No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use,
alter, disturb or discharge into any public sewer or appurtenance thereof
without first obtaining a written permit from the Administrator or the Town
Board where designated.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits, one for residential
and commercial service and one for service to establishments producing industrial
wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a
special form furnished by the Administrator. The permit application shall
be accompanied by plans, profiles, specifications or other information considered
pertinent by the Administrator. All permit applications for service to establishments
producing industrial wastes shall be subject to Town Board approval after
a public hearing. A permit and inspection fee for a residential or commercial
building sewer permit or for an industrial building sewer permit in the amount
prescribed in a fee schedule adopted by the Town Board shall be paid to the
Sewer District.
A. The owner of any public sewage system located within
the Sewer District, other than a system owned and operated by the Sewer District,
must receive the written approval of the Administrator before a connection
of all or any part of the system can be made to the sewer system. Where the
public sewage system is operating, a condition of approval shall require the
owner to provide the Administrator with as-built drawings of the sewage system
to be connected, as well as any additional data he may require to determine
the quantity and character of sewage flow to be discharged to the sewage system.
Where the public sewage system is not operating and initial service will be
provided by the Sewer District, as-built drawings of the sewage system for
which connection approval is requested shall be furnished to the Administrator,
as well as the results of infiltration and exfiltration tests made under the
supervision of and certified by a professional engineer licensed in the State
of New York, prior to the connection of any system thereto. Infiltration of
such sewer shall not exceed 100 gallons per inch of diameter per mile of sewer
per day. The owner of the public sewage system shall, before the system is
accepted, make repairs as necessary when excessive infiltration is located.
Such repairs shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator.
B. The Administrator reserves the right to perform such
studies, measurements and tests to ensure compliance with the requirements
of this article.
All costs and expenses in installing and connecting a public sewage
system or building sewer to the Town sewage system shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the Sewer District for any loss or damage that might
be occasioned by the installation and connection of such public sewage system
or 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 a separate
interior lot and no 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 each shall be considered a separate unit for the
purpose of sewage service charges.
Existing building sewers may be used in conjunction with new buildings
only when they are found, upon inspection and testing by the Administrator,
to meet all requirements of this Part 1.
A. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within
three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth
shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. 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, fittings and cleanout.
B. The size and slope of the building sewer from the building
drain to the main public sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator.
In no case shall the diameter of the building sewer be less than four inches
between the building drain and the public septic tank. The slope of the pipe
shall be not less than 1/4 inch per foot. Proper reducer or increaser fittings
shall be used between all changes of pipe sizes and materials so as to make
a watertight and gastight joint.
C. Old building sewers. The lines outside buildings leading
to the curb connections or public sewer may be used by property owners only
if they are watertight and gastight and meet all other specifications and,
if not meeting said specifications in their entirety, may be used with special
approval of the Administrator.
D. All excavations required for the installation of a building
sewer shall be open-trench work unless otherwise approved by the Administrator.
Pipelaying and backfilling shall be performed in accordance with the pipe
manufacturer's recommendation but, in any event, shall conform to the Town
of Crawford Sewer District No. 1 Contract No. 1.
E. Where it is necessary to connect the building sewer directly
to the public sewer, such connections shall be made by a qualified plumber
or sewer contractor under the direction of and in the method specified by
the Administrator. The connection shall be made by carefully making a hole
in the upper half of the public sewer, inserting a special branch connection
or saddlelike adapter and properly securing this branch connection to the
public sewer so that this branch connection is firm, watertight and gastight.
All such building sewers shall meet the same leakage test as specified for
sanitary sewers, and such test shall be performed at the expense of the owner
and witnessed by the Administrator before backfilling is permitted. No backfill
shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Administrator. Building
sewers and water service branches or connections will not be laid in the same
trench.
F. All joints shall be watertight and gastight.
G. New materials and method of construction. Alternate materials
and methods may be used only if they have been specifically approved by the
Administrator. He may approve any alternate, provided that the proposed design
is satisfactory and complies with the intent of this Part 1 and that the material
or method of work offered is, for the purpose intended, at least the equivalent
of that herein prescribed in quality, strength, effectiveness, durability
and safety.
H. Repairs to sewer connections shall be made with such
materials as are provided for by this article for new work, insofar as is
practical.
I. The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction
of building sewers or appurtenances and the methods to be used in excavating,
placing of the building sewer pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the
trench shall conform to the Town of Crawford Sewer District No. 1 Contract
No. 1 requirements of the specification for the installation of building sewers,
as adopted by the Town Board, and all applicable provisions of any other rules
and regulations of the Town of Crawford, the County of Orange or the State
of New York, whichever requirement is more strict. All connections of building
sewers to a public sewage system shall be gastight and watertight. Any deviations
from the prescribed materials and construction procedures must be approved
by the Administrator prior to the installation.
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, sewage carried
by such building drain shall be lifted by a method approved by the Administrator
and discharged to a gravity-flow building sewer.
No person shall make a 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 to a public
sewer.
A. The applicant for the connection of any building sewer
to a public sewage system owned or maintained by the Sewer District shall
notify the Administrator when the building sewer is ready for inspection and
connection to the public sewer. In no case shall any underground portions
of the building sewer be covered, or connection to the public sewer made,
without the approval and/or supervision of the Administrator or his representative.
Permission to activate the building sewer will be given only after satisfactory
final inspection has been made and approval given by the Administrator.
B. The building sewer trench shall be completely dewatered
before the tap is made into the public sewer system.
All excavations for building sewer excavations shall comply with all
federal, state and local safety regulations and 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 work
shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Administrator and appropriate
municipal authorities.
Building sewers shall be maintained, serviced and repaired by the owner
of the property served, from the building drain to the public sewer within
two feet of the public sewer located in the easement across the private property.
In the event that a property is unable to discharge sewage into the public
sewer, it will be presumed that the fault is in the private building sewer
unless contrary facts are in evidence. Evidence of willful damage to a building
sewer being served by a public sewer shall be considered a violation of this
Part 1.
In the Sewer District, where public septic tanks are used as a part
of the treatment and disposal process, such septic tanks may be pumped out
a minimum of every four years in a staggered program such that at least 25%
are pumped out every year. Inspection of septic tanks, both for their sludge
content and the physical condition of their appurtenances, shall be performed
annually. Annual inspection will be used to determine the need, if any, for
more or less frequent pumping of certain tanks.
Before any building whose building sewer is connected to a public sewer
is demolished, the cutoff or plugging of the building sewer shall be done
with the permission of and under the supervision of the Administrator.