[Amended 9-25-1986]
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit
from the Mayor and Council.
B.
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make
applications on a special form furnished by the Borough. The permit
application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or
other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Mayor
and Council. A permit and inspection fee for any new residential,
commercial or industrial building shall be paid to the Borough at
the time the application is filed, in the amount of $1,500. In the
event that the sewer permit is for other than a new industrial, commercial
or residential building, there shall be paid to the Borough at the
time the application is filed, the amount of $200 for an industrial
building sewer permit and a fee of $100 for a residential sewer permit.
[Amended 9-25-1986; 3-14-2002; 12-13-2007]
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 Borough from any loss or damage that
may, directly or indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of
the building sewer.
[Added 9-28-2017]
A.
The
maintenance and repair of a building sewer, and all costs and expenses
of such maintenance and repair, are the sole responsibility of the
property owner on or within which the building sewer is located.
B.
In the
event that the Borough, or a designated representative or agent of
the Borough, is requested by a property owner, or agent or representative
of a property owner, to repair, inspect, address or resolve any drainage
issue or backup or blockage of the sewer system servicing a property
owned by such property owner, and the cause of such drainage issue
or backup or blockage is determined by the Borough, or its representative
or agent, to be a condition within or surrounding the building sewer,
or is determined to be caused by the negligence of the property owner
or occupant of the property in question, then in that event the property
owner shall be obligated and responsible to reimburse the Borough
for the full cost and expense incurred by the Borough, or a designated
representative or agent of the Borough, in inspecting the condition
or otherwise responding to such request. Such reimbursement shall
be made to the Borough within 14 days of written notification by the
Borough to the property owner of such charges.
C.
Nothing
herein shall be construed as obligating the Borough to repair, maintain
or otherwise service any building sewer.
[Amended 9-11-1969; 9-13-2012]
The building sewer shall be extra-heavy cast-iron
soil pipe, United States Department of Commerce Commercial Standard
CS188-59; extra-strength-clay sewer pipe, ASTM Specification C200
or C278; Class 1500 asbestos-cement pipe; ASTM C428, as manufactured
by Johns Manville or the Keasbey and Mattison Co., or other recognized,
similar suitable material approved by the Code Enforcement Official.
All standards or specifications shall be those current at the time
of passage of this chapter. Joints shall be tight and waterproof.
Pipe shall be uniformly bedded on a tamped granular material. The
building sewer shall be installed in a separate trench not less than
five feet horizontally from any underground water service pipe. Cast-iron
pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Code Enforcement Official
where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed
in filled or unstable ground or at a depth providing less than three-foot
cover under driveways or roadways, the building sewer shall be of
cast-iron soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted
if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Code
Enforcement Official. The inside diameter of the building sewer shall
in no event be less than four inches, and the slope of such four-inch
pipe shall not be less than 1/4 inch per foot. Under special circumstances,
larger pipe with lesser slopes that will provide a minimum velocity
of two feet per second will be permitted only on approval of the Code
Enforcement Official. Pipe shall be laid as nearly as possible in
a straight line. Approved cleanouts, set at an angle of 45° shall
be used at changes of grade or line, and at fifty-foot intervals where
the building sewer is over 100 feet long. Changes in direction shall
be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings. The sewer shall
not be laid within three feet of and parallel to any bearing wall,
which might thereby be weakened. If the building sewer passes through
the septic tank, it shall be supported on tamped granular material
as approved by the Code Enforcement Official.
[Amended 9-11-1969]
Whenever practicable, the building sewer for
new construction shall be brought to the building at an elevation
below the basement floor. In existing buildings where no plumbing
facilities are provided in the basement, the building sewer may be
above the cellar floor. The amount of earth cover shall be sufficient
to afford protection from frost. In all existing buildings in which
any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public
sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by a
sump pump. This pump shall be a submersible, heavy-duty, nonclog type
with a nonclog, enclosed pump impeller. The pump shall be capable
of passing two-and-one-half-inch spheres. A suction tripod shall be
provided of sufficient height to provide proper suction entrance for
the liquids and solids to be pumped. The pump casting, impeller and
tripod shall be of cast iron. The motor shall be submersible, oil-filled,
totally enclosed, ball-bearing type with adequate thrust capacity
for the pump. It shall be equipped with a stainless-steel shaft and
an expansion diaphragm. Conduits and fittings shall be attached to
the motors with watertight connections. Said pump and its installation
shall be approved by the Board of Health. An overflow, approved by
the Board of Health, shall be provided to permit temporary discharge
to an approved subsurface disposal system in the event of pump failure.
A standby pump may be required, as determined by the Board of Health.
The pump (or pumps) must be enclosed in a corrosion-resistant gastight
tank which is vented outside.
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.
[Amended 9-11-1969; 9-13-2012]
A.
The connection of the building sewer into the public
sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing
Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Borough. All
such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation
from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the
Code Enforcement Official before installation.
B.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall
notify the Code Enforcement Official when the building sewer is ready
for inspection and connection to the public sewer and shall leave
the entire sewer uncovered until such inspection is made and approval
granted. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the
Code Enforcement Official or his representative. The building drain
and the building sewer shall be inspected by the Code Enforcement
Official. A minimum notice of two working days must be provided before
inspection. Connection to the house outlet may not be made until final
approval is given by the Code Enforcement Official.
[Amended 9-11-1969; 9-25-1986; 9-13-2012]
All excavations for building sewer installations
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 Code Enforcement Official. No person
shall perform any of the work set forth in this chapter for any other
person in the Borough of Allendale unless he shall be a licensed plumber
or licensed sewer contractor in said Borough. Individual property
owners may install their own building sewer only after prior approval
by the Director of Operations, based on evidence of competence in
performing such work.
[Amended 9-11-1969; 9-13-2012]
A sewer connection shall be provided by the
Borough of Allendale between an existing fronting public sewer and
the curb or curbline. The joint made between the sewer connection
provided by the Borough of Allendale and the building sewer provided
by the owner shall be secure and watertight. Standard approved fittings
with flexible joints shall be used for the connection. The building
sewer for all buildings shall be connected to the public sewer at
the curbline or easement line. A four-inch-diameter approved cleanout
shall be installed at the junction of the Borough's sewer connection
and the building sewer and shall extend to the surface of the ground,
with a brass screw cap as approved by the Code Enforcement Official.
[Added 9-11-1969; amended 6-22-1972]
A.
Subsequent to July 15, 1972, the costs incurred by
the Borough for installation of the sewer connection between the public
sewer and the curbline and restoration of the area following installation
shall be paid by the property owner. The property owner shall be required
to deposit with the Borough Treasurer before commencement of work
an amount estimated by the Code Enforcement Official as necessary
to cover the cost of the installation. The property owner shall thereafter,
upon completion of the installation, supplement such deposit or be
reimbursed in the event of a difference between actual and estimated
cost.
[Amended 3-14-2002; 9-13-2012]
B.
If more than one sewer connection is required by a
property owner, the cost of the additional sewer connections shall
be paid by the property owner under the same terms and conditions
of payment as described above.
C.
Sewer capacity charges shall be paid by the property
owner in accordance with the following schedule:
[Added 3-14-2002]
[Added 9-11-1969; amended 9-13-2012]
Where the cover of a septic tank, seepage pit
or cesspool is considered, in the judgment of the Code Enforcement
Official, to be an unsafe permanent support for surface loads, the
septic tank, seepage pit or cesspool shall be filled to the surface
with an approved material.
