[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]
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.
[Amended 2-4-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building and building lot.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
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.
