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.
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.