As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which, in the
concentration of any given constituent or in the quantity of flow, exceeds,
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the
average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation.
No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited
into any drain, catch basin, sewer or gutter within the town any substance
which may cause obstruction or injury thereto or nuisance therein. It shall
also be unlawful for any person to divert or stop the flow of any drain or
sewer.
The owner of any habitable building or property used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation or other purpose, abutting upon any street or right-of-way
in which there is located a public sanitary sewer, shall be required to install,
at the expense of such owner, suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect
such facilities directly with the public sanitary sewer by means of a sewer
spur provided by the town or by a new connection installed as specified in
this chapter if a town spur is not available, all as directed by the Town
Board, within 90 days after the date of an order, in writing, issued by the
Town Board to so do, provided that such sewer is within 200 feet of any property
line of such premises and is otherwise accessible.
All connections to the sanitary sewers in the Town of Mount Pleasant
shall conform to the following requirements:
A. Before any work is commenced, an application for a connection permit shall be filed with the Town Engineer or House Sewer Inspector on a form provided by him for that purpose, accompanied by an application fee as set forth in Chapter
A224, Fees, and a connection permit issued by the Town Engineer or House Sewer Inspector shall be obtained therefor.
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B. All work shall be performed by or under the immediate
supervision of a plumber duly licensed by the Town of Mount Pleasant. The
person so licensed to make such connection or opening shall comply with and
be responsible for the following:
(1) All openings into any sewer shall be made carefully without
injuring the same and in accordance with State Uniform Fire Prevention and
Building Code standards.
(2) No obstruction of any description whatever shall be left
in the connection.
(3) Unless otherwise approved by the Town Engineer or House
Sewer Inspector, a minimum separation of three feet on centers shall be maintained
between the house sanitary connection and the house water service, and the
waterline shall be at an elevation 18 inches higher than the sewer line if
laid within 10 feet of the sewer line.
(4) Any damage or injuries that may accrue to persons, animals
or property by reason of any opening in any street or right-of-way made by
them or those in their employ.
(5) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify
the Town Engineer or House Sewer Inspector a minimum of 24 hours prior to
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public
sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of a plumber licensed
by the Town of Mount Pleasant. No work shall be covered until inspected by
the Town Engineer or House Sewer Inspector or his representative. All excavations
for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades
and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Proper shoring shall be
provided where necessary to avoid cave-ins into trench excavations. At time
of connections to a public sewer, any septic tanks, cesspools and similar
private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned, pumped out and filled
with suitable inert material. Under no circumstances shall said sanitary waste
material be disposed of into town sanitary sewers.
(6) All excavations shall be refilled and the earth rammed
and the pavement taken up shall be suitably restored, and should it settle
or become out of order within 12 months thereafter and the owner or plumbing
contractor shall neglect to repair the pavement aforesaid within 24 hours
after being notified, the Town Superintendent of Highways may cause the same
to be done and charge the expense thereof to such licensee.
(7) Each permit shall have endorsed thereon the contents
of § 149 of the Highway Law of the State of New York, and the licensee
and owner of the land benefited by the sewer connection shall be deemed to
have accepted such permit or the issuance of the same on the condition that
there will be full compliance with the provisions of said section and that
such persons will be bound thereby.
C. The line running from the house or other building to
the sanitary sewer shall be of not less than four inches extra-heavy cast
iron and shall be thoroughly caulked and joined with first-quality lead and
oakum. Unless loading conditions as determined by the Town Engineer or House
Sewer Inspector warrant additional pipe strength, it shall be permissible
to use asbestos-cement building sewer pipe in lengths not to exceed five feet
in lieu of extra-heavy cast iron pipe, provided that such pipe shall have
a crushing strength of at least 1,500 pounds per linear foot when tested in
accordance with ASTM designation C-14, three-edge bearing method. Such pipe
shall not be laid directly on a rock base but shall be cushioned by a minimum
four-inch-thick layer of clean sand.
D. The provisions of the State Uniform Fire Prevention and
Building Code applicable to plumbing shall apply except as required herein.
E. Each building other than accessory buildings incidental
to the principal building or structure on each parcel of property shall have
a separate connection with the sewer, except that in the case of real estate
developments containing one or more private streets supplied with lateral
sewers privately constructed, each building other than accessory buildings
incidental to the principal building or structure on each parcel of property
shall have a separate connection either with such lateral sewer or with the
town sewer. Any such lateral sewer privately constructed shall be constructed
in accordance with the standards of this chapter and shall be properly maintained
at all times.
Any person who shall violate or fail, neglect or refuse to comply with
any provision of this chapter or any rule. regulation, order or special direction
duly made thereunder shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
of not more than $250 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, and each week such violation shall continue shall
constitute a separate offense.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Town Engineer or House Sewer Inspector.