A.
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.
B.
The Town Board may at any time, in its discretion, stop
and prevent the discharge into the sewers of any substance liable to injure
the sewers or to interfere with their normal operation or to obstruct the
flow or to hinder any processes of sewage purification and may at any time,
in its discretion, without notice and without recourse, sever the connection
and cause the removal of any tributary sewer or drain through which such detrimental
substances are discharged.
It shall be unlawful to cause, allow or permit the discharge of sewage
from any premises in the Town into or upon any road, public place, stream,
watercourse, ditch, surface or subsurface, groundwater or stormwater drain.
A.
To discharge or cause to be discharged into any public
sewer, directly or indirectly, any groundwater, surface water or rainwater
from yards or areas or courts or roofs.
B.
To discharge or cause to be discharged into any public
sewer, directly or indirectly, any overflow or drainage from manure pits,
cesspools or other receptacles storing or constructed to store organic wastes.
C.
To throw or to deposit, or to cause or allow to be thrown
or deposited, in any fixtures, vessels, receptacles, inlet or opening connected
directly or indirectly with any public sewer any garbage, vegetable parings,
ashes, cinders, rags or any other matter or anything whatsoever, except feces,
urine, necessary toilet paper and liquid house slops, or to allow any house
sewer connected with the public sewer to be likewise connected with any privy
vault or cesspool or underground drain or with any channel conveying water
or filth, except such soil pipes and other plumbing works as shall have been
duly inspected and approved. These provisions shall not apply to the use of
garbage disposal units for the disposal of residential kitchen waste.
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, as set forth in Chapter 104, Fees, shall accompany the application. Additionally, industrial users and significant industrial users may be required to obtain wastewater discharge permits as provided in Article IX of this Part 1.
A.
New building laterals.
(1)
A separate and independent building lateral shall be
provided for every building requiring sanitary facilities unless a special
permit is issued by the Town Board for sanitary or environmental reasons.
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.
(2)
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:
(3)
All existing manholes in or under the basement shall
be sealed airtight in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent. No new manholes
shall be constructed on the portion of the lateral under the building.
B.
Separate buildings to be separately connected. Each building
fronting or abutting on a public sewer must be connected separately and independently
with the public sewer through the house connection branch directly opposite
the buildings or nearest in the downstream direction. Grouping of buildings
upon one house sewer will not be permitted, save by special permit issued
by the Town Board for sanitary or environmental reasons.
C.
Laterals serving complexes. 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. Plans and
specifications shall be prepared and submitted for approval pursuant to this
Part 1.
D.
Dry sewers. Dry sewers shall be designed and installed
in accordance with this Part 1.
E.
Using existing building laterals. 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 Part 1.
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
A112.5.1, except that 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 pounds
per square inch when tested in accordance with ASTM Specification D-2412.
B.
Any part of the building or street lateral that is located
within 10 feet of a water main or water service shall be constructed of ductile
iron or cast-iron soil pipe. Ductile iron or 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 ductile iron or 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.
A.
Street lateral to public sewer connection. At the point
of connection of a street lateral to a main sewer, a standard wye fitting
and sufficient one-eighth (forty-five-degree) bend fittings shall be used.
The wye 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.
B.
Future connection locations; as-built drawings. The street
lateral, including the wye and 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.
If no lateral stub exists, all sewer connections shall be by full-bodied,
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 corrosion- and rot-resistant board
two by six (2 x 6) inches. 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. No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by the Town until
four copies of this record drawing have been so filed with the Superintendent
and the Superintendent has approved the submitted drawings.
C.
Special manhole requirements. 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 which, 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 § 148-18D 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.
Pipe laying and backfill, 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 24 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 no case
shall such depth 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.
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 § 148-16, if a street lateral has not previously been provided, the street lateral will be constructed from the existing public sewer to the property line, 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 embedded in concrete or a concrete box.
(2)
The cost of constructing the street lateral from the
existing public sewer to the property line shall be at the 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 owner shall indemnify the Town 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 to the
street lateral will be dependent upon the type of sewer pipe material and,
in all cases, shall be approved by the Superintendent. After the installation
of the street lateral has been approved by the Superintendent, the new street
lateral shall become the property of the town.
B.
Cleanout repair/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 Town may install a cleanout
at the property line, at the owner's expense, such that the street lateral
can be maintained independently of the building lateral.
C.
Street lateral replacement; ownership. 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 owner's expense. Once the replacement street
lateral and cleanout have been constructed and approved by the Superintendent,
the new street lateral shall become the property of the town.
The street lateral, building lateral or the combined lateral shall be
tested for infiltration/exfiltration by:
A.
Connection inspection. The applicant for the building lateral permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building lateral is ready for inspection and connection to the street lateral is to be made. The connection shall be made under the observation of the Superintendent or his designee. When street laterals are installed pursuant to § 148-16, the property owner, builder or developer shall notify the Superintendent when the street lateral is ready for inspection and connection to the main sewer, and such connection shall be made under the observation of the Superintendent. The Town Sewer Department must be notified at least 24 hours before beginning any work.
B.
Trench inspections. When trenches are excavated for the laying of building lateral pipes or for laying of street lateral pipes pursuant to § 148-16, 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.
A.
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 so positioned that sewer cleaning equipment
can be inserted therein to clean the building lateral.
B.
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 property owner. The property owner shall indemnify the Town 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.
