No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter, disturb or discharge into any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent
of Sewers or Town Board where designated.
B.
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on
a special form furnished by the Superintendent of Sewers. The permit
application shall be accompanied by plans, profiles, specifications
or other information considered pertinent by the Superintendent of
Sewers.
C.
A permit and inspection fee for a residential, commercial or an industrial
building sewer permit in the amount prescribed in a fee schedule adopted
by the Town Board shall be paid to that sewer district in which the
property is located at the time that the application is filed.
A.
The owner of any public sewage system located within any sewer district,
other than a system owned and operated by that sewer district, must
receive the written approval of the Superintendent of Sewers before
a connection of all or any part of the system can be made to the sewer
system. Where the public sewage system is operating, a condition of
approval shall require the owner to provide the Superintendent of
Sewers with as-built drawings of the sewage system to be connected,
as well as any additional data he may require to determine the quantity
and character of sewage flow to be discharged to the sewage system.
Where the public sewage system is not operating and initial service
will be provided by that sewer district, as-built drawings of the
sewage system for which connection approval is requested shall be
furnished to the Superintendent of Sewers, as well as the results
of infiltration and exfiltration tests made under the supervision
of and certified by a professional engineer licensed in the State
of New York, prior to the connection of any system thereto. Infiltration
of such sewer shall not exceed 200 gallons per inch of diameter per
mile of sewer per day. The owner of the public sewage system shall,
before the system is accepted, make repairs as necessary when excessive
infiltration is located. Such repairs shall be subject to the approval
of the Superintendent of Sewers.
B.
The Superintendent of Sewers reserves the right to perform such studies,
measurements and tests to ensure compliance with the requirements
of this article.
All costs and expenses in installing and connecting a public
sewage system or building sewer to the Town sewage system shall be
borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify that sewer district in which the property
is located for any loss or damage that might be occasioned by the
installation and connection of such public sewage system or building
sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of
another on a separate interior lot and no sewer is available or can
be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court,
yard or driveway; the building sewer from the front building may be
extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building
sewer, but each shall be considered a separate unit for the purpose
of sewage service charges.
Existing building sewers may be used in conjunction with new
buildings only when they are found, upon inspection and testing by
the Superintendent of Sewers, to meet all requirements of this Part
3 and any other specifications adopted by the Superintendent of Sewers.
A.
No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet
of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall
be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer
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.
B.
The size and slope of the building sewer from the building drain
to the main public sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent
of Sewers. In no case shall the diameter of the building sewer be
less than four inches between the building drain and the main public
sewer or public septic tank. The slope of the pipe shall be not less
than 1/4 inch per foot. Proper reducer or increaser fittings shall
be used between all changes of pipe sizes and materials so as to make
a water- and gaslight joint.
C.
Old building sewers. The lines outside a building leading to the
curb connections or public sewer may be used by property owners only
if they are watertight, gastight and meet all other specifications
and, if not meeting said specifications in their entirety, may be
used with special approval of the Superintendent of Sewers.
D.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer
shall be open trench work, unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent
of Sewers. Pipe laying and backfilling shall be performed in accordance
with the pipe manufacturer's recommendation but, in any event, shall
conform to the following minimum standards:
(1)
The ditch shall be straight and true and to uniform grade insofar
as possible.
(2)
The bottom of the trench shall be shaped by hand to receive pipe,
or a minimum of three inches of compacted sand shall be placed in
the trench bottom to receive the pipe.
(3)
Where rock is encountered in the excavation of the trench, the rock
shall be excavated at least four inches below the grade of the pipe
and covered with compacted sand to provide a sand bed for the pipe.
(4)
After placing the pipe and making joints as per requirements, earth
backfill shall be placed to the height of the top of the pipe and
tamped.
(5)
One foot of earth fill free from rocks will then be placed and tamped.
(6)
The remainder of the trench shall then be backfilled, but all such
trenches in Town roads shall be filled in one-inch layers and tamped
before additional dirt is added.
E.
Where the trench enters paved Town roads, a street-opening permit
shall be secured from the Superintendent of Highways, and all work
will conform to the requirements of the highway specifications.
F.
Where it is necessary to connect the building sewer directly to the
public sewer, such connections shall be made by a qualified plumber
or sewer contractor under the direction of and in the method specified
by the Superintendent of Sewers. The connection shall be made by carefully
making a hole in the upper half of the public sewer, inserting a special
branch connection or saddle-like adapter and properly securing this
branch connection to the public sewer so that this branch connection
is firm and watertight. All such building sewers shall meet the same
leakage test as specified for sanitary sewers, and such test shall
be performed at the expense of owner and witnessed by the inspector
before backfill is permitted. No backfill shall be placed until the
work has been inspected by the Superintendent of Sewers or his representative.
Building sewers and water service branches or connections will not
be laid in the same trench.
G.
All joints shall be watertight and gastight.
H.
New materials and methods of construction. Alternate materials and
methods may be used only if they have been specifically approved by
the Superintendent of Sewers. He may approve any alternate, provided
that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent
of this Part 3 and that the material or method of work offered is
for the purpose intended, at least the equivalent of that here prescribed
in quality, strength, effectiveness, durability and safety.
I.
Repairs to sewage connections shall be made with such material as
is provided for by this article for new work insofar as is practical.
J.
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building
sewer, appurtenances and the methods to be used in excavating, placing
of the building sewer pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the
trench shall conform to the requirements of the specification for
the installation of building sewers as adopted by the Town Board and
all applicable provisions of any other rules and regulations of the
Town of Montgomery or of the County of Orange and State of New York,
whichever requirement is more strict. In the absence of any requirements
or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing and
Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF), Manual
of Practice No. 9, shall apply. All connections of building sewers
to a public sewage system shall be gastight and watertight. Any deviations
from the prescribed materials and construction procedures must be
approved by the Superintendent of Sewers prior to installation.
K.
The building sewer shall be constructed of vitrified clay sewer pipe,
cast-iron soil pipe, approved plastic pipe or cement-asbestos sewer
pipe. A strength classification will be selected on the basis of depth
of burial in accordance with the standards of the manufacturer or
product association.
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, sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted
by a method approved by the Superintendent of Sewers and discharged
to a gravity-flow building sewer.
No person shall make a connection of roof downspouts, exterior
foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn
is connected to a public sewer.
A.
The applicant for the connection of any building sewer to a public
sewage system owned or maintained by any sewer district shall notify
the Superintendent of Sewers when the building sewer is ready for
inspection and connection to the public sewer. In no case shall any
underground portions of the building sewer be covered or connection
to the public sewer made without the approval and/or supervision of
the Superintendent of Sewers or his representative. Permission to
activate the building sewer will be given only after satisfactory
final inspection has been made and approval given by the Superintendent
of Sewers.
B.
Trench water will not be allowed to enter the public sewer unless
specifically authorized by the Superintendent of Sewers. The building
sewer trench shall be completely dewatered before the tap is made
into the public sewer system.
All excavations for building sewer excavations shall comply
with all federal, state and local safety regulations and shall be
adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the
public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public
property disturbed in the course of work shall be restored in a manner
satisfactory to the Superintendent of Sewers and appropriate municipal
authorities.
A.
Building sewers shall be maintained, serviced and repaired by the
owner of the property served from the building drain to a point within
one foot of the septic tank, if connected to a public sewer in a public
right-of-way, and to within two feet of the public sewer located in
an easement across private property. In the event that a property
is unable to discharge sewage into the public sewer, it will be presumed
that the fault is in the private building sewer unless contrary facts
are in evidence.
B.
Evidence of willful damage to a building sewer being served by a
public sewer shall be considered a violation of this Part 3.
A.
In any sewer district where public septic tanks are used as a part
of the treatment and disposal process, such septic tanks shall be
pumped out a minimum of every four years in a staggered program such
that at least 25% are pumped out every year.
B.
Inspection of septic tanks, both for their sludge content and their
physical condition and condition of appurtenances, shall be performed
annually. Annual inspection will be used to determine the need, if
any, for more frequent pumping of certain tanks.
C.
The landowner shall be notified by written communication of the Town's
intent to enter upon the property for the purpose of monitoring and/or
pumping of septic tank and/or appurtenances. Such notice shall give
the landowner no less than two weeks' notice of such intent and shall
indicate, to the extent practicable, the specific date or dates of
such entrance upon the property.
Before any building whose building sewer is connected to a public
sewer is demolished, the owner thereof shall conform to the requirements
established by the Superintendent of Sewers. The cutoff or plugging
of the building sewer shall be done with the permission and under
the supervision of the Superintendent of Sewers.
