[Amended 6-16-2008ATM by Art. 26]
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 DPW Director.
[Amended 6-16-2008ATM by Art. 26]
B.
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 DPW Director. Permit fees for each
class shall be set by the Board of Selectmen.
A.
The Board of Selectmen may enter into an agreement
with a developer or other person to construct and install a sewer
in a public way in accordance with Town standards at no cost to the
Town, upon such terms and conditions as it deems to be in the best
interest of the Town, said sewer to become Town property upon its
completion.
B.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation
and connection of sewers within a public way (from an existing sewer
line to the point of entry upon said private property) shall be borne
by the person making application for connection according to a fee
schedule set by the Board of Selectmen.
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.
[Amended 6-16-2008ATM by Art. 26]
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and/or
test by the DPW Director, 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
codes or other applicable rules and regulations 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.
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 shall make connection of roof downspouts,
exterior 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.
The connection of the building sewer into the
public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and
plumbing codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town
or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM
and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made
gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures
and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
[Amended 6-16-2008ATM by Art. 26]
An applicant for the building sewer permit shall
notify the DPW Director when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the DPW Director or his representative.
All 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.
