertical stacks and
short quarter bends may be used in soil and waste lines where the
changes in direction of flow is from the horizontal to the vertical.
Tees and crosses may be used in vent pipes.
In the installation of any drainage system, dead ends shall
be avoided.
All pipes passing under or through walls shall be protected
from breakage. All pipes passing through or under cinders, cinder
concrete or otherwise corrosive material shall be protected against
external corrosion after the water test has been approved.
Workmanship shall be of such character as fully to secure the
results sought to be obtained in all of the sections of this article.
All materials used in connecting to the sewer system shall be
free from defects.
Each length of pipe, fitting, trap, fixture and device used
in a drainage or venting system shall be stamped or indelibly marked
with the weight or quality thereof and the marker's name or mark.
All cast-iron pipe and fittings shall be five inches' minimum
size and conform to the American Society for Testing and Materials
standard specifications for extra-heavy cast-iron soil pipe and fittings
(serial designation A74-18).
All joints and connections mentioned under this article shall
be made gastight and watertight.
All caulked joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp
and shall be secured with pure molten lead, not less than one inch
deep, well caulked.
A cleanout, easily accessible, shall be provided at the foot
of each vertical waste or soil stack. There shall be at least two
cleanouts in the house drain; one at or near the base of a stack and
the other with a full Y-branch, inside the wall near the connection
between the house drain and house sewer.
All underground traps and cleanouts of a building, except where
cleanouts are flush with the floor, and all exterior underground traps
shall be made accessible by manholes with heavy iron, concrete or
flagstone covers.
[Amended 3-24-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
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. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director of Water and
Sewer Operations of the Town. A permit and inspection fee as set forth
in the Master Fee Schedule for a residential or commercial building
sewer permit or as set forth for an industrial building sewer permit
shall be paid to the Town at the time the application is filed.[1]
After the owner has received a permit and paid the necessary
charges, he shall have the trench for the house sewer pipe excavated
to true line and grade. No trench shall be backfilled until after
the completed house sewer pipe has been inspected and passed by the
Director of Water and Sewer Operations. The backfill shall be free
from stones larger than six inches in diameter and shall be satisfactorily
compacted either by tamping or flushing, or both. The property owner
or agent shall keep the trench to proper grade until final settlement
is completed.
The Sewer District shall not be liable or responsible for any
stoppage in any main sanitary sewer or trunk line for any reason whatsoever.
