A.
The term
"house sewer" in these rules and regulations is applied to that part
of any drain or sewer extending from a point five feet outside the
building to its connection with a public sewer, private sewer or septic
tank.
B.
All regulations
of the Board of Trustees of the Village or other board or authority
governing the construction, connection with or use of the Village
sewers or water, not consistent with these regulations, are hereby
made a part of these rules and regulations.
Every building requiring drainage and which is adjacent or accessible
to a public sewer shall be properly connected by a separate and independent
connection with such sewer, and no such building shall be used until
such connection has been made in accordance with the requirements
of the Board of Trustees. Where possible, the sewer connection shall
be made directly in front of the building, and in no case shall the
house sewer cross other private property without special permission
from the Board.
All Village regulations governing excavations, etc., in the
public streets are hereby made a part of these rules. The opening
of streets and sidewalks for house sewer connections and the depositing
of the excavated materials must be done in such manner as to occasion
the least inconvenience to the public, and excavations must be sufficiently
protected and guarded by day and also properly lighted by night. At
least 1/2 the roadway must be left clear for vehicles, all necessary
bridges provided in streets and sidewalks and the gutters kept free
and unobstructed. The sewer trench must be refilled with earth, free
from large stones, and in layers well wetted and carefully rammed
about the pipe to prevent settlement or a disturbance of the joints.
The paving of streets and sidewalks, including the gravel or other
surface finish of roadways, must be carefully preserved, placed at
one side during the work of excavation, and at its completion replaced
in position, and the pavement or surface must be restored to its original
condition and all rubbish and surplus earth immediately removed.
House sewers shall be not less than four inches in diameter
and properly connected by a bend with a four-inch Y branch on the
public sewer.
Permits will be granted in special cases, in the discretion
of the Board, for the construction of private sewers of a greater
diameter than four inches, where it is necessary to so connect several
buildings which are not adjacent to any public sewer. Such private
sewers must be constructed in accordance with plans previously approved
by the Board and must have proper manholes for connection with the
public sewers.
All house sewers, drains and horizontal soil and waste pipes
must be laid as straight as possible, any change in direction made
with proper fittings, and all such pipes given a fall of at least
1/4 inch per foot and as much more as may be practicable in each case.
No house sewer shall be covered until it has been examined and approved
by the Plumbing Inspector.
[Amended 3-25-1968]
Old house sewers can be used in connection with new buildings
or new plumbing only when they are found, on examination by the Superintendent,
to conform in all respects to the requirements of the Board governing
new house sewers.
Proper manholes or handholes for inspection and cleaning must
be provided on long lines of house sewers as may be required by the
Board of Trustees.
A.
The expense of making connections with the sewers, or cutting off
such connections, and when ordered by the Board, and of removing obstructions
in such connecting sewers, shall be borne by the owner of the property
for which the connection is made.
B.
The fee for a permit to connect to a municipal sewer line and for a permit to connect to a municipal water line shall be as set forth in the fee schedule included at the end of Chapter 200, Fees. However, in the event that the Board of Trustees finds, upon application by the property owner or his agent, that a hardship will be created by the imposition of said fees, the Board of Trustees may grant a waiver of all or part of said fees.
[Added 10-21-1997 by L.L. No. 15-1997; 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
No overflow or drain from any cesspool, privy, manure pit or
barnyard shall be connected with the Village sewers or with any sewer,
or drain discharging into the Village sewers, unless intervened with
a manhole properly constructed.
No manufacturing establishment, dairy, restaurant, hotel kitchen,
laundry, stable, barn, garage or other building, the drainage of which
would be liable to cause obstructions in or injury to the public sewers,
shall be connected therewith except through proper catch basins or
grease traps as required by the Board. If the drainage from any such
building cannot be rendered harmless to the sewers, such building
shall be excluded from the sewer entirely.
No steam exhaust, boiler blowoff, or drip pipe from any engine,
boiler, heating apparatus, etc., shall be connected with the house
drain or sewer. Such pipes must first discharge into a proper condensing
tank which will effectually condense all steam or vapor, and from
this a proper outlet to the house sewer outside the house trap may
be provided.
The Board of Trustees shall have power at any time to order
the disconnection of any house sewer through which substances are
discharged which are liable to obstruct or injure the public sewers
or disposal plant, or in the case of plumbing work connected with
such house sewer which does not conform to the requirements of the
Board.
No street gutter or surface drain or land drain or subsurface
drain of any kind shall be connected with the public sewer either
directly or indirectly.
A.
No privy vault will be allowed except on special permit in writing
from the Board and then only where it is impossible to connect the
premises with the public sewers and with approval of county authorities.
B.
Privy vaults, when so permitted, shall be located at least five feet
from any lot or street line, 10 feet from any rainwater cistern, and
at least 50 feet from any well, cistern or other source or storage
place for drinking water. They shall be constructed in the best manner
of hard-burned brick in hydraulic-cement mortar, with arched top and
right stone or iron cover and of dimensions and location as required
by the Board, and shall be built and maintained absolutely watertight.
Permits for privy vaults are temporary permits only, and the vaults
must be emptied, disinfected, cleaned and filled with fresh earth
as soon as it is possible to make connection with a public sewer.
The material removed from cesspools and privy vaults must be deposited
in some safe place outside the Village limits and, as directed by
the Board, should comply with the County Code.
C.
House sewers' connection with vaults shall be constructed as
provided for sewer connections and to comply with the County Code.
A.
In no case shall the water from any rain leader be allowed to flow
directly upon the sidewalk or adjoining property. The water from said
leaders shall be conducted through cast-iron pipe laid below the surface
of the sidewalk to the street gutter or of tile pipe when conducted
to a leaching cesspool or dry well.
B.
Inside leaders must be made of cast-iron, galvanized, wrought-iron
or galvanized-steel pipe of a standard weight, with roof connections
made gas and watertight by means of a heavy lead or copper drawn-tubing
wiped to a brass ferrule or nipple caulked or screwed into the pipe
and to be cast iron five feet outside of building.
C.
Rainwater leaders must not be used as or connected to soil, waste
or vent pipes, nor shall any such pipe be used as a leader.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
The branches from crown of fixtures trap to the main vent.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
The house sewer and house drain and its horizontal branches,
collectively or separately.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the house sewer,
beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
[Amended 3-25-1968]
That part of the main drain or sewer extending from a point
five feet outside of the outer wall of the building, vault or area,
to its connection with public sewer, private sewer or septic tank.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Is applied to the following:
To any fixture whose trap does not maintain a proper seal.
To any fixture not having a proper or sufficient water supply
to thoroughly flush it out and keep it in a clean and wholesome condition.
To any drain, soil, waste or vent pipe which is not gastight
or emits any foul or obnoxious gases or odors.
To any drain, soil, waste or vent pipe that is stopped or partially
stopped up.
To any water-closet compartment which is not thoroughly ventilated
or has the floor saturated with urine or containing a foul odor.
To any imperfect fixture, pipe or trap.
To any house drain not having fresh air inlet in good condition.
To any work not conforming with the rules of this Board.
To anything which is detrimental to health.
The duly elected Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village
of Sleepy Hollow.
[Amended 3-25-1968]
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
Includes any and all work in a building or pertaining to
connections to a building wherein said work is included in this Code
under the head of "drainage system" or "gas system" or "water distribution
system."
The art of installing in buildings the pipes, fixtures and
other apparatus for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid
and water-carried wastes.
All sewers that are not constructed by and under the supervision
of the Village of Sleepy Hollow.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with
such groundwater, surface water, and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal
operation.
Any line of pipe receiving the discharge of one or more water
closets, with or without other fixtures.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Superintendent of the Department of Public Works of the
Village of Sleepy Hollow, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
[Amended 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
Any special pipe provided to ventilate the system of piping
and to prevent siphonage and back pressure.
The Incorporated Village of Sleepy Hollow.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
