A.
Sewer improvement tax. No person shall be allowed
to connect with the public sewerage system in any manner while delinquent
in the payment of any sewer tax, or installment thereof, or to any
public sewerage system of the City for which the cost of each applicant
has not been assessed, except when permission so to do has been duly
given by the City Council.
B.
Connection of buildings to sanitary sewers.
(1)
The owner of any building used for human habitation,
when such building is located on premises adjacent to a portion of
the sanitary sewer system of the City, shall, when so ordered by the
Plumbing Inspector, City Board of Health or Common Council, connect
with such sanitary sewer system within one year after receipt of written
notice to do so, which notice may be served by certified or registered
mail addressed to the owner at the address to which the last statement
for general taxes was sent, which service shall be complete upon mailing.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Code requiring connection to
public sanitary sewer where such sewer is adjacent or available or
the like to premises, where the closest point of the structure to
be connected is more than 400 feet from the public sanitary sewer
main, such structure is not required to be connected, provided that,
if the structure is otherwise required to be served by a sanitary
sewer system, the structure is served by a private on-site waste treatment
system which meets all applicable laws and codes, or a replacement
private on-site waste treatment system which meets all applicable
laws and codes is installed by the property owner within the time
otherwise required by this Code for the connection of such structure
to public sanitary sewer service.
[Amended 6-3-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1752; 2-16-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-1781]
(2)
If any person shall fail to comply with such order
within said period of time, the City may cause such sanitary sewer
connection to be made, and the expense thereof shall be assessed as
a special tax against said premises and shall be spread upon the first
tax roll which is delivered to the City Treasurer after such work
has been completed for at least 60 days.
(3)
The owner of such premises may, within 30 days after
the completion of such work, file with the City Clerk, in writing,
a statement that he or she cannot pay such special tax in one sum
and requesting that said special tax be collected in equal annual
installments, not to exceed five in number, together with interest
thereon at the rate of 8% per annum from the completion of the work,
in which case there shall be spread upon the first tax roll which
is delivered to the City Treasurer, after such work has been completed
for at least 60 days, the first installment, together with interest
upon the unpaid amount of said special tax at the rate of 8% per annum
to the first day of February next following the delivery of said tax
roll to the City Treasurer; subsequent installments shall be spread
on the tax roll in succeeding years.
C.
Drain for each building. The sewerage and drainage
system of every house or building in the City of Franklin must be
separately and independently connected with the street sewer except
where special permission to do otherwise is granted by the City Engineer
and/or Plumbing Inspector.
D.
Plumbers to make tap. No persons except licensed plumbers
as herein provided shall tap or make connections with the general
sewage system or part thereof. Such information as the Plumbing Inspector
or the City Council or its engineer may have with regard to the location
of sewer junctions or slants will be furnished to plumbers, the City
assuming no risk as to the accuracy of the same. When in accordance
with the measurements furnished by the City Engineer or Plumbing Inspector
the junction is not found, or if the main sewer or any part thereof
is damaged in the course of excavation or construction, connection
thereto or repair thereof shall be as directed by the Plumbing Inspector.
Additional pipe shall not be laid until the Plumbing Inspector approves
the connection.
E.
Record of connections. The Plumbing Inspector shall
keep a record of all sewer connections, showing the location of the
same and the position of all house drains, connections, junctions
and other data necessary for the efficient services of this Department.
F.
The roof must be completed before the building sewer
is started.
G.
Materials.
(1)
All building sewers shall be constructed of extra
heavy cast-iron, concrete pipe or vitrified clay. Any other materials
approved by the State Department of Health for restricted, tentative
or experimental use may be used upon written consent of the occupying
owner and upon written approval of the Plumbing Inspector.
(2)
All building drains shall be constructed of extra
heavy cast-iron. Any other materials approved by the State Department
of Health for restricted, tentative or experimental use may be used
upon written consent of the occupying owner and upon written approval
of the Plumbing Inspector.
(3)
All building sewers shall be laid on a bed of limestone
chips or pea gravel three inches in depth, regardless of the material
used.
H.
Minimum size branch. Underground waste pipe branches
connected to a building drain or branch thereof shall be a minimum
of two inches inside diameter and shall not exceed five feet in length.
A.
Soil and waste stacks.
(1)
Every building in which plumbing fixtures are installed
shall have a soil, waste or vent stack at least three inches in diameter
extending four inches through the roof.
(2)
Hangers and supports. Horizontal cast-iron pipe shall
be supported at five-foot intervals. Such supports shall be placed
immediately behind the hub of the pipe wherever possible. Hangers
made with perforated strap iron shall be 3/4 inches wide and of 16
gauge material.
[Amended 12-15-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1526]
(3)
Materials. All piping, other than cast-iron pipe when
installed so as to be embedded through concrete, shall be protected
by thoroughly applying one or more coats of asphaltic paint and adequate
tar paper wrapping or other equivalent means of insulation.
(4)
Length of tailpieces. Maximum length of the tailpiece
between the strainer and trap seal shall be eight times the inside
diameter of the pipe, but in no case longer than 24 inches.
(5)
Drum trap installations. The following distances shall
be maintained when drum traps serve a fixture. From the strainer of
the fixture to the center line of the drum trap inlet, 14 inches.
From the center line of the drum trap to the center line of the fixture
outlet, 14 inches.
B.
Vents.
(1)
Wall-hung water closets. All wall-hung water closets
shall be individually back-vented.
(2)
Unit vents. Two sinks, basins or any identical fixtures
located on the same floor, discharging into a double or sanitary tee
cross, may be vented by a single vent pipe. Where bathrooms, water
closets or other fixtures are located on opposite sides of a wall
or partition in the same building, or are directly adjacent to each
other, such fixtures may have a common soil or waste pipe and vent
pipe stack. Dissimilar type fixtures shall not be connected as indicated
above.
(3)
Distance from trap. Any vent pipe serving a fixture
trap shall be connected as close to the trap as possible, but in no
case shall the distance between the vent and trap be more than 24
times the inside diameter of the soil or waste pipe. The total grade
of the soil or waste pipe shall not exceed the inside diameter of
the pipe.
(4)
Wet vents. Where wet vents are used, all fixtures
must be located on the same floor level, including the fixture creating
the wet vent. Only one fixture unit shall be allowed on a wet vent,
except for the installations covered by the Wisconsin State Plumbing
Code.
(5)
Roof terminals. All vent pipes extending through a
roof shall be at least four inches in diameter beginning at a point
six inches below the roof boards. The roof terminals of all vent pipes
shall extend at least three feet above any door, window, scuttle,
air shaft or other openings used for ventilation when located at a
distance less than 12 feet from such terminal. Roof terminals shall
terminate at least 20 feet from an air intake. Roof terminals shall
be installed so as not to be visible from the front of the building.
On a flat roof, where a parapet extends around the outer edge, the
roof terminal shall not be closer than four feet from such parapet.
(6)
Roof terminal flashings. The joint at the roof shall
be made watertight by the use of copper or lead flashings. All flashings
shall have a minimum flange size of 15 inches by 17 inches, that is
15 inches across the base and 17 inches from the front to rear. In
all cases a six-inch distance from the face of the pipe to the edge
of the flashing shall be maintained. All flashings are to be identified
with the manufacturers' initial stamped into the lower right-hand
corner of the base of the flange.
(7)
All laundry tubs shall be individually back-vented.
(8)
Future vent. In all new construction there shall be
extended into the basement a two-inch future vent with a full twenty-four-unit
capacity.
(9)
Repairs and construction. Fixtures replaced. When
an old or defective fixture is removed to be replaced by a new one,
it shall be necessary to reconstruct the soil, waste and vent piping
to make it conform to this code.
C.
Cleanouts serving house drain. A four-inch cleanout
with a brass screw cover shall be provided at a point where the building
drain leaves the building. This cleanout shall be extended from the
building drain with a cast-iron soil pipe to the surface of the finished
grade. There shall be a four-inch cleanout provided on every stack
in the building, except those serving basement fixtures, and such
cleanouts shall be located at a point 28 to 30 inches above the floor.
D.
Residential garage floor drains. Residential garage
floor drains less trap, wherever possible and elevation permitting,
shall be discharged into a drainage ditch or storm sewer.
E.
Shower baths and ornamental pool safing. All individual
shower baths and ornamental pools, except where a shower receptacle
is used, shall be safed with sheet lead beneath the entire shower
stall and upward along the sides of the stall for a distance of six
inches. The safing shall be properly drained and coated with asphaltum.
F.
Catch basins; sumps; ejectors.
(1)
Grease traps or separators. A grease trap or separator
shall be installed wherever kitchen or other greasy wastes from pot
or dishwashing sinks or machines are discharged into a building drain
or sewer. They shall be installed in such places as hotels, restaurants,
taverns, drugstores, butcher shops, bakeries, clubhouses, boarding
houses, hospitals, private or public institutions, church and school
kitchens and similar places, or when greasy industrial wastes from
packing houses, rendering plants, tanneries, sausage and boiled ham
plants and similar industrial establishments are discharged into the
building drain or sewer.
(2)
Waste with coarse or heavy suspended matter which
contains grease should be screened, strained or settled to remove
such solids before passing to the grease trap.
(3)
The grease trap or separator shall be placed as near
as possible to the fixture from which it receives the waste, shall
be accessible for cleaning, shall have at least double the capacity
of the fixture it serves, shall remove 95% or more of the free greases
from the wastes treated and shall be cleaned regularly and at such
intervals as necessary.
(4)
Grease traps or separators shall be designed to allow
easy access to all internal parts for cleaning. The outlet leg shall
be so vented or installed as to preclude the possibility of self-siphonage.
(5)
All grease trap or separator installations shall be
approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
(6)
The minimum size grease trap shall be 18 pounds. Manufacturers'
ratings will be accepted.
(7)
The Plumbing Inspector may, at his or her convenience
and during reasonable hours, inspect any grease separator in any establishment
to determine whether or not said separator has been properly maintained.
If the separator is not functioning properly due to lack of proper
attention, the Inspector may order the occupant or owner of said establishment
to clean the separator within a specified time and to his or her satisfaction.
(8)
Garage refuse separators. All installations of a garage
catch basin shall be approved by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
before a permit for the same shall be granted. The Plumbing Inspector
may, at his or her convenience and during reasonable hours, inspect
any garage catch basin in any establishment to determine whether or
not said catch basin has been properly maintained. If the garage catch
basin is not functioning properly due to lack of proper maintenance,
the Inspector may order the occupant or owner of said establishment
to clean the catch basin within a specified time and to his or her
satisfaction.
G.
Damaged or inferior pipe. No plumber or authorized
person shall lay and connect with any public sewer a pipe that is
cracked, damaged or of inferior make or quality. Should any property
owner or agent thereof furnish pipe of an inferior make or quality
for laying the same to connect with any public sewer, the plumber
shall refuse to lay and connect with the same and immediately shall
notify the Plumbing Inspector or the Building Inspector of all the
circumstances connected therewith, in writing.
H.
Vent ducts. All rooms in which water closets, urinals
or similar fixtures are located, which do not have a window which
opens to the outside air, shall have a vent duct not less than six
inches in diameter, extended vertically through the roof, and surmounted
with a siphon-type hood as to prevent the entrance of rain, snow,
etc. When an approved suction fan is installed, a vent to the attic
only is required.
A.
Grade and alignment.
(1)
All drains should have a grade of 1/4 inch or more
per foot if possible, and in no case shall the grade be less than
1/8 inch per foot. In the event that greater depths are available,
steeper grades may be permitted by the Plumbing Inspector. All sewer
and drain pipes are to be laid carefully in a trench with perfect
alignment; and any deviation or change of direction from a straight
run must be made by the use of proper curves and Y's. No sewer or
drain pipes shall be clipped. Proper fittings shall be used for change
of direction.
(2)
Elevation. All building drains wherever possible shall
be brought into the building underground, below the level of the basement
floor.
B.
Construction.
(1)
In laying sewer pipe, the contractor shall spread
a minimum three-inch-thick layer of pea gravel free from stones larger
than 1/2 inch in diameter or a minimum three-inch layer of either
3/4 to 1/4 limestone or limestone chips, and each pipe shall be truly
bedded to line and grade thereon. Special care shall be taken to provide
depressions for the bell ends of each pipe. Bell ends of all pipe
shall be laid on upgrade. A four-inch cast-iron cleanout shall be
brought to the surface of the ground for any outside sewer over 100
feet in length. A four-inch cast-iron cleanout shall also be brought
to the surface of the basement floor as close to the inside of the
basement wall as possible. This cleanout shall have a full size brass
plug.
(2)
No person shall permit sand, silt, water and other
materials detrimental to the operation of the sewerage system to enter
into any main sewer during the progress of any work in laying drains
or sewers, making alterations, extensions or repairs to the same or
in connecting such drains of sewers with the main sewers of the City.
The ends of all sewer and drain pipes, not immediately connected,
shall be securely closed so as to prevent introduction of these materials
to said sewer.
(3)
All water, sewer, drain, gas, conduits or other piping
must be protected from injury, frost or settling to the satisfaction
of the City Engineer or the Plumbing Inspector.
C.
Old pipes or drains. Whenever necessary to disturb
a drain or sewer in actual use, the same shall not be obstructed or
disconnected without special permission of the Plumbing Inspector,
and it shall be unlawful to make any new connections with or extensions
to any old drain without permission of the Plumbing Inspector. No
existing drain or sewer shall be reconstructed or relaid without a
permit.
D.
Obstructions to installation of sewers and drains.
In all cases where the course of any sewer or drain is obstructed
by water, gas, steam or other pipes or conduits, the question of passing
over or under such obstruction or the raising or lowering thereof
so as to permit the construction and installation of the sewer or
drain shall be determined by the City Engineer.
E.
Rain, surface water and garage drainage.
(1)
No person shall connect any premises with any main
sanitary sewer by a drain or sewer through which rain or surface water,
footing drain tile or drainage from a garage may be discharged into
the public sanitary sewer system. All buildings having footing drains
shall have them terminate in a sump pit not less than 20 inches in
diameter and 24 inches deep.
(2)
This sump pit shall be pumped out with an approved
type of sump pump. This minimum size of the sump pump and the discharge
pipe shall be 11/4 inches. This discharge pipe shall not be reduced
in size from the discharge opening left by the manufacturer. When
the water must be pumped 10 feet or higher, the discharge pipe shall
be enlarged 1/4 inch. All sump pumps that do not discharge above the
surface of the ground shall have an approved type of check valve installed
on the horizontal section of the discharge pipe. All flexible joints
or sound-deadening fittings shall be on the house side of the check
valve.
(3)
All sump pumps installed for the purpose of discharging
clear waters from foundation drains and ground infiltration, and where
the building is not serviced by a storm sewer, shall either discharge
into a conduit leading to a drainage ditch or shall discharge onto
the ground at least three feet out from the building and one foot
above the permanent grade. The sump discharge pipe shall be to the
front of the building, except where a drainage ditch or ravine is
on another side of the property, it may be located on that side of
the building and at least three feet from the corner of the building
and be located in such a manner that the drainage shall be across
the owner's property toward a street or drainage easement so as not
to run on adjacent properties or to create a nuisance.
(4)
All downspouts and clear water wastes installed to
direct water away from the building shall either discharge to a conduit
leading to a drainageway as approved by the City of Franklin or shall
discharge to the ground a minimum of three feet from the building,
and in no case shall any conduit, pipe or other conveyance device
discharge more than 50% of the distance to the front, side or rear
lot lines. Discharge shall be directed as to not cause a nuisance
to adjacent properties.
[Added 10-21-1997 by Ord. No. 97-1469]
F.
Fixture installation.
(1)
No person shall connect any water closet with any
drain or sewer unless means are provided and employed for the abundant
and adequate flushing of the same with clear water every time it is
used. Every such closet or similar appliance shall be properly connected
with the City or private water supply system.
(2)
All basins, sinks and water closet tanks shall be
equipped with stops at the fixture.
(3)
All soil pipe stacks and waste pipes passing through
the basement floor shall be equipped with a cleanout, which shall
have a brass plug. Such cleanouts shall be full size and located 28
inches to 30 inches above the floor. Cleanouts also shall be provided
in all horizontal basin wastes or similar waste lines, also in cases
where changes of direction occur. Cleanouts for urinals shall be at
such points which will ensure that all internal parts of waste pipe
may be reached conveniently.
A.
Every building intended for human habitation or occupancy
or premises abutting on a street in which there is a public sewer
shall have a connection with the sewer. Any building abutting on a
street in which there is a public sewer and which is used exclusively
for dwelling purposes shall have available to its occupants a water
closet, wash basin and bathtub all in clean, working order and shall
be provided with a water supply piping adequate in size to properly
cleanse or flush all fixtures.
B.
All residential, industrial or commercial buildings
hereafter erected shall have a building drain so constructed as to
permit ready connection to sewerage disposal system laterals.
All other rulings pertaining to any plumbing
or sewage treatment and disposal systems done in the City and not
mentioned in this chapter shall be as per rules and regulations as
set forth by the State Department of Health in its Plumbing Code.
[Added 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2470]
For all sewer services infrastructure within the boundary limits
of the City, ownership shall vest in the City at the point of connection
to the street main and all service pipes up to the property line,
and these services infrastructure shall be maintained and repaired
by the City without expenses to the property owner, except when they
are damaged as a result of negligence on the part of the property
owner or occupant, in which case they will be repaired at the expense
of the property owner. Ownership of all sewers and laterals located
in the public right-of-way or easement from the point of connection
to the sewer main, and thereafter upon the private property to serve
the property and all facilities throughout the premises served shall
vest in the property owner(s), and must be maintained free of defective
conditions by and at the expense of the owner of the property served.
All other sewer system services infrastructure not specifically identified
herein as being owned by a property owner(s) shall be and are owned
by the City.