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.
B.
In either case, the owner or his or her 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 $10 for a residential or commercial
building sewer permit and $25 for an industrial building sewer permit
shall be paid to the Village at the time the application is filed.
All costs and expenses incidental 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.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building; except 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 front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but
the Village does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility
for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection
aforementioned.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction
of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing
of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code as set
forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of
Practice No. 9; and PVC pipe in accordance with ASTM D-3034 SDR 35,
Asbestos Cement Pipe, or Asbestos Cement Pipe in accordance with ASTM
C-428 for sanitary sewers service shall cover size of all pipes used
in normal sewer extensions and subdivisions and trunk lines and laterals.
The building sewer shall be brought to the minimum
of 10 inches above cellar floor. In all buildings in which any building
drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary
sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved
means and discharged to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts,
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 unless
such connection is approved by the Superintendent for purposes of
disposal of polluted surface drainage.
A.
Applicable rules and regulations. The connection of
the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements
of the building and plumbing New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the
Village, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections
shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing.
Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be
approved by the superintendent before installation.
B.
Superintendent to inspection connection. 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 and testing shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his or her representative.
C.
Guarding of excavations; restoration. All excavations
for building sewer installation 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.
A permit issued pursuant to § 187-15A(2) shall be subject to the following conditions:
A.
Permit applications. A permit application for industrial
users shall provide the following information:
(1)
Anticipated volume computed on a daily, weekly and
monthly basis; and if seasonal or otherwise irregular, the anticipated
peak periods;
(2)
Constituents;
(3)
Characteristics of wastewater;
(4)
Flow rates;
(5)
Each product produced by type;
(6)
Amount and rate of production; and
(7)
Description of activities, facilities and plant process
on the premises including all materials processed and types of materials
which are or could be discharged.
B.
Terms and conditions.
(1)
Any permit issued under this section shall contain such limits and restrictions on volume, constituents, characteristics of wastewater and flow rates as may be determined by the Superintendent as reasonably necessary to equitably allocate the capacity of the POTW and to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare; and such other requirements as may be determined by the Superintendent pursuant to Article V of this chapter.
(2)
Permits shall contain specifications for monitoring
programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling,
number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedules.
C.
Modifications by Village.
(1)
The permit terms and conditions shall be subject to
modification and change by the Superintendent. Except in case of emergency,
the Superintendent shall notify the permit holder at least 30 days
in advance in writing served either personally or by certified mail,
return receipt requested, at the permit holder's place of business
within the Village. Such notice shall specify the proposed changes
or modifications, the reasons therefor, and the proposed effective
date; a statement that the permit holder may submit in writing any
objections, counter proposals or justification for continuation of
any or all of the terms or conditions of the permit; and also the
right to request a hearing before the Superintendent, if demanded
within the thirty-day period, and to be represented by counsel and
to present proof and rebut any evidence produced at the hearing.
(2)
Compliance with any final order of the Superintendent
under this subsection shall not be required sooner than 30 days after
service upon the permit holder, as above provided, except in case
of emergency.
D.
Modifications at request of permit holder. An industrial
user shall apply for a permit modification if production or process
is changed so that wastewater characteristics or flow is altered.
E.
Assignment or transfer of permit. A permit issued
pursuant to this section shall not be assigned, transferred or sold
to a new owner, new user, different premises or a new or changed operation.
F.
Maximum time period. A permit issued pursuant to this
section shall be for a period not to exceed five years; provided,
however, that a permit may be extended for additional periods not
to exceed five years each upon payment of the required fee and submission
of a new application as provided in Subdivision A of this section.
Such application shall be submitted within six months and not less
than one month prior to expiration of a permit.
G.
Revocation of permit. A permit may be revoked by the
Superintendent for any of the following conditions:
(1)
Any false information submitted in the permit application.
(2)
Willfully exceeding the limits and restrictions as
to volume, constituents, characteristics of wastewater and flow rates
as specified in the permit.
(3)
Willfully failing to maintain monitoring programs
as required by the Superintendent.
(4)
Failure to take corrective action as specified by
the Superintendent within the time specified.
(5)
Failure to pay any charges, fees or sewer rents within
three months after falling due.
H.
Enforcement. Conditions of wastewater discharge permits
shall be uniformly enforced by the Village in accordance with this
chapter and applicable state and federal regulations. Permits shall
be expressly subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other
regulations, user charges and fees established by the Village and
applicable state and federal regulations.
