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Town of Lyons, NY
Wayne County
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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 Authority.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm cooling water or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer. Swimming pool drains shall not be connected to any sanitary sewer.
A. 
There shall be two classes of sewer lateral permits:
(1) 
For residential, commercial, and institutional service; or
(2) 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. 
In either case, a permit application shall be submitted to the Code Enforcement Officer on forms obtained from the Town Clerk. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Authority. A fee, for residential, commercial, institutional and industrial users, as set forth in Article XII, shall accompany the application.
A. 
A separate and independent building 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 building lateral if there is no other way to provide sanitary service to the back building.
B. 
New street 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 Authority has approved plans showing the relocation. If relocation is not physically possible then the lateral shall be:
(1) 
Exposed and totally encapsulated in not less than three inches of concrete; or
(2) 
Exposed and walled and the building rooms above positively ventilated outdoors.
C. 
All existing manholes in or under the basement shall be sealed air-tight in a manner acceptable to the Authority. No new manholes shall be constructed on the portion of the lateral under the building.
D. 
Whenever possible, the building lateral shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Authority.
When building laterals are to serve multiple dwelling structures, the building lateral shall be sized in accordance with the metered water use and with sound professional engineering judgment.
A. 
Where a lateral sewer is to serve a complex of industrial, commercial, institutional, or dwelling structures, special design of the building lateral system shall be required. Such lateral sewer shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole.
B. 
The Authority shall determine if and where this connection to the public sewer is required. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §§ 251-79 and 251-80 and the lateral connection made and tested as directed by the Authority. Plans and specifications shall be prepared and submitted for approval pursuant to this chapter.
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination by the Authority, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such drain shall be lifted by mechanical means and discharged to the building lateral, on approval of the Authority.
A. 
The connection of the building lateral to an existing street lateral shall be made at the property line. Except as provided under § 251-28, if a street lateral has not previously been provided, the street lateral will be constructed from the existing public sewer to the property line (by a licensed plumber), at the owner's expense. The street lateral shall be installed with a properly sealed and covered clean-out to grade located at the property line. The clean-out shall terminate in a plastic plug imbedded in concrete.
B. 
The cost of constructing the street lateral from the existing public sewer to the property line shall be at the property owner's expense; all subsequent costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection of the building lateral shall also be borne by the owner.
C. 
The property owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building lateral.
D. 
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain, repair, or replace the building lateral, as needed.
E. 
The method of connection of the building lateral to the street lateral will be dependent upon the type of sewer pipe material and, in all cases, shall be approved by the Authority. After installation of the street lateral has been approved by the Authority, the new street lateral shall become the property of the Town. Any subsequent repairs to the new street laterals shall be made by the Town at the Town's expense.
If, in the judgment of the Authority, it is determined that a building lateral without a property line clean-out needs repair or replacement, the Town may install a clean-out at the property line, at the property owner's expense, such that the street lateral can be maintained independently of the building lateral.
Any existing street lateral which, upon examination by the Authority or Code Enforcement Officer, is determined to be in need of replacement will be replaced with a new street lateral with a property line clean-out. (The replacement street lateral shall be constructed by the Authority or approved contractor per § 251-30.) The cost of constructing the replacement street lateral and clean-out shall be at the property owner's expense. Once the replacement street lateral and clean-out have been constructed and approved by the Authority, the new street lateral, from the sewer main to the curbline, shall become the property of the Town. Any repairs to new street laterals shall be made by the Town at the Town's expense. The owner shall be responsible for the lateral from the building to the curbline. This responsibility shall include replacement costs, maintenance, including plugged lines, and any excavation that is deemed necessary for repair.
All excavations for constructing building laterals 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 Authority. When installation requires disturbance of paved public roads and shoulders, restoration shall involve backfilling to road grade. Shortly thereafter, the Town Department of Public Works shall complete road and shoulder restoration to the Town standards. The cost for such final road and shoulder restoration by the DPW shall be included with the fees paid with the application for the permit required in § 251-33.
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 Town. The property owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the building and street laterals, and connections and appurtenances.