No person shall uncover, make any connections
with or opening into or use, alter, disturb or discharge into any
public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written
permit from the Administrator or Town Board where designated.
There shall be two classes of building sewer
permits: for residential and commercial service, and for service to
establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner
or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by
the Administrator. The permit application shall be accompanied by
plans, profiles, specifications or other information considered pertinent
by the Administrator. All permit applications for service to establishments
producing industrial wastes shall be subject to Town Board approval
after a public hearing. A permit and inspection fee for a residential
or commercial building sewer permit or for an industrial building
sewer permit in the amount prescribed in a fee schedule adopted by
the Town Board shall be paid to that sewer district in which the property
is located at the time that the application is filed.
A. The owner of any public sewage system located within
any sewer district, other than a system owned and operated by that
sewer district, must receive the written approval of the Administrator
before a connection of all or any part of the system can be made to
the sewer system. Where the public sewage system is operating, a condition
of approval shall require the owner to provide the Administrator with
as-built drawings of the sewage system to be connected, as well as
any additional data he may require to determine the quantity and character
of sewage flow to be discharged to the sewage system. Where the public
sewage system is not operating, and initial service will be provided
by that sewer district, as-built drawings of the sewage system for
which connection approval is requested shall be furnished to the Administrator,
as well as the results of infiltration and exfiltration tests made
under the supervision of and certified by a professional engineer
licensed in the State of New York, prior to the connection of any
system thereto. Infiltration of such sewer shall not exceed 200 gallons
per inch of diameter per mile of sewer per day. The owner of the public
sewage system shall, before the system is accepted, make repairs as
necessary when excessive infiltration is located. Such repairs shall
be subject to the approval of the Administrator.
B. The Administrator reserves the right to perform such
studies, measurements and tests to ensure compliance with the requirements
of this article.
All costs and expenses in installing and connecting
a public sewage system or building sewer to the Town sewage system
shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify that sewer
district in which the property is located for any loss or damage that
might be occasioned by the installation and connection of such public
sewage system or building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building, except where one building stands at
the rear of another on a separate interior lot and no 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; but each shall be considered a separate unit for the
purpose of sewage service charges.
Existing building sewers may be used in conjunction
with new buildings only when they are found, upon inspection and testing
by the Administrator, to meet all requirements of this Part 1 and
any other specifications adopted by the Administrator.
A. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within
three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The
depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. 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.
B. 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 Administrator. In no case shall the diameter of the building
sewer be less than four inches between the building drain and the
main public sewer or public septic tank. The slope of the pipe shall
be not 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.
C. Old building sewers. The lines outside the 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 specifications,
and if not meeting said specifications in their entirety, may be used
with special approval of the Administrator.
D. All excavations required for the installation of a
building sewer shall be open trench work, unless otherwise approved
by the Administrator. Pipe-laying and backfilling shall be performed
in accordance with the pipe manufacturer's recommendation, but in
any event shall conform to the following minimum standards:
(1) The ditch shall be straight and true and to uniform
grade insofar as possible.
(2) The bottom of trench shall be shaped by hand to receive
pipe or a minimum of three inches of compacted sand shall be placed
in the trench bottom to receive the pipe.
(3) Where rock is encountered in the excavation of the
trench, the rock shall be excavated at least four inches below the
grade of the pipe and covered with compacted sand to provide a sand
bed for the pipe.
(4) After placing pipe and making joints as per requirements,
earth backfill shall be placed to the height of the top of the pipe
and tamped.
(5) One foot of earth fill free from rocks will then be
placed and tamped.
(6) The remainder of the trench shall then be backfilled,
but all such trenches in Town roads shall be filled in one-inch layers
and tamped before additional dirt is added.
(7) Where a trench enters paved Town roads, a street opening
permit shall be secured from the Superintendent of Highways, and all
work will conform to the requirements of the highway specifications.
E. Where it is necessary to connect the building sewer
directly to the public sewer, such connections shall be made by a
qualified plumber or sewer contractor under the direction of and in
the method specified by the Administrator. The connection shall be
made by carefully making a hole in the upper half of the public sewer,
inserting a special branch connection or saddle-like adapter and properly
securing this branch connection to the public sewer so that this branch
connection is firm and watertight. All such building sewers shall
meet the same leakage test as specified for sanitary sewers, and such
test shall be performed at the expense of the owner and witnessed
by an inspector before backfill is permitted. No backfill shall be
placed until the work has been inspected by the Administrator or his
representative. Building sewers and water service branches or connections
will not be laid in the same trench.
F. All joints shall be watertight and gastight.
G. New materials and methods of construction. Alternate
materials and methods may be used only if they have been specifically
approved by the Administrator. He may approve any alternate, provided
that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent
of this Part 1 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.
H. Repairs to sewage connections shall be made with such
material as is provided for by this Part 1 for new work insofar as
is practical.
I. The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction
of a building sewer and appurtenances, and the methods to be used
in excavating, placing of the building sewer pipe, jointing, testing
and backfilling the trench, shall conform to the requirements of the
specifications for the installation of building sewers as adopted
by the Town Board and all applicable provisions of any other rules
and regulations of the Town, or of the County of Orange and the State
of New York, whichever requirement is more strict. In the absence
of any requirements, 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, shall apply. All connections
of building sewers to a public sewage system shall be gastight and
watertight. Any deviations from the prescribed materials and construction
procedures must be approved by the Administrator prior to installation.
J. The building sewer shall be constructed of vitrified
clay sewer pipe, cast-iron soil pipe or cement-asbestos sewer pipe.
A strength classification will be selected on the basis of depth of
burial in accordance with the standards of the manufacturer or product
association.
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, sewage carried by such building
drain shall be lifted by a method approved by the Administrator and
discharged to a gravity-flow building sewer.
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 to a public sewer.
The applicant for the connection of any building
sewer to a public sewage system owned or maintained by any sewer district
shall notify the Administrator when the building sewer is ready for
inspection and connection to the public sewer. In no case shall any
underground portions of the building sewer be covered or connection
to the public sewer made without the approval and/or supervision of
the Administrator or his representative. Permission to activate the
building sewer will be given only after satisfactory final inspection
has been made and approval given by the Administrator.
Trench water will not be allowed to enter the
public sewer unless specifically authorized by the Administrator.
The building sewer trench shall be completely dewatered before the
tap is made into the public sewer system.
All excavations for building sewer excavations
shall comply with all federal, state and local safety regulations
and 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 work shall be restored
in a manner satisfactory to the Administrator and appropriate municipal
authorities.
Building sewers shall be maintained, serviced
and repaired by the owner of the property served from the building
drain to a point within one foot of the Y in the street, if connected
to a public sewer in a public right-of-way, and to within two feet
of the public sewer located in an easement across private property.
In the event that a property is unable to discharge sewage into the
public sewer, it will be presumed that the fault is in the private
building sewer unless contrary facts are in evidence. Evidence of
willful damage to a building sewer being served by a public sewer
shall be considered a violation of this Part 1.
In any sewer district where public septic tanks
are used as a part of the treatment and disposal process, such septic
tanks shall be pumped out a minimum of every four years in a staggered
program such that at least 25% are pumped out every year. Inspection
of septic tanks, both for their sludge content and their physical
condition and condition of appurtenances, shall be performed annually.
Annual inspection will be used to determine the need, if any, for
more frequent pumping of certain tanks. The landowner shall be notified
by written communication of the Town's intent to enter upon the property
for the purpose of monitoring and/or pumping of septic tank and/or
appurtenances. Such notice shall give the landowner no less than two
weeks' notice of such intent and shall indicate, to the extent practicable,
the specific date or dates of such entrance upon the property.
Before any building whose building sewer is
connected to a public sewer is demolished, the owner thereof shall
conform with the requirements established by the Administrator. The
cutoff or plugging of the building sewer shall be done with the permission
and under the supervision of the Administrator.