The construction, extension, maintenance and
operation of the sewerage system of the Town and connections therewith
up to the point of connection at any building shall be under the control
of and subject to regulation by the Director of Public Works under
the provisions hereof and any other applicable provisions of this
Code or other ordinance of the Town. Within any building, the sewerage
system shall be subject to regulation by the Building Inspector under
the provisions of this Code and under the other ordinances pertaining
to plumbing and under any other applicable ordinance. The construction,
maintenance and use of private systems for sewage disposal, whether
now existing or hereafter proposed, shall be subject to regulation
by the Building Inspector under the provisions of this article, this
Code or any other applicable ordinance.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully
or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with
any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewage
collection system or water pollution control facility.
Before any sewerage work is commenced in or
on any building or property, when the same is to be connected with
the public sewage system and before any opening is made in any public
street, highway, public ground or private way therefor and before
any addition, alteration, maintenance or repair work is made to any
connecting line or connections with the public sewerage system, a
permit for such work shall first be obtained from the Director of
Public Works or his authorized agent. Any person proposing a new discharge
into the system or a substantial change in the volume or character
of pollutants that are being discharged into the system shall notify
the Director of Public Works at least 45 days prior to the proposed
change or connection.
A connection to the public sewer will be made
only after the building's plumbing has been approved by the Town Building
Inspector in order to ensure that minimum standards are met for the
installation. A house trap and fresh air vent shall be required for
the building and all plumbing shall be in good working order.
A.
Permits to connect to the public sewer may be revoked
and annulled by the Director of Public Works for such cause and at
such time as he may deem sufficient. All other parties in interest
shall be held to have waived the right to claim damages from the Town
or its agents on account of such revocation. The grounds for revocation
of a permit shall include but not be limited to:
(1)
Materials damaging to the sewage system or treatment
processes are released by the discharger to the sewer system.
(2)
It is determined that the discharger is delivering
into the sewerage system wastes that cannot be sufficiently treated
by existing treatment facilities serving the discharger, or which
require treatment that is not normally provided, or which are a contributing
cause of the Town's inability to meet applicable NPDES effluent limitations
for the wastewater treatment plant.
(3)
The discharger has repeatedly violated this Part 1
or its permit to such an extent that compliance with this Part 1 or
the permit cannot, in the judgment of the Director of Public Works,
reasonably be expected.
B.
Before any further discharge of wastewater may be
made by a discharger whose permit has been revoked, the discharger
must apply for and be granted a reinstatement of the terminated permit
or a new permit, as the Director of Public Works may require, and
pay all delinquent fees, charges and costs occasioned by the violation.
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 Town from any loss or damage that
may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the
building sewer.
No building sewer shall be constructed within
25 feet of a water supply well. If a building sewer is constructed
within 25 to 75 feet of a water supply well, it shall be constructed
in accordance with all applicable guidelines promulgated by the Commissioner.
All work which is to be done under the permit pursuant to § 172-52 shall be in accordance with the provisions of this article, of any rules and regulations adopted hereunder and of any other applicable provisions of this Code or ordinance of the Town.
Before any sewerage work is commenced within the limits of any state highway, in addition to obtaining the permit as may be necessary from the state, no work shall be done without a permit required by § 172-47 issued by the Director of Public Works or his authorized agent.
At any time after the completion of any section
of the public sewerage system or of any extension thereof, the Mayor
or his authorized agent, by written order to the owner of any existing
building located in the Town upon premises abutting on any public
street, highway, public ground or private way in which a public sewer
is laid, may order such owner to cause the sewerage system of such
building to be connected with the public sewer and to discontinue
the use of any cesspool, privy vault, septic tank or other private
sewage disposal systems.
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Editor’s Note: The term “Town
Manager” was changed to “Mayor” in this section
at the direction of the Town so that the provisions herein would be
consistent with the provisions of the Charter adopted by the Town
on 11-4-2003.
The owner of any new building shall not permit
such waste matters as are permissible in the public sewers to drain
into a new or existing private sewerage disposal system when such
building is erected upon premises in the Town abutting a public street,
a highway, public ground or private way in which a public sewer is
laid.
When any cesspool or septic tank ceases to be
used, it shall be filled.
All work carried on or required under the provisions
of this article shall be subject to the inspection of the Director
of Public Works or his authorized representative. The Director of
Public Works shall have power to make reasonable rules and regulations
for the enforcement of the provisions of this article and for safeguarding
the sewerage system of the Town in all its parts. No sewer connection
branch shall be opened, no pipe laid and no joints made except as
overseen by an inspector of the Director of Public Works. The office
of the Director of Engineering, Department of Public Works, shall
be notified at least 24 hours before the beginning of any work upon
house sewers or connections.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A.
Cause, allow or permit the discharge of sewage from
any house or building in the Town into or upon any highway, public
ground, private way, stream, watercourse, ditch, surface or subsurface
groundwater drain or stormwater drain.
B.
Uncover any portion of the public sewers or drains
or the connection branches thereof or to open any manhole or flush
tank, except under a permit issued as required under this article.
C.
Open any highway or public ground for the purpose
of making any sewer connection or to make or cause to be made any
connection with a house connection branch of a public sewer, except
under a permit issued as required by this article and under the supervision
of the Director of Public Works.
D.
Break or to cut or to remove any pipe of the public
sewers, or to make or cause to be made any connection with such sewers
except through the connection branches provided for that purpose except
where written permission is specifically granted to connect elsewhere.
The location of the connection branches will be designated by the
Director of Public Works, Director of Engineering.
E.
Discharge or cause to be discharged into any public
sewer, directly or indirectly, any groundwater, surface water or rainwater.
F.
Discharge or cause to be discharged into any public
sewer, directly or indirectly, any overflow or drainage from manure
pits, cesspools or other receptacles storing or constructed to store
organic wastes.
G.
Connect or cause to be connected with any public sewer,
directly or indirectly, any steam exhausts, boiler blowoffs, sediment
drips or any pipes carrying or constructed to carry hot water, acids,
germicides, grease, brewery mash, gasoline, naphtha, benzene, oil
or any other substance detrimental to or deemed by the Director of
Public Works detrimental to the sewers or to the operation of the
sewerage system.
H.
Throw or to deposit or to cause or allow to be thrown
or deposited in any fixture, vessel, receptacle, inlet or opening
connected directly or indirectly with any public sewer any garbage,
except that disintegrated by devices having the written approval of
the Director of Public Works, vegetables, parings, ashes, cinders,
rags or any other matter or anything whatever, except feces, urine,
necessary toilet paper and liquid house slops.
I.
Allow any sewer connected with the public sewer to
be also connected with any privy vault or cesspool or underground
drain or with any channel conveying water or filth, except such soil
pipes and other plumbing works as shall have been duly inspected and
approved by the Building Inspector and Director of Public Works or
their authorized agent.
The Director of Public Works may at any time,
in his discretion, stop and prevent the discharge into the sewers
of any substance deemed by him liable to injure the sewers or to interfere
with their normal operation or to obstruct the flow or to hinder any
process of sewage purification; and he may, at any time in his discretion,
without notice and without recourse, sever the connection and cause
the removal of any tributary sewer or drain through which such detrimental
substances are discharged.
Each building in the area served by a public
sewer must be connected separately and independently with the sewer
through the house connection branch directly opposite such building
or nearest in the downstream direction. Grouping of buildings on one
house sewer shall not be permitted, except by written permission of
the Director of Public Works and the Building Inspector based upon
good sanitary reasons.
All pipe shall have a minimum inside diameter
of six inches for all new house connections and for complete replacement
of repairs. Partial repairs shall be the same size pipe as the repaired.
A.
All pipe used in any work under this article shall
comply with the following specifications of the American Society for
Testing and Materials:
(1)
Vitrified clay sewer pipe: ASTM Specification C700.
(2)
Cast-iron pipe: ASTM Specification A74.
(3)
Asbestos cement pipe: ASTM Specification C644.
(4)
PVC (polyvinyl chloride) sewer pipe: ASTM Specification
D-3034 or with such standards as the Society may adopt for the above
or for any other type of sewer pipe approved by the Water Pollution
Control Authority and by the American Society for Testing and Materials.
B.
All pipe shall be laid in strict accordance with the
pipe manufacturer's published recommendations. Cement mortar joints
will not be allowed.
C.
Cast-iron pipe shall be used wherever there is less
than 30 inches of cover.
No trench shall be backfilled or any part of
the pipe or fittings covered until notice has been given to the office
of Director of Public Works, Director of Engineering, that the work
is ready for inspection, and such inspection has been made by the
Director of Public Works or his authorized agent. Every such inspection
shall be made as soon as practicable after the receipt of such notice,
and the inspector shall have the power to apply any proper tests to
the pipe or fittings, and the owner or contractor doing the work shall
furnish all necessary tools and labor for such test and shall remove
any defective material or repair any work improperly done as the inspector
shall direct. The water level in the trench shall be maintained at
a level below the sewer connection before the cap is removed and while
the connection is being made and until such time as it has been inspected,
approved and backfilled.
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. Duplex lift systems shall be provided for commercial
and industrial buildings.
Whenever it is necessary to carry the trench
containing such house connection or lateral under any stone, tar or
cement sidewalks, no portion of the surface of such sidewalk shall
be disturbed or removed, but such trench shall be carried underneath,
and the under portion of the walk supported in such manner as to render
the walk safe for public use. All such supporting material under the
walk shall be so placed as to prevent the sagging or falling of such
walk or injury thereto.
In places where the inspector of the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, shall be of the opinion that it is not possible to comply with the regulation set forth in § 172-66, the Director of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, in writing, may permit the surface of any such walk to be removed. In such cases the surface of such walk shall be relaid by the party to whom the permit is granted within 10 days and during the period when such surface is removed the owner or contractor shall safeguard the public from any injury which may be caused thereby.
No connection with the public sewer shall be
laid with a grade of less than one inch tall in eight feet, without
a written permit signed by the Director of Public Works or his authorized
agent, specifying the minimum grade that will be permitted.
No earthenware pipe shall be laid at a depth
less than 30 inches. Pipes laid with less depth must be heavy cast
iron. All pipes shall be covered by the use of hand tools to a depth
of at least one foot with fine earth, entirely free from stones and
rubbish, and well compacted.
Old connections may be used for new buildings,
provided that they are in good condition and conform to the requirements
of this article.
No house traps shall be used without a written
permit signed by the Building Inspector and then only when such plumbing
was installed prior to 1916.
No soil, waste or vent pipe shall be used as
a rainwater conductor, nor shall any rainwater conductor be used as
a soil, waste or vent pipe.
Plumbers and tile layers shall report to the
Director of Public Works, in writing with full description within
12 hours, the finding by them of all obstructions in connections or
the presence therein, if found, of any substance prohibited by this
article. Failure to so report shall render the plumber or tile layer,
whether firm or corporation, liable to the penalty of revocation or
suspension of his or their license and to the payment of a fine of
not more than $50 for each failure to so report. Finding substances
prohibited by this article in the sewer connection of any building
shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this article by both
the owner and occupant of the premises, or either of them.
A.
The Town of Stratford, acting through its Water Pollution
Control Authority, may permit the City of Bridgeport or any property
owner in said City of Bridgeport, upon the payment of certain sums
of money, in manner and amount hereinafter provided, to discharge
sewage from said property, either directly or through other sewer
lines, into the sewer system of the Town of Stratford.
B.
No sewer in the City of Bridgeport shall be connected
with the sewer system of the Town of Stratford, and no sewer shall
be connected to any sewer line in the City of Bridgeport, which shall,
directly or indirectly discharge into the sewer system of the Town
of Stratford, until permission shall have been obtained therefor and
until a writing, signed by the owner of said property and said Director
of Public Works, shall have been entered into and recorded on the
land records of the Town of Stratford and City of Bridgeport setting
forth the permission which has been granted to make such connection
and describing in general terms the conditions and limitations under
which said connection may be made and maintained.
C.
Application for permission to process said sewage
through the sanitary system of the Town of Stratford shall be made
on forms provided through the Department of Public Works of the Town
of Stratford and submitted for approval to the Water Pollution Control
Authority of the Town of Stratford.
D.
If such permission shall be granted, the ordinances
and regulations of the Town of Stratford and the penalties therein
provided relating to the construction, installation and maintenance
of the sewers within the Town of Stratford and to the substances which
may be discharged therein shall apply to the sewers in the City of
Bridgeport which, directly or indirectly, discharge into the sewer
system of the Town of Stratford so long as such discharge continues.
The Director of Public Works of the Town of Stratford shall have the
same rights and powers with relation to said sewers and to the sewer
lines through which said sewers discharge into the sewer system of
the Town of Stratford as he would have, under said ordinances and
regulations if said sewers and sewer lines were located within the
Town of Stratford. In the installation and maintenance of said sewers
and sewer lines, the property owners constructing or maintaining the
same shall also be subject to and shall comply with all ordinances
and regulations of the Town in which the property is located which
is serviced by said sewers.
E.
If permission is granted for said processing of sewage,
it shall be conditioned upon the City of Bridgeport agreeing in each
such case to the collection of the costs of connection to and use
of the sanitary system of the Town of Stratford.
F.
Costs.
(2)
The initial trunk connection charge shall be payable
upon connection to the Stratford Sanitary System and prior to actual
use of the sanitary system.
(3)
All annual use fees shall be due and payable on the
first day of July annually in advance. Annual fees shall be proportionately
adjusted when the use of any facility is initiated during a use year.
A "use year" shall be defined as the period from July 1 of any given
year.
G.
Any person in the City of Bridgeport who shall make
any connection to the sewer system of the Town of Stratford which
directly or indirectly discharges into the sewer system of the Town
of Stratford, except in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall
be fined not more than $100 for each offense or imprisoned not more
than one year, or both.
H.
All revenues collected pursuant to this section shall
be deposited in the sewer revolving fund as a miscellaneous revenue.
[Amended 5-10-1993]
Any person violating any provision of this article
shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100 per day of occurrence,
with each day that the violation continues constituting a separate
and distinct violation. Should the violation not be corrected within
90 days after notice has been given to the person causing and/or responsible
thereof, the Town shall reserve the right to correct said violation
and shall bill the person causing and/or responsible thereof for the
same. Should the cost of correcting said violation by the Town not
be paid by said person, the Town shall have the right to place a lien
upon the real property which was the subject of said violation for
the total amount of said costs.
