[Amended 4-5-1982]
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenances thereof, without first obtaining a written
permit from the Town Engineer.
A.
The owner or his agent shall make application on a
special form furnished by the Town, supplemented by any plans, specifications
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Town
Engineer. Such plans are required for multiple dwellings, commercial
or public buildings. Said application shall be signed by the licensed
plumber under whose supervision the work is to be done. The application
becomes a permit when signed by the Town Engineer. Applications, when
made by the contractor, must show authorization from the owner. An
application for sewer connection work must be made in the Town Engineer's
office during regular hours. It shall be necessary for the contractor
to secure liability insurance to protect himself. A fee is to be paid,
as shown below, when a permit is obtained.
B.
A fee is to be paid at the time an application is
submitted in the amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees adopted
by Town Board resolution and filed with the office of the Town Clerk.
[Amended 3-7-1977; 4-5-1982; 5-2-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
C.
The Town shall apply special connection fees for industrial
or business complexes not covered in the above-listed classifications.
[Amended 8-3-1998 by L.L. No. 6-1998; 10-15-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012; 12-2-2019 by L.L. No.
8-2019]
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation,
connection and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by
the owner. The owner shall be responsible for the maintenance of the
building sewer to the wye at the main sewer regardless of the location
of the main line sewer. The owner shall indemnify the Town from any
loss or damage the Town sustains that may directly or indirectly be
occasioned by the installation, connection and maintenance of the
building sewer.
The plumbing system of each building shall have
a separate and independent connection with the public sewer wherever
possible. Where one building stands in the rear of another on an interior
lot and no connection to a sewer is available or can be made through
an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sanitary
drain from the building on the front of the lot may be extended to
the building on the rear of the lot. A separate application shall
be made for each building.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test
by the Town Engineer to meet all requirements of this chapter.
A.
Specifications.
[Amended 7-1-1974; 10-15-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
(1)
The slope of the sewers described in this section
shall be 1/4 inch per foot unless special permission is obtained from
the Code Enforcement Officer, but in no case is a slope less than
1/8 inch per foot acceptable.
(2)
The building sewer shall be brought to the building
at a depth sufficient to afford protection from frost. It shall be
laid at a uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible.
Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe
and fittings. A plan shall be submitted to the Town Engineer's office
when a road crossing is installed. A minimum four-inch pipe shall
be used in all road crossings. Road crossings shall have a minimum
cover of five feet and be carefully tamped and backfilled with select
material. If such cover cannot be obtained, pipe shall be encased
with six inches of concrete. Backfill above pipe shall be in accordance
with the requirements of the appropriate highway authorities. A six-inch
cleanout with a riser and cap shall be installed in the vicinity of
the right-of-way line when a road crossing is installed. All approved
building sewer pipe shall be bedded with a four-inch minimum compacted
cushion of No. 1 or 1A broken stone under the pipe and up to the spring
line and covered at least six inches over top with fine dirt and gravel
by hand. Pipe shall be bedded carefully on the compacted materials
so that it does not ride on bells or joints. Backfill shall be free
from large stones. No slag material is to be allowed for house connections.
(3)
No footing drains, roof drains, basement floor drains,
or other drains carrying surface water or groundwater shall be connected
to the building or sanitary sewer. A sump pump shall be provided wherever
required to carry groundwater and surface water to a natural outlet
or storm sewer. Where any work is performed in a street or highway
right-of-way, the owner or his agent shall first obtain a permit from
the proper state, county or Town highway authorities. Notice of request
for inspection or final approval by highway authorities shall be the
responsibility of the owner or his agent. Utility companies are to
be notified if work may affect their facilities. The Town shall not
be responsible for damage caused by drains connected to the building
or sanitary sewer.
[Amended 12-2-2019 by L.L. No. 8-2019]
(4)
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall
notify the Code Enforcement
Officer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection
to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of said Code Enforcement Officer or his representatives. A sanitary
drain from any new building shall not be connected to the public sewer
until the roof construction of the building is completed and until
the interior rough plumbing is completed to the stage that stormwater
will be prevented from entering into the sanitary sewer.
(5)
Each building sewer must be provided with a cleanout
at house wall end, at sharp changes in direction and at least for
every 90 feet of length; the openings to be a minimum of three inches
above cellar floor or ground surface outside buildings.
(6)
All excavations for building or sanitary sewer installations
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 Town Engineer. Ditches and culvert pipes
for storm and surface water or other utilities disturbed during installation
of sewers shall be replaced to their original condition. All driveways
and parking areas shall be backfilled with noncompressible fill and
restored to original condition.
(7)
Vertical pipe fresh-air vents and cleanouts will not be permitted on any building sewer less than 90 feet in length which is connected to a public sewer. Cleanouts shall be installed in accordance with § 267-15A(5) of these specifications using a Y-branch fitting.
(8)
Traps will not be permitted on any building sewer
which is connected to a public sewer.
(9)
Before backfilling, all building sewers shall be tested under the supervision of the Town Engineer and/or Code Enforcement Officer. This test shall include all piping from the cleanout Y-branch fitting up to and including the connection to the public sewer. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall be responsible for furnishing all labor, material and equipment for conducting the test and for notifying the Town Engineer and/or Code Enforcement Officer in accordance with § 267-15A(4) of these specifications.
B.
Variations in these requirements may be made in special
circumstances if approved by the Town Board in writing.
C.
ASTM tests on all sewer pipes must be performed in
the United States. Any variance from the sewer sizes described above
must be approved by the Town Board.
