No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
Any person proposing a new discharge into the system or a substantial
change in the volume of character of pollutants that are being discharged
into the system shall notify the Sewer Commission at least 45 days
prior to the proposed change or connection.
There shall be three classes of building sewer permits:
A.
In all classes, 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.
B.
A permit and inspection fee of $75 shall be paid to the Town at the
time the application is filed. Any amount not used is to be reimbursed,
and any amount in excess of $75 is to be paid within 30 days.
C.
Approval of commercial and industrial permits must be obtained from
the Superintendent/Commissioner after review and recommendation by
the Sewer Commission/Commission before a permit can be issued.
D.
An applicant seeking a sewer connection or extension shall provide
inflow and infiltration mitigation in accordance with 314 CMR 12 § 12.04(2)(d.).
An old building sewer may be used in connection with a new building
only when it is found, on examination and test by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this chapter. Any costs involved in examinations
and tests shall be paid by the person making the application for a
permit.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such building
drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to 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 an interior 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
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
building sewer.
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 of the Town. In the absence of code provisions
or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing
and Materials and Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice
No. 9 shall apply.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior
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 sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other
applicable rules and regulations of the Town. 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.
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 sewer connection shall be made
under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded by the applicant 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 Town.
