[Adopted 3-9-1964 as Article VI of the Plumbing Code (Ch. 127, Part 2, of
the 1976 Code)]
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Lancaster,
under the Board of Trustees shall have general charge of the sewer
system and disposal plant of the Village and shall inspect all connections
made with or openings into any public sewer. While thus engaged, said
Superintendent of Public Works shall receive no extra salary or compensation.
No person shall make any connection with or opening into any
public sewer unless authorized in writing by the Superintendent of
Public Works or his authorized agent.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988; 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
For all new work, an application for a permit must be made in
writing, upon a blank provided by the Superintendent, by a plumber
licensed to conduct business in the Village of Lancaster. Such application
shall be made at least one day before opening the street and shall
contain such information as said Superintendent shall require; and
before any streets shall be opened, the ordinances of the Village
relating to the opening of streets shall be complied with.
Any permit to connect with the sewers shall be given with the
express condition that the Superintendent of Public Works may, at
any time before the work is completed, provided that he shall deem
it for the interest of the Village so to do, revoke and annul the
permit; and no party interested shall have the right to claim damages
in consequence of such revocation or annulment.
The plumber, authorized as provided by § 263-36 hereof, who connects any private drain with a public sewer shall be held responsible for any injury which he or his employees may cause to the sewer.
No person, firm or corporation shall connect any open gutter,
cesspool, privy or vault with any public sewer or with any private
drain or sewer connecting with the public sewer.
[Amended 9-11-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
Except as may be permitted by § 263-8, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
No person, firm or corporation shall injure, break into or remove
any portion of any manhole, lamphole or flush tank or any other part
of the public sewers or sewage disposal works.
No person, firm or corporation shall deposit or cause to be
deposited in any manhole, lamphole, flush tank, sewer opening or drain
any garbage, offal, dead animals, filth, gravel, sand or earth or
any substance having a tendency to obstruct the flow of the sewage
or any substance which might injure the sewer in any way whatever.
The trench for a private drain or sewer shall be dug to the
public sewer at the angle most favorable for the flow of the sewage.
The Y or branch for connection shall first be found and uncovered,
the trench then dug and the sewer laid in a straight line, wherever
possible, from the Y or branch to the building.
The earth from the trench shall be so placed as not to obstruct
the gutter and so as to cause the least inconvenience to the public.
Whenever the sides of the trench will not stand vertically,
sheathing and bracing shall be used to prevent unnecessary caving,
when required by the Superintendent of Public Works or his authorized
agent. All excavations shall be made in open cut; no tunneling will
be allowed, except under the express permission of the Superintendent
of Public Works.
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 Superintendent of Public Works.
A.
"Building drain" or "house drain" shall mean the part of the lowest
horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge
from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the
building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning three feet
outside the exterior face of the building wall.
B.
The building drain or house drain inside of a building and extending
to a point three feet outside of the exterior wall thereof, must be
of cast-iron pipe. The minimum size of the building or house drain
shall not be less than four inches; and any underground branch drain
shall be three inches, except a branch drain to receive a water closet,
which shall not be less than four inches.
C.
The transition from a building or house drain to a building sewer
shall be made with an appropriate reducing fitting, i.e., cast iron,
vitrified clay tile or approved equal material.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
[Amended 7-28-1969]
A.
"Building sewer" shall mean the extension from the building drain
to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
B.
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the
approval of the Superintendent of Public Works or his authorized agent,
but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches or the
slope of such pipe be less than 1/8 inch per foot.
C.
Fresh-air vents may be installed through the building wall or as
a riser from a trap in the house sewer lateral. Risers shall be of
one-piece four-inch diameter extra-heavy cast iron or approved equal
and shall extend above the finished lawn grade.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
No other provisions of this article withstanding, the following
shall constitute the minimum acceptable standards for pipe used for
building and house drains:
A.
Vitrified clay pipe and fittings. ASTM C-200. If glazed, the inside
of the bell and outside of the spigot shall be scored, the three parallel
lines extending completely around the circumference.
B.
Concrete sewer pipe and fittings. ASTM C-14.
C.
Cement-asbestos pipe, ASTM C-428.
D.
Cast-iron soil pipe and fittings, ASTM A47-39T.
E.
Polyvinyl chloride pipe (PVC) and fittings, ASTM D-3034 and/or Unibell
UNI-B-4.
F.
Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) composite pipe and fittings,
ASTM D-2680.
All joints in vitrified tile shall be approved premium-type
"wedge-lock" or equal.
The stopper of the Y or other branch on the sewer shall be carefully
removed so as not to injure the socket or the pipe, and the removal
of the stopper and the connection at the Y or branch done only in
the presence and under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public
Works or his authorized agent.
The first length of pipe attached to the sewer at the Y connection
shall be curved and set as shall be required. The pipe shall be laid
with the hub or bell end upgrade.
The inside of every drain or sewer shall be left clean and smooth
throughout and true to line and grade.
All the material and workmanship shall be of the best quality
and subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Public Works
or his authorized agent and no material shall be used or backfilling
done until both material and work have been examined and approved
by him.
All private sewers or drains connecting with packing houses,
butcher shops, large rendering establishments, hotels, restaurants,
boardinghouses and laundries shall be provided with a suitable grease
trap.
All fixtures, except water closets, connecting with private
drains or sewers leading into the public sewers shall be provided
with suitable traps and strong metallic strainers to prevent the introduction
of improper substances into the sewers.
[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
Nothing except ordinary domestic sewage shall be connected with
the private drains or sewers, except under express permission from
the Superintendent.
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.
Y or other branches where built must be used for making connections.
A special permit must be obtained from the Superintendent of Public
Works for connecting in any other manner, such connection to be made
only in the presence and under the constant supervision of the Superintendent
of Public Works or his authorized agent, and to his entire satisfaction.
No liability shall be attached to the Board or the Village for
the incorrect location of any Y or other branch.
[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
No private drain or sewer shall be larger than six inches in
diameter except under express permission from the Superintendent.
[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
The Superintendent or his authorized agents will inspect all
sewer connections and external house drains within 24 hours after
a written personal notification to the said Superintendent from the
plumber; or, otherwise, it may be considered passed upon and may be
covered, provided the plumber shall file with the Village of Lancaster
Building Inspector and Superintendent a written statement that the
inspection was not made within the above-mentioned time.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent
of Public Works, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
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 the installation of the building sewer.
[Amended 6-29-1976 by L.L. No. 11-1976; 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
[Amended 7-28-1969]
A.
No contractor, plumber or any other person, firm or corporation shall
connect any drain or sewer from a ditch, cellar, basement or excavation
or from any premises, whether improved or not, to the Village sanitary
sewer system so as to cause storm-, surface or subsoil drainage water
to enter said sanitary sewer.
B.
A sump tile shall be installed in every new home; the footing drainage
system shall be connected to the sump tile; and the top of the sump
tile shall be at least one inch above the highest part of the floor.
The sump tile and subdrainage system are to be inspected by the Village
of Lancaster Building Inspector to ensure they are installed in an
approved manner before the cellar floor is poured. The sump tile discharge
shall be connected to the storm sewer; otherwise, it shall discharge
a suitable distance away from footings or foundations.
[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
C.
The Superintendent or the authorized agent thereof may, at Superintendent
or the authorized agent's discretion, permit a licensed plumber to
lay a lateral sewer from the Village sanitary sewer to and upon premises
where an excavation is to be made for the purpose of erecting a building
thereon, provided said lateral sewer is completely sealed. Sealing
shall be done inside of the excavation by installing in the upstream
end of the sewer lateral a vitrified tile cover, of the same nominal
dimension as the sewer pipe, set in mastic cement so as to make this
joint completely watertight. Said seal shall not be removed until
the cellar, basement or excavation is completely covered and backfilling
completed around cellar walls, and then only after the excavation
is pumped clear of excess water.
[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
D.
When this work has been completed, the owner of the premises or the
plumbing contractor shall notify the Superintendent, who shall inspect
the premises and permit the cover seal to be removed only after it
has been determined that all provisions of this chapter have been
observed.
[Amended 4-23-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
E.
In addition to the penalties otherwise prescribed in this chapter,
any plumber or any other person, firm or corporation who shall connect
an open cellar, basement or excavation, either directly or indirectly,
to a sanitary sewer so that storm- or surface waters may enter the
Village sanitary sewer system shall suffer the automatic cancellation
of any license or permit issued to said plumber, firm or corporation.
A.
In addition to the provisions of this chapter, the Plumbing Standards
of the State Building Code, as outlined in Bulletin No. 23, Minimum
Requirements for Plumbing Recommended by the Department of Health,
State of New York,[1] shall remain in full force and effect.
B.
In the event of any conflict between this chapter and the Plumbing
Standards of the State Building Code, as outlined in said Bulletin
No. 23, the terms, conditions and requirements which are the more
restrictive shall take precedence and apply.
[Amended 6-29-1976 by L.L. No. 10-1976]
