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.
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. Pipelaying and backfilling, regardless of pipe
material used, shall be performed in general accordance with ASTM
Specification D2321, 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 not in any case shall
such depth be less than four feet. Where it is physically impossible
to provide cover of four feet, the depth may be reduced to a minimum
of two feet and the pipe shall be insulated, as approved by the Superintendent.
The street lateral, building lateral, or the combined lateral
shall be tested for infiltration/exfiltration by:
A. Any full pipe method described in §
355-31; or
B. By a suitable joint method, with the prior written approval of 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 §
355-36.
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 45° 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.