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Village of Irvington, NY
Westchester County
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No unauthorized 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 Village Clerk.
A. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) 
For residential and commercial services, and
(2) 
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 to the judgment of the Plumbing Inspector.
C. 
A permit and inspection fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and for an industrial building sewer permit shall be as set from time to time by the Board of Trustees and paid to the Village at the time the application is filed.[1]
[Amended 8-18-2003 by L.L. No. 20-2003]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 114, Fees and Charges.
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the 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 an interior lot and no private 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.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Plumbing Inspector to meet all requirements of this chapter.
A. 
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, bedding of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code[1] or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 95, Building Construction, and Ch. 158, Plumbing.
B. 
In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and installation and construction procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and as amended, shall apply.
C. 
Building sewers must be constructed of extra-heavy cast-iron pipe, be a minimum of four inches in inside diameter and be properly connected by a 1-45 bend with a four-inch "Y" M.D. branch on the public sewer. A larger size pipe may be required by the Plumbing Inspector if he deems it necessary.
D. 
All house sewers, drains and horizontal soil and waste pipes shall be laid as straight as possible, and any changes in directions shall be made with proper, approved fittings, and all such pipes shall have a fall of not less than 1/4 inch per foot and as much more as may be practicable in each case and as approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
E. 
No house sewer shall be covered until it has been examined and approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
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, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer in such manner as the Plumbing Inspector shall approve.
No person shall make connection of roof downspout, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
[Amended 12-17-2018 by L.L. No. 14-2018]
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code and rules and regulations, and other applicable rules and regulations of the Village, County of Westchester and New York State, and shall be constructed and installed in strict accordance with any plans and specifications approved by the Westchester County Department of Health. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Plumbing Inspector before installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Plumbing Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and for connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Plumbing Inspector or his representative.
All excavations for building sewer installation 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 the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Village.