No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening
into or use, alter, disturb or discharge into any public sewer or
appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit therefor.
B.
The owner or his agent shall apply for a permit on a special form
provided by the Board. The permit application shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications or other information requested by the
Superintendent or the Board.
C.
A permit and inspection fee, in an amount set forth in the Fee Schedule
adopted by the Board, shall be paid to the City at the time the application
is filed.
B.
Residential and commercial permits. The Superintendent shall determine
whether a residential or commercial permit should be issued, based
on his analysis of the plans, specifications and other information
submitted in light of the provisions of this Part 2, and shall inform
the Board of his conclusion. If the Board so specifies, the Superintendent
shall, prior to granting or denying a domestic or commercial permit,
submit the matter to the Board for determination. In such a case,
the decision of a majority of the Board shall be required to overturn
the conclusion of the Superintendent.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building, except that, 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 building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
building sewer.
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 Part 2.
The building sewer shall be cast-iron soil pipe, ASTM Specification
A74-42 or equal; vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM Specification C13-44T
or equal; or other suitable material approved by the Superintendent.
Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Any part of the building sewer
that is located within 10 feet of a water-service pipe shall be constructed
of cast-iron soil pipe with leaded joints or other suitable material
approved by the Superintendent. Cast-iron pipe with leaded joints
may be required by the Superintendent where the building sewer is
exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable
ground, the building sewer shall be of cast-iron soil pipe, except
that nonmetallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete
bed or cradle, as approved by the Superintendent.
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The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to
the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter
be less than four inches. The slope of such four-inch pipe shall be
not less than 1/8 inch per foot.
A.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall
be laid parallel to or within five feet of any bearing wall which
might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford
protection from frost.
B.
The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight
alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made
only with properly curved pipe fittings.
A.
Old building sewers. The lines outside the building leading to the
curb connections or public sewer may be used by property owners only
if they are watertight, gastight and meet all other specifications
of this Part 2 and, if not meeting said specifications in their entirety,
may be used only with special written approval of the Superintendent.
B.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer
shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent.
Pipe laying and backfilling shall be performed in accordance with
the pipe manufacturer's recommendation but, in any event, shall conform
to the following standards:
(1)
The ditch shall be straight and true and to uniform grade insofar
as possible.
(2)
The bottom of the trench shall be shaped by hand to receive the pipe,
or a minimum of three inches of compacted sand shall be placed in
the trench bottom to receive the pipe.
(3)
Where rock is encountered in the excavation of the trench, the rock
shall be excavated at least four inches below the grade of the pipe
and covered with compacted sand to provide a sand bed for the pipe.
(4)
After placing the pipe and making joints as per requirements, earth
backfill shall be placed to the height of the top of the pipe and
tamped.
(5)
One foot of earth fill, free from rocks, will then be placed and
tamped.
(6)
The remainder of the trench shall then be backfilled, but all such
trenches in City roads shall be filled in one-foot layers and tamped
before additional dirt is added.
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C.
Alternate materials and methods may be used only if they have been
specifically approved by the Superintendent. He may approve any alternative,
provided that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with
terms of this Part 2 and that the material or method of work offered
is for the purpose intended and at least the equivalent of that herein
prescribed in quality, strength, effectiveness, durability and safety.
D.
Repairs to sewerage connections shall be made with such materials
as is provided for by this Part 2 for new work, insofar as is practical.
E.
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building
sewer and appurtenances and the methods to be used in excavating,
placing of the building sewer pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling
the trench shall conform to the requirements of the specifications
for the installation of building sewers as adopted by the Board and
all applicable provisions of any other rules and regulations of the
City or of the County of Warren or the State of New York, whichever
requirement is more strict. In the absence of any requirements or
in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in
appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual
of Practice No. 9 shall apply. All connections of building sewers
to a public sewerage system shall be gastight and watertight. Any
deviations from the prescribed materials and construction procedures
must be approved by the Superintendent prior to installation.
A.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor.
B.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage carried by such building
drain shall be lifted by a method approved by the Superintendent and
discharged to a gravity-flow building sewer.
All excavations required for the installation of a building
sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent.
Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM
Specification C12-19, except that no backfill shall be placed until
the work has been inspected.
The applicant for the connection of any building sewer to the
city's sewerage system shall notify the Superintendent when the building
sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
In no case shall any underground portions of the building sewer be
covered or connection to the public sewer made without the approval
and/or supervision of the Superintendent or his representative. Permission
to activate the building sewer will be given only after satisfactory
final inspection has been made and approval given by the Superintendent,
and connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent
or his representative.
A.
All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
B.
Cast-iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and
filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QQ-L-156, not less
than one-inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and caulked tight.
No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing
material until after the joint has been tested and approved.
C.
All joints in vitrified clay pipe or between such pipe and metals
shall be made with approved hot-poured material or cement mortar,
as specified below.
D.
Material for hot-poured joints shall not soften sufficiently to destroy
the effectiveness of the joint when subjected to a temperature of
160° F. nor be soluable in any of the wastes carried by the drainage
system. The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp or
similar approved material.
E.
Cement joints shall be made by packing a closely twisted jute or
oakum gasket of suitable size to fill partly the annular space between
the pipes. The remaining space shall be filled and firmly connected
with mortar composed of one part portland cement and three parts mortar
sand. The material shall be mixed dry; only sufficient water shall
be added to make the mixture workable. Mortar which has begun to set
shall not be used or retamped. Lime putty and hydrated lime may be
substituted to the extent of not more than 25% of the volume of the
portland cement that may be added.
F.
Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval
of the Superintendent.
A.
"Building sewer" shall refer to the connection from the building
to the sewer main and shall be the property of the building owner.
However, the City shall make the connection from the main sewer to
a point inside the curb (between the curb and walk). This will include
all excavation, laying sewer lateral, backfilling, replacing pavement,
etc.
B.
A fee will be charged for residential, commercial and industrial
users in accordance with a Fee Schedule set by the Board.
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C.
This fee shall be paid by the owner to the City Treasurer, who shall
credit it to the appropriate account of the Board of Water and Sewer
Commissioners. The Water and Sewer Department shall construct the
connection to a building sewer only after the City Treasurer has presented
said Department with proof of payment of such fee.
All excavations for building sewers shall comply with all federal,
state and local safety regulations and shall be adequately guarded
with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in the
course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the
city.
A.
Building sewers shall be maintained, serviced and repaired by the
owner of the property served thereby from the building drain to a
point within one foot of the street curb (between the curb and walk),
if connected to a public sewer in a public right-of-way, and to within
two feet of the public sewer located in an easement across private
property.
B.
In the event that a property is unable to discharge sewage into the
public sewer, it will be presumed that the fault is in the private
building sewer unless contrary facts are in evidence.
C.
Evidence of willful damage to a building sewer being served by a
public sewer shall be considered a violation of this Part 2.
Before any building whose building sewer is connected to a public
sewer is demolished, the owner thereof shall conform to the requirements
established by the Superintendent. The cutoff or plugging of the building
sewer shall be done with the permission and under the supervision
of the Superintendent.
