A.
All extensions to the sanitary sewer system owned and
maintained by the Village shall be properly designed in accordance with the
Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities (Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi
River Board of State Public Health and Environmental Managers) and the Village
standards and approved by the Village Engineer and be in strict conformance
with all requirements of the Onondaga County Department of Health.
B.
Plans and specifications for sanitary sewer extensions
shall be submitted to, and approval obtained from, the Village Board and Village
Engineer before construction may proceed.
C.
The design of sanitary sewers must anticipate and allow
for flows from all possible future extensions or developments within the immediate
service area. The service area will be determined by the Village Engineer.
Sewer easements for future extensions shall be offered to the Village in locations
that will provide future service to adjacent properties. These locations shall
be acceptable to the Village Engineer.
A.
Sewer extensions, including individual building sewer
laterals to the property line, may be constructed by the Village under public
contract if, in the opinion of the Village Board, the number of properties
to be served by such extension warrants its cost.
B.
Under this arrangement, the property owner shall pay
for and install the building sewer from the property line to his residence
or place of business.
C.
Thereafter, each property owner served by the extended public sewers will be charged at the full service charge rate as outlined in Article VIII.
D.
Property owners may propose sewer extensions within the
incorporated Village by drafting a written petition, signed by a majority
of the benefiting property owners, and filing it with the Village Board.
A.
If the Village does not elect to construct a sewer extension under public contract, the property owner, builder or developer may construct the necessary sewer extension if this extension is approved by the Village Board in accordance with the requirement of § 197-33.
B.
The developer, builder or property owner must pay for the entire installation, including all legal, engineering and administrative expenses incidental thereto. Design of sewers shall be as specified in § 197-36.
C.
The installation of the sewer extension must be subject to full-time construction observation services by the Village Engineer. The Village Engineer's decisions shall be final in matters of quality and methods of construction. The sewer, as constructed, must pass the post-construction tests required in § 197-38 before it is to be used.
Sewer design shall be in accordance with the Recommended Standards for
Wastewater Facilities (Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi River Board of State
Public Health and Environmental Managers), the standards of the Village and
the standards of the County of Onondaga Health Department.
A.
Manholes shall be constructed at all changes in slope
or alignment or at intervals not exceeding 400 linear feet.
B.
The manholes shall be constructed to the standards of
the Village.
C.
The manhole frame and cover shall be the standard design
of the Village and shall be set with no fewer than two courses of brick underneath
to allow for later adjustment in elevation.
A.
Each section of pipe between manholes shall be inspected
by both the Village Engineer and the contractor before final acceptance.[1]
B.
The inspection shall determine the pipeline to be true
to line and grade, to show no leaks, to have no obstruction to flow, to have
no projections or protruding of connecting pipes or joint materials, to be
free from cracks and to contain no deposits of sand, dirt or other materials.
C.
All deficiencies located during the inspection shall
be corrected.
D.
Deflection testing. Pipe deflection shall be checked
by passing a deflection gauge through all completed pipelines.
(1)
Maximum deflection allowed is 5%.
(2)
The test for deflection shall be made not less than 30
days after the completion of the installation.
(3)
The deflection gauge shall be pulled through the pipe
by hand.
(4)
Any section of pipe found to have a deflection in excess
of 5% shall be corrected by the contractor.
E.
Air testing.
(1)
Air testing for acceptance shall not be performed until
the backfilling has been completed.
(2)
Low-pressure air tests shall conform to ASTM C 828 except
as specified herein and shall not be limited to type or size of pipe.
(3)
All sections of pipelines shall be cleaned and flushed
prior to testing.
(4)
The air test shall be based on the average holding pressure
of three psi gauge, a drop from 3.5 to 2.5 psi, within the period of time
allowed for the size of pipe and the length of the test section. The time
allowed for the one-psi drop in pressure, measured in seconds, will be computed
by the Village Engineer and will be based on the limits of ASTM C 828.
(a)
When groundwater is present the average test pressure
of three pisg shall be above any back pressure due to the groundwater level.
(b)
The maximum pressure allowed under any condition in air
testing shall be 10 psig. The maximum groundwater level for air testing is
13 feet above the top of the pipe.
(5)
The equipment required for air testing shall be furnished
by the contractor and shall include the necessary compressor, valves and gauges
to allow for the monitoring of the pressure, release of pressure and a separable
test gauge. The test gauge shall be sized to allow for the measuring of the
one-psig loss allowed during the test period and shall be on a separate line
to the test section.
A.
All sewer extensions constructed at the property owner's,
builder's or developer's expense, after final approval and acceptance by the
Village Engineer, shall become the property of the Village and shall thereafter
be maintained by the Village.
B.
Said sewer extensions, after their acceptance by the
Village, shall be guaranteed for one year. The guaranty shall be in a form
acceptable to the Village Board and Village Attorney.
No builder or developer shall be issued a building permit for a new
dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities within the Village unless
a suitable and approved method of waste disposal is proposed. All new developments
shall be provided with an approved system of sanitary sewers.
