(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Clerk-Treasurer.
(B) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential and commercial service; and for service to establishments producing industrial waste. In either case, the owner or owner’s agent shall make application on a form furnished by the town. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of $55 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and $70 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(C) All costs and expense incident 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 the owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the 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 adequate private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building 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.
(E) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the Superintendent to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(F) The building sewer shall be PVC pipe, ASTM specification or equal; PVC sewer pipe, ASTM specification or equal; or other suitable material approved by the Superintendent. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of PVC 35 pipe with slip seal joints. Ductile iron pipes with slip seal joints may be required by the Superintendent where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of ductile iron pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent.
(G) (1) The size and slope of the building sewers shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches.
(2) The slope of the sewer shall not be less than one-eighth inch per foot.
(H) Wherever reasonably 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. The building sewer shall be laid at a uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipes and fittings.
(I) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by those drains shall be lifted by Superintendent approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer. No water-operated sewage ejector shall be used.
(J) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specifications except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s representative.
(K) All joints and connections shall be made gasket-tight and watertight. All piping shall be of schedule 35 PVC or higher grade. Any piping within 300 feet of any wells shall be ductile iron or PVC schedule 80 or higher grade. Any new installation to any type of building shall have at least one clean-out between the building and street property line. The sewer of any building or mobile home being torn down or remodeled for any amount of time shall be plugged and/or made watertight as directed by the Superintendent.
(L) (1) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be teeing or with rubber scolded sewer tap. Any fitting to make a turn in the sewer line shall be 45 degree or 22 degree.
(2) At no time will a 90-degree elbow be allowed.
(M) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s representative.
(N) 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 Superintendent.
(Ord. 255, passed 6-2-1961; Ord. 2011-5, passed 3-14-2011) Penalty, see § 52.999