No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public or private building
sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit
from the Superintendent.
A.
There shall be two types of building sewer permits: sewer connection
permits and sewer modification permits.
B.
There shall be three classes of building sewer permits: for residential,
for commercial service and for industrial waste.
C.
In each 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 Superintendent.
D.
A permit and inspection fee in an amount set forth by adopted resolution
of the Town Board shall be paid to the Town of Colonie at the time
the application is filed.
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 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 the same 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 in such
cases may be extended to the rear building, and the whole considered
as one sewer connection. At no time shall two private properties utilize
the same building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are approved by the Superintendent and meet all requirements
of this chapter. All costs and expenses incident to inspection, examination
and documentation of old building sewers and any repairs required
to meet the requirements of this chapter shall be borne by the owner.
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, or specifications, of the Town. In the absence
of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and
procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the State Building
Construction Codes, the American Society for Testing and Materials,
Water Environment Federation and American Society of Civil Engineers
shall apply.
Whenever physically possible, the building sewer shall be brought
to the building at an elevation below the first floor or, in the case
of existing sewers, the building drain invert shall be set at an elevation
to provide gravity connection. In all buildings in which any building
drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sanitary sewer,
sanitary sewage carried by such building drains shall be lifted by
means approved by the Superintendent and discharged to the building
sewer.
A.
The connection of discharges from footing drains, roof leaders, roof
drains, cellar drains, sump pumps, catch basins, and other sources
of inflow to the Town of Colonie sewerage system is prohibited.
B.
It shall be a willful violation of this chapter for any person to
reconnect any inflow source that has been disconnected.
C.
The provisions of this section apply to all structures within the
Town regardless of date of construction.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the New York State Department of State,
Division of Building Standards and Codes, or other applicable rules,
regulations and specifications of the Town or the procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing
and Materials and the Water Environment Federation. All such connections
shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before
installation.
A.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. All work shall be completed under the supervision
of the Superintendent.
B.
Supervision of installation is limited to the observation and approval
of sanitary sewer facilities as related to conformance with codes,
regulations, specifications and good construction practices. The Town
is not responsible for determining compliance with or enforcing construction
safety standards or regulations.
A.
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
sheeted and guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the
public from hazard.
B.
In the course of construction or repair of building sewers, no person
shall disturb any public roadways, sidewalks, parkways, or other public
property, rights-of-way, or easements, without obtaining express written
permission or a highway permit from the Town of Colonie or other authority
having jurisdiction.
C.
No excavation shall remain unattended without the permission of the
Superintendent and/or Commissioner or other authority having jurisdiction.
A.
Registration. All lateral contractors must register with the Town
of Colonie Department of Public Works Division of Pure Waters.
B.
Guarantees. All work shall be performed in compliance with rules
and regulations established by the Town and all workmanship and materials
shall be guaranteed for a period of one year.
C.
All lateral contractors, or any persons utilizing mechanized excavation
or construction equipment of any kind, who perform work in connection
with the construction of a building service lateral connection must
be approved by the Town and have on file with the Town proof of insurance
as the Town requires.
