[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 1]
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Commissioner
of Public Works.
[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 2]
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (a) For
residential and commercial service, and (b) for service to establishments
producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent
shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The
permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Commissioner.
A permit and inspection fee of $20 for a residential or commercial
building sewer permit and $20 for an industrial building sewer permit
shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 3]
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 4]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except, that where one building stands at the
rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available
or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley,
court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
building sewer.
[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 5]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Commissioner,
to meet all requirements of this article.
[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 6]
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction or 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 City. In the absence of code provisions,
or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual
of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 7]
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.
[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 8]
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.
[11-28-1972, Art. 2, § 9; Ord. of 11-12-2003]
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or
other applicable rules and regulations of the City, the recommended
sanitary sewer standards for new construction adopted by the Hoosac
Water Quality District, or the procedures set forth in appropriate
specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice
No. 9, whichever is more stringent. All such connections shall be
made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures
and materials must be approved by the Commissioner before installation.
[11-28-1972, art. 2, § 10]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
commissioner when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection
to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the commissioner or his representative.
[11-28-1972, art. 2, § 11]
All excavations for 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 city.
[11-28-1972, art. 2, § 12]
The city shall make all connections to the public sewer and
construct the building sewer within the limits of the street layout
or public property. The applicant may, however, make his own connection
to the public sewer and construct the building sewer within the public
layout with permission of, and under the supervision of, the commission
of public works.
