[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lake George as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewage disposal systems — See Ch. 134.
[Adopted 8-12-1968]
The sanitary sewer system of the municipality consists of lateral and
trunk sewers laid in streets and right-of-way. The location of these works,
including the kinds, sizes and depths of pipe lines are to be as shown on
sets of plans on file at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Lake
George. At all points where there are changes in alignment or grade of sewers,
manholes with cast iron frames and covers shall be built to provide access
to the sewer lines for purposes of inspection, ventilation and cleaning.
[Added 7-11-1994 by L.L.
No. 1-1994]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Consists of the solid and liquid wastes from toilets, sinks, laundry
or bathtubs, shower baths or equivalent plumbing fixtures.
Any sewer or part thereof, connecting or installing or future connection
of a public or private building with the municipal sewer or public sewer and
extending from the public or street sewer to the building or house foundation
wall.
Any or all sewer districts in the Town of Lake George.
The sewer pipe lines of the municipality.
[Amended 4-9-1990]
The design of the system is based on the collection of domestic sewage
only and the approval of the New York State Department of Health was given
for the construction and use of sewers for this purpose only. No connections
will be permitted to be made to the sanitary sewer system which carry or deliver
other than domestic sewage or industrial wastes unless specifically approved
by the Town Board. The drainage from bleeders, roofs, cellars, yards, swimming
pools, sump pumps or roadways is not domestic sewage and cannot be drained
into the sanitary sewer system under any circumstances; nor can anything other
than normal sewage. The best interests of the municipal sewer system warrant
extreme care in the manner of making and laying all connections to the public
system.
A.
The Sanitary Inspector, duly appointed by the Town Board,
shall be the Board's authorized agent in matters falling under this article
and shall exercise the powers hereinafter mentioned in the same and subject
to the approval and ratification of the Board. He shall report to the Board
upon applications for sewer connections, shall inspect the construction of
such sewer connections and shall report to the Board upon any transgression
of these regulations.
B.
No one will be allowed to make connections with the municipal
sewers, nor lay any sewers in connection therewith, except under the supervision
of the Sanitary Inspector or his authorized agent.
All house sewers or sewer connections shall be laid and connected in
accordance with the rules, regulations and provisions herein set forth and
the repair, maintenance and extension of the same shall likewise conform to
these rules, regulations and provisions. The entire expense of all connections
from the municipal sewer to the house shall be borne by the property owner.
[Amended 4-16-1973]
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall be permitted:
(1)
To place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary
manner upon public or private property within the municipality, or in any
area under the jurisdiction of said municipality, any human or animal excrement,
garbage or other objectionable waste, except as hereinafter provided, except
where special permission of the Town Board is given.
(2)
To uncover any portion of the public sewers, connections
thereto or to open any manhole or appurtenance of the sewerage system, except
under permit signed by the Sanitary Inspector.
(3)
To open any highway or public ground for the purpose
of making any sewer connection or to make or cause to be made any connection
with the public sewer, except under permit signed by and under the supervision
of the Sanitary Inspector.
(4)
To break or to cut or to remove any pipe of the public
sewer system; or to make or cause to be made any connection to said public
sewers, except through the connection branches provided for that purpose.
The location of said connection branches will be designated by the Sanitary
Inspector.
(5)
To 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 matter.
(6)
To connect or cause to be connected with any public sewer,
either directly or indirectly, any sediment traps or any pipes carrying or
constructed to carry hot circulating water, acids, germicides, grease, brewery
or distillery wash water, gasoline, naphtha, benzine or similar liquid, fuel
oil or other oil or other industrial trade waste or any substance detrimental
to, or deemed by the Sanitary Inspector detrimental to, the municipal sewers
or to the operation of the sewerage system or the sewage treatment works,
unless adequate and proper preliminary treatment appurtenances and apparatus
are adequate and are installed and maintained at the owner's expense, so that
the spent water delivered to the municipal sewers will be neutral in character
as determined by the standard acid-alkalinity tests and be free from excess
suspended matter or excess bactericidal agents or as may be approved by the
Town Board.
(7)
To drain from washstands of public or private garages,
automobile washing stations, cleaning or dyeing works, laundries or similar
establishments where gasoline, oils or any inflammable materials are used
or stored, unless equipped with an oil separator of size and design approved
by the Sanitary Inspector.
(8)
To throw or deposit or cause or allow to be thrown or
deposited in any fixture, vessel, receptacle, inlet or opening connected directly
with the public sewer any unground table garbage, vegetable parings and the
like. The use of mechanical garbage grinders producing a finely divided mass,
properly flushed with an ample amount of water, is permitted under these regulations.
(9)
To allow any house sewer connected with the public sewer
to be also connected with any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or underground
drain and with any channel conveying water or filth, except such soil pipes
and other plumbing works as shall have been duly inspected and approved by
the Sanitary Inspector.
(10)
To throw or to deposit, or cause or allow to be thrown
or deposited, in any fixture, vessel, receptacle, inlet or opening connected
directly with any public sewer, any ashes, cinders, rags or similar waste
material or dead animals or waste materials of any kind or character other
than feces, urine, necessary toilet paper, liquid house slops or properly
ground table garbage.
B.
Steam engine exhausts or blowoff from steam boilers shall
not be connected to the municipal sewers.
It shall be required for the owner of all houses, buildings and properties
used by humans for occupancy, dwelling, employment, services or recreation
but excluding garages, detached or attached, if used for housing automobiles
only, situated within the municipality, and abutting on any street, alley
or right-of-way in which there is located a public sanitary sewer of the municipality
is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein
and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance
with the provisions of this article, within two years after date of official
notice to do so, or sooner if such notice so states, provided that such sewer
is within 300 feet of any property line of such premises and is otherwise
accessible.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 136-7, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this article, and New York State Board of Health rules and Town of Lake George ordinances.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 134, Sewage Disposal Systems.
The Town Board may at any time, in its discretion, stop and prevent
the discharge into the sewer of any substance deemed by it liable to injure
the sewers or to interfere with their normal operation or to obstruct the
flow or hinder any process of sewage purification; 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.
Each building in the area served by a public sewer, when connected,
must be connected separately and independently with the sewer through the
house connection branch directly opposite the buildings or nearest in the
downstream direction, except for good cause shown and then only upon such
terms, conditions and specifications authorized by the Town Board in writing.
Grouping of buildings on one house sewer will not be permitted.
No house connection line from the municipal sewer to the property line
shall be of any internal diameter less than four inches. Inside the property
line, the diameter of pipe shall not be less than four inches.
A.
Every house sewer connecting with the municipal sewer
shall be either cast iron, salt glazed vitrified earthenware pipe, asbestos,
cement house connection pipe. It must be solidly laid to a true grade and
as near as possible in a straight line. All changes in direction must be made
with properly curved pipe or fittings.
(1)
All earthenware pipes and specials must be of extra strength
(ASTM) C-200 cylindrical, hard, salt-glazed vitrified throughout, hub-and-spigot
pattern. All hubs must be of sufficient diameter to receive to their full
length and spigot end of the next following pipe or special without any chipping
whatever of either, and also leave a sufficient space for bituminous joints.
Slip-locked mechanical gasketed joint pipe may also be used in lieu of field
caulked pipe.
(2)
All cast-iron pipes and fittings must be sound, smooth
internally and cylindrical, free from cracks, sandholes or other defects of
uniform thickness, untarred and of the grade known commercially as "extra
heavy" cast-iron soil pipe.
(3)
All asbestos-cement pipe must be of extra heavy, five-foot
length pipe conforming to the current manufacturer's specifications pertaining
to asbestos-cement sewer pipe for house laterals.
B.
Where, in the judgment of the Sanitary Inspector, conditions
warrant, cast-iron pipes shall be used.
A.
The greatest care must be taken to prevent the entrance
of sand or dirt into the house sewer or the public sewer. All
joints for vitrified pipes 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 pipes
securely in their relative positions so that the 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.
(1)
The compound used shall be approved by the Sanitary Inspector
and shall be of a type not affected by sewage or alkaline or acid solutions.
(a)
The compound shall not run at a temperature below 200º
F. and shall have sufficient ductility at 32º F. to permit a slight movement
of the pipe without cracking or breaking the adhesion of the compound to the
pipe. The compound shall adhere firmly to the glazed surface of the pipe at
32º F.
(b)
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 it 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 way that the
lead joints are poured. The pouring vessel shall be large enough to make one
joint at a single pouring. The 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.
(2)
Owners shall (when in the judgment of the Sanitary Inspector,
the character of the soil requires) use a preformed bituminous joint made
in an approved manner of bitumen and neat cement, or a preformed bituminous
joint such as the joint known as "Prestite" or one which, in the judgment
of the Sanitary Inspector, is the equal thereof. When preformed joints are
used, they shall be placed in the sockets in a manner and by such means as
the Sanitary Inspector may direct.
B.
Cast-iron pipe shall be joined with first-quality load
or joining compound approved by the Sanitary 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 with five pounds of lead. The ditch
in all cases must be kept dry during the pipe laying. Pipe with slip-locked
mechanical gasketed joints may be used in lieu of field gasketed joints.
C.
Commercial standard adapter fittings and joining sleeves
shall be used when joining any pipes or fittings of different materials or
sizes.
A.
The trench shall be filled or any part of pipe or fittings
covered until at least 24 hours' notice has been given to the Sanitary Inspector
that the work is ready for inspection and such inspection is made.
B.
Such inspection shall be made as soon after the receipt
of notice by the Sanitary Inspector, and such Inspector shall have the power
to apply any proper tests to the pipe or fittings, and the owner or contractor
doing the work shall furnish all necessary tools and labor for such test and
shall remove any defective material or repair any work improperly done, as
the Sanitary Inspector shall direct, without expense to the municipality.
No house sewer connection with the municipal sewer shall be laid with
a grade of less than one inch fall in four feet, without a written permit
signed by the Sanitary Inspector specifying the minimum grade that will he
permitted. In removing plugs from existing Y or T branches on the municipal
sewer and connecting to same, due care shall be exercised to prevent any debris
entering the municipal sewer.
All work of laying house sewers and connections shall be done in such
a manner and at such times as to interfere as little as possible with public
travel and convenience, and the person shall conduct his work as the Sanitary
Inspector may from time to time direct.
No earthenware pipe shall be laid at a depth less than 36 inches. Pipes
laid with less depth must be heavy cast iron. All pipes must be covered to
a depth of at least one foot with fine earth, entirely free from stones and
rubbish, and carefully rammed.
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 rammed.
No blasting shall be done within five feet of public or private sewers
and utmost care shall be taken to prevent injury thereto. Payment for repair
of all damages done as a result of blasting shall be borne by the sewer permit
applicant.
Old house sewers may be used, provided that they are in good condition,
from the building to the property line, and approved by the Sanitary Inspector.
New pipe must be installed between the property line and the public sewer.
The Sanitary Inspector shall be notified at least 24 hours before the
beginning of any work upon house sewers or connections, as to the time of
the commencement of such work.
A.
No public or private building, dwelling or store will
be permitted to make any connection whatsoever to the sanitary sewer system
unless the same has a soil line extended to a point above the roof and properly
vented or otherwise vented in a manner approved by the Sanitary Inspector.
In existing public or private buildings, dwellings or stores which are not
properly vented, the use of a house trap shall be optional with the property
owner in all cases where such trap has already been installed.
B.
Traps must be installed for restaurants, hotels, motels,
garages, gas stations, apartment houses or wherever the Town Board or its
duly authorized agent may direct. Grease traps must be kept clean at all times
at the owner's expense. The size and design of the grease trap shall be approved
by the Sanitary Inspector. Grease traps should not be preceded by garbage
grinder or disposal units.
Before any sewage work or drainage can be done or connected in or on
any property, or before any alterations or additions are made to old sewerage
or drainage work, when the same is to be connected to the municipal sewer,
plans and descriptions of the proposed work, signed by an authorized person,
shall be filed in the office of the Sanitary Inspector, accompanied by an
application for approval of said plan and the issuance of a permit to do said
work. Application shall be upon a blank form obtained from the Sanitary Inspector
and shall be signed by the owner of the premises or his properly accredited
agent and shall state the name of the person who has been engaged by the owner
to do the work.
No permit granted by the Sanitary Inspector shall be construed to permit
any interference or disturbance of any state or Town or village or county
highway pavement, as the case may be, in the municipality, 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 the excavation for sewer purposes in any public street or public place
unless the applicant shall have first obtained from the state or county or
Town or village Highway Department, as the case may be, a permit therefor
in accordance with the requirements of the Highway Department having jurisdiction.
Any permit fee, bonding or other expense in connection with the issuance of
a permit for opening any street or pavement shall be paid by the applicant.
No permit shall be deemed to authorize anything not stated in the application
therefor.
The permit shall, during construction, be kept at the site of the work
and be available for inspection by any duly authorized agent or agents of
the Town Board.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Sanitary Inspector, any person violates
any of the provisions of this article, said Inspector shall report the same
in writing to the Town Board, and if the Town Board shall find that the charges
are sustained, they may revoke the permit of such person.
[Amended 7-11-1994 by L.L.
No. 1-1994]
Any person, firm or corporation once having obtained a permit in the
municipality who shall have violated any of the provisions of this article
or shall have refused to or neglected to make good to the satisfaction of
the Town Board any defective or imperfect work or shall have refused or neglected
to pay any fees, fines or penalties imposed under the provisions of this article,
shall not be eligible to receive any renewal of such permit until such default
on his, their or its part has been removed.
Persons must report to the Sanitary Inspector, in writing, the full
description, within 12 hours of the finding of them, of all obstructions in
house drains or the presence thereof, if found, of any substance prohibited
by this article. The finding of the presence of substance prohibited by this
article in the house drains of any house, shall be prima facie evidence of
an offense committed against this article by both the owner and occupant of
the premises, or either of them.
Persons must report to the Sanitary Inspector, in writing, within 24
hours after the completion of any work by them, every connection or disconnection
made between any building to the sewer system aforesaid or between any house
connection and said sewer system.
No person shall construct any drain or sewer upon or from any premises
in said municipality or use or permit any sewer or drain to be used without
a permit from the Sanitary Inspector.
The Sanitary Inspector and other duly authorized employees of the Town
Board, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to
enter upon all properties at reasonable hours for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions
of this article.
Any person found to be violating any provisions of this article shall
be served by the municipality with written notice stating the nature of the
violation and providing a reasonable time limit not exceeding 30 days for
the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall within the period
of time stated in such notice permanently cease all violations.
[Amended 7-11-1994 by L.L.
No. 1-1994]
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time specified
in said notice, or any violation of this article, shall be punishable, for
each violation, by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more
than 15 days, or both. Each day in which any such violation shall continue
shall be deemed a separate offense.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall become
liable to the municipality for any expense, loss or damage occasioned said
municipality by reason of such violation.
All rules, regulations and ordinances or parts of rules, regulations
and ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby superseded.
Upon a showing that the strict application of any of the provisions
of this article would result in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship
inconsistent with the general purpose and intent thereof, the Town Board will
grant a variance, provided that the granting of such variance will not be
a substantial detriment to the public interest or to the property or improvements
in such district.
