[Amended 8-13-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
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 Code Enforcement
Officer.
[Amended 8-13-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential
and commercial service and 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 Town. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Code Enforcement Officer. Permit
and inspection fees for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings
sewer permits shall be paid to the Town at the time the application
is filed. Fee amounts are listed on the schedule of fees and are set
from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. 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.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except 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 8-13-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Code Enforcement
Officer, to meet all requirements of this Part 1.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
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 International Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town.
In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the
materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of
the ASTM Manual of Practice No. 60 and WEF Manual of Practice No.
FD-5 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.
No person 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 or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
[Amended 8-13-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
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 Town,
or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM
Manual of Practice No. 60 and WEF Manual of Practice No. FD-5. All
such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation
from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the
Code Enforcement Officer before installation.
[Amended 8-13-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Code Enforcement Officer when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the Code Enforcement Officer 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 Town.