No unauthorized person(s) 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.
A.
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(s) or his agent shall
make application on a special form furnished by the Village. The permit
application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or
other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent
or in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Board of
Trustees. A permit and inspection fee of $25 for a residential building
sewer permit or $100 for a commercial building sewer permit and $200
for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Village
at the time the application is filed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Permits generally.
(1)
Maximum time period for the permit to discharge industrial wastes
shall be for three years. In the judgment of the Superintendent, this
period can be extended upon receipt of the proper application form
and upon all other specifications and conditions being met for two-year
periods.
(2)
The permit's terms and conditions may be subject to modification
and change by the Village after sufficient time and notice have been
given.
(3)
An industrial waste discharge permit shall not be reassigned, transferred
or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises or for a new
or changed operation.
(4)
The owner or agent of an industrial waste discharge permit shall
apply for a permit modification if production or process is changed
so that the wastewater characteristics or flow is altered.
(5)
Any violation not corrected after sufficient notice is given of such
violation shall result in the revocation of the permit.
(6)
All permit applications shall include information concerning volume,
constituents and characteristics of wastewater, flow rates, each product
produced by type, amount and rate of production and description of
activities, facilities and plant process on the premises, including
all materials processed and types of materials which are or could
be discharged.
(7)
Conditions of industrial waste discharge permits shall be uniformly
enforced by the Village in accordance with this chapter and applicable
state and federal regulations. Also, the permits shall be expressly
subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other regulations,
user charges and fees established by the Village and applicable state
and federal regulations.
(8)
Permits shall contain specifications for monitoring programs, which
may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types
and standards for tests and reporting schedule.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s)
shall indemnify the Village 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, the building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
building sewer, but the Village does not and will not assume any obligation
or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such
single connection aforementioned.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test 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
of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all
conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other
rules and regulations applicable in the Village. In the absence of
Code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for
Testing Materials and the Water Environment Federation Manual of Practice
No. 9 shall apply. Each building sewer serving not more than five
closets shall not be less than four inches in inside diameter. When
serving more than five water closets, the size of the building sewer
shall be increased to sufficient capacity to meet all requirements,
but shall be a minimum of six inches in inside diameter.
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 an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, 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 unless such connection is
approved by the Superintendent for purposes of disposal of polluted
surface drainage.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other
rules and regulations applicable to the Village or the procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for
Testing Materials and the Water Environment Federation Manual of Practice
No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight
and shall be verified by proper testing. 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 and testing shall be
made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
All excavations for building sewer installations 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 Village.
