A.
Description. The sanitary sewer system of the Village
of Chester consists of lateral and trunk sewers laid in streets and
rights-of-way.
B.
Use and purpose. Design of the system is based on
collection of domestic sewage only, and approval by the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation was given for construction
and use of sewers for this purpose only. No connection will be permitted
to the sanitary sewer system which will carry or deliver any substance
or material other than domestic sewage or such industrial wastes as
are specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. Domestic sewage
consists of solid or liquid wastes from toilets, sinks, laundry or
bath tubs, shower baths or equivalent plumbing fixtures. Drainage
or flow from roofs, cellars, yards, springs, wells, swimming pools
or roadways is not domestic sewage, and drainage therefrom into the
sanitary sewer system is prohibited. Purposes of these rules and regulations
are specifically stated as follows:
(1)
To prohibit excessive volume and/or inordinate rates
of flow of sewage and wastes into the Village of Chester system and
all sewers tributary thereto.
(2)
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes of a flammable nature or which in any way create
a poisonous or hazardous environment for sewerage maintenance and
operation personnel.
(3)
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes which may impair the hydraulic capacity, operation
of the intercepting sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage
regulators and other structures and appurtenances of the Village of
Chester system and sewers tributary thereto.
(4)
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at
the water pollution control plant as it now exists or may be constructed,
modified or improved in the future.
(5)
To prohibit and/or regulate the contribution of sewage,
industrial wastes or other wastes which require, for treatment at
the plant, greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes
of normal sewage.
(6)
To require, before introduction into the Village of
Chester sewerage system or sewers tributary thereto, the pretreatment
or flow control of such wastes as may impair the strength and/or durability
of the structures appurtenant to the system or may interfere with
normal treatment process or may impair the designated uses of the
classified receiving waters.
(7)
To provide cooperation with the Orange County Department
of Health and any other agencies which have requirements or jurisdiction
for the protection of the physical, chemical and bacteriological quality
of watercourses within or bounding the county.
(8)
To protect the public health and prevent nuisances.
C.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES or BOARD
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER (also referred to herein as "house sewer" or
"sewer connection")
COMBINED SEWER
CONTAMINATION
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MUNICIPAL OR PUBLIC SEWER
NATURAL OUTLET
PERSON
pH
POLLUTION
PRETREATMENT
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SEWER INSPECTOR
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
SLUG
SPDES
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
VILLAGE
WATERCOURSE
Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the
following terms shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the
meanings herein indicated:
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Chester, New York.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
Any sewer or part thereof which connects a public or private
building with the Village sewer and extends from the Village sewer
to the building or house foundation wall.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by
waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through
poisoning or through spread of disease.
Solid wastes from preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
Liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
Sewer pipelines of the Village of Chester in streets, alleys or rights-of-way obtained by the Village of Chester. Such term shall also include the service connection pipeline up to the inside edge of the sidewalk or, if there is no sidewalk, up to the point of connection as defined under § 79-3 herein.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, elimination of
pollutants or alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in
wastewater to a less harmful state before or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a publicly owned treatment
works. Reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except
as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6. General Pretreatment Regulations of
Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
Wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food,
shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely
under flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no
particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A treatment works as defined by § 1292 of Title
33 of the United States Code (33 U.S.C. § 1292). Includes
any sewers that convey wastewater to the publicly owned treatment
works but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not
connected to a facility providing treatment.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with
such ground-, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The person appointed as the authorized agent of the Board
of Trustees or his duly authorized deputy or representative in matters
falling under this chapter.
Any user who:
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more
per average workday;
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the
wastewater system of the Village;
Has in his wastes toxic pollutants, as defined
pursuant to § 1317 of Title 33 of the United States Code
(33 U.S.C. § 1317);
Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial
categories pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1317; or
Is found by the Village to have significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the treatment or collection system.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, for any period of
duration longer than 15 minutes, exceeds more than five times the
average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation
and adversely affects the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
State Pollution Discharge Elimination System established
by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of
New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges to waters
of the State of New York.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
The Village of Chester, New York.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
D.
Word usage, "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
A.
Sewer Inspector. The Board of Trustees shall appoint
a Sewer Inspector, who shall be the Board's authorized agent in matters
falling under this chapter and who shall exercise those powers which
are delegated to him in this chapter or which may be reasonably required
to carry out such powers. He shall report to the Board upon applications
for sewer connections, inspect and approve construction of such sewer
connections and report to the Board any violations of these regulations.
B.
Access to private property, Employees of the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) shall be granted
access to any industrial property served by the sanitary sewer system
for official purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing. Such inspections shall be made during normal operating
hours of the premises served. The Sewer Inspector shall accompany
all such governmental inspection parties to observe and confirm findings
and serve as the Board's official representative during such inspections.
C.
Drain-layer permit. No plumber, contractor or other
qualified person shall make connections to the Village sewer system
or lay any sewers unless he has a permit to do so and has been designated
as a drain layer. No such permit will be issued to any such person
unless he presents to the Board satisfactory evidence that he is capable
of laying sewer connections in a good and workmanlike manner and in
accordance with this chapter. The fee for each permit shall be as
established by the Board. Any person authorized as a drain layer shall
give personal attention to any work done under his permit and shall
employ only competent persons to do the work.
D.
Drain-layer duties; conduct of work; revocation of
permit.
(1)
Drain layers shall make a written report to the Sewer
Inspector of every connection or disconnection to or from the Village
sewer system, such report to be made within 24 hours after completion
of such connection or disconnection.
(2)
Drain layers must report to the Sewer Inspector in
writing, within 24 hours of the finding of them, a full description
of all obstructions in house drains or the presence of any substance
prohibited by this chapter. The presence of such prohibited substances
in house drains of any structure shall be prima facie evidence of
an offense against the regulations contained in this chapter by both
the owner and occupant of the premises or either of them.
(3)
The Board of Trustees may revoke or deny the application
for renewal of the permit of any person, firm or corporation authorized
as a drain layer who shall have violated any provision of this chapter,
or who shall refuse or neglect to correct any work deemed defective
or imperfect by the Sewer Inspector, or who shall refuse or neglect
to pay any fees, fines or penalties imposed under the provisions of
this chapter, provided that no such refusal of a permit shall be effective
unless at least 10 days' notice, in writing, is given by the Board
or its duly authorized agent to any such person, firm, or corporation,
stating the grounds for the proposed action by the Board and providing
for a time and place at which such person, firm or corporation may
show cause why proposed action should not be taken.
All buildings sewers or sewer connections shall
be laid and connected in accordance with the rules and regulations
herein set forth, and the repair, maintenance and extension of same
shall likewise conform to these rules and regulations. The property
owner shall bear the entire expense of all connections to the Village
sewer from the inside edge of the sidewalk to the house or building
or from the property line to the house or building where the connection
is made to a sewer main constructed within a right-of-way crossing
private property. If no sidewalk has been laid, such expense shall
be borne by the property owner from a point which shall be designated
by the Village as substantially at the inside edge of any walk which
might be laid in the future; but such point shall in no event be closer
than four feet to the edge of the existing pavement.
The owner of any house, building or property
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, commerce, manufacturing
or other purpose, situated within the Village and abutting on any
street, alley or right-of-way in which is, or may in the future be,
located a Village sewer, or if a Village sewer is otherwise available
or accessible to such house, building or property, is hereby required,
at his expense, to connect with the Village sewer and, also at his
expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect
such facilities directly with the public sewer in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter within 90 days after the date of official
notice to do so, or as directed by the Board of Trustees, provided
that the public sewer is within a distance of 100 feet (30.5 meters)
from the property line.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to:
A.
Place, deposit or permit to be deposited, in an unsanitary
manner, upon public or private property within the Village or in any
area under the jurisdiction of the Village any human or animal excrement,
garbage or other objectionable waste, except as provided in this chapter.
B.
Construct, use or maintain any privy, privy vault,
septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal
of sewage, except as provided in this chapter.
C.
Uncover any portion of the public sewers or connections
thereto or open any manhole or appurtenance of the sewerage system,
except under permit signed by the Sewer Inspector.
D.
Open any highway or public grounds for the purpose
of making any sewer connection or make or cause to be made any connection
with the public sewer, except under permit signed by the Sewer Inspector
and under his supervision.
E.
Break, cut or remove any pipe of the public sewer
system or make or cause to be made any connection to said public sewers,
except through connection branches provided for such purpose and except
under permit signed by the Sewer Inspector and under his supervision.
Location of said connection branches shall be designated by the Sewer
Inspector.
F.
Discharge or cause to be discharged into any public
sewer, directly or indirectly, any overflow or drainage from manure
pits, cesspools or other receptacles storing or constructed to store
organic wastes or surface water from yards, driveways or roadways.
G.
Connect or cause to be connected with any public sewer, either directly or indirectly, any sediment traps or pipes carrying or constructed to carry hot circulating water, acids, germicides, grease, brewery or distillery wash water or slops, gasoline, naphtha, benzine or similar liquid, oil or any other industrial or trade waste or any other substance detrimental, or deemed by the Sewer Inspector to be detrimental, to the Village sewers or to the operation of the sewerage system or the sewage treatment works, unless adequate and proper preliminary treatment appurtenances and apparatus, as may be approved by the Village, are installed and maintained at the owner's expense so that spent water delivered to the Village sewers will have a pH greater than 5.5 and less than 9.0, as determined by standard acid-alkalinity tests, and will be free from excess suspended matter capable of obstructing flow in sewers. (See Article II, Industrial Wastes, for more specific industrial waste restrictions.)
H.
Discharge drainage from washstands of public or private
garages, automobile washing stations, cleaning or dyeing works, laundries
or similar establishments where gasoline, oils or inflammable materials
are used or stored, unless such is equipped with an oil separator
of approved size and design. Such separator shall be constructed of
cast iron throughout and installed in a concrete pit or vault easily
accessible for cleaning, maintenance and inspection. The oil separator
shall be maintained by the establishment and cleaned often enough
that no oils or greases are discharged to the public sewers.
I.
Throw or deposit or cause or allow to be thrown or
deposited in any fixture, vessel, receptacle, inlet or opening directly
connected with any public sewer, any garbage which has not been properly
shredded or ground and flushed with an ample quantity of water. Use
of mechanical garbage grinders producing a finely divided mass properly
flushed with an ample quantity of water is permitted under these regulations.
J.
Allow any building sewer connected with the public
sewer to be also connected with any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool
or underground drain or with any channel conveying water or filth,
except such soil pipes and other plumbing work as shall have been
duly inspected and approved by the Sewer Inspector.
K.
Except as otherwise provided herein, throw or deposit
or cause or allow to be thrown or deposited in any fixture, vessel,
receptacle, inlet or opening connected with any public sewer any ashes,
cinders, rags, mud, straw, metal, hair, fleshings or similar waste
material, or dead animals, or waste material of any kind or character
(other than feces, urine, toilet paper, liquid house slops or properly
ground table garbage), or any other solid or viscous substances capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in the sewers or other interference
with proper operation of the sewerage system, or any other substances
which will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures
between 32° and 150° F.
L.
Discharge or cause to be discharged into any public
sewer any storm- or surface water, groundwater, subsurface drainage
or drainage or flow from roofs, cellars, cistern tanks, springs, wells
or swimming pools or, except as may be permitted by the Board of Trustees,
any discharge from a vehicle wash rack or wash motor or from any air-conditioning
machine or refrigeration unit, cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters.
M.
Discharge or cause to be discharged any waters or
wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance, a high chlorine
demand or suspended solids in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or
animals or create any hazard in the receiving waters or effluent of
the Village sewage treatment plant or exceed the limitation set forth
in a categorical pretreatment standard. Such toxic substances shall
be limited to the average concentrations listed herein in the sewage
and shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified
pursuant to § 1317(a) of Title 33 of the United States Code
[33 U.S.C. § 1317(a)]. If concentrations listed are exceeded,
individual establishments will be subject to control in volume and
concentration by the Board of Trustees.
A.
The Board of Trustees may, at any time in its discretion,
stop and prevent the discharge into sewers of any substance which
it considers may injure the sewers or interfere with their normal
operation or obstruct the flow or hinder any process of wastewater
treatment; and it may, at any time in its discretion, sever the connection
and cause the removal of any tributary sewer or drain through which
such detrimental substances are discharged.
B.
No action shall be taken by the Village to implement
the foregoing provisions unless the Village shall have given the owner
at least 48 hours' notice, in writing, stating the action to be taken
and the grounds therefor, except that such notice shall not be required
if immediate action is necessary to prevent injury to the Village
sanitary sewerage system or any part thereof.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available
or accessible, the building sewer shall be connected to a private
sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this chapter
and recommended installation requirements of the New York State Department
of Health, until such time as a public sanitary sewer becomes available.
A.
Before commencement of construction of a private sewage
disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a permit signed by the
Sewer Inspector. Application for such permit shall be made on a form
furnished by the Village, which form the applicant shall supplement
with any plans, specifications and other information deemed necessary
by the Board of Trustees or the Sewer Inspector.
B.
A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall
not become effective until installation is completed to the satisfaction
of the Sewer Inspector. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at
any stage of construction, and in any event, the applicant for the
permit shall notify the Sewer Inspector when the work is ready for
final inspection before any underground portions are covered. The
inspection shall be made within 48 hours or receipt of notice by the
Sewer Inspector or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Each building in the area served by a public
sewer must be connected separately and independently with the sewer
through the house or building connection branch directly opposite
the building or nearest in the downstream direction. Grouping of buildings
on one house sewer will not be permitted except by special permission
of the Board of Trustees and then, only for good reason.
A.
No house or building sewer connecting any property
with the Village sewer shall be of an internal diameter less than
four inches.
B.
Every building sewer connecting with Village sewers
shall be cast iron (ASTM Specification A74 or equal), vitrified earthenware,
asbestos-cement house connection pipe, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
(ABS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or other suitable material approved
by the Sewer Inspector. Cast-iron pipe only shall be used where, in
the opinion of the Sewer Inspector, conditions require its use. Copper
pipe may be used only inside a dwelling.
C.
All pipe shall be solidly laid to true grade and in
a straight line, as nearly as possible. All changes in direction shall
be made with properly curved pipe or fittings.
(1)
No earthenware pipe shall be laid at a depth less
than 36 inches. Pipe laid at a lesser depth must be of cast iron of
such grade as required by the Sewer Inspector, but shall be at least
medium-heavy cast iron if under a roadway.
(2)
All pipe must be covered to a depth of at least one
foot with fine earth, entirely free from stones and rubbish, and well
and carefully compacted.
(3)
No building or house sewer connection with the Village
sewer shall be laid at a grade of less than one-inch fall in four
feet without a written permit signed by the Sewer Inspector and specifying
the minimum grade that will be permitted. In removing plugs from existing
wye or tee branches in the Village sewer and connecting same, due
care shall be exercised to prevent any debris from entering the Village
sewer.
(4)
Rock excavation. Where rock is found in the bottom
of the trench, it shall be taken out at least four inches below the
bottom of the pipe and the space filled with sand, gravel or other
suitable material, thoroughly compacted. No blasting shall be done
within five feet of public or private sewers, and utmost care shall
be taken to prevent injury thereto.
D.
All earthenware pipe and specials must be of the best
quality, cylindrical, hard and in conformance with the latest ASTM
Specifications C261 or C278 for nonglazed vitrified pipe. Pipe shall
be bell and spigot pattern, vitrified throughout. All bells must be
of sufficient diameter to receive the full length of the spigot end
of the next following pipe or special without any chipping whatever
of either and also must leave sufficient space for bituminous jointing.
E.
All cast-iron pipe and specials must be sound, cylindrical
and smooth internally, free from cracks, sandholes or other defects,
of uniform thickness and of the grade known commercially as "medium"
or "extra heavy."
F.
All asbestos-cement pipe must conform to the current
American Society for Testing and Materials specifications for asbestos-cement
sewer pipe for house laterals or such other specifications approved
by the Board of Trustees.
G.
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) solid-wall sewer
service pipe shall be in conformance with ASTM Specification D2751,
with an SDR classification of 23.5. Pipe shall be designed for solvent-welded
joints.
H.
Polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) sewer service pipe shall
be in conformance with ASTM Specification D3034, with an SDR classification
of 33.5. Pipe shall be designed for rubber-compression gasket joints
meeting ASTM Specification D3212.
I.
Joints for building laterals.
(1)
Joints shall be gastight and watertight.
(2)
The greatest care must be taken to prevent entrance
of dirt or sand into any sewer pipe or connection. All joints for
vitrified pipe shall be made with a narrow gasket of dry hemp or jute,
long enough to go around the pipe and thick enough to hold the pipe
securely in its relative position so that inverts are on a line. The
gasket shall be carefully inserted between the bell and spigot and
well caulked with suitable hardwood or metal tools. The remainder
of the joint shall be filled with an approved bituminous mixture.
(3)
The compound used shall be approved by the Sewer Inspector
and shall be of a type which will not be affected by sewage or alkaline
or acid solutions. The compound shall not run at a temperature below
200° F. and shall have sufficient ductility at 32° F. to permit
slight movement of the pipe without cracking or breaking the adhesion
of the compound to the pipe. The compound shall adhere firmly to the
surface of the pipe at 32° F. The compound shall be heated in
a gasoline or other suitable furnace to a temperature slightly above
that at which it can be poured rapidly and smoothly and shall be kept
at this temperature until used. After the pipe joint has been caulked,
the melted compound shall be poured into the joints with the aid of
a joint runner or gasket in the same manner that lead joints are poured.
The pouring vessel shall be large enough to make one joint in a single
pouring. Depth of the compound shall be not less than 3/4 inch. In
case the pipe joint is not completely filled, the unfilled part of
the joint shall be poured again with hot material so as to form a
complete, watertight joint.
(4)
Factory-fabricated jointing materials having resilient
properties meeting latest ASTM Specifications C426, Types I, II or
III, may also be used. Installation of the spigot end into the bell
shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations for
the type of joint being used.
(5)
Cast-iron pipe shall be joined with first quality
lead or jointing compound approved by the Sewer Inspector. The entire
joint shall be filled in one pour and thoroughly caulked. If lead
is used, each joint in four-inch cast-iron pipe shall be poured with
at least three pounds of lead and each joint in six-inch cast-iron
pipe with five pounds of lead. In all cases, the trench must be kept
dry during pipelaying.
(6)
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene pipe shall be joined
by solvent welding in accordance with the manufacturer's installation
instructions. Finished joints shall be watertight and structurally
equal to the pipe itself in tensile strength.
(7)
Polyvinyl-chloride pipe shall be joined by rubber
compression-ring gaskets, using appropriate lubricants to prevent
displacement or damage during installation. When completed, joints
shall be capable of withstanding an internal hydraulic pressure of
25 feet of water and internal vacuum of 22 inches of mercury, without
leakage. Joints shall conform to ASTM Specification D3212.
J.
Use of existing building sewers. Building sewers which
are in existence at the time of adoption of this chapter may continue
to be used from the building to the point of connection with the Village
sewer, provided that the Sewer Inspector determines that they are
in good condition and otherwise satisfactory to carry domestic sewage
and industrial wastes without leakage, and provided further that they
are used only until such time as the Sewer Inspector may require their
replacement by new building sewers, which shall be constructed in
accordance with and within the time limitation required by this chapter.
K.
The foregoing requirements may be modified or added
to as the Sewer Inspector, in the exercise of reasonable judgment,
may determine.
No structure shall be connected to the sanitary
sewer system unless there is a soil line extended to a point above
the roof and properly vented or otherwise vented in a manner approved
by the Sewer Inspector. In existing public or private buildings, dwellings
or stores not properly vented and on all new construction, a running
trap with double hub vent is required and shall be installed in a
manner approved by the Sewer Inspector. Grease traps will be installed
where the Board of Trustees or its duly authorized agent may direct.
Grease traps must be kept clean at all times at the owner's expense.
A.
No person shall make any connection with or opening
to any Village or public sewer or construct, alter, repair or use
any drain or house sewer or other lateral sewer to connect with such
public sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the Sewer
Inspector. Before any such permit is obtained, an application for
the issuance of said building permit shall be filed with the Village
on such forms as may be supplied. The application shall be signed
by an authorized drain layer and the owner or lessee of the property
or his duly authorized agent and shall include or be accompanied by
a description and plan of the proposed work and such other pertinent
information as may be required by the Sewer Inspector. Such permit
shall be kept at the site of the work and shall be available for inspection
by any officer of the Village or member of the Board of Trustees or
its duly authorized agent or agents.
B.
The Sewer Inspector shall be notified at least 24
hours before the beginning of any work upon building sewers or connections.
Such notice shall be in writing and shall state the time of commencement
of such work. No trench shall be filled or any part of pipe or fittings
covered until notice has been given to the Sewer Inspector that the
work is ready for inspection and such inspection has been made. Every
such inspection shall be made as soon as practicable after receipt
of notice by the Sewer Inspector, who shall have the power to apply
any proper tests to the pipe or fittings. The owner, contractor or
other person doing the work shall furnish all necessary tools and
labor for such tests and shall remove any defective material or repair
any work improperly done as the Sewer Inspector shall direct, without
expense to the Village.
C.
No sewer connection branch shall be opened or pipe
laid and no joints made except under the inspection of the Sewer Inspector
or his duly authorized representative. All work of laying building
sewers and connections shall be done in such manner and at such times
as to interfere as little as possible with public travel and convenience,
and the drain layer shall conduct his work as the Sewer Inspector
may from time to time direct.
D.
No permit granted by the Sewer Inspector shall be
construed to permit any interference with or disturbance of any state
or county or Village street or highway pavement or any excavation
in any road, street or public place, unless the permit shall expressly
so provide. No permit shall be granted for such interference or disturbance
of said pavement or for excavation for sewer purposes in any public
street or public place unless the applicant or drain layer shall first
have obtained from the New York State Department of Transportation,
Orange County Department of Public Works or Village Superintendent
of Public Works, as the case may be, a permit therefor, in accordance
with requirements of the department having jurisdiction. The applicant
shall provide such liability insurance as may be required before such
permit is issued. Any permit fee, bonding or other expense in connection
with issuance of a permit for opening any street or pavement shall
be paid by the applicant or drain layer. No permit shall be deemed
to authorize anything not stated in the application therefor. The
permittee or his duly authorized representative shall guard, barricade
and light all excavations and restore all public property in a manner
satisfactory to the Village or the department having jurisdiction
over such property, as the case may be.
A.
The Sewer Inspector and other duly authorized employees
of the Village shall be permitted, with proper credentials and identification,
to enter on any property at reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting,
measuring, sampling, testing, repairing or disconnecting or for any
purpose reasonably necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions
of this chapter.
B.
The Village shall have the right to set up on the
user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling
or metering operations. The Village may, at reasonable times, have
access to and copy any records, inspect any monitoring equipment or
method required by the Village's wastewater discharge regulations
and sample any effluents which the owner or operator of such source
is required to sample. Where a user has security measures in force,
the user shall make necessary arrangements with his security guards
so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, Village personnel
will be permitted to enter without delay.
