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.
[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.
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.
[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.