No unauthorized person(s) 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 Town.
[Amended 11-12-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008]
Two classes of building sewer permits will be issued. These will be for residential-commercial and industrial use (see Article VI for additional industrial requirements). The owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the sewer district. The permit shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications and other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Sewer Inspector. A permit and inspection fee in an amount as is set from time to time by the Town Board for a residential-commercial use will be required. The cost of an industrial permit shall be negotiated with the Town of Schaghticoke at the time of application. This will depend on the volume of sewage, number and size of connections and the quality of discharge.
All costs and expenses incidential to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s)
shall indemnify the sewer district and the Town from any loss or damage
that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
of the building sewer.
Where a new building is constructed and there is no Town service
lateral from the main to the property line, the installation of this
lateral and the tapping of the main will be done by the sewer district.
The cost of this work, including excavation, pipework, backfill, replacement
of pavement, etc., will be billed to the property owner. This billed
amount will be determined by the sewer district and based on the cost
of the work.
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, easement,
courtyard or driveway, the front building sewer may be extended to
the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
The Town does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility
for damage caused by or resulting from the use of any such single
connection aforementioned.
[Amended 8-13-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
The size, slope, alignment, materials and 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 this chapter, plus the latest revisions of
the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations,
if any, of the Town of Schaghticoke.[1]
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement 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(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation
drains, sump pumps for foundation or subsurface water drainage, 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
Town Sewer Inspector for purposes of disposal of polluted surface
drainage.
[Amended 8-13-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of this chapter and the latest revisions
of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the Town of Schaghticoke, if any,[1] the applicable requirements of Rensselaer County Sewer
District No. 1 and the applicable requirements of Saratoga County
Sewer District No. 1. Connections shall be made gastight and watertight
and verified by proper testing at the expense of the owner(s).
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Town Sewer Inspector 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 Town Sewer Inspector 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 Town of Schaghticoke.
The property owner's sewer connection between the Town
service lateral at the property line and the building shall be a direct
connection. A building sewer may pass through an existing septic tank.
Sides of concrete tanks shall be cut out at least twice the diameter
of pipe to be installed through the tank. The tank shall be filled
with gravel or peastone and compacted. Metal tanks shall be collapsed
and backfilled with compacted gravel or peastone. The building sewer
shall bypass all leach pits, tile fields and other private disposal
facilities.
In sewer district areas where sanitary sewers drain to a wastewater
pumping station, an approved backwater valve shall be installed in
all buildings subject to flooding during a failure of the pumping
facilities. The location of said backwater valve shall be as indicated
on the drawing for a typical house connection or as directed by the
Town Sewer Inspector.
