[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees, of the Village of Hewlett
Harbor 5-17-1956 as Ord. No. 45. Section
109-3 and 109-6 amended and § 109-9 added at time of adoption of
Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter shall apply to all plumbing work hereafter performed in
the Village of Hewlett Harbor, including but not limited to plumbing work
in new buildings, plumbing work in the alteration of existing buildings, the
replacement or rearrangement of existing plumbing, construction and reconstruction
of cesspools, septic tanks and other facilities for the disposal of sanitary
sewage and house wastes and connections with the public sewer of Sewer District
No. 2 of the County of Nassau.
All plumbing work shall be performed by or under the direct supervision
of a plumber holding a certificate of competency from the Town of Hempstead.
The plumber having such supervision shall be responsible for compliance with
this chapter even though he does not personally perform the work.
No plumbing work shall be performed unless a written application, describing
the proposed work in detail, has been submitted to the Building Inspector
and the required fee paid and a permit therefor has been issued by the Building
Inspector.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended ATAC Art. I. As to permit fees, see Ch.
A149, Fees.
All work shall be performed in a good and workmanlike manner to the
satisfaction of the Building Inspector, or such approving authority as may
from time to time be designated by the Board of Trustees, and in conformity
with the requirements of this chapter and the Building Code of the Village
of Hewlett Harbor[1] and any other applicable Village ordinances and local laws and,
in case of sewer connections, in conformity with any applicable ordinances
of the County of Nassau or rules, regulations and requirements of Sewer District
No. 2 of the County of Nassau.
In addition to all other requirements, the following regulations shall
apply to connections with the public sewer of Sewer District No. 2 of the
County of Nassau:
A.
Number of connections required. Every building, other
than accessory buildings incidental to the principal building or structure
on each parcel of property, shall have a separate connection with the public
sewer, except that in the case of real estate developments containing one
or more private streets supplied with lateral sewers privately constructed,
each building other than accessory buildings incidental to the principal building
or structure on each parcel of property shall have a separate connection either
with such lateral sewer or with the public sewer.
B.
House sewers. House sewers shall be laid solidly on a
true grade of not less than one-fourth of an inch per foot. They shall be
laid in a straight line. Changes in direction, if necessary, shall be made
with proper fittings and all connections made with wye branches and one-eighth
or one-sixteenth bends. House sewers shall be covered to a depth of at least
two feet with well rammed fine earth free from stones and rubbish.
[Amended 2-19-1957 by Ord. No. 49]
C.
Materials. The house sewer shall not be less than five-inch-diameter
extra-heavy cast-iron pipe or of not less than five-inch-diameter asbestos-cement
building sewer pipe.
D.
Joints and connections.
(1)
For cast-iron pipe, all joints shall be firmly packed
with oakum or hemp and shall be secured only with pure molten lead, not less
than one-foot deep, well caulked.
(2)
For asbestos cement pipe, all joints shall be made with
the standard couplings and rubber sealing rings under compression and be made
in strict accordance with the manufacturer's standards and recommendations.
E.
Traps. An iron running trap shall be placed in the house
drain near the front wall of the house and on the sewer side of all connections.
If placed outside the house or below the cellar floor, it must be made accessible
by a brick manhole, the walls of which shall be at least eight inches thick
and provided with an iron manhole cover. When outside the house, it shall
in no case be less than three feet six inches below the surface of the ground.
Where fixtures are less than three feet above the public sewer in the street,
an approved backwater valve shall be installed. A five-inch-by-four-inch extra-heavy
cast-iron wye shall be placed inside the foundation wall and before the house
trap. In slab floor or cellarless types of construction, the wye shall be
placed outside the house in a pit as decribed in this subsection.
F.
Cleanouts. Cleanouts shall be constructed where required
by the Building Inspector.
G.
Grease traps. Grease traps shall be installed as required
by the Building Inspector. All connections with grease traps must be of not
less than three-inch cast-iron pipe from the sink to the grease trap and of
not less than four-inch cast-iron pipe from the grease trap to the house drain.
H.
Vents. A fresh-air inlet pipe shall be connected to the
house drain just inside the house trap and extended to the outer air terminating
with open end at least 18 inches above the finished grade at the most available
point. The fresh-air inlet pipe shall be at least 1/2 the diameter of the
house drain, but in no case shall the fresh-air inlet pipe be less than four
inches in diameter. No vent caps shall be permitted, and the fresh-air inlet
pipe shall terminate with a return bend or a fresh air plate. No curb box
or similar device with grating placed in a sidewalk or sidewalk area will
be permitted for fresh-air inlets. No building shall be permitted to make
any connections with the public sewer unless the building has a soil line
extending to a point above the roof and is properly vented.
I.
Use. No house leaders, floor drains or garage floor drains
shall, directly or indirectly, be connected with the sewer, and no surface
water shall be admitted to the sewer. No sewer connection shall be made or
used except for the purpose of carrying off wastes from sinks, bathtubs, lavatories,
set tubs and water closets.
J.
Exceptions. Where, at the date of adoption of this section,
house sewer lines existed which conformed with the requirements of applicable
Village ordinances at the time of installation, in order to replace such house
sewers with connections conforming with this section, the Building Inspector
may permit such house sewer lines, or such portions thereof as he may determine,
to remain, and only the new work need comply with the requirements of this
section, provided that such method of connection meets the requirements of
Sewer District No. 2 of the County of Nassau.
[Added 2-19-1957 by Ord. No. 49]
No cesspool or septic tank shall be constructed and no repairs shall
be permitted to any existing cesspool or septic tank costing more than 20%
of the reasonable cost of reconstruction thereof.
The Board of Trustees may from time to time require the owner or occupant
of any or all property fronting or abutting on any street or portion thereof
to make and lay connection pipes to and from the public sewer in said streets
within such time and in such manner as the Board may prescribe. If any such
owner or occupant shall fail to make said connections within the time specified,
the Board may make, extend and complete the same and for such purpose may
enter upon said property and any buildings constructed thereon, and the cost
of the work, including all labor done and material used and the reasonable
cost of engineering supervision and overhead, shall be assessed upon each
respective parcel of property and shall be collected in the same manner as
assessments for local improvements in accordance with the Village Law.
No plumbing work or sewer installation or connection shall be put into
use or operation until a certificate of approval shall have been issued by
the Building Inspector, upon written application therefor, certifying that
such work has been completed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
