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.
A. 
Existing building sewers may be used for connection to the public sewer when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
B. 
New sanitary sewer users shall be required to replace existing sanitary sewer laterals currently used for private sewage disposal or septic systems with new sanitary sewer laterals for connection to the public sewer main. The new laterals shall be constructed from one-foot inside the building foundation wall to the connection of the public sewer main. This provision shall apply to all sewer users first connecting to the public sewer after March 1, 1997.
[Added 1-27-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
[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.