Village of Spencerport, NY Article V Building Sewers and Connections

§ 250-18 Permits; fees.

A. 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 Superintendent.

B. There shall be two classes of building sewer permit for residential and commercial services and for services to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Village. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee for each class shall be established by the Village Board and shall be paid to the Village at the time the application is filed.

[Amended 1-6-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987]

§ 250-19 Responsibility for costs; indemnification of Village.

All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

§ 250-20 Separate sewers required; exception.

[Amended 7-3-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]

A. 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. This second connection shall be considered to be an additional sewer unit and as such shall require a permit and be subject to the appropriate permit and inspection fee.

B. A separate sewer line is not required when an existing building is expanded, remodeled or otherwise changed so as to accommodate an additional dwelling unit or commercial business, be it one room or more, but said change does constitute an additional sewer unit and shall require a one-time fee equal to the amount of the appropriate permit and inspection fee for that class of building.

§ 250-21 Old building sewers.

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this Part 2.

§ 250-22 Construction standards.

A. The size, slope, alignment, materials or 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 Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9, or any current revisions thereof, shall apply.

B. 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.

C. 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 directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.

D. 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 Village or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9, or any current revisions thereof. 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.

§ 250-23 Notification for inspection; supervision of connection.

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.

§ 250-24 Excavations.

All excavations for a 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 Village.

§ 250-25 Maintenance of sewer lateral.

[Amended 3-2-2011 by L.L. No. 4-2011]

Subsequent maintenance of the sewer lateral from the building to the sewer main shall be as follows:

A. Cleaning shall be the responsibility of the property owner.

B. Repairs and/or replacement shall be the responsibility of the property owner except that for repairs within the public right-of-way on Village streets, the Village shall supply the following:

(1) Material only.

(a) Stone.

(b) Sand.

(2) Labor and material.

(a) Sidewalk.

(b) Blacktop.

(3) For repeat problems occurring more than once in a five-year period, if the Village personnel determine that the repeat excavation is caused by inappropriate use of the sewer, such as the flushing of diapers or sanitary napkins, the cost of labor and material provided by the Village shall be charged back to the property owner, and if not paid within 60 days, the cost shall be assessed on the next Village tax bill.

(4) For work occurring within the right-of-way of state or county streets, roads or highways, the Village shall provide the material listed in Subsection B(1) above if approved by the appropriate state or county agency having jurisdiction over the repair.

C. On Village streets, all work is to be supervised by Village personnel. No backfilling shall be permitted until the work is inspected by Village personnel.

D. All repairs which require excavation on or off the property being served by the sewer shall require a permit issued by the Village Clerk. A fee for the permit shall be established by resolution of the Village Board.

E. For state or county streets, roads or highways, work shall be performed in accordance with the rules of those jurisdictions.