No person shall uncover, make any connection
with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Enforcement
Officer.
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make
application on a special form furnished by the Town. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Enforcement Officer. A
permit fee for a lateral permit shall be paid to the Enforcement Officer
at the time an application is filed. Fees shall be established and
may be amended or repealed by resolution of the Town Board of the
Town of Cicero.
Separate building laterals required; exception. A
separate and independent building lateral shall be provided for every
building requiring sanitary facilities, except where one or more such
buildings stand at the rear of another or 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. In this case, the building
lateral from the front building may be extended to the rear building
and the whole considered as one building lateral. In such cases, approval
shall be obtained from the Enforcement Officer prior to installation
of the building lateral.
Multiple dwellings. Where building laterals are to
serve multiple-dwelling structures, there shall be provided at least
one separate building lateral for each group of eight apartments or
less.
Building complexes. Where a public sewer is to serve a complex of industrial, commercial, institutional or dwelling structures, special design of the building lateral system shall be required. Plans and specifications shall be prepared and submitted for approval pursuant to Articles IV, V and VI.
Existing building laterals. Existing building laterals
may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found,
on examination and test by the Enforcement Officer, to meet all requirements
of this chapter.
Building and street lateral specifications. Building
and street laterals shall be tar coated, extra heavy, cast iron soil
pipe conforming to ASTM Specification A-74, and American Standard
Association (ASA) Specification A-40.1; or asbestos cement house connection
pipe conforming to ASTM Specification C-428, Type II, minimum class
2400. Any part of the building or street lateral that is located within
five feet of a water main or water service shall be constructed of
cast iron soil pipe with poured lead joints, and may be required by
the Enforcement Officer where the building or street is likely to
be damaged by tree roots. If installed on fill or unstable ground,
the building or street lateral shall be of cast iron soil pipe, although
other pipe material may be permitted if such pipe is uniformly supported
on a poured concrete cradle by the Enforcement Officer. The distance
between conservative joints, as measured along the center line of
the installed pipe, shall not exceed five feet except under abnormal
circumstances, in which case this dimension may be exceeded if approved
by the Enforcement Officer. The size and slope of building or street
laterals shall be subject to approval by the Enforcement Officer,
but in no event shall the internal diameter be less than four inches,
nor shall the slope of the pipe be less than 1/8 inch per foot.
Connection of street lateral to main sewer. At the
point of connection of a street lateral to a main sewer a standard
wye fitting and a one-eighth (45º) bend shall be used. No lateral
connection shall be made to the main sewer which permits the flow
into the sewer from the lateral to enter at right angles.
Wye and eighth bend fittings. The wye and eighth bend
fittings, previously mentioned, shall be inserted in the main sanitary
sewer at the time of its construction for each proposed lot for either
immediate or future development. The location of all lateral connections
shall be indicated on a drawing and copies of this drawing showing
the as-built location of these connections shall be furnished the
Enforcement Officer. No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by the Town
until two copies of this record drawing showing lateral locations
have been so filed.
Manhole, when required. When any street lateral is to serve a school, hospital, or similar institutional or public building, or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings, or which, in the opinion of the Enforcement Officer, will receive sewage or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building and street lateral is anticipated, then such street lateral shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Enforcement Officer 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 Enforcement Officer. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to § 166-10D, and the lateral connection made thereto as directed by the Enforcement Officer.
Elevation and other regulation pertaining to building
and street laterals. Whenever possible, the building lateral shall
be brought to the building at an elevation below the base floor. Building
laterals laid parallel to a bearing wall shall not be installed closer
than three feet to such wall. 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.
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.
Mechanical lift. In all buildings in which any building
drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary
sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by mechanical means and
discharged to the building lateral on approval by the Enforcement
Officer.
Excavations. All excavations required for the installation
of a building or street lateral shall be open trench work unless otherwise
approved by the Enforcement Officer. Pipe laying and backfilling,
regardless of pipe material used, shall be performed in general accordance
with Sections 3 through 6 of ASTM Specification C-12, except that
trench width measured at the top of the installed pipe shall not exceed
24 inches and except that no backfill shall be placed until work has
been inspected. The depth of cover over the pipe shall be sufficient
to afford protection from frost, but in no case shall such depth be
less than four feet.
Poured joints for cast iron pipe 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 materials shall be made
with special adaptors and jointing materials approved by the Enforcement
Officer. If such joints are hot-poured the material shall not soften
sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when subjected
to a temperature of 160º F., nor be soluble in any of the wastes
carried by the lateral. The joint shall first be caulked tight with
jute, hemp, or similar approved material.
Premolded gasket joints for hub and plain and cast
iron pipe may be used if approved by the Enforcement Officer and shall
be 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
and 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 bland, flax-base, nontoxic material and shall not
chemically attack the gasket material.
Asbestos cement pipe joints shall follow the manufacturer's
recommendations, using properly designed couplings and rubber gaskets
pursuant to the published information relating thereto.
Connection into existing public sewer. The connection of the building lateral into an existing public sewer shall be made at the property line. Except as provided under § 166-9, if a street lateral had not previously been provided, the street lateral will be constructed from the existing main sewer, to the property line by the Town upon submittal of a proper request by the property owner. The cost of constructing the street lateral from the main sewer to the property line will be at the owner's expense. All subsequent costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building lateral shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building lateral. The method of connection of the building lateral to the street lateral will depend upon the type of sewer material used and in all cases shall be approved by the Enforcement Officer.
The applicant for the building lateral permit shall notify the Enforcement Officer when the building lateral is ready for inspection and connection to the street lateral. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Enforcement Officer or his representative. When street laterals are installed pursuant to § 166-9, the property owner, builder or developer shall notify the Enforcement Officer when the street lateral is ready for inspection and connection to the main sewer, and such connection shall be made under the supervision of the Enforcement Officer or his representative.
When trenches are excavated for the laying of building lateral pipes or for laying street lateral pipes pursuant to § 166-9 hereof, such trenches shall be installed by the Enforcement Officer. Before the trenches are filled, the person performing such work shall notify the Enforcement Officer when the laying of building lateral is completed, and no filling of trenches shall begin until approval is obtained from the Enforcement Officer.
Protection of public; restoration of public property.
All excavations for building lateral installation shall be adequately
protected with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to
the Enforcement Officer.
Interior cleanout fitting. An interior cleanout fitting
shall be provided for each building lateral at a readily accessible
location, preferably just inside the basement wall. The fitting shall
contain a 45º branch with removable plug, and so positioned that
sewer cleaning equipment can be inserted therein to clean the building
lateral.
Repair expense. Whenever a property owner files a
complaint alleging a defective sewer operation, it shall be his obligation
to pay for the Onondaga County inspection in the event the defect
is determined to be on the property of the complainant. Failure on
the part of the complainant to pay this fee will result in a lien
against the subject property and the charge added to the next tax
bill assessed to the said property.