No unauthorized 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 Board of Sewer Commissioners.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 10-27-2003 by L.L. No.
8-2003]
There shall be one class of building sewer permit
for both residential and nonresidential service. The owner or his/her
agent shall make application on forms provided by the Village. The
permit application shall be supplemented by such plans, specifications,
insurance requirements or other information required by the Village.
A sewer permit and inspection fee in the amounts set forth in the
fee schedule adopted by the Board of Trustees [1] shall be paid at the time the application is filed.
[1]
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file
in the Village offices.
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 municipality for any loss or damage
that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
of the building sewer.
The building sewer shall be extra-heavy cast-iron
soil pipe, United States Department of Commerce Commercial Standard
Cs 188-59, Class 2400 asbestos-cement pipe, ASTM C428, or other recognized,
similar suitable material approved by the Board of Sewer Commissioners.
All standards or specifications shall be those current at the time
of passage of this chapter. Joints shall be tight and waterproof.
Pipe shall be uniformly bedded on a tamped granular material. The
building sewer shall be installed in a separate trench not less than
five feet horizontally from any underground water service pipe. Cast-iron
pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Board of Sewer Commissioners
where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed
in filled or unstable ground or at a depth providing less than a three-foot
cover under driveways or roadways, the building sewer shall be of
cast-iron soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted
if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Board
of Sewer Commissioners. The inside diameter of the building sewer
shall in no event be less than five inches, and the slope of such
five-inch pipe shall not be less than 1/4 inch per foot. Under special
circumstances, larger pipe with lesser slopes which will provide a
minimum velocity of two feet per second will be permitted only on
approval of the Board of Sewer Commissioners. Pipe shall be laid as
nearly as possible in a straight line. Approved cleanouts, set at
an angle of 45°, shall be used at changes of grade or line and
at fifty-foot intervals where the building sewer is over 100 feet
long. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved
pipe and fittings. The sewer shall not be laid within three feet of
or parallel to any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened.
A.
Whenever practicable, the building sewer for new construction
shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement
floor. In existing buildings where no plumbing facilities are provided
in the basement, the building sewer may be above the cellar floor.
The amount of earth cover shall be sufficient to afford protection
from frost.
B.
In all existing 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 a sump pump. This pump shall
be a submersible, heavy-duty, nonclog type with a nonclog enclosed
pump impeller. The pump shall be capable of passing two-and-one-half-inch
spheres. A suction tripod shall be provided of sufficient height to
provide proper suction entrance for the liquids and solids to be pumped.
The pump casing, impeller and tripod shall be of cast iron. The motor
shall be submersible, oil-filled, totally enclosed, ball-bearing type
with adequate thrust capacity for the pump. It shall be equipped with
a stainless steel shaft and an expansion diaphragm. Conduits and fittings
shall be attached to the motors with watertight connection. Said pump
and its installation shall be approved by the Board of Sewer Commissioners.
An overflow, approved by the Board of Sewer Commissioners, shall be
provided to permit temporary discharge to an approved subsurface disposal
system in the event of pump failure. A standby pump may be required
as determined by the Board of Sewer Commissioners.
C.
The Board of Sewer Commissioners may adopt other and
additional regulations not inconsistent with the standards set forth
herein.
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 2-8-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
The connection of the building sewer into the
public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building Code
or other applicable rules and regulations of the municipality and
the Board of Sewer Commissioners and the Rockland County Plumbing
Code. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be
approved by the Code Enforcement Officer before installation.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
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 and shall
leave the entire sewer uncovered until such inspection is made and
approval granted. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Code Enforcement Officer, Village Engineer or other representative
of the Board of Sewer Commissioners.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L.
No. 1-1988]
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 work shall be restored in a manner
satisfactory to the Code Enforcement Officer. No person shall perform
any of the work set forth in this chapter for any other person in
the municipality unless he shall be a licensed plumber or other person
approved by the Code Enforcement Officer. Such person shall first
file an individual surety bond in the penal sum of $5,000, payable
to the municipality in such form and on such conditions as shall be
approved by the Village Attorney of the Village of Pomona, for the
faithful compliance with this chapter and all other local laws pertaining
to the work.
A sewer connection will be provided by the municipality
between an existing fronting public sewer and the curb or right-of-way.
The joint made between the sewer connection provided by the municipality
and the building sewer provided by the owner shall be secure and watertight.
Standard approved fittings with flexible joints shall be used for
the connection. The building sewer for all buildings shall be connected
to the public sewer at the curbline or right-of-way.
