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 Superintendent.
[Amended 8-23-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
There shall be two classes of building sewer
permits: for residential and commercial service and for service to
establishments producing industrial wastes. 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 Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of $2 for a residential
or commercial building sewer permit and $5 for an industrial building
sewer permit shall be paid to the district at the time the application
is filed. The Village Board of Trustees has the authority to modify
these fees by simple resolution following a public hearing on not
less than five days’ notice.
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.
[Added 7-22-1986 by L.L. No. 5-1986]
The Board of Trustees is enabled to establish
the rate of $1,000 for new sewage hookup fees, with authority to modify
these fees by simple resolution by the Board.
[Added 7-28-2014 by L.L.
No. 2-2014]
A. The Village shall own and be responsible for the maintenance, repair,
and replacement of that portion of any building lateral lying between
the sewer main line and the boundary between the street right-of-way
and the adjoining private property.
B. The property owner shall own and be responsible for the maintenance,
repair and replacement of that portion of any building lateral lying
between the street right-of-way and the building to which it serves,
and shall indemnify and hold the Village harmless from any loss or
damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the maintenance,
repair or replacement of that portion of the building lateral for
which the owner is responsible.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building, except that 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.
[Amended 1-6-1987 by L.L. No. 2-1987]
The size, slope, alignment and materials of
construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating,
placing of pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall
conform to the requirements of the plumbing standards of the State
Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, Bulletin No. 23 of the
New York State Department of Health, and as directed by the Superintendent.
[Amended 1-27-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
A. Building laterals laid parallel to a bearing wall
shall not be installed closer than three feet to such wall. The building
lateral shall enter the basement through the basement wall no less
than 12 inches above the basement floor.
B. In no event shall any building lateral be placed below
the basement floor, except with the express written approval of the
Superintendent.
C. The building lateral shall be laid at uniform grade
and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction
shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings. Changes
of direction of 90° or greater shall be made with a cleanout which
extends to grade terminating in a terminal box set in concrete. In
building laterals, said cleanout shall be provided such that the maximum
distance between cleanouts is 75 feet. The ends of all building or
street laterals which are not connected to the interior plumbing of
the building, for any reason, shall be sealed against infiltration
by a suitable stopper, plug or other approved means.
D. The provisions of this section shall apply to all
building laterals laid after March 1, 1997.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts,
exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface
runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which
in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
[Amended 1-6-1987 by L.L. No. 2-1987]
The connection of the building sewer into the
public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the plumbing standards
of the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, Bulletin No.
23 of the New York State Department of Health, and as directed by
the Superintendent. All such connections shall be made gastight and
watertight.
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.
All excavations for building 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 Village.