A. 
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic or other unstable matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in parts per million in weight.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of any building and conveys such discharge to the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
That part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system which extends from the end of the building drain and which receives the discharge of the building sewage disposal system or other point of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage (sanitary wastes and/or industrial wastes).
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in industrial establishments and which are free of fecal matter.
INTERCEPTOR
A device designed and installed so as to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous or otherwise undesirable matter, such as grease, oil or sand, from normal wastes and permit only normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PRIVATE SEWER
A sewer privately owned and not directly controlled by a public authority.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer directly controlled by a public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A pipe which carries sewage and excludes storm-, surface and ground water.
SEWAGE
Any liquid waste containing animal, human or vegetable matter in suspension or solution and may include liquids containing chemicals in solution.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS SYSTEM
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLOPE
The grade or pitch of a line of pipe in reference to a horizontal plane. In drainage, it is usually expressed as the fall in a fraction of an inch per foot of length of pipe.
STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN
A sewer used for conveying rainwater, surface water, condensate, cooling water or similar liquid wastes, exclusive of sewage and industrial waste.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the municipal sewage works system for the Village of Kiryas Joel as appointed by the Village Board.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
B. 
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
C. 
Any American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) or federal specifications referred to in this chapter shall mean the latest published amendments or revisions applicable at any time.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the Village of Kiryas Joel or in any area under the jurisdiction of said village any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Village of Kiryas Joel or any area under the jurisdiction of said village any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this article.
C. 
The owner of any property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, commerce, industry or other public purpose which abuts on any street or right-of-way in which there is located a public sanitary sewer of the Village of Kiryas Joel is hereby required, at his expense, to connect its plumbing facilities directly with said public sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article within 30 days of the notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 150 feet of a building containing plumbing facilities. The property owner must connect to the curb connection, which curb connection will be constructed by the Village Sewer Department.
D. 
Where a public sewer is not available as defined in § 114-1, the private sewage disposal system shall remain under the jurisdiction of the Orange County Department of Health.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface drainage to any sanitary sewer. Combined sewers transporting both stormwater and sanitary wastes and/or industrial wastes shall not be allowed to continue in use, if such are actually in use, or to be constructed at any time in the future.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described wastes or waters to the sanitary sewer system.
A. 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
B. 
Any sewage or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease, on an average, over a two-hour period.
C. 
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D. 
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
E. 
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
F. 
Any sewage or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
G. 
Any sewage or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
H. 
Any sewage or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
I. 
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
J. 
Any untreated contaminated (see Subsection K) cooling water or any uncontaminated cooling water.
K. 
Any industrial, institutional or commercial waste that contains concentrations of parameters in excess of the limits set forth in the Objectionable Substance Limitations and toxic pollutant tabulations appended to this chapter.[1] These lists may be modified if pollutant concentrations, or additional pollutants, are indicated in the future as having deleterious effects on the functioning of the sewage treatment plant or on the biota of the receiving stream.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Objectionable Substance Limitations and the list of toxic pollutants not to be discharged to sanitary sewers are included at the end of this chapter.
A. 
The admission into the public sewers of any sewage or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids; or having the characteristics described in § 114-8; or having an average daily flow greater than 5% of the average daily sewage flow of the village; or violating the Objectionable Substance Limitations[1] shall be subject to the review and approval of the Board of Trustees. Where necessary, in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 114-8 or in the Objectionable Substance Limitations or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such sewage or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted to the Village Engineer. The Village Engineer shall make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees before the Board decides what pretreatment, if any, is required.
B. 
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
C. 
When required by the Village Engineer or Sewer Superintendent, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible it all times.
D. 
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls, whereas pH is determined from periodic grab samples.)
Where required by the Board of Trustees, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial or unusual wastes shall provide facilities suitable for observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the village for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern, provided that such agreement is approved by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kiryas Joel.
A. 
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Village Engineer or Sewer Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amount or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units.
(1) 
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Sewer Superintendent or Village Engineer and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
(2) 
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted, shall be gastight and watertight.
B. 
Where installed, all interceptors shall be maintained by the owner at his expense and in continuously efficient operation at all times.
C. 
Specific entities requiring interceptors:
(1) 
Garages and automobile-washing establishments. No person operating or owning a commercial garage or automobile wash rack shall permit any sewage or effluent therefrom to flow into any public sewer or house connection sewer unless such wash rack is roofed over and is equipped with a standard sand and grease trap approved by the Village Engineer.
(2) 
Restaurant sinks and dishwashers. Every dishwashing sink, dishwashing machine or other device intended or used for washing dishes and cooking utensils in any establishment serving 100 or more meals per day shall be connected to the house connection sewer through a grease interceptor as hereinafter provided.
(3) 
Industrial sand and grease interceptors required. Every fowl or animal slaughterhouse and every meat-packing or meat-curing establishment and all equipment in any soap factory, tallow-rendering, wool-pulling, hide-tanning or hide-curing establishment or other industry from which any considerable amounts of grease or sand are to be discharged shall be connected with the public sewer through a grease trap or sand and grease trap as hereinafter provided.
D. 
Minimum performance of traps. No grease trap shall be connected with the public sewer which has a rate of flow of less than 16 gallons per minute and a grease retention capacity of less than 18 pounds.
A. 
Sanitary sewers.
(1) 
Sanitary sewers shall not be less than eight inches in diameter and/or shall be of adequate size and capacity to serve their tributary area on the design basis of 100 gallons of average daily sewage flow per capita per day contributed by the estimated future tributary population. Also included shall be a design allowance for groundwater infiltration of less than 100 gallons per inch of pipe diameter per mile of pipe per day. The slope of the sanitary sewers shall be such so as to provide a minimum velocity of two feet per second or a maximum velocity of 15 feet per second when said sewer is flowing full and the appropriate pipe roughness coefficient as approved by the Superintendent is utilized. Sanitary sewers shall be properly bedded with appropriate materials and laid to grade by use of laser techniques. Sanitary sewers shall be constructed to the ASTM specifications. The village reserves the right to specify and require the encasement of any sewer pipe with concrete, the installation of the sewer pipe in concrete cradles or other special techniques if foundation and construction conditions are such as to warrant such protection, in the opinion of the Superintendent.
(2) 
Joints for pipe shall be made according to manufacturer's recommendations. The rubber rings for joints shall conform to ASTM specifications and subject to the approval of the Superintendent. The pipe shall be installed according to manufacturer's directions and as approved by the Superintendent.
(3) 
Sanitary sewers shall be of such design and construction that infiltration or exfiltration shall not exceed 100 gallons per inch of pipe diameter per mile of pipe per day. Leakage tests shall be conducted by the contractor, at his expense, in the presence of the Superintendent or an authorized inspector. The details of the method shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
B. 
Manholes. Manholes shall be constructed of precast concrete, complete with a cast-iron frame and cover in accordance with the standard detail drawings on file in the Village Office and subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
A. 
No person shall make any connection with the curb connection or a public sewer without first obtaining a permit from the village. This shall be in addition to any other required permits. There shall be a building sewer permit required for service connections to the public sewer system. The application shall be accompanied by plans and whatever other information is considered pertinent in the judgment of the Inspector.
B. 
A permit and inspection fee, as well as a connection charge as authorized by Article III, will be charged for the connection to or installation of sewer lines. For purposes of this section, unless otherwise designated by the Village Board, the Village Engineer or Village Sewer Superintendent or their agents are the Village Sewer Inspectors.
C. 
Powers and authority of inspectors. The Village Engineer and/or his duty authorized agents shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation and measurement and in general enforcement of this chapter. The Village Engineer may act for the Building Inspector in the enforcement of the sewerage aspects of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, which the Village of Kiryas Joel has adopted.
D. 
Old building sewers. The lines outside a building leading to the curb connections or public sewer may be used by property owners only if they are watertight, gastight and meet all other aspects of this section.
E. 
Piping. The building sewer shall be constructed of sewer pipe conforming to the ASTM specifications.
F. 
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 Superintendent. In no case shall the diameter of the building sewer be less than four inches between the building drain and the main public sewer. The slope of the pipe shall not be 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 water- and gastight joint.
G. 
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage carried by such drains shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer at the owner's expense. No water-operated sewage ejector shall be used.
H. 
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by said Inspector. Pipelaying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specifications, except as modified in these rules and regulations. No backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Inspector or his representative. Building sewers and water service branches or connections shall not be laid in the same trench.
I. 
All joints shall be watertight and gastight.
J. 
New materials and methods of construction. Alternate materials and methods may be used only if they have been specifically approved by the Village Engineer. The Engineer may approve any alternate, provided that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent of this chapter and that the material or method of work offered is for the purpose intended and at least the equivalent of that here prescribed in quality, strength, effectiveness, durability and safety.
K. 
Fresh-air vents and gas traps shall be required in all buildings connected to a public sewer.
L. 
Repairs. Repairs to sewage connections shall be made with such materials as are provided for by this article for new work, insofar as is practical.
M. 
Maintenance of the sewer from the pavement line into the house is the responsibility of the property owner. In the event that a property is unable to discharge its wastes into the public sewer, it will be presumed that the fault is in the private connection unless contrary facts are in evidence.
A. 
In the event that any property owner shall fail or refuse to connect to the sanitary sewer system of the Village of Kiryas Joel when the property owner's land abuts upon a street or right-of-way which has a sewer main in the same, and the sewer main is within 150 feet from a building containing plumbing facilities, and after written notice has been given to the property owner to hook on, then the village shall have the right to make the connection to the village sanitary sewer main by entering the private property of said resident and hooking into any sewer outlet which can be found on the private property. All expenses, including labor and materials used in connecting the private sewer from the property line to the premises, shall be charged to the owner of the land and, in the event that it is not paid within 30 days, shall become a lien against the property and shall be added to the general tax roll of the Village of Kiryas Joel against the name of the owner of the property at the time the work was performed.
B. 
The village shall also have the right to disconnect any improper connection from the public sewer after a written notice by the village to the property owner. In the event that the property owner fails to correct the connection, the village shall have the right to enter upon the property to make a proper connection and to assess all labor and material costs against the property in the same manner as set forth in Subsection A of this section. Such charge for material and labor expended by the village shall be a charge against the property and, in the event that it is not paid to the village within 30 days, then this charge shall become a lien upon the property and be added to the tax roll against the owner of the property at the time the work was done.
C. 
Repairs and maintenance. Whenever a sewer user, by reason of violating this chapter, causes obstruction, damage or destruction of a public sewer or appurtenances thereto, he shall reimburse the village for the cost of flushing, cleaning, repairing or replacing the public sewer involved. Such a charge shall be a lien on the property and shall be added to the village tax roll against the owner of the property.