This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Village
of Sea Cliff Sewer Code."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
A certification of acceptance by the Enforcement Officer
as conforming to the provisions of this article or of the regulations
heretofore adopted by the County of Nassau governing discharge into
and connections with the sewer facilities of the County of Nassau.
DEAD END
A branch leading from a soil, waste, vent or house drain
or house sewer which is terminated at a developed distance of two
feet or more by means of a cap, plug or other fitting not used for
admitting water to the pipe.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The Village Building Inspector designated by the Board of
Trustees and such duly authorized employees of the County of Nassau
and United States Environmental Protection Agency and New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation personnel authorized to conduct
such inspections.
HOUSE DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a house drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste or other drainage
pipes inside the walls of any building and conveys the same to the
house sewer, beginning at the end of the existing cast iron pipe or
two feet outside the outer face of the building wall. Where the house
trap is located outside the building wall, it shall be considered
as part of the house drain.
HOUSE SEWER
That part of the horizontal piping of a house drainage system
extending from the house drain at the end of the existing cast iron
pipe or two feet outside the outer face of the building wall to its
connection with the public sewer or private disposal plant and conveying
the drainage of but one building site.
MAIN
That part of any system of horizontal, vertical or continuous
piping which receives the waste, vent from fixture outlets or traps,
directly or through branch pipes.
NASSAU COUNTY SEWER SYSTEM
A system, owned and/or operated by Nassau County, for the
collection, treatment and discharge of sewage and wastewater from
homes, businesses, industries and other sewage or wastewater generating
facilities.
PERMITTED PLUMBER
A person, corporation or entity permitted to conduct plumbing
work under applicable laws or regulations of the Village of Sea Cliff
and/or Nassau County.
SOIL PIPE
Any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets, with
or without the discharges from other fixtures, to the house drain.
STACK
A general term for any vertical line of soil, waste or vent
piping.
TRAP
A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage
of air or gas through a pipe without materially affecting the flow
of sewage or wastewater through it.
TRAP SEAL
The vertical distance between the crown weir and the dip
of the trap.
VENT PIPE
Any pipe provided to ventilate the plumbing system and to
prevent trap siphonage and back pressure.
VILLAGE
The Incorporated Village of Sea Cliff.
WASTE PIPE
Any pipe which receives the discharge of any fixtures, except
water closets and urinals, and conveys the same to the house drain,
soil or waste stacks.
It shall be unlawful for any person to perform any work associated
with connecting new and/or existing sanitary disposal systems to Nassau
County Sewer System otherwise than in compliance with the terms and
conditions of this article and any applicable federal, state, county
or local laws and regulations.
No person shall install, alter or repair or cause to be installed,
altered or repaired any plumbing installations within the scope of
this article except such persons as are duly permitted as herein defined,
except that this provision shall not apply to any employee of the
State of New York or any political subdivision thereof when employed
on the business of the State of New York or any political subdivision
thereof.
A domestic corporation desiring or intending to conduct the
business or trade of plumbing within the Village of Sea Cliff may
do so, provided that one or more officers of such corporation, separately
or aggregately, hold and own at least 51% of the issued and outstanding
stock of such corporation and provided that each of said officers
holding such percentage is a duly permitted plumber, as said term
is defined herein.
Each building in the area served by public sewer facilities
must be connected separately and independently with the sewer through
the house connection branch directly opposite the building or nearest
in the downstream direction. Groupings of buildings by one house sewer
will not be permitted, save by special permission of the Building
Department of the Village of Sea Cliff and the Department of Public
Works of the County of Nassau.
No pipe shall be laid in any trench unless the sewer connection
to the building and the connection to the sewer at the curb are exposed.
All pipe shall be laid with the uniform fall and in as direct and
straight a line as possible, from two feet outside the outer face
of the building wall or point where existing cast-iron pipe extends
through the wall to the existing connection to the sewer at the curb.
The minimum fall per foot of pipe laid shall be 1/8 inch per foot.
Sewer piping shall be supported throughout its entire length.
Tunneling may be done in yards, courts or driveways of any building
site, provided that cast-iron pipe is used. However, the diameter
of the tunnel may not be over twice the diameter of the pipe, and
it shall be of such length as will permit inspection of all joints
outside the tunnel. All tunnels shall be backfilled by the use of
water.
Adequate precaution shall be taken to ensure proper compaction
of backfill around the pipe without damage to piping. Trenches shall
be backfilled in thin layers to 12 inches above the top of the pipe
with clean earth which shall not contain stones, boulders, cinder
fill or other materials which will damage or break the pipe or cause
corrosive action. Mechanical devices may then be used to finish backfilling
to grade. All trenches shall be compacted with water, using the jetting
method.
Where a water condition exists, excavation must be properly
drained of excess water with the use of pumps and well points as necessary
to ensure a watertight connection of the house sewer line with the
county sewer facility spur and so as to permit visual inspection by
the Enforcement Officer.
All rules and regulations of the State Building Code applicable
to plumbing heretofore adopted by the Incorporated Village of Sea
Cliff shall likewise be applicable to soil, waste air inlet and venting
piping, as shall be required by the work encompassed by this article.
The Enforcement Officer shall be notified 48 hours in advance
of the commencement of any work under any permit issued hereunder.
No work performed pursuant to a permit issued under this article shall
be covered before inspection is made by the proper county or Village
inspector.
Workmanship shall be of such quality to fully secure the results
sought to be obtained in this article. All details of plumbing work
not otherwise provided for in this article shall be of a kind and
quality approved by a Enforcement Officer.
All regulations governing discharge into and connections with
county sewer facilities adopted by the County of Nassau are hereby
made part of these regulations and must be complied with by the applicant
or owner of the premises involved.
Any and every person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article or who shall fail to comply herewith shall be subject
to a fine not to exceed $1,000 and shall forthwith, upon oral or written
notice of any employee or official of the Village, proceed to correct
and remedy such violation without any delay. If such person or persons
who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, after notice
of such violation in the manner above set out, do not forthwith proceed
to correct and remedy such violation, then and in that event, each
day that a condition in violation of this article exists shall constitute
a separate and distinct violation of this article.