No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening
into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof,
or dispose of wastes in any public sewer until a permit is obtained
from the Town, and unless the connection and discharge of wastes has
been shown to be in accordance with standards promulgated pursuant
to the Act, and all regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, all
pretreatment requirements, and any applicable standards of the State
of New York, this chapter, or other local requirements.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: sanitary
sewage service, and service to establishments discharging industrial
wastes.
A. The application for sanitary sewer service shall describe the quantity and character of the waste to be discharged to the public sewer. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgement of the Superintendent. A fee for sanitary sewer service permit and inspection shall be as set forth in §
135-56. This fee does not include any actions carried out by the Town under any other articles of this chapter.
B. Industrial waste dischargers shall, in addition to paying a permit fee equal to the amount set forth in §
135-56, make application in accordance with Article
VI and Article
VII of this chapter.
All costs and expense incident to the installation, connection and maintenance of the building sewer from the building to the public sanitary sewer connection shall be borne by the owner. If the Town performs the sewer tap to public sewer, a fee set forth in §
135-57 shall be paid to the Town upon completion of the tap. The owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. The connection to the public sanitary sewer shall be made under the supervision and in the presence of the Superintendent.
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. The Town assumes no obligation or responsibility for
damage caused by or resulting from any single building sewer which
serves two buildings.
Existing building sewers or house connections may be used in
connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination
and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The main building drain for any building shall be hung below
the first floor and exit through the foundation wall at least 12 inches
(30.5 centimeters) above the cellar floor. All devices producing wastewater
installed in cellars shall discharge into the main building drain
at a point within the building above the level of the exterior finished
grade of the building sewer. Where a house trap is provided, the sewage
ejector shall discharge on the sewer side of the trap.
No person shall make connection of: roof downspouts, foundation
drains, areaway drains, sump pumps, floor drains such as garage or
basement, 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. A sump pump will be provided by the owner wherever required
to carry ground and surface water to a natural outlet or storm sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of this chapter and other applicable rules
and regulations of the Town, with guidance from the procedures set
forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM or the WEF Manual
of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and
watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the
prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent
before installation.
The Superintendent shall be allowed to inspect the construction
at any stage of completion and the applicant shall notify the Superintendent
when the work is ready for final inspection, which notification shall
be before any underground portions are covered and prior to connection
to the Town sanitary sewer. The inspection shall be carried out within
normal Town business hours. The actual connection to the public sanitary
sewers shall be made by the Town or by the owner if prior approval
is obtained by the Superintendent and the connection is carried out
under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
The Superintendent shall not issue a permit for any class of
connection to the Town's wastewater treatment system unless there
is sufficient capacity, not legally committed to other users, in the
wastewater treatment system to convey and adequately treat the quantity
of wastewater which the requested connection will add to the system.