No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling
water or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer. Swimming
pool drains shall not be connected to any sanitary sewer.
A. Permits:
(1) There shall be two classes of sewer lateral permits:
(a)
For residential, commercial, and institutional service,
(b)
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(2) 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, established by Section 1202, shall accompany the application.
B. New building laterals:
(1) 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.
(2) 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 Superintendent
has approved plans showing the relocation. If relocation is not physically
possible, then the lateral shall be:
(a)
Exposed and totally encapsulated in not less than three inches
of concrete; or
(b)
Exposed and walled and the building rooms above positively ventilated
outdoors.
(3) All existing manholes in or under the basement shall be sealed airtight
in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent. No new manholes shall
be constructed on the portion of the lateral under the building.
C. Laterals serving several buildings. 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.
D. Laterals serving complexes. 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. Plans
and specifications shall be prepared and submitted for approval pursuant
to this chapter.
Dry sewers shall be designed and installed in accordance to
this chapter.
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new
buildings only when they are found, on examination by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this chapter.
A. Building and street lateral pipe materials shall be one of the following:
(1) Tar-coated, service-grade, cast-iron soil pipe conforming to ASTM
Specification A-74, "Cast Iron Pipe and Fittings." All dimensions,
weight and markings of the pipe shall conform to the requirements
of ANSI Designation A112.5.1, except spigot ends shall be plain end,
if gasket joints are used.
(2) Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and fittings conforming to ASTM Specification
D-3034-73, "SDR-21 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Sewer Pipe and Fittings."
All pipes shall be suitable for gravity sewer service. Provisions
shall be made for contraction and expansion at each joint with a rubber
ring. The bell shall consist of an integral wall section stiffened
with two PVC retainer rings which securely lock the solid cross-section
ring into position. Minimum pipe stiffness (fly) at 5% deflection
shall be 46 psi when tested in accordance with ASTM Specification
D-2412.
B. Any part of the building or street lateral that is located within
five feet of a water main or water service shall be constructed of
cast-iron soil pipe. Cast-iron soil pipe may be required by the Superintendent
where the building or street lateral is likely to be damaged by tree
roots. If installed on fill or unstable ground, the building or street
lateral shall be of cast-iron soil pipe, although other pipe material
may be permitted if such pipe is uniformly supported on a poured concrete
cradle approved by the Superintendent. The distance between consecutive
joints, as measured along the center line of the installed pipe, shall
not be less than 10 feet, except under abnormal circumstances, in
which case this dimension may be diminished if approved by the Superintendent.
The size and slope of building and street laterals shall be subject
to approval by the Superintendent, but in no event shall the internal
pipe diameter be less than four inches, nor shall the pipe slope be
less than 1/4 inch per foot.
At the point of connection of a street lateral to a main sewer,
a standard wye fitting and sufficient one-eighth (45°) bend fittings
shall be used. The wye fittings shall be installed so that flow in
the arm shall transition smoothly into the flow in the public sewer.
No lateral connection shall be made to the public sewer which permits
the flow into the public sewer from the lateral to enter at right
angles. Where a suitable wye fitting is not available at the public
sewer, the Village shall install such wye fitting at the owner's expense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The street lateral, including the wye and eighth-bend fittings,
shall be connected to the main sewer, at the time of constructing
the main sewer, for each proposed lot for either immediate or future
development. Laterals installed for future development shall be fitted
with a standard plug approved for use by the Superintendent. All sewer
connections shall be via a properly installed saddle on the main sewer
pipe. No portion of the lateral pipe shall protrude into the main
sewer pipe. 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, and 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 Village
to assure receipt of these as-builts. The deposit shall be placed
when application is made; the amount of the deposit shall be as set
from time to time by the Village Board of Trustees per sheet of plans
showing locations of lateral connections. 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 street 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 said building or street lateral is anticipated,
then such street lateral shall be connected to the public sewer through
a manhole. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this type
of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to existing
manholes shall be made as directed by the Superintendent. If required,
a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to Sections
503D and 1007, and the lateral connection made thereto as directed by
the Superintendent.
Whenever possible, the building lateral shall be brought to
the building at an elevation below the basement floor. Building laterals
laid parallel to a bearing wall shall not be installed closer than
three feet to such wall. 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. The
ends of all building or street 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 public sewer, wastewater carried by such drain
shall be lifted by mechanical means and discharged to the building
lateral, on approval of the Superintendent.
All excavations required for the installation of a building
or street lateral shall be open-trench work unless otherwise approved
by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfill, regardless of pipe
material used, shall be performed in general accordance with Paragraphs
3 through 6 of ASTM Specification C-12, except that trench width,
measured at the top of the installed pipe, shall not exceed the outside
pipe diameter, plus 14 inches, and except that no backfill shall be
placed until the work has been inspected. The depth of cover over
the pipe shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost, but
in no case shall such depth be less than four feet. Additional installation
requirements shall be as contained within the Village of Bloomfield
subdivision regulations.
A. Watertight joints. All joints and connections shall be made watertight.
B. Cast-iron pipe poured joints. Poured joints for cast-iron pipe shall
be firmly packed with oakum or hemp, and the annulus filled with an
approved compound not less than one inch deep. The said compound shall
be run in with a single pouring and caulked tight if appropriate for
the compound used. No paint, varnish, or other coatings shall be permitted
on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and
approved. The transition joint between cast-iron pipe and other pipe
materials shall be made with special adapters and jointing materials
approved by the Superintendent. If such joints are hot poured, the
material shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness
of the joint when subjected to a temperature of 160° F. nor be
soluble in any of the wastes carried by the lateral.
C. Cast-iron push joints. Premolded gaskets may be used for hub and
plain-end, cast-iron pipe joints and joints with fittings if approved
by the Superintendent. The gasket shall be a neoprene compression-type
unit which provides a positive seal in the assembled joint. The gasket
shall be premolded, one-piece unit, designed for joining the cast-iron
hub and plain-end soil pipe and fittings. The assembled joint shall
be sealed by compression of the gasket between the exterior surface
of the spigot and the interior surface of the hub. The joint shall
be assembled following the manufacturer's recommendations, using acceptable
lubricant and special pipe-coupling tools designed for that purpose.
The plain spigot end shall be forced into the hub end of the pipe
for the full depth of the hub itself. Lubricant shall be a bland,
flax-base, nontoxic material and shall not chemically attack the gasket
material.
D. PVC push joints. Joints for PVC sewer pipe shall follow the manufacturer's
recommendations, using properly designed couplings and rubber gaskets
pursuant to the published information relating thereto, and conforming
to the applicable ASTM specification identified in Section 605.
A. Connection.
(1) The connection of the building lateral to an existing street lateral
shall be made at the property line, except as provided under Section
502; 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
cleanout to grade located at the property line. The cleanout shall
terminate in a metal box imbedded in concrete.
(2) The cost of constructing the street lateral from the existing public
sewer to the property line shall be at the 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.
(3) The owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that
may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the
building lateral.
(4) It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain,
repair, or replace the building lateral, as needed.
(5) 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 Superintendent. After the installation
of the street lateral has been approved by the Superintendent, the
new street lateral shall become the property of the Village. Any subsequent
repairs to the new street laterals shall be made by the Village at
the Village's expense.
B. Cleanout repair/replacement. If, in the judgment of the Superintendent,
it is determined that a building lateral, without a property line
cleanout, needs repair or replacement, the Village may install a cleanout
at the property line, at the owner's expense, such that the street
lateral can be maintained independently of the building lateral.
C. Street lateral replacement; ownership. Any existing street lateral
which, upon examination by the Superintendent, is determined to be
in need of replacement will be replaced with a new street lateral
with a property line cleanout. The replacement street lateral shall
be constructed by a licensed plumber. The cost of constructing the
replacement street lateral and cleanout shall be at the owner's expense.
Once the replacement street lateral and cleanout have been constructed
and approved by the Superintendent, the new street lateral shall become
the property of the Village. Any repairs to new street laterals shall
be made by the Village at the Village's expense.
The street lateral, building lateral, or the combined lateral
shall be tested for infiltration/exfiltration by:
A. Any full pipe method described in Section 504; or
B. A suitable joint method, with the prior written approval of the Superintendent.
The applicant for the building lateral permit shall notify the
Superintendent when the building lateral is ready for inspection and
connection to the street lateral is to be made. The connection shall
be made under the supervision of the Superintendent. When street laterals
are installed pursuant to Section 402, the property owner, builder, or developer shall notify
the Superintendent when the street lateral is ready for inspection
and connection to the main sewer, and such connection shall be made
under the supervision of the Superintendent.
A. When trenches are excavated for the laying of building lateral pipes
or for laying street lateral pipes pursuant to Section 402, such trenches shall be inspected by the Superintendent.
B. Before the trenches are backfilled, the person performing such work
shall notify the Superintendent when the laying of the building lateral
is completed, and no backfilling of trenches shall begin until approval
is obtained from the Superintendent.
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 Superintendent. When installation requires
disturbance of paved public roads and shoulders, restoration shall
involve backfilling to road grade. Shortly thereafter the Village
Department of Public Works (DPW) shall complete road and shoulder
restoration to the Village 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 Section 602.
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. 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. The property owner shall indemnify
the Village 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.