[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Kensington 11-20-1968 as Art. 3 of Ch. 3 of Part II of the Code of Ordinances
(1968). Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall apply to all plumbing work hereafter performed
in the Village of Kensington, including but not limited to plumbing
work in new buildings, plumbing work in the alteration of existing
buildings, the replacement or rearrangement of existing plumbing,
construction and reconstruction of cesspools, septic tanks and other
facilities for the disposal of sanitary sewage and house wastes and
connections with the public sewer of Great Neck Sewer District.
All plumbing work shall be performed by or under the direct
supervision of a plumber holding a certificate of competency from
the Town of North Hempstead. The plumber having such supervision shall
be responsible for compliance with this chapter even though he does
not personally perform the work.
[Amended 5-17-1989 by L.L. No. 10-1989]
No plumbing work shall be performed unless a written application
describing the proposed work in detail has been submitted to the Building
Inspector and the required fee paid and a permit therefor has been
issued by the Building Inspector. Where the work is included under
an application for which a building permit is required, no separate
application or permit or fee is required under this chapter, but the
building permit shall be deemed to cover the plumbing work. In all
other cases, a separate application must be made and fee paid in the
sum provided by law and a permit issued.
All work shall be performed in good and workmanlike manner to
the satisfaction of the Building Inspector or such approving authority
as may, from time to time, be designated by the Board of Trustees,
and in conformity with the requirements of this chapter, the State
Building Construction Code and Manual and any other applicable village
ordinances and, in case of sewer connections, in conformity with any
applicable ordinances of the County of Nassau or rules, regulations
and requirements of the Great Neck Sewer District of the County of
Nassau.
In addition to all other requirements, the following regulations
shall apply to connections with the public sewer of the Great Neck
Sewer District of the County of Nassau:
A.
Number of connections required. Every building, other than accessory
buildings incidental to the principal building or structure on each
parcel of property, shall have a separate connection with the public
sewer, except that in the case of real estate developments containing
one or more private streets supplied with lateral sewers privately
constructed, each building other than accessory buildings incidental
to the principal building or structure on each parcel of property
shall have a separate connection either with such lateral sewer or
with the public sewer.
B.
House sewers. House sewers shall be laid solidly on a true grade
of not less than 1/4 on an inch per foot. They shall be laid in a
straight line. Changes in direction, if necessary, shall be made with
proper fittings and all connections made with wye branches and one-eighth
or one-sixteenth bends. House sewers shall be covered to a depth of
at least two feet with well-rammed fine earth free from stones and
rubbish.
C.
Materials. The house sewer shall not be less than five inches'
diameter extra-heavy cast-iron pipe or not less than five inches'
diameter asbestos-cement building sewer pipe except that the first-length
projection from the house must be cast iron.
D.
Joints and connections.
(1)
For cast-iron pipe, all joints shall be firmly packed with oakum
or hemp and shall be secured only with pure molten lead, not less
than one-inch deep, well caulked.
(2)
For asbestos-cement pipe, all joints shall be made with the standard
couplings and rubber sealing rings under compression and be made in
strict accordance with the manufacturer's standards and recommendations.
E.
Traps. An iron running trap shall be placed in the house drain near
the front wall of the house and on the sewer side of all connections.
If placed outside the house or below the cellar floor, it must be
made accessible by a brick manhole, the walls of which shall be at
least eight inches thick, and provided with an iron manhole cover.
When outside the house, it shall, in no case, be less than three feet
six inches below the surface of the ground. Where fixtures are less
than three feet above the public sewer in the street, an approved
backwater valve shall be installed. A five-inch-by-four-inch extra-heavy
cast-iron wye shall be placed inside the foundation wall and before
the house trap. In slab floor or cellarless types of construction,
the wye shall be placed outside the house in a pit as described in
this subsection.
F.
Cleanouts. Cleanouts shall be constructed where required by the Building
Inspector.
G.
Grease traps. Grease traps shall be installed as required by the
Building Inspector. All connections with grease traps must be of not
less than three-inch cast-iron pipe from the sink to the grease trap
and of not less than four-inch cast-iron pipe from the grease trap
to the house drain.
H.
Vents. A fresh-air inlet pipe shall be connected to the house drain
just inside the house trap and extended to the outer air, terminating
with open end at least 18 inches above the finished grade at the most
available point. The fresh-air inlet pipe shall be at least 1/2 the
diameter of the house drain, but in no case shall the fresh-air inlet
pipe be less than four inches in diameter, and such pipe shall be
protected by a perforated plate. No vent caps shall be permitted and
the fresh-air inlet pipe shall terminate with a return bend or a fresh-air
plate. No curb box or similar device with grating placed in a sidewalk
or sidewalk area will be permitted for fresh-air inlets. No building
shall be permited to make any connections with the public sewer unless
the building has a soil line extending to a point above the roof and
which is properly vented.
I.
Use.
[Amended 7-19-1989 by L.L. No. 14-1989]
(1)
No gutters, house leaders, floor drains or garage floor drains shall
be connected to a sanitary sewer or storm sewer, directly or indirectly,
and no surface water will be admitted to the sanitary sewer. No sanitary
sewer connection shall be made or used except for the purpose of carrying
off wastes from sinks, bathtubs, lavatories, set tubs and waterclosets.
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection I(1), the Board of Trustees may, during a period of time to be established by resolution of the Board, but no later than September 30, 1989, permit gutters, house leaders, catch basins, dry wells or other stormwater collection or dispersal devices or apparatus to be connected to the storm sewer, subject to reasonable conditions which may be imposed by the Board.
J.
Exceptions. Where, at the date of adoption of this chapter, house
sewer lines existed which conformed to the requirements of applicable
village ordinances at the time of installation, in order to replace
such house sewers with connections conforming to this section, the
Building Inspector may permit such house sewer lines, or such portions
thereof as he may determine, to remain, and only the new work need
comply with the requirements of this section, provided that such method
of connection meets the requirements of the Great Neck Sewer District
of the County of Nassau.
The Board of Trustees may from time to time require the owner
or occupant of any or all property fronting or abutting on any street
or portion thereof to make and lay connection pipes to and from the
public sewer in said streets within such time and in such manner as
the Board may prescribe. If any such owner or occupant shall fail
to make said connections within the time specified, the Board may
make, extend and complete the same, and for such purpose may enter
upon said property and any buildings constructed thereon; and the
cost of the work, including all labor done and material used and the
reasonable cost of engineering supervision and overhead, shall be
assessed upon each respective parcel of property and shall be collected
in the same manner as assessments for local improvements in accordance
with village law.
No plumbing work or sewer installation or connection shall be
put into use or operation until a certificate of compliance shall
have been issued by the Building Inspector, upon written application
therefor, certifying that such work has been completed in conformity
with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 5-17-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
Each person who violates any provision of this chapter shall,
for each and every day that said violation continues, be subject to
a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to
exceed six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
