No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, alter or disturb any public sewer on appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
A. 
There shall be three classes of building sewer permits:
(1) 
For residential service.
(2) 
For commercial service.
(3) 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. 
In any case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the municipality. 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, in such amount as the Town Board may set by resolution from time to time, for a residential, commercial or industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the municipality at the time the application is filed.
[Amended 5-14-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
All costs and expenses 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.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.
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 or construction of the building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the latest revision of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the municipality. In no event shall the diameter of such pipe be less than four inches, nor shall the slope of such four-inch pipe be less than 1/8 inch per foot. Pipe shall be either Plastic SDR-35 or cast iron.
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, the sanitary sewer carried by such building drain shall be left by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
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. As to any connection for roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater which is in existence at the time this chapter is enacted, such roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater shall be removed within 90 days of the enactment of this chapter.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the latest revision of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the municipality. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
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 authorized representative.
A. 
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
B. 
Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of work shall be restored in the manner satisfactory to the municipality.