A. Permit Requirements:
No person shall construct a new wastewater source and connect same to the POTW of the village without first making application for the privilege of making said connection to the village.
1. 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 VE and an IEPA permit when required under 35 Illinois Administrative Code 309.
2. No addition to or alteration of any building sewer shall be made or caused to be made by any person without a permit from the VE and then only through a sewer contractor. No permit shall authorize anything not explicitly stated in the application.
3. All disposal by any person into the sewer system is unlawful except those discharges in compliance with federal standards promulgated pursuant to the Federal Act, the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and regulations promulgated thereto, and the Antioch Municipal Code.
4. There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: for residential wastewater service, and non-residential (at a minimum commercial, institutional/governmental or industrial) wastewater service. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the VE.
5. Persons desiring to construct a new waste source and connect it to the POTW of the village shall state the quantity, quality and rate of discharge into the sewer. The non-residential user, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics and type of activity per sections 8-2-4-1 and 8-2-4-4 of this chapter. In the case of any fraudulent representation upon the part of the user, the permit fees will be forfeited and the use of the sewer stopped.
6. A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream sewerage facilities, including sewers, pump stations and wastewater treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load based on the population equivalent.
7. The applicant will secure a building permit if the waste source is new equipment to be installed in an existing building with an existing sewer.
8. Each excavation for any of the purposes set out in this subsection shall require a separate permit.
9. The building permit will be issued for a period of twenty four (24) months consistent with the IEPA permits.
B. Building Sewer Connections:
1. 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, 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 and may be done only with the explicit approval of the VE.
2. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the VE or his designee, to meet all requirements of this chapter. All costs shall be borne by the applicant.
3. 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 requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the village. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials, "Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9", and "Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in Illinois" shall apply.
4. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet (3') of any bearing wall. No building sewers shall be installed in any place where they may be subject to freezing temperatures unless adequate provisions are made to protect them from frost. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curbed pipe and fittings, or a manhole, as determined by the VE.
5. 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 approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer. Where possible, all building sanitary services shall be "overhead" installations. Buildings having basements will have a pump or ejector provided to pump the wastewater to the sanitary sewer service for gravity transport to the sewer main.
6. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be a saddle connection and conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code, or other applicable rules and regulations of the village, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials, "Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9", and "Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in Illinois". All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
C. Construction Requirements: Construction may not be started until all fees are paid consistent with section 8-2-3-4 of this chapter, title 13 of this code and a written permit is issued by the village after issuance and receipt of an IEPA permit for the project when applicable. The following conditions are also required:
1. The applicant shall secure a public right-of-way opening permit from the VE when appropriate in conformance with the provisions of section 13-1-5 of this code.
2. 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 village. Failure to properly barricade will be cause for the job site to be shut down and a penalty, as established in the title 13 of this code, must be paid before any further work can commence.
3. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the VE twenty four (24) hours prior to the start of any underground piping installation and when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of a qualified duly authorized agent of the village during regular village working hours.
4. All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
5. The applicant shall file a certificate of liability insurance in the amount of a minimum of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) with the village engineer or clerk to protect the village from any liability or damage whatsoever for injury, including death, to any person or property.
6. Minimum building sanitary service sewer size shall be six inch (6") diameter. All cleanouts shall be installed on the owner's property and not in Village ROW. The maximum distance between cleanouts is one hundred twenty feet (120').
7. Sewer services shall not be connected to manholes. All sanitary sewer services serving single-family residences shall have "blind" connections to the sewer main (as stated in subsection C8 of this section). Only exceptions are when homes are located in a cul-de-sac and the connection to the sewer main would be impractical. This exception must be approved by the VE or his designee.
8. Sewer service connections to existing sewer mains shall be made by the installation of a strap-on saddle with stainless steel banding in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations. Romac "CB" style saddles with stainless steel bands, Geneco "Sealtight" strap-on saddles, PVC saddles meeting ASTM D3033/ASTM S3034, or other approved manufacturers may be accepted.
The installation of the new saddle fitting will be use of a circular sawcut by proper tools ("sewer tap" machine or similar device). All such connections shall be done in the presence of the VE, or his designated representative. After the saddle connection has been made, encasement in four to six inches (4" to 6") of concrete may be required to provide a secure and watertight connection collar, if in the opinion of the inspector, the existing pipe is not sufficiently stabilized. Factory wye/tee, Inserta tee© be allowed on eight inch (8") or ten inch (10") sewer main pipe. (Ord. 20-08-25, 8-10-2020)