No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with
or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer.
Swimming pool drains shall not be connected to any sanitary sewer.
B.
In either case, a permit application shall be submitted to the Superintendent.
The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications,
or other information considered pertinent, in the judgment of the
Superintendent. A fee for residential, commercial, institutional and
industrial users, as established by the Village Board, shall accompany
the application.
C.
Connections shall be made as directed by the Superintendent.
A.
A separate and independent sewer lateral shall be provided for every
building requiring sanitary facilities. When, however, there is a
building behind a front building, the second building may use the
front building's sewer lateral if there is no other way to provide
sanitary service to the back building.
B.
New sewer laterals and/or building laterals shall not go under building
basements. In like fashion, a building shall not be constructed over
an existing lateral; the lateral shall be relocated after the Superintendent
has approved plans showing the relocation. A new permanent easement
shall be granted by the property owner to the Village.
When sewer laterals are to serve multiple dwelling structures,
the sewer lateral shall be sized in accordance with the metered water
use and with sound professional engineering judgment and approved
by the Village Engineer.
Where a sewer lateral is to serve a complex of industrial, commercial,
institutional, or dwelling structures, special design of the sewer
lateral system shall be required. Such lateral sewer shall be connected
to the public sewer through a manhole containing appropriate cleanouts.
The Superintendent shall determine if and where this connection to
the public sewer is required. Plans and specifications shall be prepared
and submitted for approval pursuant to this chapter.
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new
STEP systems only when they are found, on examination by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this local chapter.
New building laterals, where required, shall be in accordance
with the Village sewerage system standard details or as approved by
the Superintendent.
Sewer lateral pipe materials shall be in accordance with the
Village sewerage system standard details or as approved by the Superintendent.
The sewer lateral shall include a full port curb stop with flow-through
diameter equal to that of the sewer lateral. A curb box shall be installed.
The inside diameter of the fittings shall be same inside diameter
as the sewer lateral.
The sewer lateral shall be connected to the main sewer at the
time of constructing the force main, for each proposed lot for either
immediate or future development. Sewer laterals installed for future
development shall be fitted a standard cap approved for use by the
Superintendent. All sewer connections shall be via a properly installed
tap on the force main. The location of all lateral connections shall
be field marked with a two-inch-by-six-inch corrosion- and rot-resistant
board. The marker board shall extend from the depth of the lateral
to a minimum of two feet above grade. The location of all lateral
connections shall be indicated on a drawing with a minimum of three
tie lines indicated. Four copies of this drawing, showing the as-built
location of these connections, shall be furnished to the Superintendent.
A refundable deposit shall be placed with the Village to assure receipt
of these as-builts. The deposit shall be placed when application is
made; the amount of the deposit shall be per the Village sewerage
system fee schedule. No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by the Village
until four copies of this record drawing have been so filed with the
Superintendent and the Superintendent has approved the submitted drawings.
When any sewer lateral is to serve a school, hospital, or similar
institution, or public housing, or is to serve a complex of industrial
or commercial buildings, or which, in the opinion of the Superintendent,
will receive wastewater or industrial wastes of such volume or character
that frequent maintenance of the lateral is anticipated, then the
lateral shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole containing
a cleanout. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this type
of connection to the public sewer is required.
Building laterals laid parallel to a bearing wall shall not
be installed closer than three feet to such wall. The building lateral
shall enter the basement through the basement wall no less than 12
inches above the basement floor. In no event shall any building lateral
be placed below the basement floor, except with the expressed written
approval of the Superintendent. The building lateral shall be laid
at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes
in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
Changes of direction of 90° or greater shall be made with a cleanout
which extends to grade, terminating in a terminal box set in concrete.
In building laterals, said cleanouts shall be provided such that the
maximum distance between cleanouts is 75 feet. The ends of all building
laterals which are not connected to the interior plumbing of the building,
for any reason, shall be sealed against infiltration by a suitable
stopper, plug, or by other approved means.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the STEP system, wastewater carried by such drain
shall be lifted by pump and discharged to the building lateral, on
approval of the Superintendent. The pump shall be owned and maintained
by the property owner.
All excavations required for the installation of a building
lateral shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the
Superintendent and shall be in accordance with the Village sewerage
system standard details or as approved by the Superintendent.
All joints and connections shall be made watertight.
A.
The connection of the building lateral to the STEP system shall be
made at the grease trap or septic tank.
B.
The property owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage
that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the connection of
the building lateral.
C.
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain,
repair, or replace the building lateral, as needed.
The street lateral, building lateral, or the combined lateral
shall be tested for infiltration/exfiltration by a suitable method,
with the prior written approval of the Superintendent.
The applicant for the sewer connection permit shall notify the
Superintendent when the sewer lateral is ready for inspection and
connection is to be made to the force main. The connection shall be
made under the supervision of the Superintendent.
When trenches are excavated for the laying of sewer lateral
pipes or for laying of building lateral pipes, such trenches shall
be inspected by the Superintendent. Before the trenches are backfilled,
the person performing such work shall notify the Superintendent when
the laying of the sewer lateral is completed, and no backfilling of
trenches shall begin until approval is obtained from the Superintendent.
All excavations for extending the sewers beyond Phase One shall
be adequately protected 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 Superintendent. When installation requires
disturbance of paved public roads and shoulders, restoration shall
involve backfilling to road grade and complete road and shoulder restoration
to the Village Standards. The cost for such final road and shoulder
restoration for expansion of the sewerage system beyond Phase One
shall be borne by the new users.
A.
An interior cleanout fitting shall be provided for each building
lateral at a readily accessible location, preferably just inside the
basement wall. The fitting shall contain a forty-five-degree branch
with removable plug or test tee, and so positioned that sewer cleaning
equipment can be inserted therein to clean the building lateral.
B.
The cleanout diameter shall be no less than the building lateral
diameter.
All costs associated with the provisions of this article shall be borne by the property owner unless specifically stated or agreed to be a cost borne by the Village or as identified in §§ 145-20 and 145-52 herein. The property owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the STEP system, connections and appurtenances. Owners shall be responsible for the electrical costs to operate the STEP pumps. Owners shall be responsible for repairs by the Village to the system for improper use or negligence. Owners shall be responsible for paying the sewer use charge as established by the Village Board.
A.
Phase One. The owner shall be responsible for any internal changes
to the building plumbing to permit proper connection to the new STEP
system. In the case of a restaurant or other FOG-generating entity,
this will include separating the FOG-laden piping from the waste stream
and allowing the installation of a grease trap on that line. The need
for a grease trap shall be determined by the Superintendent. The sizing
of the grease trap shall be determined by the Village Engineer. The
Village will pay for any grease trap required due to the current use
of the building. If the use of the building changes in the future
such that a grease trap, larger septic tank, or larger grease trap
is required for the change of use, then all costs associated with
such a change shall be the owner's responsibility. The owner
shall allow the Village to connect to an existing electric panel in
the building to provide power to the STEP system. The Village will
install a circuit breaker in the panel or modify it to allow the connection
of a subpanel to the panel for a circuit breaker. The Village will
run the power circuit from the breaker installed to the STEP control
panel.
B.
Future phases. All costs associated with furnishing and installing septic tanks, effluent pumps, electrical services, grease traps, connecting buildings to the septic tanks, and connecting the STEP pump to the control panel and the STEP force main shall be borne by the owner. The cost for abandoning the existing wastewater treatment components shall be borne by the owner. See also § 145-20 above.
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A.
The costs
of furnishing and installing the sewerage system, including the septic
tanks and grease traps that are part of the STEP system, shall be
borne by the benefitted parcels within the service area of the POTW,
whether or not connected to the sewerage system or developed, and
apportioned upon the lands within the service area of the POTW in
proportion as nearly as may be with the benefit that each lot or parcel
may derive therefrom.
