Town of Cortlandt, NY
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2024-01-23
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 241 Sewers
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Article IV Backwater Traps and Valves
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 9 Capital Improvement Projects
- Ch 10 Capital Reserve Fund
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Conservation Advisory Council
- Ch 21 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25 Disaster and Emergency Services, Office of
- Ch 29 Emergency Medical Treatments/Advance Life Support Advisory Council
- Ch 30 Technical Services, Department of
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Environmental Services, Department of
- Ch 35 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 41 Finance, Department of
- Ch 44 Fire Prevention
- Ch 45 Greenway Compact
- Ch 47 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 59 Law, Department of
- Ch 61 Meetings
- Ch 64 Notification of Defects
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 77 Planning and Community Development
- Ch 81 Pollution Control Board
- Ch 85 Purchasing, Department of
- Ch 91 Records Management
- Ch 92 Recreation and Conservation, Department of
- Ch 95 Superintendent of Highways, Abolishment of
- Ch 97 Tenant-Landlord Advisory Board
- Ch 99 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 104 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 113 Alarm Systems
- Ch 117 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 121 Animals
- Ch 127 Bingo
- Ch 131 Building Construction
- Ch 135 Buildings, Dangerous
- Ch 139 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 142 Cannabis
- Ch 145 (Reserved)
- Ch 149 Code Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 153 Drop-Off Bins
- Ch 154 Dumpsters
- Ch 155 Electrical Standards; Plumbing
- Ch 156 Energy Conservation
- Ch 157 Excavations and Topsoil Removal
- Ch 161 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 168 Fees
- Ch 170 Filming
- Ch 171 Fireworks
- Ch 175 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 179 Freshwater Wetlands, Water Bodies and Watercourses
- Ch 185 Games of Chance
- Ch 187 Graffiti
- Ch 188 Highways and Roads
- Ch 191 Licensing
- Ch 193 Living Quarters, Temporary
- Ch 195 Multichannel Service Providers
- Ch 197 Noise
- Ch 208 Parades
- Ch 211 Parking
- Ch 215 Peddling, Soliciting and Canvassing
- Ch 219 Plumbing
- Ch 221 Property Maintenance
- Ch 223 Public Markets and Similar Businesses
- Ch 228 Recreational Areas
- Ch 230 Rental Property
- Ch 233 School Crossing Guards
- Ch 237 Security Deposits
- Ch 240 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 241 Sewers
- Ch 241 Art IV Backwater Traps and Valves
- § 241-15 Backwater traps and valves.
- § 241-16 Engineer authorized to stop overflow.
- Ch 245 Signs
- Ch 249 (Reserved)
- Ch 253 Sludge and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 255 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 257 Solid Waste
- Ch 259 Steep Slopes
- Ch 261 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 262 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 263 Storm Sewers
- Ch 265 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 275 Taxation
- Ch 277 Telecommunications Towers
- Ch 278 Tobacco and Nicotine Products, Sale of
- Ch 279 Town Charges, Payment of
- Ch 281 Transient and Nontransient Lodging
- Ch 283 Trees
- Ch 287 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 289 Vehicles, All-Terrain
- Ch 291 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 297 Water
- Ch 299 Water and Sewer Payments, Collection of
- Ch 301 Watercourses, Diversion of
- Ch 307 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
In every case where a plumbing outlet or plumbing
fixture is installed or located below the elevation of the curb or
property line, an approved type of backwater trap or an approved type
of backwater sewer valve shall be installed between the outlet and
the public sewer in such a manner as to prevent sewage from flowing
back or backing up into any such outlet or plumbing fixture. Every
such trap or valve shall be installed in the basement in a box or
manhole of concrete, cast iron or other material approved by the Building
Inspector so that it will be readily accessible at all times. The
trap or valve shall be placed only in the drain line serving the fixtures
that are located below the elevation of the above-mentioned curb or
property line, and no drainage from fixtures located above this elevation
shall pass through such trap or valve.
Whenever it shall come to the attention of the Engineer that sewage is overflowing from any plumbing fixture which is below the grade of the manhole in the street or right-of-way due to the backing up of sewage in the public sewer, or due to the pressure in the public sewer or due to any cause whatsoever, except a temporary stoppage in any such plumbing fixture, said Engineer may order and require such plumbing fixture to be plugged up or capped or may require that a backwater trap or backwater sewer valve, required by § 241-15, be installed to prevent such overflow.
