The sewer system of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson consists
of:
A.
Main and lateral pipes of either salt-glazed, vitrified earthenware,
asbestos cement or cast iron with the necessary accessories. They
are designed to carry off all house and industrial waste, provided
that they meet the state health requirements. These are known as "sewers."
B.
Pipes of salt-glazed, vitrified earthenware, asbestos cement or cast
iron, with the necessary accessories, designed to carry stormwater
from the surface of streets and roof drainage, known herein as "stormwater
sewers."
All construction, operation, connection or repairs to public
or private sewers or plumbing work in the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson
shall be done under and in accordance with these rules and the State
Building Code,[1] and all sewers, public or private, are understood to be
a portion of the sewer system of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson.
No person, firm or corporation shall construct, alter or repair
any house sewer or plumbing work or make any connection whatever with
any sewer belonging to the sewer system or do any kind of work connected
with the construction, alteration or repair of any house sewers or
plumbing work connected or designed to be connected with the sewer
system, unless regularly licensed by the Board of Health, which shall
also act as a Board of Examiners.
Any person desiring to do business as a plumber in connection
with the sewer system of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson shall be
required to submit to an examination before the Board of Examiners
as to his experience and qualifications in such business, trade or
calling, and after the first day of October 1936, it shall not be
lawful for any person to conduct such trade, business or calling unless
he shall have first obtained a certificate of competency from the
Board of Examiners of said Village.
No license will be granted for more than one year, and all licenses
will be granted to expire the first day of January in each year.
Before commencing business every employing or master plumber
carrying on his trade or calling shall register his name and address
at the office of the Board of Health; provided, however, that such
employing or master plumber shall, at the time of applying for registration,
hold a certificate of competency from an examining board, but such
registration may be canceled by such Board of Health for a violation
of the rules and regulations of plumbing and drainage laws of the
Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson upon a prior notice of not less than
10 days, served upon the person charged with the violation of the
aforesaid rules and regulations.
A.
Applications for permits to construct a sewer from the sewer system
or to do plumbing work to be connected therewith must be made in writing
by the owner of the property to be sewered or his authorized agent
to the Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson.
B.
Such application shall give the precise location of the property,
the name of the owner and the name of the persons employed to do the
work and shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent of Public
Works previous to opening the trench or commencing the work. No permit
shall be deemed to authorize anything not stated in the application.
Permits to make connections with the sewer system will be issued
only when the plan for the plumbing work within the building has been
approved or when the owner agrees in writing that the connections
shall remain sealed until such plan is approved. Old sewers, drains
or plumbing to be connected with the sewer system must first be inspected
and approved by the Superintendent of Public Works.
A.
Before a permit will be issued for doing plumbing work in a building
or before any additions or alterations are made, except necessary
repairs, a plan and description of the work to be done, signed by
a licensed plumber on blanks furnished by the Superintendent of Public
Works, shall be filed in his office, and no such work shall be commenced
until such plan shall have been approved by the Superintendent of
Public Works.
B.
Every plan shall contain a clear and full description of the plumbing,
showing the position, size, kind and weight of all pipes and the position
and kind of traps, closets and other fixtures.
C.
When new work is added to work already in place, the plan shall include
enough of the old work to show that the arrangement of fixtures is
according to these rules and shall show the manner of connecting the
old and new work.
D.
All work done under such plans shall be subject to the inspection
of the Superintendent of Public Works, and no alteration shall be
made in any work involving a change of plan without a special permit
from him.
All permits will be given upon the express condition that the
Board of Health or the Superintendent of Public Works may, at any
time before the work is completed, revoke and annul the same if deemed
for the best interests of the Village.
A.
Notice must be given to the Superintendent of Public Works when any
plumbing or sewer work is ready for inspection, and the plumber doing
the work shall furnish all of the necessary assistance or appliances
therefor.
B.
The plumber shall remove or repair any defective material or labor
when so ordered by the Superintendent of Public Works.
C.
Under no circumstances can any plumber or any of his employees doing
the work of plumbing or house drainage act as the agent or representative
of the Superintendent of Public Works.
D.
The plumber shall, upon completion of the work, file in the office
of the Superintendent of Public Works, on blanks furnished by him,
a correct statement of the work done under the permit.
A.
Review and approval of admission of certain wastes into a sewer system.
The admission into the sanitary sewers of any waters or wastes having
the following shall be subject to the review and approval of the Board
of Trustees:
(1)
A five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million
by weight; or
(2)
Containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended
solids; or
(3)
Containing any quantity of substances having one or more of the following
characteristics: any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.; any water or waste which may contain 100 parts per million
by way of food, oil or grease; any gasoline, benzine, naphtha or fuel
oil or other flammables or explosive liquids, solids or gases; any
water or waste having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0 or having
any other property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures,
equipment or personnel of the sewage works; any water or waste containing
a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or
interfere with any sewage treatment process constituting a hazard
to humans or animals or creating any hazard in the receiving waters
of the sewage treatment plant; any waters or waste containing suspended
solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense
is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant;
any noxious or malodorous gases or substance capable of creating a
public nuisance; any radioactive isotope; or
(4)
Having an average daily flow greater than 5% of the average daily
sewage flow of the district.
B.
Surcharge for admission of certain wastes into the sanitary sewer
system.
(1)
Authorized. When, in the discretion of the Village Board, the sewage
treatment plant of the respective district has the necessary capacity,
the Village Board may allow the admission into the sanitary sewer
system of any industrial waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical
oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight or containing
more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids or having
an average daily flow greater than 5% of the average daily sewage
flow of the district, subject to a surcharge in addition to any other
sewer charges normally levied on wastes having a concentration as
above set forth.
(2)
Amount. The amount of surcharge shall reflect the cost incurred by
the district in removing the excess biochemical oxygen demand and
suspended solids.
(3)
Review of rates. The rates of surcharge shall be reviewed annually
by the Village Board in order to determine whether or not they are
sufficient to defray the cost incurred by the district.
C.
Preliminary treatment of certain wastes.
(1)
Duty of owner. Where necessary in the opinion of the Village Board,
the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment
as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300
parts per million and suspended solids to 350 parts per million by
weight or to reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents
within the maximum limits determined by the Village Board or control
the quantities and rates of the discharges of such waters and wastes.
(2)
Approval required. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent
information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities
shall be submitted for the approval of the Village Board, and said
Village Board may require submission of such plans, specifications
and other pertinent information to the Water Pollution Control Board
for approval and may prohibit the construction of such facilities
until said approval is obtained in writing.
D.
Maintenance of preliminary treatment facilities. Where preliminary
treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall
be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation
by the owner at his expense.
E.
Facilities for observation, sampling and measurement of waste. When
required by the Village Board, the owner of any property served by
a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall provide facilities
suitable for observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes.
F.
Standards for measurements, tests, and analysis. All measurements,
tests and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes shall
be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Sewage and shall be determined upon suitable samples
taken at the facilities provided.
G.
Special agreements for receipt of industrial wastes. No statement
contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special
agreement or arrangements between the Village and any industrial concern
whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be
accepted by the Village for treatment subject to payment therefor
by the industrial concern.
H.
Billing periods for industrial waste surcharges. Industrial waste
surcharges provided for in this article shall be included as a separate
item on the regular bill for sewer charges and shall be payable at
the same time as the sewer charges.
A.
The only matter which is to be deposited in any sewer, opening or
receptacle connected with the sewer system of the sewer districts
shall be feces, urine, water-closet paper, liquid house or mill slops.
No other material of any type, kind or nature shall be deposited in
any sewer opening or receptacle except as may be permitted by this
Part 1. No cesspool or privy vault shall be connected with any sewer,
and no surface, roof, spring or rain water shall be connected or permitted
to enter the sanitary sewer system.
B.
Rain- and stormwater connections prohibited. No rainwater or stormwater
connections shall be made with said sanitary sewer system, and no
cellar, drainage, ground or surface water from any cellars shall be
permitted to flow or be pumped into said sanitary sewer system.
C.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall have the power to stop and
prevent from discharging into the sewer system any private sewer or
drain through which substances are discharged which are liable to
injure the sewer or obstruct the flow of sewage.
No sanitary sewer shall be connected with or discharge into
any manhole or catchbasin therewith.
No person, firm or corporation shall injure, break or remove
any portion of any manhole, flush tank, catchbasin or any part of
the sewer system or throw or cause to be deposited therein anything
whatsoever.
A.
It shall be unlawful to use or attach any garage, dry cleaning or
other establishment with the public sewers where gasoline, oils or
other flammable materials are used or stored unless a system of mud,
gas and oil basins are installed, consisting of eighteen-by-twenty-four-inch
or larger basins, depending upon the size of the building. The inlet,
or receiving basin, shall be 20 inches in diameter on top and not
less than 30 inches deep and shall be provided with a removable receptacle
inside of the basin to receive the mud and other material washed into
the basin. The basin must be provided with an air chamber in the receiver,
with a separate compartment constructed so that a separate discharge
of water and other material cannot come in direct contact with the
fluid in the basin.
B.
The inlet of the receptacle in the basin must be protected with a
guard having a solid top of sufficient size to entirely conceal the
opening of the receptacle when discharging water or other material
into the basin. The air-chamber compartment shall be provided with
at least two two-inch vent hub connections; the top of the basin shall
be provided with a bar grate. Two two-inch vent stacks must be connected
with the air chamber and be extended outside of the building or through
the roof. One vent pipe should be several feet higher than the other
to establish a continuous circulation. The lower vent shall terminate
not less than eight feet above grade. The term "garage" as used in
this section shall be intended to include all garages in which storage
for four or more cars is provided and in which the business of repairing
or washing cars is carried on.
