[Ord. No. 10-73, § XI; No. 24-87, § 9]
1.
The following requirements of this section shall be met by any person
licensed to do sewer work and who has a sewer permit to do such work
as provided in Sections 18A-9 and 18A-10 of these regulations:
a.
Old building sewers may be used and connected to a public sewer,
when serving new building, only when they are found on examination
or test by the Sewer Supervisor and/or Plumbing and Sewer Inspector
to meet all requirements of this section. The Plumbing Inspector and/or
Sewer Inspector may require, where indicated, the uncovering of old
sewers for inspection.
b.
Separate and independent building sewers shall be provided for every
building unless authorized by a special agreement with the governing
body.
c.
No building shall be connected to a public sewer unless the plumbing
system of said building has a soil vent pipe extended to a point above
the roof. The Plumbing Inspector may require that no running trap,
main house trap or other device which might prevent the free flow
of air through the whole course of the building sanitary system, building
drain and said soil vent pipe will be allowed.
d.
The building sewer shall be extra-heavy spun-cast-iron bell and spigot
pipe. The joints shall be caulked with jute and poured lead or a slip-type
neoprene rubber gasket ASTM-C564. All pipe materials shall conform
with the latest standard specifications of the American Society for
Testing and Materials, as approved by the Sewer Department.
e.
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the
approval of the Plumbing Inspector, but in no event shall the diameter
be less than four (4) inches. The slope of such four-inch pipe shall
be not less than one-fourth (1/4) inch per foot, unless a lesser grade
is approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
f.
In all buildings where the building drain is too low to permit gravity
flow to the public sewer, sewage or other wastewaters carried by such
drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged
to the building sewer through a cast iron force main. All building
drains, whether force mains or gravity lines, shall be of cast-iron
soil pipe from the inner face of the building wall to the point of
connection with the building sewer, and all joints, including that
with the building sewer, shall be made gastight and watertight by
a method approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
g.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer
shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Plumbing
Inspector. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought
to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building
sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three (3) feet of any bearing
wall, which might thereby be weakened, unless suitable protection
is provided, as approved by the Borough Engineer. The depth of the
building sewer shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost,
and, in general, such depth shall not be less than three (3) feet
below the finished ground surface at all points. Water service and
building sewers shall be laid in separate trenches. All building sewers
shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far
as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly
curved pipe and fittings. Cleanouts shall be constructed at all changes
in horizontal direction greater than forty-five degrees (45°)
and, when building sewers are more than fifty (50) feet in length,
a cleanout shall be installed at each interval of fifty (50) feet.
Cleanouts shall be placed at an angle of forty-five degrees (45°)
shall be supported in an approved manner. All cleanouts shall extend
to the surface of the ground and shall be of cast-iron construction,
four (4) inches in diameter, with brass ferrule and screw-type brass
plug. A cleanout shall be provided within five (5) feet of the building
structure unless an approved cleanout exists inside the building,
but under no circumstances shall there be less than one (1) cleanout
between the building and the branch connection. All cleanouts shall
be readily accessible at all times. Building sewers shall be laid
on firm, undisturbed soil or a suitable foundation; they shall be
located at a sufficient distance from other parallel pipes to permit
alterations or repairs to any such pipes or the sewer pipe without
disturbing the other; they shall be well cleaned inside after laying;
and they shall conform to all reasonable requirements for good construction.
Backfill placed over building sewers shall be done with hand tools
to a depth of at least one (1) foot over the pipe using fine earth
free from stones and rubbish. Backfill shall be well and carefully
tamped over the sewer. The open ends of building sewers and building
drains shall be kept closed or protected during construction and during
periods when work is suspended in order to exclude from public sewer
all water or debris which might obstruct, damage or otherwise be detrimental
to the public sewer or sewage works. Abandoned building sewers or
drains shall be likewise promptly closed and sealed off from any public
sewer at the expense of the owner of the property.
h.
All joints and connections for or between building sewers and building
drains shall be made gastight and watertight as follows:
1.
Cast-iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and
filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QQ-L-156, not less
than one (1) inch deep. Lead shall be run in one (1) pouring and caulked
tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the
jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved.
2.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
be made at the branch connection, if such branch is available at a
suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve (12) inches in diameter
or less, and no properly located branch connection is available, the
owner shall, at his expense, install a Y-branch in the public sewer
at the location specified by the Sewer Supervisor. Where the public
sewer is greater than twelve (12) inches in diameter, and no properly
located branch connection is available, a neat hole may be cut into
the public sewer to receive the house connection with entry in the
downstream direction at an angle of about forty-five degrees (45°).
A forty-five-degree ell may be used to make such connection, with
the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inner surface of the
public sewer. Where street sewers are of asbestos-cement sewer pipe,
the connection may be made with a cast-iron saddle in the event that
no fitting is available on the street sewer. The invert of the house
connection at the point of connection to twelve-inch-diameter or larger
sewers shall be connected to either match the center lines of such
street sewers or be higher. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and
the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete.
Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved
by the Sewer Supervisor.
i.
When the building sewer trench has been excavated and the building
sewer repaired, altered or constructed and is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer, the Plumbing Inspector and/or
Sewer Inspector shall be notified during regular working hours not
less than twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the time when the connection
to the public sewer is planned. The connection to the public sewer
shall be made under the supervision of the Plumbing Inspector and/or
Sewer Inspector, and a record of all said connections shall be kept
by him. A written clearance to backfill shall be given at this time.
If any person constructs, installs, alters or repairs any building
sewer or drain connecting with a public sewer in the borough without
giving the required notice to the Plumbing Inspector and/or Sewer
Inspector for an inspection of the work, said Plumbing Inspector and/or
Sewer Inspector may order all or any portion of said work to be uncovered
for inspection and approval.
j.
Sewer inspection ports or peep sights for building sewers shall be
placed at the end of the four-inch branch-connection line. This inspection
port shall be a vertical cast-iron pipe four (4) inches in diameter
and shall be set up on a T-opening in the building sewer (Y-connection
not permitted) with a screw-type brass plug at ground level.
k.
All excavations for sewer installations shall be adequately guarded
with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
l.
The branch connections to and including the peep sight shall be maintained
by the Borough. The building sewer from the peep sight shall be maintained
by the property owner.
m.
The installation of a public sewer system in any street, lane, road,
etc., by the Borough or by others shall not imply Borough ownership
or acceptance of such streets, lanes, roads, etc., unless and until
they otherwise comply with Borough requirements for acceptance, ownership
and maintenance.
n.
If any person, after proper order or direction from the Plumbing
Inspector and/or Sewer Inspector, fails to remedy any violation of
this Article or of any other Article of these regulations, the Plumbing
Inspector and/or Sewer Inspector may disconnect the building sewer
on the property where the violation exists from the public sewer and
may collect the cost of making such disconnection from any person
or persons responsible for, or willfully concerned in, or who profited
by such violation of the requirements of these regulations.
