(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the town.
(B) (1) (a) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
1. For residential and commercial service; and
2. For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(b) In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the said town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the inspector.
(2) A permit and inspection fee of $500 for residential or commercial building sewer permit and $1,000 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time the application is filed. Provided, however, no permit and inspection fees will be required of any customer connecting to a local or lateral sewer within 90 days of the date on which said service was available for connection as a result of the initial construction project.
(C) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(D) Old building sewers may be used in connection with the new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the said inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(E) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the guidelines for installation of building sewer laterals included at the end of this chapter, as well as the plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the town. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and SPCF Manual of Practice FD-9 shall apply.
(F) 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.
(G) No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface run-off or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected, directly or indirectly, to a public sanitary sewer.
(H) 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 town or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the SPCF Manual of Practice in FD-9. All such connections shall be made gas tight and water tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installations.
(I) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the said 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 said inspector, or his or her representative. The applicant shall provide access to all structures (and areas of structures) to the inspector for the purpose of establishing compliance with division (H) above.
(J) All excavations for building sewer installation 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 said town.
(K) The “Guidelines for Installation of Building Sewer Laterals”, incorporated as Appendix A, shall be adhered to with regard to building sewer construction, installation, material and/or specifications.
(Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-14-2021) Penalty, see § 54.999