[Adopted 10-11-1978 as Ch. 8, Art. II, Div.
2, of the 1978 Code]
No person shall install, alter or repair any
sewer service line intended for connection to the public sewer until
a sewer connection permit has first been issued, in writing.
[Amended 12-9-1987]
All pipe shall be standard strength, Schedule
40 PVC or SDR 35, of not less than four inches diameter nor more than
six inches.
[Amended 11-11-1996]
All pipe shall be laid to a uniform straight
line and grade, both vertical and horizontal. A minimum grade of one-fourth
( 1/4) inch per foot shall be maintained unless permission is
secured from the Town Manager. All changes in direction shall be accomplished
by use of standard bends, Y-branch.
[Amended 12-9-1987]
All joints and connections shall be made watertight.
They shall be made in a ditch free from water, mud or loose dirt and
shall be carefully made so as to ensure complete seal of the pipe
joint. The joints shall be glued or O-ring sealed. Where existing
material exiting from a building is not PVC, the joint will be made
using a furnco coupling or concreted joint.
[Amended 11-11-1996]
No service line, when laid, shall be backfilled
until inspected and approved by the Town.
No drain from a roof, paved courtyard or subsoil
drainage system shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system.
A.
The sewer from any floor drain, surface drain, pit
drain or sink in any garage for the purpose of storage, servicing
or repair of auto vehicles or in any open service station, which may
receive oil or grease, sand or mud, etc., shall not be connected to
the public sewer system except through an approved garage intercepting
basin. The basin shall be adequately maintained by the owner of the
property
B.
No industrial waste or effluents shall be admitted
to the sanitary sewer system by any property owner or tenant thereof
until proper application for a permit to do so has been made to the
Town, and proper approval thereof by a designated authority.
[Amended 11-11-1996]
Any property owner desiring an additional connection
to the one furnished by the Town may secure the same by securing a
cover installation and by paying the entire cost of the installation.
A.
No connection shall be made to the Town sewer line
unless the same is adequately trapped by a standard trap depending
for its action on a water seal only. Traps shall not be smaller than
three inches in diameter.
B.
No hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse or lunchroom having
kitchen waste shall connect any waste line with the sanitary sewer
without first providing an adequate grease trap, to be approved by
the Town, at such place in the waste line which will ensure the collection
of all grease and other kitchen waste.
There should be installed at the house end of
every service line a suitable means for cleaning and rodding the line.
The cleanout may be either wye, tee or any other means of allowing
easy rodding of the service line. The blank end of any wye or tee
used shall be securely plugged with cement grout so as to prevent
ground infiltration.
A.
Inlet to public sewer. An inlet to the public sewer
will be furnished by the Town upon application for service and issuance
of a permit. The inlet shall be furnished at the location desired
by the property owner unless a Y-branch has been previously installed
in front of the lot for which service is requested, in which case
the Y-branch shall be used unless found impracticable by the appropriate
Town officer. Connection to any existing Y shall be made with a standard
bend acceptable to the appropriate Town officer.
B.
Tap made by Town. No person may at any time tap or
puncture in any way a main line of the public sewer system. When installing
service line, the ditch shall be opened to the public sewer and the
public sewer shall be uncovered, cleaned off and the Town Manager
notified. The Town will then make the tap, furnishing all necessary
cut-ins, Y branches, labor and materials, after which the line may
be connected.
[Amended 11-11-1996]
C.
Replacement of streets. All necessary permits shall
be secured from the state highway department or Town before opening
ditch in a public street, and all requirements of the state highway
department or Town shall be observed in backfilling and replacing
pavement after line is completed.
[Added 7-13-1983; amended 12-11-1985; 12-9-1987]
In consideration of fees established by the
Hillsville Town Council, the following procedure will be followed
for making connections to the Hillsville water and sewer systems.
Materials shall be as follows:
A.
Pipe material used from meter to customer service
shall be polyethylene or polybutylene or polyurethane or copper, with
a diameter of pipe not less than meter size, with strength not less
than 160 pounds per square inch.
B.
Water connections. The Town will:
(1)
Determine the best and most economical location for
a tap to be made.
(2)
Tap the main line, place all fittings and install
the valve.
(3)
Stub out up to 10 feet of connector line.
(4)
Install meter and meter box.
(5)
Connect customer's line to stub out.
(6)
Landscape, seed and mulch the area disturbed.
(7)
Make initial meter reading and initiate service.
D.
Any additional water and/or sewer line installation
work requested by a customer and approved by the Town Manager will
be billed at a rate established by the Hillsville Town Council.
[Added 4-25-1990]
The Town of Hillsville will set water meters
for apartment complexes that have more than six apartments on the
following basis: that upon request by the owner/developer and where
the owner/developer will be paying the bill for water/sewer for all
units, the Town will install a master meter(s). There will be one
meter per building where there is more than one building involved.
The owner/developer will be billed the number of minimums corresponding
with the number of units including any office, shop and community
room and any amount over the number of minimum charges as indicated
by the meter(s). On any apartment complex having six or fewer apartments,
the Town will require individual meters for each unit.
