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 Town Board.
A. 
Classes.
(1) 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(a) 
For residential and commercial services.
(b) 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes and all others.
[Amended 7-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
(2) 
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make the application on special forms furnished by the town.
B. 
The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Town Board.
C. 
A permit and inspection fee in an amount as set by resolution of the Town Board for a sewer permit shall be paid to the Town Clerk at the time the application is filed.[1]
[Amended 8-22-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current fees resolution is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and may be examined there during regular office hours.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall pay for and indemnify the town 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 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 a separate building sewer.
[Amended 7-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Town Engineer, or other engineer approved by the town, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The building sewer shall be ductile iron soil pipe, AWWA C151, thickness Class 2 or equal, or PVC SDR 35 or other suitable material approved by the Town Engineer. Joints shall be gastight and watertight. Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of ductile iron pipe. Ductile iron pipe may be required by the Town Engineer where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of ductile iron soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Sewer Department. Bedding material is to be placed in the trench so as to obtain equal support for all sections of pipe.
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Sewer Department, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. The slope of such four-inch pipe shall not be less than 1/8 inch per foot, nor more than 1/2 inch per foot, or as may be required.
The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment, insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings. Where horizontal bends of more than 11 1/4º are required, cleanouts of a type approved by the Sewer Department are to be installed.
A. 
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer, and the cost of furnishing such artificial means shall be paid by the improvement where the aforesaid building drain was in place and in existence as of the time that the public sewer is installed. The cost of installation, repairs, replacing, maintenance and utilities shall be paid by the owner.
B. 
The cost of installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of any artificial means of lifting sanitary sewage from a building drain to the public sewer, as well as the utility costs incurred in the operation thereof, which artificial means are made necessary by the construction and installation of the building drains subsequent to the installation of the public sewer, shall be paid by the owner of the premises on which any such building drain is located.
[Amended 7-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open-trench work unless otherwise approved by the Sewer Department. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with the section of the construction specifications for the Sewer Improvement Area entitled "Excavation, Trenching and Backfilling for Utilities Systems."
[Amended 7-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
The connection of the building sewer into an existing public sewer shall be at the property line. If a lateral connection has not previously been provided, the lateral will be constructed from the existing public sewer to the property line by the Sewer Department or a contractor approved by the Sewer Department upon submittal of a proper application by the property owner. The method of connection of the lateral to the public sewer will be dependent upon the type of sewer material used and, in all cases, shall be approved by the Sewer Department. The cost of constructing the lateral shall be paid by the property owner. The town or its designee shall approve and inspect all work and will collect a rock cut and/or curb cut fee if required.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Sewer Department when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer lateral. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Sewer Department or such other person appointed by the Town Board. Prior to connection, the Water Superintendent or assistant shall certify that the meter is installed and working properly.
[Amended 7-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
When trenches are opened for the laying of house sewer lateral pipes, such trenches shall be inspected by the Town Engineer, or engineer approved by the town, or his deputy or representative before the trenches are filled, and the plumber performing such work shall notify the Sewer Department when the laying of the house sewer is completed. If a trench is filled before inspection is made, the plumber to whom a permit is issued must reexcavate the trench to permit the required inspection.
All excavation 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.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Town Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged upon approval of the Town Engineer and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and shall require a New York State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit to be discharged to natural drainage.