(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with, or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the village. Before a permit may be issued for excavating for plumbing in any public street, way, or alley, the person applying for such permit shall have executed unto the village and deposited with the Treasurer a corporate surety in the sum of $1,000 conditioned that he or she will perform faithfully all work with due care and skill, and in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations established under the Authority or any ordinances of the village pertaining to plumbing. This bond shall state that the person will indemnify and save harmless the village and the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays, and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness or negligence on his or her part in connection with plumbing or excavating for plumbing as prescribed in this subchapter. Such bond shall remain in force and must be executed for a period of one year except that on such expiration it shall remain in force as to all penalties, claims, and demands that may have accrued thereunder prior to such expiration.
(B) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential, commercial, institutional, and governmental service; and for service to establishments producing industrial waste. In either case, the owner, or his or her agent, shall make application on a special form furnished by the village. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent and Manager. A permit and inspection fee of $15 for residential, commercial, institutional, or governmental building sewer permit and $25 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Village Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(C) All costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner or the person installing the building sewer for said owner shall indemnify said village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by said installation.
(D) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except 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 through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. Other exceptions will be allowed only by special permission granted by the Superintendent and Manager.
(E) Old building sewers or portions thereof may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the Inspector to meet all requirements of this subchapter.
(F) (1) The building sewer shall be constructed of either of the following types of pipe meeting the current ASTM specifications:
(a) Plastic (ABS) ASTM D 1527 Schedule 40;
(b) Plastic (PVC) ASTM D 1785 Schedule 40;
(c) Vitrified Clay (VC) ASTM C-700 Extra Strength;
(d) Asbestos-Cement (AC) ASTM C-428 Cl-2400; and
(e) Cast Iron Extra Heavy ASTM A-74.
(2) If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron extra heavy pipe, except the other types of pipe may be used if laid on a suitable improved bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent and Manager.
(G) All joints and connections shall be gas-tight and water-tight and shall conform to the requirements of the current building and plumbing codes.
(H) The size and slope of the building sewers shall be subject to the approval of the Inspector, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. Minimum grade shall be as follows:
(1) Six-inch pipe: one-eighth inch per foot or one inch per eight feet; and/or
(2) Four-inch pipe: one-fourth inch per foot or two inch per eight feet.
(I) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Inspector. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with current ASTM specifications except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Inspector or his or her representative.
(J) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage earned by such drains shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer.
(K) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the “Y” branch designated for that property, if such branch is available at a suitable location. Any connection not made at the designated “Y” branch in the main sewer shall be made only as directed by the Inspector and approved by the Manager.
(L) (1) The applicant for the building sewer shall notify the Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
(2) The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Inspector or his or her representative.
(M) (1) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
(2) Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the village.
(N) No connections will be allowed unless there is capacity available in downstream sewers, pump stations, interceptors, force mains, and treatment facility, including capacity for B.O.D. and suspended solids in the sewage treatment facility.
(Ord. passed 11-5-1976) Penalty, see § 50.99