No person shall construct any sanitary sewer or building sewer
or uncover, make any connection with or any opening into, use, alter
or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first
obtaining a permit from the department of public works. Any person
proposing a new connection into a public sewer or any person proposing
a substantial change in the volume or character of sanitary sewage
that is being discharged into a public sewer shall notify the department
of public works prior to making the proposed change or connection.
The department of public works may hold the request for a period of
forty-five days in order to ascertain if more information regarding
the character of the sewer and/or sanitary sewage is deemed advisable
by the director of public works and the city engineer.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 1); C.O. 22-057, § 3, 4/11/2022)
A.
Consistent with section 12.18.020, applications for permits to construct, repair, alter and/or connect a sanitary sewer, building sewer or other private sewer to the public sewers shall be obtained from the department of public works and approved by the city engineer. There shall be two classes of permits: (1) for residential and commercial service, and (2) for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or the owner's authorized agent shall make the application on a form furnished by the department of public works. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plant, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the director of public works and/or the city engineer.
B.
Prior
to obtaining a permit to install or repair a sanitary sewer, building
sewer, private sewer or to make a connection to a public sewer, the
owner or the owner's authorized agent must notify, by certified mail,
at least twenty-four hours before performing the work, all public
and private utility departments and companies of the applicant's intentions.
Written proof of such notification must be made a part of the application
submitted to the director of public works.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 2
(part)); C.O. 22-057, §§ 4, 5, 4/11/2022)
Upon completion of the work by a licensed drain layer, the permit
shall be returned to the director of public works and/or the city
engineer with the drain layer's endorsement thereon, stating the work
the drain layer has done under such permit.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 2
(part)); C.O. 22-057, §§ 6, 7, 4/11/2022)
A.
A permit
and inspection fee shall be paid to the city at the time the application
for a permit under this article is filed.
B.
In
cases where the owner of the sanitary sewer or building sewer is an
agency of the city, other governmental agency or public authority,
and in cases where construction of the sanitary sewer or building
sewers is being performed by an agent of the city, other governmental
agency or public authority, the fee for the permit shall be waived.
(C.O. 83-52 §§ 60 (Art. II § 3),
75 (part))
The department of public works shall keep a complete record
of permits granted, giving the name of the street, the number of the
estate, if any, the name of the owner, the size, kind (residential,
commercial, industrial) and location of building sewers and other
sanitary sewers connected to the public sewers, the name of the drain
layer making the connection, and such other facts in connection therewith
as may be important as matters of record.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 4); C.O. 22-057, § 8, 4/11/2022)
No work of laying or repairing building sewers or any sanitary
sewer and appurtenances shall be commenced unless the permit to do
so is issued by the director of public works and/or the city engineer
and is at the site of the work, in the hands of the drain layer or
his or her employee. All work shall be completed within the time limitations
stated in the permit, which shall be established by the director of
public works and/or the city engineer at the time the permit is issued.
If not so completed, a new permit shall be obtained by the owner to
validate continuance of the work.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 5
(part)); C.O. 22-057, §§ 9, 10, 4/11/2022)
A.
All
work shall be performed Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays,
between the hours of eight a.m. and five p.m. When authorized by the
director of public works and/or the city engineer, emergency repairs
may be performed at hours other than those specified in this section.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 5
(part)); C.O. 22-057, § 11, 4/11/2022)
All costs and expenses incident to the construction and connection
of a building sewer or private sewer shall be borne by the owner.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 6))
A.
A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for each and every
building; except where one building stands at the rear of another
building on an interior lot and no public or private sewer is available
or no private sewer can be constructed to the rear building through
an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway, the building sewer may,
at the discretion of the director of public works and/or the city
engineer, be extended to the rear building and the whole considered
as one building sewer. A manhole shall be constructed at the junction
of the front building sewer and the rear building sewer or where directed
by the department of public works.
B.
The department of public works will grant a permit for the type of building sewer connection described in subsection A of this section only if the permit application is forwarded with a certified copy of a legal instrument, which has been filed at the county registry of deeds, in the form of an easement, shown on a plan referred to and filed with the legal instrument, whereby perpetual rights are granted to the rear building to use and maintain the whole building sewer, which shall begin at the public sewer.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 7); C.O. 22-057, § 12, 4/11/2022)
A.
Existing
building sewers, public sewers and private sewers may be used in connection
with new building construction or in connection with new sanitary
sewer construction, in whole or in part, only after they are examined
by the director of public works, the city engineer, the health inspector
and the developer/owner, and are found to meet all the requirements
of this chapter. The developer/owner, when so required, shall provide
documentation to the satisfaction of the director of public works,
city engineer and health inspector as to the adequacy of the existing
sewer and shall enter into a written agreement whereby he or she assumes
all liability and holds harmless the city, its agents and employees,
for any damages which might result from the use of the existing sewer
insofar as the same is determined to be adequate and in compliance
with this chapter.
B.
Where
the existing sewer is found to be inadequate by the director of public
works, city engineer and the health inspector, the cost for all required
improvements to such sewer shall be borne by the developer/owner and
same shall comply with this chapter.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 8); C.O. 22-057, § 13, 4/11/2022)
The size, slope, depth, alignment and materials of the construction
of a building sewer, private sewer or sanitary sewer, and the methods
to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing,
backfilling the trench and patching, shall all conform to the requirements
of the director of public works, the city engineer and/or any other
applicable rules and regulations of the city.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 9); C.O. 22-057, § 14, 4/11/2022)
The building sewer, wherever possible, shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building sewer is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, the sewage carried by such building sewer shall be lifted
by an approved means and discharged into the public sewer.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 10))
No person shall make a connection of roof downspouts, foundation
drains, areaway drains, sump pumps or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or a private sewer directly or
indirectly, which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a
public sewer.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 11); C.O. 13-046, § 1, 2/11/2013)
The connection of the building sewer or a private sewer into
the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the director
of public works and the city engineer and/or any other applicable
rules and regulations of the city. All such connections shall be made
gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures
and materials shall be approved by the director of public works and
the city engineer before installation. All work shall be performed
by a licensed drain layer.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 12); C.O. 22-057, §§ 15, 16, 4/11/2022)
The applicant for the permit or his or her drain layer for the
building sewer or the private sewer shall notify the director of public
works twenty-four hours in advance of when the work is to be performed.
The laying of the building sewer shall be made under the observation
of the director of public works or the director's duly authorized
representative. No work shall be covered by the drain layer without
the authorization of the director of public works or his or her duly
authorized representative.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 13); C.O. 22-057, §§ 17, 18, 4/11/2022)
All excavations for building sewers and private sewer construction
shall be adequately guarded 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 consistent with applicable rules and regulations and to the
satisfaction of the director of public works.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 14); C.O. 22-057, § 19, 4/11/2022)
No person shall construct, repair or alter any building sewer,
or make any connection into any public sewer or Massachusetts Water
Resources Authority District, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Sewerage System sewer unless such person is duly licensed by the director
of public works and the city engineer as a drain layer. Such person
so licensed shall, before performing any work by virtue of such license,
execute a satisfactory bond to the city in a sum of not less than
ten thousand dollars. The bond is to contain conditions that the drain
layer comply with the ordinances of the city, and the terms and conditions
of the permit under which, in each case, work is performed, and that
the drain layer will indemnify and hold harmless the city from all
damages or costs to which the city may be put by reason of injuries
resulting from failure to comply with the terms and conditions of
the permit.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 15); C.O. 86-23 § 8 (part); C.O.
22-057, §§ 20, 21, 4/11/2022)
No person duly licensed as a sewer layer shall allow his or
her name to be used by any other person, for the purpose of obtaining
permits.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 16))
Any drain layer violating the provisions of this chapter shall,
in addition to the general penalty provided for the violation of this
chapter, forfeit his or her license.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. II § 17); C.O. 22-057, § 22, 4/11/2022)
