No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into,
use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first
obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building capable of generating sewage as defined in §
103-5 constructed after the adoption of this chapter, except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no public sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining public alley, yard, courtyard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. Where building sewers are to serve multiple-dwelling structures, there shall be provided at least one separate six-inch diameter building sewer for each group of four living units.
Existing building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found on examination and test by the Superintendent to
meet all requirements of this chapter.
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval
of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four
inches nor shall the slope of the pipe be less than 1/4 inch per foot.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid
parallel to and 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 cleanout and fittings. The ends of building sewers which are not
connected to the building drain of the structure for any reason shall be sealed
against infiltration by a suitable stopper, plug or other approved means.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity
flow to the public sewer, sewage or industrial wastes carried by such drain
shall be lifted by approved mechanical means and discharged to the building
sewer.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall
be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe
laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with Sections 3 through
6 of ASTM Specification C12, except that no backfill shall be placed until
the work has been inspected by the Superintendent.
When any building sewer is to serve a school, hospital or similar institution or public building or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings or which, in the opinion of the Superintendent, will receive sewage or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building sewer is anticipated, then such building sewer shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole constructed by the owner. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this type of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Superintendent. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §
103-27 and the building sewer connection made thereto as directed by the Superintendent.
[Added 9-14-1981 by L.L. No. 1-1981]
Should any industry become tributary to the sewerage works of the Village
of Sylvan Beach, there will be modifications made to this chapter to provide
the village with additional monitoring permit and enforcement controls over
such industry as may be required pursuant to Section 307 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-500. No provision
of this chapter shall prohibit the enforcement of Section 307 of the Act (PL
92-500).