[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
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 Superintendent
and Erie County Sewer District 4.
[Amended 6-29-1976 by L.L. No. 11-1976; 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits, one for
residential and commercial service and one 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 Village.
The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or
indirectly be occasioned by installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except however, 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.
[Amended 7-11-2011 by L.L. No. 9-2011; 9-11-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017; 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
A.Â
Subject to Subsection B below, no person(s) shall transfer title to another person(s) nor accept from any other person(s) the transfer of title to any structure or parcel of land upon which a structure is located unless and until the Superintendent or other authorized agent of the Village shall have inspected the sanitary sewer discharge mechanisms on said structure or parcel of land, and a certificate of compliance is issued stating that same is found to be in compliance with the provisions of §§ 263-24 and 263-41, restricting the discharge of unpolluted waters into the public sanitary sewer collection system. This section shall not apply to transfers of property by gift, intestacy or testamentary disposition, transfers pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act,[1] transfers for which consideration is $1 and no more, and
transfers in connection with a partition.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.
B.Â
The Superintendent or other authorized agent of the Village may temporarily
waive the requirement of a certificate of compliance as a prerequisite
to transfer of title, provided that the person(s) acquiring title:
(1)Â
Shall have filed with the Building Department a signed form of agreement
issued by the Superintendent or other authorized agent(s) of the Village
to correct deficiencies listed on the signed inspection form/notice
of violation within the period of time set forth in the form of agreement;
and
(2)Â
Shall have provided a sum of $1,500, which shall be held in escrow
by the Village of Lancaster, and which sum shall be returned to the
person(s) acquiring title if the corrections are completed within
the time specified in the form of agreement, but which sum shall be
forfeited to the Village if corrections are not completed within the
time specified in the form of agreement.
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 Code and Plumbing Code[1] or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village.
In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the
materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of
the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
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.
[Amended 7-11-2011 by L.L. No. 9-2011]
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior
foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps, 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. Any such connection now in existence shall be removed.
[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the Building Code and Plumbing Code[1] or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village,
or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM
and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall
be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before
installation.
[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and
connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
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 Village.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
