[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-76]
Only authorized persons may uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof, and only after obtaining a written permit from the commission.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-77]
Application for a building sewer permit shall be made by a licensed
master plumber or licensed drainlayer, his agent or representative
and shall be made on an application form provided by the town. Each
application shall be supplemented with the plans and specifications
for the sewer connection and such other information relating to the
building and the wastes to be discharged as may be considered pertinent
by the superintendent. A permit and inspection fee which is on file
in the town clerk's office shall be paid to the commission at the
time the application is filed.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-78; Ord.
of 4-17-1996; Ord. of 2-18-2009, § 19-78]
The town hereby adopts the Town of New Shoreham Rhode Island
Utility Standards, March 1996, as may be amended, by reference, as
fully as if set out at length in this section, and the provisions
therein shall be controlling as to all subjects therein contained
within the corporate limits. Copies of such standard specifications
are on file and available in the town clerk's office.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-79]
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner and the issuance
of a building sewer permit shall be contingent upon the owner's indemnifying
the town and commission against any loss or damage that may be caused,
directly or indirectly, by the installation of the building sewer
and its proper function.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-80]
(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. The superintendent shall be notified not less than
48 hours in advance of the time any connection is to be made to any
public sewer or drain of the town or to any existing drain, pipe or
similar structure connected thereto and discharging therein or intended
to be so connected and to so discharge.
(b)
Such connection shall be made only in the presence of the superintendent,
affording sufficient opportunity to oversee the construction of all
parts of any sewer connected directly or indirectly or intended to
be so connected to any public sewer or drain of the town and to obtain
and record the location and other pertinent facts with respect to
such drain or sewer. This same requirement shall apply to repairs
or alterations to sewers, drains or pipes discharging thereto.
(c)
No building sewer or connection to a public sewer shall be covered
until it has been inspected by the superintendent and found to conform
to the requirements of established standards in all respects and to
be satisfactory as to the quality of the workmanship and materials.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-81]
The superintendent shall keep a record of all connections made
to public sewers under this article and all repairs and alterations
made to sewers, and building sewers connected to and discharging into
public sewers of the town or intended to so discharge. All persons
concerned shall assist the superintendent in securing data needed
for such records.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-82]
When any building or other structure previously served by a
connection to any public sewer or drain is demolished, destroyed,
abandoned or altered so that any drain or portion of an abandoned
plumbing system which is directly or indirectly connected to any public
sewer or drain is no longer used and is no longer connected to the
drainage system of the building or structure, the open end of such
drain which discharges directly or indirectly into a public sewer
or drain shall be promptly closed and sealed off so that no water
or waste not otherwise permitted to enter the public sewer or drain
shall be so discharged thereinto. The superintendent shall be notified
of such abandonment or discontinuance and all sealing of sewer service
lines shall be done by the owner's contractor to the satisfaction
of the superintendent.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-83]
The requirements of local building and plumbing codes shall
be observed with respect to fixtures inside or immediately adjacent
to buildings and within areas of jurisdiction of the several codes,
subject only to the general requirements of this article. Pipe more
than five feet outside the inner walls of any building or similar
structure shall conform to the requirements of this article as to
permits, materials and workmanship.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-84]
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, 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 or combined sewer unless such connection
is approved by the commission for purposes of disposal of polluted
surface drainage.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-85]
(a)
Each contractor shall be responsible to see that all excavations
for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades
and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
(b)
Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored by the contractor in a
manner satisfactory to the commission and the town.
[Rev. Ords. 1989, § 19-86]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building, except that, when two or more buildings are so
situated that a separate and independent building sewer for each building
would involve practical difficulties and impose unnecessary hardships,
the superintendent may authorize the connection of such buildings
to the public sewer through a single service line subject to such
terms and conditions as to easement, design and construction as the
superintendent may require.
