A. 
All materials must be of the best quality, free from defects, and all work must be executed in a thoroughly workmanlike manner.
B. 
All cast-iron pipes and fittings must be uncoated, sound, cylindrical and smooth, free from cracks, sand holes and other defects, and of uniform thickness, and of the grade known to commerce as "extra heavy"; also must conform to the American Society for Testing Materials "Standard Specifications for Extra-Heavy Cast-Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings" (serial designation A74-18).
Each length of pipe, fitting, trap, fixture and device used in a drainage or venting system shall be stamped or indelibly marked with the weight or quality thereof and the maker's mark or name.
All wrought-iron pipe shall conform to the American Society for Testing Materials "Standard Specifications for Welded Wrought-Iron Pipe" (serial designation A72-27) and shall be galvanized.
All steel pipe shall conform to the American Society for Testing Materials "Standard Specifications for Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe" (serial designation A53-27) and shall be galvanized.
Brass and copper pipe shall conform respectively to the Standard Specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials for "Brass Pipe, Standard Sizes," and for "Copper Pipe, Standard Sizes" (serial numbers B43-24 and B42-24, respectively). Brass and copper pipe shall have fittings of like material.
All lead pipe shall be of best quality and shall conform to minimum weights per linear foot as follows: 1 1/2 inch, three pounds; two inches, four pounds; four inches, eight pounds.
Sheet copper or brass or galvanized iron duct work shall not be lighter than No. 26 Brown and Sharp gauge, and individual ducts direct to roof shall be provided for each compartment. Duct shall be equal in area to at least 144 square inches per bathroom.
A. 
Plain screwed fittings shall be of cast iron, malleable galvanized iron or brass of standard weight and dimensions.
B. 
Drainage fittings shall be galvanized recessed cast iron, malleable iron, or brass, with smooth interior waterway, with threads tapped out of solid metal.
C. 
All malleable iron fittings shall be galvanized.
Brass screw caps for cleanouts must be extra heavy, not less than 1/8 inch thick. The screw cap must have a solid square or hexagonal nut, not less than one inch high, with at least a diameter of 1 1/2 inches. The body of the cleanout ferrule must be at least equal in width and thickness to the calking ferrule for the same size of pipe.
Where cleanouts are required by rules and by the approved plans, the screw cap must be of brass. The engaging part must have not less than six threads or iron-pipe size and be tapered. Cleanouts must be of full size of trap up to four inches in diameter, and not less than four inches for larger traps. Cleanouts less than four inches must be provided every 20 feet and at every change in direction. Cleanouts four inches and larger must be provided every 30 feet and at every change in direction.
The use of lead pipe is restricted to the short branches of the soil and waste pipes, bends and traps. "Short branches" of lead pipe shall be construed to mean not more than:
5 feet of 1 1/2-inch pipe
5 feet of 2-inch pipe
2 feet of 3-inch pipe
2 feet of 4-inch pipe
All lead waste, soil and vent pipes must be of the best quality, known in commerce as "D," and of not less than the following weights per linear foot:
Diameter
(inches)
Weight per Linear Foot
(pounds)
1 1/2
3
2
4
3
6
4 and 4 1/2
8
All lead traps and bends must be of the same weight and thickness as their corresponding pipe branches. Sheet lead for roof flashings must be six inches from the pipe, and the joint made watertight. All roof flashings must be lead or copper.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the Village of Sleepy Hollow, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within the Village of Sleepy Hollow or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 3-25-1968]
(1) 
Each building must be separately and independently connected with a public or private sewer, or septic tank, except where a building is located on the rear of the same lot with another building, when its plumbing and drainage system may be connected to the house drain of the front building behind the house trap and fresh-air inlet, which shall be used for both buildings if sewer-connected or may be connected to the existing septic tank of the front house and be provided with a separate house trap and fresh-air inlet.
(2) 
Every building must have its sewer connections directly in front of the building, unless permission is otherwise granted by the Board of Trustees.
(3) 
Cesspools and privy vaults will not be permitted.
(4) 
Septic tanks will be permitted only after it has been shown to the satisfaction of the Board of Trustees that their use is absolutely necessary.
(5) 
Where septic tanks are allowed, they must be constructed strictly in accordance with and conform to the rules and practice used in the installation of septic tanks.
(6) 
Upon the construction of a public sewer within a reasonable distance, the owner of premises on which is located a cesspool, privy vault or septic tank must have the same emptied, cleaned and disinfected and filled with fresh earth and have a sewer connection made in the manner herewith prescribed, when the same shall become necessary in the opinion of the Board of Trustees.
(7) 
All pipes issuing from extension or elsewhere, which would otherwise open within 15 feet of the window of any building, must be extended on the inside of the building, above the top of any window located within such distance. When a building exceeds in height that of an adjoining building, and windows or openings are cut in the wall on the lot line within 15 feet of the roof terminal of any soil, waste or vent line now in place or subsequently installed in the lower building, the owner of the higher building shall defray the expense of extending said soil, waste or vent lines above the roof of the higher building or shall himself make such alterations.
(8) 
The arrangement of all pipes must be as straight and direct as possible. Offsets will be permitted only when unavoidable.
(9) 
All pipes and traps should, where possible, be exposed to view. They should always be readily accessible for inspection and repairing.
(10) 
All main vent lines shall extend above the attic floor and terminate below first-floor beams. All fixtures in the house must be vented.
(11) 
D&M spur fittings must be used for connecting the house sewer to the main sewer in the street.