No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make
any connections with or openings into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit
from the Town.
[Amended 11-16-2020 by L.L. No. 10-2020]
Where a new building is constructed and there
is no Town service lateral from the main to the property line, the
installation of this lateral and the tapping of the main will be the
responsibility of the property owner. The cost of this work, including
excavation, pipe work, backfill, replacement of pavement, etc., will
be paid by the property owner. The property owner or contractor must
provide plans and specifications to the Town Wastewater Department
for approval prior to any site disturbance. Once the plans are approved,
the property owner or contractor must obtain all required permits,
including any permits needed for construction within a public right-of-way
or under a public road. Construction must be scheduled in consultation
with the Wastewater Department so that a Town representative can be
present during construction. No actual connection to the Town's sewer
system may be made until the Wastewater Director has issued a permit
to connect.
[Amended 11-16-2020 by L.L. No. 10-2020]
A. A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building,
except that where one building stands at the rear of another on an
interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, easement, courtyard
or driveway, the front building sewer may be extended to the rear
building and the whole considered as one building sewer. The Town
does not, and will not, assume any obligation or responsibility for
damage caused by or resulting from the use of any single connection
aforementioned.
B. Notwithstanding
the above, the Wastewater Director may waive the requirement for separate
building sewers upon application by the property owner and determination
in the Director's sole discretion that the Town's wastewater system
will not be adversely affected. Any application for waiver must include
a formal agreement between the parties proposing to use the shared
sewer connection. The agreement must include provisions relating to
how responsibilities for the shared lines and costs will be allocated
between the parties. Any agreement related to allocation of costs
will not affect the Town Board's right to establish rates. Approval
of the agreement must be received from both Town Counsel and the Wastewater
Director prior to any such waiver. Such agreement must be recorded
in the Warren County Clerk's office referencing the entire property(ies)
and a copy provided to the Town Wastewater Department as the final
requirement for receiving a valid waiver.
The size, slope, alignment, materials and construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, joining, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of this Part
3, plus the latest revisions of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations, if any, of the Town of Queensbury.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall
be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such
building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged
to the building sewer.
No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts,
foundation drains, sump pumps for foundation or subsurface water drainage,
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.
The connection of the building sewer into a public sewer shall conform to the requirements of this Part
3 and the latest revisions of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town
of Queensbury, if any, and the connections shall be made gastight
and watertight and verified by proper testing at the owner's expense.
The applicant for the building sewer permit
shall notify the Town Sewer Inspector when the building sewer is ready
for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection
and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Town Sewer
Inspector or his representative.
All excavations for building sewer installations
shall be adequate 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 Town
of Queensbury.
The property owner's sewer connection between
the Town service lateral at the property line and the building shall
be a direct connection. The building sewer may pass through an existing
septic tank. Sides of concrete tanks shall be cut out at least twice
the diameter of pipe to be installed through the tank. The tank shall
be filled with gravel or pea stone and compacted. Metal tanks shall
be collapsed and backfilled with compacted gravel or pea stone. The
building sewer shall bypass all leach pits, tile fields and other
private disposal facilities.
In sewer district areas where sanitary sewers
drain to a wastewater pumping station, an approved backwater valve
shall be installed in all buildings subject to flooding during a failure
of the pumping facilities. The location of said backwater valve shall
be as indicated on the drawing for a typical house connection or as
directed by the Town Sewer Inspector.