No 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 Board.
A. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) 
For residential and commercial service.
(2) 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. 
In either case, 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 Board.
C. 
A permit, tap-in and inspection fee shall be paid to the Town Clerk at the time an application is filed for a connection to an existing public sewer lateral at the property line. The amount of this fee shall be set by the Town Board and may be changed from time to time at the discretion of the Board.
D. 
Where no public sewer lateral exists, the Town will install a wye in the existing public sewer and extend a public sewer lateral to the property line for connection, and the applicant will be charged for this work at cost in addition to the permit, tap-in and inspection fee.
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.
Existing building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Board, to meet all requirements of this Part 1.
The building sewer shall be tar-coated, service weight cast-iron soil pipe, conforming to ASTM Specification A74 or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe conforming to ASTM D-3034 providing a minimum Standard Dimensional Ratio (SDR) of 35 and a minimum pipe stiffness of 46 at five-percent deflection. Joints shall be tight and waterproof.
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Board, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches, nor shall the slope of the pipe be less than 1/4 inch per foot unless permission is granted by the Board. In any case, the slope of the pipe shall not be less than 1/8 inch per foot.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to and within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost but in no event shall be less than three feet. 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. The ends of building sewers which are not connected to the building drain of the structure for any reason shall be sealed against infiltration by a suitable stopper, plug or other approved means.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage or industrial wastes carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved mechanical means and discharged to the building sewer.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Board. Pipelaying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with Sections 3 through 6 of ASTM Specifications C12, except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Board.
A. 
All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight. No cement joints will be permitted. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved. The transition joint between cast-iron pipe and other pipe material shall be made with special adaptors and joint materials approved by the Board.
B. 
Premolded gasket joints for hub and plain-end cast-iron pipe and PVC pipe shall be used with a neoprene compression-type gasket which provides a positive double seal in the assembled joint. The gasket shall be a premolded, one-piece unit, designed for joining the pipe and plain-end soil pipe and fittings. The assembled joint shall be sealed by compression of the gasket between the exterior surface of the spigot and the interior surface of the hub. The joint shall be assembled following the manufacturer's recommendations using acceptable lubricant and special pipe-coupling tools designed for that purpose. The plain spigot end shall be forced into the hub itself. Lubricant shall be a bland, flax-base, nontoxic material and shall not chemically attack the gasket material.
The connection of the building sewer into a public sewer shall be made at the location of the lateral connection provided by the Town or directly to the sanitary sewer as directed by the Board in individual circumstances. The owner shall indemnify the Board from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. The method of connections of the building sewer to the public sewer will be dependent upon the type of pipe material used and in all cases shall be approved by the Board.
A. 
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Board when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Board or its representative.
B. 
When trenches are opened for the laying of building sewer pipes, such installations shall be inspected by the Board before the pipes are covered, and the person performing such work shall notify the Board when the installation of the building sewer is completed. The covering of a pipe before inspection is made will subject the person to whom a permit is issued to penalties under § 116-78 of this Part 1, and the installation will not be approved for use until it is uncovered and inspected by the Board.
A. 
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
B. 
Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Board.
When any building sewer is to serve a school, hospital or similar institution or public building or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings or which, in the opinion of the Board, will receive sewage or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building sewer is anticipated, then such building sewer shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Board shall determine if and where this type of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Board. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to § 116-30 and the building sewer connection made thereto as directed by the Board.
There shall be installed an accessible cleanout on the building sewer within five feet of the property line. The cleanout shall have a watertight center-sunk brass plug.
At the discretion of the homeowner and/or plumber, a single vented running trap may be installed on the building sewer upstream from and within five feet of the cleanout. The vent pipe shall be four inches in diameter, extend a minimum of six inches above grade and have an approved steel cover.