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. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: one for residential and commercial service and one for service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. 
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Engineer. An authorized representative of the village shall make all final inspections prior to using the sanitary sewer.
C. 
No permit, tap-in and inspection fee shall be required for connections made during the two-year hookup period provided for under the provisions of § 103-5. After the two-year period has expired, a permit, tap-in and inspection fee of $10, plus all direct costs to the Village of Sylvan Beach for additions or connections to the public sewer for a residential sewer permit, shall be paid to the Village Clerk at the time an application is filed. No more than four living units in the same building may be connected to a single six-inch diameter tap. The Board of Trustees shall fix a permit, tap-in and inspection fee for each commercial, industrial or other nonresidential building after recommendation of the Engineer based on the size and nature of the operation proposed in such commercial, industrial or other nonresidential building as compared to the demands of a single-residential structure.
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.
A. 
The building sewer shall be tar-coated, extra-heavy cast-iron soil pipe conforming to ASTM Specification A74 and American Standards Association (ASA) Specification A-40.1; asbestos-cement house connection pipe conforming to ASTM Specification C428. Type II, minimum class 2400; or PVC (polyvinyl chloride) rubber-gasketed joints, ASTM B3034-73, SDR-35.
B. 
Joints shall be tight and waterproof in accordance with Article IV, § 103-28.
C. 
Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of extra-heavy cast-iron soil pipe with leaded joints.
D. 
Cast-iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Superintendent where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots.
E. 
If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast-iron soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent.
F. 
Building sewer pipe shall have a maximum length of five feet between joints for cast-iron or asbestos-cement pipe and 12 1/2 feet for PVC.
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.
A. 
All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
B. 
No portland cement or masonry joints will be permitted.
C. 
Cast-iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead not less than one inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and caulked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved. The transition joint between cast-iron pipe and other pipe material shall be made with special adaptors and joint materials approved by the Superintendent.
D. 
Premolded gasket joints for hub- and plain-end cast-iron pipe may be used if approved by the Superintendent and shall be a neoprene compression-type gasket which provides a positive double seal in the assembled joint. The gasket shall be a premolded, one-piece unit, designed for joining the cast-iron hub- and plain-end soil-pipe fittings. The assembled joint shall be sealed by compression of the gasket between the exterior surface of the spigot and the interior surface of the hub. The joint shall be assembled following the manufacturer's recommendations using acceptable lubricant and special pipe-coupling tools designed for that purpose. The plain spigot end shall be forced into the hub end of the pipe for the full depth of the hub itself. Lubricant shall be a bland, flax-base, nontoxic material and shall not chemically attack the gasket material.
E. 
Asbestos-cement pipe joints shall follow the manufacturer's recommendations, using properly designed couplings and rubber gaskets pursuant to the published information relating thereto, and shall be approved by the Superintendent.
A. 
The connection of the building sewer into an existing public sewer shall be made within five feet of the property line. Except as provided for under §§ 103-25 and 103-26, if the portion of the building sewer located in the street or right-of-way has not previously been provided, such will be constructed from the existing public sewer to within five feet of the property line by the village upon submittal of a proper request by the property owner and upon deposit of the estimated cost thereof. Responsibility for damage to the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
B. 
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the entire length of building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
C. 
The owner shall be responsible for any damage to the municipal facilities caused by the connection of the building sewer to the municipal sewer.
D. 
The method of connection of the building sewer to the public sewer, within five feet of the property line, will be dependent upon the type of pipe material used and, in all cases, shall be approved by the Superintendent.
A. 
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative. At least a forty-eight-hour notice shall be given to the Superintendent.
B. 
When trenches are opened for the laying of building sewer pipes. such trenches shall be inspected by the Superintendent before the trenches are filled, and the person performing such work shall notify the Superintendent when the installation of the building sewer is completed. The filling of a trench before inspection is made will subject the person to whom a permit is issued to a penalty as set forth in § 103-47 and shall also bear the cost of reopening the trench for inspection.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.).
A. 
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and/or lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
B. 
Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the village.
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).