No unauthorized persons 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/Village President.
All disposal by any persons into the sewer system is unlawful
except those discharges in compliance with federal standards promulgated
pursuant to the Federal Act and more stringent state and local standards.
A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection
shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream
sewerage facilities, including sewers, pump stations and wastewater
treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately
and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load.
All costs and expenses incidental 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 3-6-2007 by Ord.
No. 525]
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. Any new building sewer carrying wastewater shall be
distinct from any building sewer which carries water from roofs, areaways
or other sources of surface water or groundwater.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent/Village
President, to meet all requirements of this Part 3.
The size, slope, alignment, 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 and plumbing code 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 American Society for Testing
and Materials, Water Pollution Control Federal Manual of Practice
No. 9, Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction
in Illinois 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 the building drain shall be lifted by a means which is approved in accordance with §
265-50, and discharged to the building sewer.
No person(s) 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 to a public sanitary sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code, or
other applicable rules and regulations of the Village, or the procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for
Testing and Materials, Water Pollution Control Federal Manual of Practice
No. 9, and Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction
in Illinois. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be
approved by the Superintendent/Village President before installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Superintendent/Village President 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/Village
President.
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.