A.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening
into or use, alter or disturb in any manner any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining permission in writing from this Town.
A.
Permission to connect a building sewer to the sewer
system shall be in four classes:
(4)
Class D, Industrial.
(a)
Any nongovernmental user of publicly owned treatment
works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual,
1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented,
under the following divisions:
(b)
A user in the divisions listed above may be
excluded if it is determined that it will introduce primarily segregated
domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
B.
In the case of Class A, B or C service, the owner
or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by
the Town. For establishments producing industrial wastes, the owner
or his agent shall complete an agreement for discharge of industrial
wastes on a special form furnished by the Town. Permits and agreements
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Town. An application and
inspection fee for Class A, B or C sewer permits and Class D agreements
shall be as set by the Town Board from time to time and shall be paid
to the Town at the time the permit or agreement is filed.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have
fulfilled each of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified the Town Clerk of
the desire and intention to connect to a sewer.
C.
Such person shall have given the Town at least 24
hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made so that
this Town may supervise and inspect the work of connection and necessary
testing.
D.
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence
to the Town that any tapping fee charged and imposed by the Town against
the owner of each improved property who connects such improved property
to a sewer has been paid.
Except as otherwise provided in this section,
each improved property shall be connected separately and independently
with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved
property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under
special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good
cause shown, but then only after special permission of this Town,
in writing, shall have been secured and subject to the rules and regulations
for construction of building sanitary sewers as are prescribed by
this Town.
All costs and expenses of construction of a
building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building
sewer to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the improved property
to be connected, and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless
this Town from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly
or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or
of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
A.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at
the place designated by the Town and where the lateral is provided.
B.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection
shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the
sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection of a
building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
C.
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, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Town, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The size, slope, alignment and materials of
construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating,
placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench
shall all conform to the requirements of the New York State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code or the Town Rules and Regulations
for Construction of Building Sanitary Sewers.[1] In the absence of code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Water
Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9 entitled
"Design and Construction of Sanitary and Storm Sewers" shall apply.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Rules and Regulations for
Construction of Building Sewers are on file in the office of the Town
Clerk.
No person shall make connections of roof downspouts,
foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer which, in turn, is connected, directly
or indirectly, to a sanitary sewer.
No building sewer shall be covered until it
has been inspected and approved by this Town. If any part of a building
sewer is covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall
be uncovered for inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of
the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
Every building sewer of any improved property
shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by
the owner of such improved property.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall
be guarded adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons
from damage and injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public property
disturbed in the course of installation of a building sewer shall
be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved
property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Town.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt
of a notice of this Town, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer within 45 days of receipt
of such notice, this Town may refuse to permit such person to discharge
sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Town.
This Town reserves the right to adopt, from
time to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary
and proper relating to connections with a sewer and the sewer system,
which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate,
shall be and shall be construed as part of this chapter.
There shall be a lateral connection fee that
shall apply to all residential commercial and industrial connections
to the public sewer within the sewer benefit areas of the Town and
any extensions thereof completed after the date of the adoption of
this chapter. Said fees shall be as set forth in the Town of Ontario
Fee Schedule.[1] The owner of the improved property shall be required to
pay this fee to the Town at the time of application for sewer service.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Fee Schedule is on file
in the office of the Town Clerk.
