A.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections
with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any wastewater sewer or
a storm sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the Town.
B.
There shall be three classes of permits for connections
to the Town's POTW: Class I - residential, Class II - commercial and
Class III - industrial. In all cases, the owner shall make application
for a permit to connect to the Town's POTW on a special form furnished
by the Town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans,
specifications, wastewater information or other information considered
pertinent in the judgment of the Town required to administer this
chapter. There shall be the following Sewer Tap-In Connection Fee
Schedule:
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Sewer Tap-In Connection Fee Schedule
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Type of Residence
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Fee
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Mobile home
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$125
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1 bedroom
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$200
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2 to 3 bedrooms
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$200
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4+ bedrooms
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$200
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Double house
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$300
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Apartment
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$200, plus
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Base
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For each additional unit
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$100
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Commercial
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Fee
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1-inch water line
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$500
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1 1/2-inch water line
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$1,000
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2-inch water line
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$2,000
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2-or-more-inch water line
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Set by Engineer
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C.
Connections to a storm sewer shall be subject to a
permit and inspection fee of $25. Such connections shall be subject
to the provisions of this chapter and the approval of the Town.
A.
The costs and expenses incidental to the building
sewer installation and connection to the Town's POTW shall be borne
by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or
damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
of the building sewer.
B.
Costs required for obtaining road excavation and restoration
permits will be borne by the owner.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for each and every building. The Town assumes no obligation
or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any existing
single building sewer which serves two buildings.
Existing building sewers may be used for connection
of new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Town, to meet the requirements of this chapter.
The size, slope, alignment, construction materials,
trench excavation and backfill methods, pipe placement, jointing and
testing methods used in the construction and installation of a building
sewer shall conform to the Town's Plumbing Code or other applicable
requirements of the Town. 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.
The building sewer lateral shall be brought
to a building and enter through the foundation wall above the basement
floor so that the service lateral maintains a minimum ten-inch vertical
separation above the basement floor. In buildings in which any building
drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the Town's POTW, wastewater
carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means
and discharged to a building sewer draining to the Town POTW. A manual
valve shall be installed on the basement laundry waste drain line.
A.
No person shall connect roof, foundation, areaway,
parking lot, roadway or other surface runoff or groundwater drains
to any building sewer which is connected to the POTW.
B.
Gutters and inside or outside leaders shall be installed
on all roofs. On existing construction, all downspouts and sump pumps
discharging to the sanitary sewer system shall be disconnected. Downspouts
and sump pumps may be discharged to curb drains, road ditches or splash
blocks. All rear yard drain tile, sump pump or downspout water shall
be so directed that it will not flow onto adjacent properties except
where directed to a designed drainage swale, catch basin, french drain
or natural waterway.
C.
On new construction, all downspouts shall be discharged
to storm sewers or curb drains with bubblers and all rear yard drainage
shall be conveyed to storm sewers, catch basins or channels accepted
by the Town. Any alternate method of water disposition must be approved
by the Engineer.
D.
On new construction, all buildings having basements
or cellars shall have an adequate sump and sump pump to which any
interior or exterior perimeter drain tile and floor drains shall discharge.
Sump pumps shall discharge into a storm sewer. Where storm sewers
are not available, sump pumps shall discharge into curb drains with
bubblers. Any alternate method of water disposition must be approved
by the Engineer.
[Added 12-7-2015 by L.L.
No. 10-2015]
A.
Prohibited discharges. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or drainage
from downspouts, yard drains, sump pumps, yard foundations, catch
basins, parking lot drains and ponds or lawn sprays into any sanitary
sewer within the Town of Cheektowaga Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District,
except as provided by the Town of Cheektowaga Code. Water from unpolluted
industrial water, such as water drains, blowoff pipes or cooling water
from equipment, shall not be discharged into sanitary sewers within
the Town of Cheektowaga Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District if a
closed/piped storm sewer is available. If a closed/piped storm sewer
is not available, such water may be discharged into the sanitary sewer
by indirect connection whereby such discharge is cooled, if required,
and flows into the sanitary sewer at a rate not in excess of five
gallons per minute, provided that the waste does not contain materials
for substances in suspension or solution in violation of the limits
provided by this chapter or the local law for administration and enforcement
of the Building Code of New York State, Residential Code of New York
State, Energy Code of New York State, Mechanical Code of New York
State, Fire Code of New York State, Fuel Gas Code of New York State,
Plumbing Code of New York State and Property Maintenance Code of New
York State.
B.
Transfer of title. No person shall transfer title to another person, nor accept from any other person the transfer of title to any structure or parcel of land upon which a structure is located within the Town of Cheektowaga Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District unless and until a duly authorized Town Inspector, or representative of the Town Engineering Department, shall have inspected the sump pump system, interior floor drains, footing drains, yard drains, roof drains and downspouts, catch basins and parking lot drains on said structure or parcel of land and certified to the Town Inspector that the same is found to be in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, specifically § 198-26, restricting the discharge of unpolluted waters into the sanitary sewer system in the Town of Cheektowaga Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District; and the Office of the Supervising Code Enforcement Officer has issued a certificate of compliance stating likewise. This section shall not apply to transfers of property by gift, intestacy or testamentary disposition; transfers pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act; transfers under Erie County in rem property tax foreclosures; transfers for which consideration is $100 or less; and transfers in connection with a partition.
C.
Time of sale inspections. The property owner shall request a time
of sale inspection by filing an application at the Town's Office
of Building and Plumbing when said structure or parcel of land is
placed for sale and prior to the sale of said property. The fee required
for this inspection shall be based upon resolution by the Town Board.
Upon successful inspection, the Office of the Supervising Code Enforcement
Officer will issue a certificate of compliance, which will expire
after a period of 120 days. If the inspection fails, the Town Inspector
will issue a notice of violation to the property owner(s) describing
prohibited discharges and recommendations to cure such discharges.
When required, all permits necessary to cure violations must be obtained
from the Town's Office of Building and Plumbing. The fee required
for such permits shall be based upon resolution by the Town Board.
D.
Waiver of certificate of compliance for time of sale inspection.
(1)
The Town's Supervising Code Enforcement Officer may temporarily
waive the requirement of a Certificate of Compliance as a prerequisite
to transfer of title, as specified in the preceding section, provided
that no later than 10 working days prior to the expected closing for
said transfer:
(a)
The seller makes a written request to the Supervising Code Enforcement
Officer and such request includes a written, itemized quote from a
plumber licensed in the Town of Cheektowaga which provides for correction
of all identified discharges and addresses all recommendations specified
in the notice of violation; and
(b)
The seller and purchaser shall have filed with the Supervising
Code Enforcement Officer a written guaranty to correct any deficiencies
to the sump pump system, interior floor drains, footing drains, yard
drains, roof drains and downspouts, catch basins and parking lot drains
on said structure or parcel of land within 90 days after closing of
sale or a period of time specified by the Supervising Code Enforcement
Officer; and
(c)
The purchaser shall have provided a sum equal to 150% of the estimated costs contained in the itemized quote provided in Subsection D(1)(a) above. Such sum shall be payable by certified check or bank draft payable to the Town of Cheektowaga at closing and held in escrow by the Town of Cheektowaga; such sum will be returned to the purchaser if the corrections are completed within the time specified in the guaranty, but which sum will be forfeited to the Town of Cheektowaga if needed corrections are not completed within the time frame specified in the written guaranty.
The applicant for a building sewer connection
permit shall notify the Town when such sewer is ready for connection
to the Town's POTW. Such connection and testing as deemed necessary
by the Town shall be made by the Town.
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.
The Town shall not issue a permit for any class
of connection to the POTW unless there is sufficient capacity, not
legally committed to other users, in the POTW to convey and adequately
treat the quantity of wastewater which the required connection will
add to the system. The Town may permit such a connection if there
are legally binding commitments to provide the needed capacity.
A.
All new restaurants shall be provided with grease traps or other suitable pretreatment facilities as required to meet the provisions of Article VI, § 198-32L, which limits the concentration of oils, fat and grease in the wastewater discharge to the POTW to 100 milligrams per liter. A suitable access to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the treated wastewater discharged to the POTW shall be required.
C.
Existing restaurants which qualify under Subsection B above shall submit plans, specifications, wastewater information or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Town prior to constructing the grease trap or other pretreatment facility.
D.
Existing restaurants shall notify the Town when such
grease trap or other pretreatment facility is ready for inspection
prior to its connection to the Town's POTW. Such connection and testing
as deemed necessary by the Town shall be made under the supervision
of the Town.
