The sewer system of the sewer districts of the Town of Bath
or the Village of Bath, New York, as constructed or as hereafter added
to or changed, shall be under the charge and control of the respective
sewer commissions under whose supervision the sewer systems shall
be used by property owners. No person shall enter into, open or interfere
with or use or do any repair or maintenance work with respect to said
sewer systems except under the inspection and direction of the Sewer
Commission and after a written permit shall have been issued by the
Commission of the sewer district in which such entering, opening,
use, repair or maintenance is to take place. The Sewer Commission
shall adopt rules and regulations to govern the maintenance and use
of the sewer systems and shall therein fix the amount of fees that
shall be chargeable to persons or property owners who may wish to
enter or use the sewer systems, which fee shall be sufficient in amount
to pay for the cost of inspection of such entry or entries.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits; for domestic
waste service and for service to commercial and industrial wastes.
The owner or his agent shall make application on a form furnished
by the respective Sewer Commission. The permit application shall be
supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered
pertinent in the judgment of the Director. A permit fee in an amount
fixed in the rules and regulations for the Sewer Commissions shall
be paid at the time the application is filed.
Permits granted under this chapter shall be for a specific waste
or wastes, and such permits shall be granted only after the submission
and approval of plans as set forth hereinafter. Subsequent wastes
of different quantity, quality or characteristics shall be covered
by separate permits.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer or lateral to the right-of-way line shall be
borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Sewer Commission
from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned
by the installation of the building sewer.
Every existing building which is the source of the heretofore
described acceptable waste shall be provided with a separate and independent
building sewer.
The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of
a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing
of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all
conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or
other applicable rules and regulations of the Sewer Commission.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior
foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn
is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
The connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or
other applicable rules and regulations of the Sewer Commission. All
such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation
from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the
Sewer Commission before installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Director when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection
to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Director or his representative.
All excavations for a building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the Village.
