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 written permit
from the Superintendent.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any storm cooling water or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary
sewer. Swimming pool drains shall not be connected to any sanitary
sewer.
B.
In either case, a permit application shall be submitted to the Superintendent. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent, in the judgment of the Superintendent. A fee established by § 110-142 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:
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. Such lateral sewer shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this connection to the public sewer is required. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §§ 110-34 and 110-106 and the lateral connection made and tested as directed by the Superintendent. Plans and specifications shall be prepared and submitted for approval pursuant to this chapter.
Dry sewers shall be designed and installed in
accordance to this chapter.
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 one of the following:
A.
Tar-coated, service-grade, cast-iron soil pipe conforming
to ASTM Specification A-74, Cast Iron Pipe and Fittings. All dimensions,
weight and markings of the pipe shall conform to the requirements
of ANSI, Designation A112.5.1, except spigot ends shall be plain end
if gasket joints are used.
B.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and fittings conforming
to ASTM Specification D-3034-73, SDR-35 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Sewer
Pipe and Fittings. All pipe shall be suitable for gravity sewer service.
Provisions shall be made for contraction and expansion at each joint
with a rubber ring. The bell shall consist of an integral wall section
stiffened with two PVC retainer rings which securely lock the solid
cross-section ring into position. Minimum pipe stiffness (F/Y) at
five-percent deflection shall be 46 psi when tested in accordance
with ASTM Specification D-2412.
C.
Any part of the building or street lateral that is
located within five feet of a water main or water service shall be
constructed of cast-iron soil pipe. Cast-iron soil pipe may be required
by the Superintendent where the building or street lateral is likely
to be damaged by tree roots. If installed on fill or unstable ground,
the building or street lateral shall be of cast-iron soil pipe, although
other pipe lateral may be permitted if such pipe is uniformly supported
on a poured concrete cradle approved by the Superintendent. The distance
between consecutive joints, as measured along the center line of the
installed pipe, shall not be less than 10 feet, except under abnormal
circumstances, in which case this dimension may be diminished, if
approved by the Superintendent. The size and slope of building and
street laterals shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent,
but in no event shall the internal pipe diameter be less than four
inches nor shall the pipe slope be less than 1/4 inch per foot.
At the point of connection of a street lateral
to a main sewer, a standard wye fitting and sufficient one-eighth-bend
(forty-five-degree) fittings shall be used. The wye fittings shall
be installed so that flow in the arm shall transition smoothly into
the flow in the public sewer. No lateral connection shall be made
to the public sewer which permits the flow into the public sewer from
the lateral to enter at right angles.
The street lateral, including the wye and one-eighth-bend
fittings, shall be connected to the main sewer at the time of constructing
the main sewer for each proposed lot for either immediate or future
development. Laterals installed for future development shall be fitted
a standard plug approved for use by the Superintendent. All sewer
connections shall be via a properly installed saddle on the main sewer
pipe. No portion of the lateral pipe shall protrude into the main
sewer pipe. The location of all lateral connections shall be field
marked with a two-by-six-inch corrosion- and rot-resistant board.
The marker board shall extend from the depth of the lateral to a minimum
of two feet above grade. The location of all lateral connections shall
be indicated on a drawing and four copies of this drawing, showing
the as-built location of these connections, shall be furnished to
the Superintendent. A refundable deposit shall be placed with the
Village of Carthage to assure receipt of these as-builts. The deposit
shall be placed when application is made; the amount of the deposit
shall be $100 per sheet of plans showing locations of lateral connections.
No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by the Village of Carthage until
four copies of this record drawing have been so filed with the Superintendent
and the Superintendent has approved the submitted drawings.
When any street lateral is to serve a school, hospital or similar institution or public housing or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings or which, in the opinion of the Superintendent, will receive wastewater or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building or street lateral is anticipated, then such street lateral shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this type of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Superintendent. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §§ 110-34 and 110-106 and the lateral connection made thereto as directed by the Superintendent.
Whenever possible, the building lateral shall
be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
Building laterals laid parallel to a bearing wall shall not be installed
closer than three feet to such wall. The building lateral 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. Changes of direction of 90° or greater shall be
made with a cleanout which extends to grade, terminating in a terminal
box set in concrete. The ends of all building or street laterals which
are not connected to the interior plumbing of the building for any
reason shall be sealed against infiltration by a suitable stopper,
plug or by other approved means.
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.
All excavations required for the installation
of a building or a street lateral shall be open trench work unless
otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfilling,
regardless of pipe material used, shall be performed in general accordance
with Paragraphs 3 through 6 of ASTM Specification C-12, except that
trench width, measured at the top of the installed pipe, shall not
exceed the outside pipe diameter plus 14 inches, and except that no
backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. The depth
of cover over the pipe shall be sufficient to afford protection from
frost, but in any case such depth shall not be less than four feet.
All joints and connections shall be made watertight.
Poured joints for cast-iron pipe shall be firmly
packed with oakum or hemp and the annulus filled with an approved
compound not less than one inch deep. Said compound shall be run in
with a single pouring and caulked tight, if appropriate for the compound
used. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the
jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved.
The transition joint between cast-iron pipe and other pipe materials
shall be made with special adapters and jointing materials approved
by the Superintendent. If such joints are hot poured, the material
shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the
joint when subjected to a temperature of 160° F. nor be soluble
in any of the wastes carried by the lateral.
Premolded gaskets may be used for hub and plain
end cast-iron pipe joints and joints with fittings, if approved by
the Superintendent. The gasket shall be a neoprene compression-type
unit which provides a positive seal in the assembled joint. The gasket
shall be a premolded, one-piece unit, designed for joining the cast-iron
hub and plain end soil pipe and fittings. The assembled joint shall
be sealed by compression of the gasket between the exterior surface
of the spigot and the interior surface of the hub. The joint shall
be assembled following the manufacturer's recommendations using acceptable
lubricant and special pipe coupling tools designed for that purpose.
The plain spigot end shall be forced into the hub end of the pipe
for the full depth of the hub itself. Lubricant shall be a bland,
flax-base, nontoxic material and shall not chemically attack the gasket
material.
Joints for PVC sewer pipe shall follow the manufacturer's recommendations, using properly designed couplings and rubber gaskets pursuant to the published information relating thereto and conforming to the applicable ASTM specification identified in § 110-54.
A.
The connection of the building lateral to an existing street lateral shall be made at the property line. Except as provided under § 110-29, if a street lateral has not previously been provided, the street lateral will be constructed from the existing public sewer to the property line by a licensed plumber at the owner's expense. The street lateral shall be installed with a properly sealed and covered cleanout to grade located at the property line. The cleanout shall terminate in a metal box embedded in concrete.
B.
The cost of constructing the street lateral from the
existing public sewer to the property line shall be at the property
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.
C.
The property owner shall indemnify the Village of
Carthage from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be
occasioned by the installation of the building lateral.
D.
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner
to maintain, repair or replace the building lateral, as needed.
E.
The method of connection of the building lateral to
the street lateral will be dependent upon the type of sewer pipe material
and, in all cases, shall be approved by the Superintendent. After
installation of the street lateral has been approved by the Superintendent,
the new street lateral shall become the property of the Village of
Carthage. Any subsequent repairs to the new street laterals shall
be made by the Village of Carthage at the Village of Carthage's expense.
If, in the judgment of the Superintendent, it
is determined that a building lateral, without a property line cleanout,
needs repair or replacement, the Village of Carthage may install a
cleanout at the property line, at the property owner's expense, such
that the street lateral can be maintained independently of the building
lateral.
Any existing street lateral which, upon examination
by the Superintendent, is determined to be in need of replacement
will be replaced with a new street lateral with a property line cleanout.
The replacement street lateral shall be constructed by a licensed
plumber. The cost of constructing the replacement street lateral and
cleanout shall be at the property owner's expense. Once the replacement
street lateral and cleanout have been constructed and approved by
the Superintendent, the new street lateral shall become the property
of the Village of Carthage. Any repairs to new street laterals shall
be made by the Village of Carthage at the Village of Carthage's expense.
The street lateral, building lateral or the
combined lateral shall be tested for infiltration/exfiltration by:
A.
The applicant for the building lateral permit shall
notify the Superintendent when the building lateral is ready for inspection
and connection is to be made to the street lateral. The connection
shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent.
B.
The applicant for the street lateral permit shall
notify the Superintendent when the street lateral is ready for inspection
and connection is to be made to the main sewer. The 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 Carthage Department of Public Works (DPW) shall complete road and shoulder restoration to the Village of Carthage 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 § 110-48.
A.
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 forty-five-degree
branch with removable plug or test tee and so positioned that sewer
cleaning equipment can be inserted therein to clean the building lateral.
B.
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 Carthage. The
property owner shall indemnify the Village of Carthage 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.
