(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 Clerk.
(B) (1) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(a) For residential and commercial service; and
(b) For service to establishments producing industrial waste.
(2) 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 Inspector.
(C) All costs and expenses 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 the 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 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. Other exceptions will be allowed only by special permission granted by the Superintendent.
(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 said Inspector to meet all requirements of this code of ordinances.
(F) A building sewer shall be:
(1) Cast iron soil pipe, ASTM specification A-74 as revised;
(2) Vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM Specification C-13 or C-200 as revised; or
(3) Other suitable material allowed by the National Plumbing Code, except bituminized fiber pipe, but including PVC.
(G) Joints shall be tight and water-proof.
(H) Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of cast iron soil pipe with lead joints.
(I) The size and slope of the sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but shall not be less than four inches in diameter, and with a slope of one-eighth inch.
(J) The building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor, except on approval of the Superintendent, overhead plumbing may be approved.
(K) The building sewer must be:
(1) More than three feet from any bearing wall;
(2) More than three feet deep; and
(3) Uniform in alignment except changes in direction may be allowed if centered on a suitable cleanout.
(L) Excavation work shall be:
(1) Open trench work with proper shoring unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent; and
(2) In compliance with ASTM Specification C 12-58-T for pipe laying and backfill, except no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
(M) The connections of building sewers into the public sewer shall conform to the aforesaid requirements or to the standards of Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice 29, whichever standard is more severe. Any deviation from the described procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent.
(N) The applicant for the building sewer shall notify the said 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 said Superintendent or his or her representative.
(O) 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 village.
(2016 Code, § 12.204) (Ord. 19-O-4, passed 4-22-2019) Penalty, see § 52.99