City of Pittsfield, MA Sewers and Drains

City of Pittsfield, MA

Berkshire County

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Table of Contents

Part I: The Charter, Special Acts and Acceptances
Ch C The Charter, Special Acts and Acceptances
Ch CHCT Charter Comparative Table
Part II: The Code
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 2 Administration
Ch 2 1/2 Animals and Fowl
Ch 3 Building Code
Ch 3 1/2 Residential Properties, Regulation and Maintenance of
Ch 4 Emergency Management
Ch 4 1/2 Criminal and Noncriminal Enforcement
Ch 5 Electricity
Ch 6 Finance and Taxation
Ch 7 Fire Department
Ch 8 Solid Waste Collection and Disposal
Ch 9 Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendors
Ch 10 Junk Dealers and Waste Collectors
Ch 11 Licenses, Registrations and Permits
Ch 12 Lumber Storage
Ch 13 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 13 1/2 Noise Control
Ch 14 Offenses Miscellaneous
Ch 15 Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers
Ch 16 Personnel
Ch 17 (Reserved)
Ch 18 Police Department
Ch 18 1/2 Public Utilities Advisory Committee
Ch 19 Sewers and Drains
Ch 19 Art I DEFINITIONS
§ 19-1 Definition of miscellaneous terms.
Ch 19 Art II IN GENERAL
§ 19-2 Common sewers and drains laid in street to be property of city, etc.
§ 19-3 Water, gas, etc., pipes and construction work not to obstruct or interfere with sewers.
§ 19-4 Record of common sewer plans and connections to be kept.
§ 19-5 Account and report of the cost of common sewers; annual sewerage system report.
§ 19-6 When connection with common sewer required.
Ch 19 Art III BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
§ 19-7 Permit to connect to public sewer required.
§ 19-8 Classes of building sewer permits; applications; nontransferability; revocation.
§ 19-9 Expense of building sewer installation and connection.
§ 19-10 Separate and independent building sewers; exception.
§ 19-11 Use of old building sewers.
§ 19-12 Requirements for construction of building sewer.
§ 19-13 Level of construction of building sewer.
§ 19-14 Prohibition against connection of exterior drains to public sanitary sewer.
§ 19-15 Connection of building sewer into public sewer.
§ 19-16 Notice to commissioner by applicant for building sewer permit.
§ 19-17 Excavations for building sewer installation.
§ 19-17.1 Open ditches or holes.
Ch 19 Art IV USE OF THE PUBLIC SEWERS
§ 19-18 Prohibition against discharge of surface water into sanitary sewers.
§ 19-19 Discharge of unpolluted drainage into storm sewers, etc.
§ 19-20 Discharges prohibited to public sewers.
§ 19-21 Dilution prohibited as substitute for treatment.
§ 19-22 Options of the Commissioner in event improper wastes to be discharged.
§ 19-23 Provision for interceptors.
§ 19-24 Maintenance of preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities.
§ 19-25 Installation of control manholes, etc.
§ 19-26 Sampling of waters and wastes.
Ch 19 Art V PROTECTION FROM DAMAGE
§ 19-27 Penalty for unauthorized damage to the sewer system.
§ 19-28 Permitting unlicensed person to repair, etc., sewer.
Ch 19 Art VI POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS
§ 19-29 Right to enter premises to inspect waste processes; confidentiality.
§ 19-30 Observance of safety rules on private premises.
§ 19-31 Easements on private property and work thereon.
Ch 19 Art VII SEWER CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENTS
§ 19-32 Basis and rates.
§ 19-33 Developer/contractor to pay costs of construction in certain cases.
§ 19-33.1 Developer/contractor to pay costs of pump stations.
§ 19-34 Connection charges.
§ 19-35 Payment of assessments not to relieve owners from payment of annual charges or rents for use of sewers.
§ 19-36 Plans, descriptions and record of charges; schedule of assessments generally.
§ 19-37 Notice of assessment and demand for payment; when assessment due and payable; interest to be charged on delinquent assessments; levy; invalid assessments.
§ 19-38 Rate of interest; collection of assessments generally.
§ 19-39 Disposition of funds collected under this article.
Ch 19 Art VIII SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
§ 19-40 Levy of sewer service charges.
§ 19-41 Establishment of rates.
§ 19-42 Method of billing.
§ 19-43 Large industrial users.
§ 19-44 Surcharges.
§ 19-45 Statement of sewer service charges; collection of sewer service charges; liens therefor.
§ 19-46 Appropriation of funds.
Ch 19 Art IX PENALTIES, ETC.
§ 19-47 Violation of sewer ordinance.
§ 19-48 Fines for violation of chapter.
§ 19-49 Liability to city of persons violating sewer ordinance.
§ 19-50 (Reserved)
Ch 19 Art X VALIDITY
§ 19-51 Repeal of inconsistent ordinances.
§ 19-52 Severance clause.
§ 19-53 through Sec. 19-59. (Reserved)
Ch 19 Art XI (RESERVED)
§ 19-60 through Sec. 19-63. (Reserved)
Ch 20 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 21 Taxicabs and Other Vehicles for Hire
Ch 22 Water
Ch 23 Zoning
Ch 24 Schedule of Fees
Ch 25 Signs
Ch 26 Land Disturbance and Stormwater Management
Ch CCT Code Comparative Table

Chapter 19: Sewers and Drains

Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 429, approved 8-16-1982, repealer former Ch. 19 and enacted in lieu thereof a new Ch. 19 as herein set out. Former Ch. 19 also pertained to sewers and drains and was derived from R.O. 1947. Ord. No. 16, and Ord. No. 249, approved 3-15-1976.

GENERAL REFERENCES

Building code — See Ch. 3.

Disturbing sewers when laying underground wires and conduits — See § 5-29.

Return of assessments in warrant for collection of sewer or sidewalk assessments — See § 6-9.

Public utilities advisory committee — See Ch. 18 1/2.

Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 20.

Water — See Ch. 22.

Public utilities fees — See § 24-1.

STATE LAW REFERENCES

Sewers, drains and sidewalks — See MGL c. 83.

Chapter 19 : Sewers and Drains