A.
Adequate notice must be given to the Administrator in advance of
any contemplated sewer construction, paving, road widening or other
work to be done by any municipality, utility company, authority, corporation,
contractor, plumber or individual which would or could in any way
affect, obstruct, damage or disturb any part of a County sewage works
or which is intended to be attached thereto. If any road work, public
or private, construction or other work requires, in the judgment of
the Administrator, the extension or addition of a building sewer or
house connection, said work shall be accomplished by the County at
the cost and expense of the party responsible or for whose convenience
such work becomes necessary unless the Administrator permits said
party to do the same at its own cost and expense.
B.
All proposed construction for purposes of connection and disconnection
to and from a County sewage works shall be subject to review and approval
by the Administrator prior to the actual commencement of construction.
Before any connection, disconnection or construction shall be made,
covered and backfilled, the applicant shall notify the Administrator
that the work is ready for inspection. After completion of inspection
and such testing as the Administrator shall direct and approve, the
actual connection or disconnection may be made, backfilled and covered.
Any municipality, utility company, authority, corporation, contractor,
plumber or individual who, while constructing or installing facilities
under, in or over any road, highway or easement area, thereby causes
damage to any part of a County sewage works shall immediately notify
the office of the Administrator of such damage. Immediately and under
the supervision of the Administrator, the parties responsible shall,
at their own cost and expense, have the damage repaired or replaced
with new materials in accordance with County standards and specifications
unless the Administrator elects at his option to cause the necessary
work to be done by the County at the cost and expense of the parties
causing such damage.
A.
Prior to granting approval for any sewer construction or connection,
the Administrator may require the applicant to supply, at his own
cost and expense, maps, plans, reports, specifications and other data
which properly describe the proposed work. The applicant may be required
to post bonds, undertakings, guaranties and insurance policies in
forms and amounts acceptable to the Administrator to guarantee completion
of the proposed work and restoration and to indemnify and save harmless
the County of Suffolk and its officers, agents, servants and employees
from damage or loss arising out of or in connection with the work.
B.
No more than one premises, structure or building shall be serviced
through a single building sewer or connection without the prior written
approval of the Administrator.
C.
Building sewers, connections and sewers shall be constructed in a
first-class workmanlike manner with approved materials, all to the
satisfaction of the Administrator.
D.
Where
the flood level rims of plumbing fixtures are below the elevation
of the manhole cover of the next upstream manhole in the public sewer,
such fixtures shall be protected by a backwater valve installed in
the building drain, branch of the building drain or horizontal branch
serving such fixtures. Plumbing fixtures having flood level rims above
the elevation of the manhole cover of the next upstream manhole in
the public sewer shall not discharge through a backwater valve. Backwater
valves shall be installed so that access is provided to the working
parts for service and repair, and in accordance with Section 715 of
the Plumbing Code of New York State.
[Added 8-21-2012 by L.L. No. 53-2012[1]]
E.
A permit holder shall be responsible for maintaining and causing
to be repaired or replaced, to the satisfaction of the Administrator,
any and all County, municipal or utility facilities damaged or destroyed
due to the construction of the building sewer or connection, including
but not limited to pavements, curbs, sidewalks, trees, shrubs, telephone,
water, gas and electric lines, storm sewers and sanitary sewers. After
the installation of a building drain, building sewer, sewage pumping
station, or connection, the owner and occupant of the premises shall
be responsible for the maintenance thereof.
[Amended 8-21-2012 by L.L. No. 53-2012]
F.
The Administrator is hereby authorized to promulgate, adopt and amend
guidelines, specifications, rules and regulations for all sewer construction,
additions, modifications and repairs of public sewers and building
sewers. The guidelines, specifications, rules and regulations shall
cover, among other things, construction and testing procedures and
materials. A copy thereof shall be kept on file in the Administrator's
office.
[Amended 5-11-2004 by L.L. No. 12-2004]
In the event a building connected to County sewage works is, or is to be, abandoned or demolished or the certificate of occupancy is revoked or withdrawn, the connection to the County sewage works shall, at the cost and expense of the property owner and after issuance of a disconnect permit, pursuant to § 740-20 of Article IV of this chapter, be disconnected at the original point of connection to the County sewage works, and the public sewer stub shall be plugged in a manner satisfactory to the Administrator. If the property owner fails to so disconnect and plug the public sewer stub, then the Administrator may do so at the cost and expense of the property owner and this expense shall become a lien against the property. The plugged public sewer stub shall be inspected prior to the start of any other reconstruction work on the site.
A.
Where the use of cesspools, septic tanks or overflow pools is discontinued
following connections to sewage works, the owner of the property containing
such cesspools, septic tanks or overflow pools shall have such structures
properly emptied, cleaned and backfilled with earth, sand or other
clean material acceptable to the Administrator.
