No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into or use, alter, disturb or discharge into any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit therefor.
A. 
There shall be two classes of permits, as follows:
(1) 
For residential and commercial service users of the Village's sewerage system.
(2) 
For industrial users of the Village's sewerage facilities.
B. 
The owner or his agent shall apply for a permit on a special form provided by the Village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information requested by the Village.
C. 
A permit and inspection fee, in an amount set forth in the fee schedule adopted by the Village, shall be paid to the Village at the time the application is filed.
A. 
Industrial permits. Industrial wastewater discharge permits shall be granted or denied in accord with the terms and procedures set forth in § 111-55 of this chapter.
B. 
Residential and commercial permits. The Village shall determine whether a residential and commercial permit should be issued, based on its analysis of the plans, specifications and other information submitted in light of the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
B. 
The owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except that, where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Village, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The owner may use any of the following three types of pipe for the building connection:
A. 
Service class/cast-iron soil pipe conforming to the requirements of ASTM 74-75. Joints shall be hub-and-spigot type with preformed rubber gaskets conforming to Specification HSN of the Cast-Iron Soil Pipe Institute.
B. 
Acrylomitride/butadiene/styrene (ABS) sewer pipe conforming to the requirements of ASTM D2751-75-SDR=35. Joints shall be solvent-welded in conformance with ASTM D2235.
C. 
Rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC), plastic pipe which shall meet the requirements of ASTM 3034-74-SDR=35. Pipe shall have an integral bell and pipe, and fittings shall be joined with a solid rubber ring.
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Village, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. The slope of such four-inch pipe shall be not less than 1/4 inch per foot.
A. 
The building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation to satisfy minimum slope requirements and as dictated by the depth of the Village sewer. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within five feet of any bearing wall which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost.
B. 
The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Change in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe fittings.
A. 
Old building sewers. The lines outside the building leading to the public sewer may be used by property owners only if they are watertight, gastight and meet all other specifications of this chapter and, if not meeting said specifications in their entirety, may be used only with special written approval of the Village.
B. 
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work, unless otherwise approved by the Village. Pipelaying and backfilling shall be performed in accordance with the pipe manufacturer's recommendation but, in any event, shall conform to the following standards:
(1) 
The ditch shall be straight and true and to uniform grade insofar as possible.
(2) 
The bottom of the trench shall be shaped by hand to receive the pipe, or a minimum of three inches of compacted sand shall be placed in the trench bottom to receive the pipe.
(3) 
Where rock is encountered in the excavation of the trench, the rock shall be excavated at least four inches below the grade of the pipe and covered with compacted sand to provide a sand bed for the pipe.
(4) 
After placing the pipe and making joints as per requirements, earth backfill shall be placed to the height of the top of the pipe and tamped.
(5) 
One foot of earth fill free from rocks will then be placed and tamped.
(6) 
The remainder of the trench shall then be filled in one-foot layers and tamped before additional soil is added.
C. 
Alternate materials and methods may be used only if they have been specifically approved by the Village. The Village may approve any alternative, provided that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with terms of this chapter and that the material or method of work offered is for the purpose intended and at least the equivalent of that herein prescribed in quality, strength, effectiveness, durability and safety.
D. 
Repairs to sewerage connections shall be made with such materials as are provided for by this chapter for new work insofar as is practical.
E. 
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building sewer and appurtenances and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the building sewer pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the specifications for the installation of building sewers as adopted by the Village and all applicable provisions of any other rules and regulations of the Village or of the County of Saratoga or the State of New York, whichever requirements are more strict. In the absence of any requirements or in amplification thereof, the materials and the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply. All connections of building sewers to a public sewerage system shall be gastight and watertight. Any deviations from the prescribed materials and construction procedures must be approved by the Village prior to installation.
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, sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by a method approved by the Village and discharged to a gravity-flow building sewer.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Village. Pipelaying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM Specification C12-19, except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
The applicant for the connection of any building sewer to the Village's sewerage system shall notify the Village when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. In no case shall any underground portions of the building sewer be covered or connection to the public sewer be made without the approval and/or supervision of the Village. Permission to activate the building sewer will be given only after satisfactory final inspection has been made and approval given by the Village, and connection shall be made under the supervision of the Village.
Trench water will not be allowed to enter the public sewer unless specifically authorized by the Village. The building sewer trench shall be completely dewatered before the tap is made into the public sewer system.
A. 
All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
B. 
Cast-iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QQ-L-156, not less than one inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and be caulked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved.
C. 
All joints for plastic pipe materials approved for use by the Village shall be made in strict accordance with the pipe manufacturer's recommendations.
D. 
Materials for hot-poured joints shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when subjected to a temperature of 160° F. nor be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the drainage system. The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp or similar approved material.
E. 
Cement joints shall be made by packing a closely twisted jute or oakum gasket of suitable size to fill partly the annular space between the pipes. The remaining space shall be filled and firmly connected with mortar composed of one part portland cement and three parts mortar sand. The material shall be mixed dry; only sufficient water shall be added to make the mixture workable. Mortar which has begun to set shall not be used or retamped. Lime putty and hydrated lime may be substituted to the extent of not more than 25% of the volume of the portland cement that may be added.
F. 
Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of the Village.
[Amended 9-17-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
A. 
New, repair or replacement installation of lateral sewer connection from the Village main sewer line to the private property line shall be undertaken by the Department of Public Works for the Village at the private users expense.
B. 
The Village, upon installation, repair or replacement, shall be entitled to bill and recover from the private owner the actual costs incurred for time and materials associated with the work undertaken on the private user's sewer lateral line, including legitimate expenses for excavation, laying and connecting of lateral pipe, repair or replacement of pipe, connections, paving, fill, etc.
C. 
The charge imposed upon a private owner/user pursuant to this section shall be billed to the private owner/user by the Village Clerk/Treasurer and due within 30 days thereafter. Any unpaid bill after 30 days shall incur interest as provided by law and, in appropriate instances, shall constitute a special tax assessment on the parcel.
All excavations for building sewer excavations shall comply with all federal, state and local safety regulations and shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Village.
Building sewers from the building to the property line shall be maintained, serviced and repaired by the owner of the property served thereby. In the event that a property is unable to discharge sewage into the public sewer, it will be presumed that the fault is in the private building sewer, unless contrary facts are in evidence. Evidence of willful damage to a building sewer being served by a public sewer shall be considered a violation of this chapter.
Before any building whose building sewer is connected to a public sewer is demolished, the owner thereof shall conform to the requirements established by the Village. The cutoff or plugging of the building sewer shall be done with the permission and under the supervision of the Village.