No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening
into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without
first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
cooling water or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer. Swimming
pool drains shall not be connected to any sanitary sewer.
A. There shall be two classes of sewer lateral permits:
(1) Residential, commercial and institutional service.
(2) Service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. In either case, a permit application shall be submitted to the Superintendent. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent, in the judgment of the Superintendent. A fee, established by §
112-123, shall accompany the application.
A. A separate and independent building lateral shall be
provided for every building requiring sanitary facilities. When, however,
there is a building behind a front building, the second building may use the
front building's building lateral, if there is no other way to provide
sanitary service to the back building.
B. New street laterals and/or building laterals shall not
go under building basements. In like fashion, a building shall not be constructed
over an existing lateral; the lateral shall be relocated after the Superintendent
has approved plans showing the relocation. If relocation is not physically
possible, then the lateral shall be:
(1) Exposed and totally encapsulated in not less than three
inches of concrete; or
(2) Exposed and walled and the building rooms above positively
ventilated outdoors.
C. All existing manholes in or under the basement shall
be sealed air-tight in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent. No new manholes
shall be constructed on the portion of the lateral under the building.
When building laterals are to serve multiple dwelling structures, the
building lateral shall be sized in accordance with the metered water use and
with sound professional engineering judgment.
Where a lateral sewer is to serve a complex of industrial, commercial, institutional or dwelling structures, special design of the building lateral system shall be required. Such lateral sewer shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this connection to the public sewer is required. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §§
112-35 and
112-94, and the lateral connection made and tested as directed by the Superintendent. Plans and specifications shall be prepared and submitted for approval pursuant to this chapter.
Dry sewers shall be designed and installed in accordance to this chapter.
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination by the Superintendent, to meet all
requirements of this chapter.
A. Building and street lateral pipe materials shall be one
of the following:
(1) Tar-coated, service grade, cast-iron soil pipe conforming
to ASTM Specification A-74, Cast-iron Pipe and Fittings. All dimensions, weight
and markings of the pipe shall conform to the requirements of ANSI, Designation
A-112.5.1, except spigot ends shall be plain end, if gasket joints are used.
(2) Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and fittings conforming
to ASTM Specification D-3034-73, SDR-35 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Sewer Pipe
and Fittings. All pipe shall be suitable for gravity sewer service. Provisions
shall be made for contraction and expansion at each joint with a rubber ring.
The bell shall consist of an integral wall section stiffened with two PVC
retainer rings which securely lock the solid cross-section ring into position.
Minimum pipe stiffness (F/Y) at five-percent deflection shall be 46 psi when
tested in accordance with ASTM Specification D-2412.
B. Any part of the building or street lateral that is located
within five feet of a water main or water service shall be constructed of
cast-iron soil pipe. Cast-iron soil pipe may be required by the Superintendent
where the building or street lateral is likely to be damaged by tree roots.
If installed on fill or unstable ground, the building or street lateral shall
be of cast-iron soil pipe, although other pipe material may be permitted if
such pipe is uniformly supported on a poured concrete cradle approved by the
Superintendent. The distance between consecutive joints, as measured along
the center line of the installed pipe, shall not be less than 10 feet, except
under abnormal circumstances, in which case this dimension may be diminished,
if approved by the Superintendent. The size and slope of building and street
laterals shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent, but in no event
shall the internal pipe diameter be less than four inches, nor shall the pipe
slope be less than one-fourth (1/4) inch per foot.
At the point of connection of a street lateral to a main sewer, a standard
Y-fitting and sufficient one-eighth-bend (forty-five-degree) fittings shall
be used. The Y-fittings shall be installed so that flow in the arm shall transition
smoothly into the flow in the public sewer. No lateral connection shall be
made to the public sewer which permits the flow into the public sewer from
the lateral to enter at right angles.
The street lateral, including the Y- and one-eighth-bend fittings, shall
be connected to the main sewer at the time of constructing the main sewer,
for each proposed lot for either immediate or future development. Laterals
installed for future development shall be fitted a standard plug approved
for use by the Superintendent. All sewer connections shall be via a properly
installed saddle on the main sewer pipe. No portion of the lateral pipe shall
protrude into the main sewer pipe. The location of all lateral connections
shall be field marked with a two-by-six-inch corrosion- and rot-resistant
board. The marker board shall extend from the depth of the lateral to a minimum
of two feet above grade. The location of all lateral connections shall be
indicated on a drawing, and four copies of this drawing, showing the as-built
location of these connections, shall be furnished to the Superintendent. A
refundable deposit shall be placed with Village of Albion to assure receipt
of these as-builts. The deposit shall be placed when application is made;
the amount of the deposit shall be $100 per sheet of plans showing locations
of lateral connections. No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by Village of
Albion until four copies of this record drawing have been so filed with the
Superintendent and the Superintendent has approved the submitted drawings.
When any street lateral is to serve a school, hospital or similar institution or public housing or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings or, in the opinion of the Superintendent, will receive wastewater or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building or street lateral is anticipated, then such street lateral shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this type of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Superintendent. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to §§
112-35 and
112-94, and the lateral connection made thereto as directed by the Superintendent.
Whenever possible, the building lateral shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. Building laterals laid parallel
to a bearing wall shall not be installed closer than three feet to such wall.
The building lateral shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment
insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly
curved pipe and fittings. Changes of direction of 90° or greater shall
be made with a cleanout which extends to grade, terminating in a terminal
box set in concrete. The ends of all building or street laterals which are
not connected to the interior plumbing of the building for any reason shall
be sealed against infiltration by a suitable stopper, plug or by other approved
means.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity
flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such drain shall be lifted
by mechanical means and discharged to the building lateral, on approval of
the Superintendent.
All excavations required for the installation of a building or street
lateral shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent.
Pipelaying and backfilling, regardless of pipe material used, shall be performed
in general accordance with Paragraphs 3 through 6 of ASTM Specification C-12,
except that trench width, measured at the top of the installed pipe, shall
not exceed the outside pipe diameter plus 14 inches and except that no backfill
shall be placed until the work has been inspected. The depth of cover over
the pipe shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost, but in any case
such depth shall not be less than four feet.
A. Watertight joints. All joints and connections shall be
made watertight.
B. Cast-iron pipe poured joints. Poured joints for cast-iron
pipe shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp, and the annulus filled with
an approved compound not less than one inch deep. Said compound shall be run
in with a single pouring and caulked tight, if appropriate for the compound
used. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing
material until after the joint has been tested and approved. The transition
joint between cast-iron pipe and other pipe materials shall be made with special
adapters and jointing materials approved by the Superintendent. If such joints
are hot-poured, the material 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 lateral.
C. Cast-iron push joints. Premolded gaskets may be used
for hub and plain end cast-iron pipe joints and joints with fittings, if approved
by the Superintendent. The gasket shall be a neoprene compression-type unit
which provides a positive seal in the assembled joint. The gasket shall be
a premolded, one-piece unit, designed for joining the cast-iron hub and plain-end
soil pipe and fittings. The assembled joint shall be sealed by compression
of the gasket between the exterior surface of the spigot and the interior
surface of the hub. The joint shall be assembled following the manufacturer's
recommendations using acceptable lubricant and special pipe-coupling tools
designed for that purpose. The plain spigot end shall be forced into the hub
end of the pipe for the full depth of the hub itself. Lubricant shall be a
bland, flax-base, nontoxic material and shall not chemically attack the gasket
material.
D. PVC push joints. Joints for PVC sewer pipe shall follow the manufacturer's recommendations, using properly designed couplings and rubber gaskets pursuant to the published information relating thereto, and conforming to the applicable ASTM specification identified in §
112-48.
A. Building lateral/street lateral connection.
(1) The connection of the building lateral to an existing street lateral shall be made at the property line. Except as provided under §§
112-30 and
112-31, if a lateral has not previously been provided, the lateral will be constructed from the existing public sewer at the owner's expense. The street lateral shall be installed with a properly sealed and covered cleanout to grade located at the property line. The cleanout shall terminate in a metal box imbedded in concrete.
(2) The cost of constructing the lateral from the existing
public sewer shall be at the property owner's expense; all subsequent
costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection of the building
lateral shall also be borne by the owner.
(3) The property owner shall indemnify the Village of Albion
from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the
installation of the building lateral.
(4) It shall be the responsibility of the property owner
to maintain, repair or replace the building lateral, as needed.
(5) The method of connection of the building lateral will
be dependent upon the type of sewer pipe material and, in all cases, shall
be approved by the Superintendent.
B. Cleanout repair and replacement. If, in the judgment
of the Superintendent, it is determined that a building lateral without a
property line cleanout needs repair or replacement, the Superintendent may
require a cleanout at the property line, at the property owner's expense,
such that the street lateral can be maintained independently of the building
lateral.
C. Street lateral replacement; expenses. Any existing street
lateral which, upon examination by the Superintendent, is determined to be
in need of replacement will be replaced with a new street lateral with a property
line cleanout. The cost of constructing the replacement street lateral and
cleanout shall be at the property owner's expense.
The street lateral, building lateral or the combined lateral shall be
tested for infiltration/exfiltration by:
A. Any full-pipe method described in §
112-36; or
B. By a suitable joint method, with the prior written approval
of the Superintendent.
A. The applicant for the building lateral permit shall notify
the Superintendent when the building lateral is ready for inspection and connection
is to be made to the street lateral. The connection shall be made under the
supervision of the Superintendent.
B. The applicant for the street lateral permit shall notify
the Superintendent when the street lateral is ready for inspection and connection
is to be made to the main sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent.
When trenches are excavated for the laying of building lateral pipes
or for laying of street lateral pipes, such trenches shall be inspected by
the Superintendent. Before the trenches are backfilled, the person performing
such work shall notify the Superintendent when the laying of the building
lateral is completed, and no backfilling of trenches shall begin until approval
is obtained from the Superintendent.
All excavations for constructing building laterals shall be adequately protected 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 Superintendent. When installation requires disturbance of paved public roads and shoulders, restoration shall involve backfilling to road grade. Shortly thereafter, the Village of Albion Department of Public Works (DPW) shall complete road and shoulder restoration to the Village of Albion standards. The cost for such final road and shoulder restoration by the Department of Public Works shall be included with the fees paid with the application for the permit required in §
112-42.
An interior cleanout fitting shall be provided for each building lateral
at a readily accessible location, preferably just inside the basement wall.
The fitting shall contain a forty-five-degree branch with removable plug or
test tee, and be so positioned that sewer cleaning equipment can be inserted
therein to clean the building lateral. The cleanout diameter shall be no less
than the building lateral diameter.
All costs associated with the provisions of this Article shall be borne
by the builder and/or property owner unless specifically stated or agreed
to be a cost borne by the Village of Albion. The property owner shall indemnify
the Village of Albion from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly
occasioned by the installation of the building and street laterals and connections
and appurtenances.