There are residential, commercial, institutional and industrial
sewer lateral permits. A permit application shall be submitted to
the Director of Public Works. The permit application shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent
in the judgment of the Director of Public Works. A fee for residential,
commercial, institutional and industrial users, as established by
the Village Board, shall accompany the application. Connections to
existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Director of Public
Works.
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new
buildings only when they are found on examination by the Director
of Public Works to meet all requirements of this chapter.
When any street lateral is to serve a school, hospital, or similar institution, or public housing, or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings, or which, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works, will receive wastewater or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building or street lateral is anticipated, then such street lateral shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Director of Public Works shall determine if and where this type of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Director of Public Works. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §§
158-29 and
158-69, and the lateral connection made thereto as directed by the Director of Public Works.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such drain
shall be lifted by mechanical means and discharged to the building
lateral, on approval of the Director of Public Works.
The street lateral, building lateral, or the combined lateral
shall be tested for infiltration/exfiltration by a suitable method,
with the prior written approval of the Director of Public Works.
All excavations for constructing building laterals shall be
adequately protected 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 Director of Public Works. When installation
requires disturbance of paved public roads and shoulders, restoration
shall involve backfilling to road grade. Restoration will not commence
until directed by the Director of Public Works. Restoration will be
performed in accordance with the Village standard and as directed
by the Village Inspector.
An interior cleanout fitting shall be provided for each building
lateral at a readily accessible location, preferably just inside the
basement wall. The fitting shall contain a forty-five-degree branch
with removable plug or test tee, and shall be so positioned that sewer
cleaning equipment can be inserted therein to clean the building lateral.
The cleanout diameter shall be no less than the building lateral diameter.
All costs associated with the provisions of this article shall
be borne by the property owner unless specifically stated or agreed
to be a cost borne by the Village. The property owner shall indemnify
the Village from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly
occasioned by the installation of the building and street laterals,
and connections and appurtenances.