City of Yonkers, NY Article IX Sewer and Water Lines, Drains and Traps

§ 57-31 Building (house) traps.

Each building shall be separately trapped. Where possible, an iron running trap shall be placed on the building (house) drain near the inside of the front wall of the buildings and on the sewer side of all connections. If below the cellar floor, it must be made accessible in a brick manhole, the walls of which must be eight inches thick with an iron cover. The building (house) trap must have two cleanouts with brass screw-cap ferrules caulked or screwed in.

§ 57-32 Long house connections.

[Amended 6-11-1991 by L.L. No. 7-1991]

A. Long house connections shall be construed to mean pipelines constructed to convey domestic or industrial waste from a building or buildings to the City of Yonkers sewer system.

B. The owner of any dwelling or property used or to be used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose lying within 150 feet of any sewer system may be granted a permit to connect to such sewer, provided that an application, plan and profile are submitted in triplicate to the Director which meet the requirements of this chapter and the New York Uniform Code. A long house connection shall meet standards approved by the Director.

C. Upon approval by the Director, the application shall be submitted to the City Council for authorization to connect to the City's sewer system.

D. The diameter of a long house connection shall be based upon the estimated design flow. However, in no case shall the long house connection be less than six inches in diameter, and said connection shall be constructed of extra-heavy cast-iron pipe. In the event that the estimated design flow requires a pipe size in excess of six inches in diameter or the pipeline is to serve more than one structure, construction of a private sewer will be required.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.

E. A long house connection shall not be constructed or installed in excess of 150 feet.

F. The location of manholes, cleanouts and other such appurtenances shall be installed to meet standards approved by the Director.

G. Where a proposed long house connection passes through private property other than the property to be served by said house connection, the applicant shall furnish an easement of at least five feet in width, said easement to be shown on the drawings submitted with the application. Said easement shall be recorded in the County Clerk's office, and a copy of the recorded easement shall be filed with the Director.

H. No more than one building shall be served by a long house connection.

I. Upon completion of the work, the Director shall be notified. Inspection by the Bureau will be made to confirm that the work has been completed and installed in accordance with the approved and plan, profile and specifications.

J. The cost of construction, maintenance and repairs of a long house connection shall be the responsibility of the building served by the long house connection.

K. The maintenance of existing multiple house connections shall be the responsibility of the buildings served by the multiple house connection.

L. The fee for a long house connection shall be $100 per connection.

§ 57-33 Approval for other long house connections.

[Amended 7-28-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]

A. The Plumbing Inspector Supervisor or authorized representative of the Commissioner of Buildings may review applications for the construction of a six-inch long house connection up to 250 feet in length. In no case shall the distance exceed 250 feet.

B. The Plumbing Inspector Supervisor or authorized representative of the Commissioner of Buildings may also review applications to connect an isolated lot or a lot that will not be serviced by the City in the near future to an existing multiple-house connection, provided that it meets the rules and regulations on file with the Bureau.

C. When gravity sewer lateral connection is not possible or feasible, as determined by the Plumbing Inspector Supervisor and the City Engineer, then application for the construction of a force sewer main that meets proper and current engineering practices and standards may be considered by the Plumbing Inspector Supervisor and City Engineer. The force main system must be designed by a professional engineer, licensed to practice in New York State.

D. Upon approval of the Plumbing Inspector Supervisor or authorized representative of the Commissioner of Buildings, the application shall be submitted to the City Council for submission to connect to the City's sewerage system.

§ 57-34 Protection of sewer and water before building is demolished.

A. It shall be unlawful to demolish any building in the City without first having obtained a permit from the Bureau providing for the withdrawal of sewers existing on the premises, in the manner specified in this section.

B. Discontinued building sewers. All abandoned building sewers or drains shall be properly cut off and plugged at the curbline and proper precautions taken to eliminate the hazard of sewer explosions.