No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a building permit or an application
for sewer hook-up from the Village Clerk.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling
water or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer. Swimming
pool drains and sump pumps shall not be connected to any sanitary
sewer.
A. There shall be two classes of sewer lateral permits:
(1) For residential, commercial and institutional service.
(2) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. In either case, a permit application shall be submitted to the Superintendent. All commercial, institutional and industrial lateral connections must first receive an approved permit from Monroe County Pure Waters at the developer's expense. An approved Monroe County Pure Waters connection permit must be included with the building permit application. The building permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent, in the judgment of the Superintendent. A fee, as established in §
185-79, shall accompany the application.
A. A separate and independent building lateral shall be provided for
every building requiring sanitary facilities. When, however, there
is a building behind a front building, the second building may use
the front building's building lateral if there is no other way to
provide sanitary service to the back building.
B. New street laterals and/or building laterals shall not go under building
basements. In like fashion, a building shall not be constructed over
an existing lateral; the lateral shall be relocated after the Superintendent
has approved plans showing the relocation. If relocation is not physically
possible then the lateral shall be:
(1) Exposed and totally encapsulated in not less than three inches of
concrete; or
(2) Exposed and walled and the building rooms above positively ventilated
outdoors.
C. All existing manholes in or under the basement shall be sealed airtight
in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent. No new manholes shall
be constructed on the portion of the lateral under the building.
When building laterals are to serve multiple dwelling structures,
the building lateral shall be sized in accordance with the metered
water use and with sound professional engineering judgment.
Where a lateral sewer is to serve a complex of industrial, commercial,
institutional or dwelling structures, special design of the building
lateral system shall be required. Plans and specifications shall be
prepared, by a professional licensed to practice sewer design in New
York State, and submitted for approval pursuant to this chapter and
the Village of Churchville Development Guidelines, as amended.
Dry sewers shall be designed and installed in accordance to
this chapter and the Village of Churchville Development Guidelines,
as amended.
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new
buildings only when they are found, on examination by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this chapter.
Building and street lateral pipe materials shall be as specified
in the Village of Churchville Development Guidelines, as amended.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such drain
shall be lifted by mechanical means and discharged to the building
lateral, on approval of the Superintendent.
A. The connection of the sewer lateral to an existing sanitary sewer shall be made as specified in the Village of Churchville Development Guidelines, as amended. Except as provided under §
185-26, if a lateral has not previously been provided, the lateral will be constructed from the existing public sewer to the property line, by a licensed plumber, at the owner's expense. The lateral shall be installed with a properly sealed and covered cleanout to grade, located at the property line.
B. The cost of constructing the lateral from the existing public sewer
to the property line shall be at the owner's expense; all subsequent
costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection of
the building lateral shall also be borne by the owner.
If, in the judgment of the Superintendent, it is determined
that a lateral, without a property line cleanout, needs repair or
replacement, the Village of Churchville may install a cleanout at
the property line at the owner's expense.
Any existing lateral which, upon examination by the Superintendent,
is determined to be in need of replacement will be replaced with a
new lateral with a property line cleanout. The replacement lateral
shall be constructed by a licensed plumber. The cost of constructing
the replacement street lateral and cleanout shall be at the owner's
expense.
The street lateral, building lateral or combined lateral shall
be tested for infiltration/exfiltration as required in the Village
of Churchville Development Guidelines, as amended.
The applicant for the building lateral permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building lateral is ready for inspection and connection to the street lateral is to be made. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent. When street laterals are installed pursuant to §
185-23, the property owner, builder or developer shall notify the Superintendent when the street lateral is ready for inspection and connection to the main sewer, and such connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent.
When trenches are excavated for the laying of building lateral
pipes or for laying of street lateral pipes, such trenches shall be
inspected by the Superintendent. Before the trenches are backfilled,
the person performing such work shall notify the Superintendent when
the laying of the building lateral is completed, and no backfilling
of trenches shall begin until approval is obtained from the Superintendent.
All excavations for constructing building laterals shall be adequately protected 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 Superintendent. When installation requires disturbance of paved public roads and shoulders, restoration shall involve backfilling to road grade. Shortly thereafter, the Village of Churchville Department of Public Works (DPW) shall complete road and shoulder restoration to Village of Churchville standards. The cost for such final road and shoulder restoration by the DPW shall be included with the fees paid with the application for the permit required in §
185-27.
An interior cleanout fitting shall be provided for each building
lateral at a readily accessible location, preferably just inside the
basement wall. The fitting shall contain a 45° branch with removable
plug or test tee, and so positioned that sewer cleaning equipment
can be inserted therein to clean the building lateral. The cleanout
diameter shall be no less than the building lateral diameter.
All costs associated with the provisions of this article shall
be borne by the property owner unless specifically stated or agreed
to be a cost borne by the Village of Churchville. The property owner
shall indemnify the Village of Churchville from any loss or damage
that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation
of the building and street laterals and connections and appurtenances.