[Amended 2-4-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
The sewer systems of the sewer districts of the Town of Irondequoit, New York, as constructed or as hereafter added to or changed, shall be under the charge and control of the Superintendent under whose supervision they shall be used by property owners and no person shall enter into, open or interfere with or use or do any repair or maintenance work with respect to said sewer systems except under the inspection and direction of the Superintendent and after a sewer entrance permit shall have been issued by the Superintendent in which such entering, opening, use, repair or maintenance is to take place. The Superintendent may adopt rules and regulations to govern the maintenance and use of the sewer systems, and the Town Board shall therein fix the amount of fees that shall be chargeable to persons or property owners who may wish to enter or use the sewer systems, which fee shall be sufficient in amount to pay for the cost of inspection of such entry or entries.
[Amended 2-4-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
Permits granted under this chapter shall be for a specific waste or wastes and such permits shall be granted only after the submission and approval of plans as set forth hereinafter. Subsequent wastes of different quantity, quality or characteristics shall be covered by separate permits.
[Amended 2-4-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
A. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) 
For domestic waste service; and
(2) 
For service to all other contributors.
B. 
The owner or his agent shall make application on a form furnished by the Superintendent. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit fee in an amount fixed in the Rules and Regulations for Sewer Districts in the Town of Irondequoit shall be paid at the time the application is filed.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Sewer Commission from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the 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 State Building Construction Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town. In the absence of provisions, or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
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 sanitary sewer.
A. 
Specifications. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the State Building Construction Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 or any amendments, changes or supplements thereto which may then be in effect. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any new grinder pump that is installed shall be of a make and model prescribed by the Superintendent and specified on a list maintained by the Superintendent, to be provided to any person upon request to the Superintendent. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
[Amended 8-18-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
B. 
Superintendent to inspect construction. 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 connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
C. 
Guarding of excavations; restoration. All excavations for building sewer installation 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 satisfactory to the Town.