[Adopted 9-13-1957 (Ch. III, Sec.
6, of Title Five of the 1965 Code)]
The following rules and regulations are hereby
adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Barrington governing the
operation, extension and financing of the drainage system of the Town
of Barrington, and they are hereby made a part of Drainage Ordinance
as adopted April 20, 1957, and any breach or violation of these rules
and regulations shall be subject to the penalties provided in said
ordinance.[1]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any and all existing or future ditches, pipes or culverts
which carry water from any section or place within the Town of Barrington,
directly or indirectly, to tidewater.
Any pipe, ditch or culvert carrying water from a building
basement or from any private drainage system into laterals or main
drains of the Barrington drainage system.
Any pipes, ditches or culverts under or along streets or
land carrying water to the main drains or directly to tidewater but
not a part of the plans referred to under the definition of "main
drains."
Those major ditches, pipes or culverts, usually over natural
watercourses and along the so-called drainage valleys as shown in
the Waterman Report and Plans of 1955[1] leading to tidewater.
[1]
Editor's Note: This report is on file in the
Clerk's office.
No repairs, reconstruction or relocation of
or addition to any portion of the Barrington drainage system shall
be made by any person other than the Town unless under a permit issued
by the Town Council or its authorized and designated representative.
Any permit issued under § 91-9 shall provide that all operations under said permit shall be performed in accordance with the general specifications for drainage in the Town of Barrington as contained in this article and with any special requirements or specifications imposed by the Town Council. All work under said permit shall be subject to inspections at all reasonable times, and no pipe, culvert or other installations shall be covered until inspected by the Town Council or its representative and such permit shall have been endorsed as having been inspected.
[Amended 4-5-1993 by Ord. No. 93-10]
A.
Any group, organization, person or persons may petition
the Town Council for the installation of lateral drains in any street
dedicated as a public highway in the Town of Barrington, and the Town
Council may, after public hearing, by a majority vote and in accordance
with these regulations, order the installation of lateral drains in
any such public highway.
Connection to any main drain or lateral for the purpose of providing an outlet for basement or land drainage, for private land drainage systems or for the lowering of the water table by drains may be made under permit issued under § 91-13 below; provided, however, that no connection shall be permitted for the purpose of draining sanitary disposal systems.
Connection to laterals or main drains of the
Barrington drainage system shall be made at the expense of the owner
or owners and shall be subject to the following conditions:
A.
Licensed drain layer. No connection shall be made
except under a permit issued to a licensed drain layer.
B.
Application requirements. The application for a permit
shall include a plot plan of the land or area drained showing the
proposed location of the connection, the buildings and any sanitary
disposal system thereon.
C.
Grade and location. The connection shall not be generally
closer than 25 feet to any sanitary disposal drain or system, provided
that any such connection of necessity closer than 25 feet shall be
separated from any sanitary system by at least eight feet of clean
sharp sand to a depth of one foot below the grade of such connection
and to within eight inches of the finished grade.
D.
Basement connections. Every basement connection to
a main or lateral drain which is a part of the storm sewage system
shall be provided with a check valve of a type and installed in a
manner specified by the authorized representative of the Town Council.
Basement connections to laterals other than the above may be provided
with approved check valves.
E.
Material and workmanship. Every connection to a main
or lateral drain shall be of the type material and size noted on the
permit and shall be laid with caulked and cemented joints, except
that connections for the purpose of land drainage only may be laid
with open joints in a manner approved by the Town. A suitable tee
(T), wye (Y) or other means of entering the connections shall be provided
and located as far as possible from the outlet.
No lateral shall be laid and installed except
by vote of the Town Council. Such vote may be the original action
of the Council or be action upon a petition signed by 25% of the land
owners affected by such proposed installation and shall be subject
to the following procedure:
A.
Public hearing. No order for the installation of a
lateral shall be entered until a public hearing shall be held at a
regular or special meeting of the Town Council.
B.
Notice. At least 14 days' notice of the time and place
of such hearing shall be given to each of the land owners affected
by the proposed lateral, such notice to be given by regular mail or
by personal service at the usual place of abode of such person.
C.
Approval action. Within 45 days after the hearing,
the Town Council must approve or reject the installation of the proposed
lateral.
D.
Apportionment of cost. The cost of the installation
of a lateral shall be determined and apportioned as follows:
(1)
Highway drainage costs deducted. From the total cost
of installation shall be deducted such extra costs incurred by the
use of pipe sizes larger than necessary for land drainage alone and
used for the purpose of storm drainage off highways, such extra cost
to be borne wholly by the Town.
(2)
Assessment and collection.
(a)
After the deduction provided for in Subsection D(1) above, the cost of the installation of the lateral, including maintenance holes, shall be apportioned as follows:
(b)
The assessment of the payments to be made by
abutting land owners under "Subsection D(2)(a)[2]" above shall be
made by the Town Council upon the completion of the installation and
shall be based upon the foot frontage of the property which may be
served by such lateral; provided, however, that on a corner lot served
by two laterals, the assessment shall be based upon 50% of the total
frontage on the two laterals. Said assessment when made shall be certified
to the Collector of Taxes.
(c)
The Collector of Taxes shall bill and collect
said assessment at the same time and in the same manner as the Town
tax assessed next after the date of the certification of such assessment;
provided, however, that any person assessed as above, may elect to
pay said assessment in five annual installments without interest but
subject to the same penalty for failure to pay as may be provided
in the case of the regular Town tax.
[Added 3-28-1977]
Any person applying for a permit pursuant to this article shall pay a fee therefor as established by the Town Council from time to time pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 103, Fees and Charges.
