(A) Work on water and sewer system; permit, bond; surety required. 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 of Birch Run. Before a permit may be issued for excavating for plumbing in any street, way or alley, the person applying for the permit shall have executed unto the Village of Birch Run 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 of Birch Run, pertaining to plumbing. This bond shall state that the person will indemnify and save harmless the Village of Birch Run, and the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays and claims of every nature and kind arising out of negligence on his or her part in connection with plumbing or excavating for plumbing as prescribed in this subchapter. The bond shall remain in force and must be executed for a period of two years except that on the expiration it shall remain in force as to all penalties, claims and demands that may have accrued thereunder prior to the expiration.
(B) Building water and sewer permits; fees. There shall be two classes of building sewer permits. One for residential service, and one 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 of Birch Run. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgement of the Inspector. A permit, inspection and connection fee, as established by the Birch Run Village Council, shall be paid to the Village Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(C) Costs to be borne by owner. 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 the owner shall indemnify the village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation.
(D) Separate sewer for every building; exceptions. 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 construed 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 Birch Run Village Council.
(E) Old building water lines and sewers must meet requirements. Old building sewer 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) Building sewer construction; specifications. The building sewer shall be constructed of either vitrified clay sewer pipe and fittings meeting the current A.S.T.M. specifications for standard or extra strength clay sewer pipe, asbestos cement meeting the current A.S.T.M. specifications, extra heavy cast iron soil pipe meeting the current A.S.T.M. specifications or the Department of Commerce Commercial Standards for extra heavy cast iron soil pipe and fittings, concrete sewer pipe and fitting meeting the current A.S.T.M. specifications for standard or extra strength concrete sewer pipe or Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipe meeting the current A.S.T.M. standards. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that vitrified clay pipe or asbestos cement or concrete pipe, may be accepted if laid on a suitable improved bed or cradle as approved by the Inspector.
(G) Building water line construction; specifications. Only the village upon prepayment of the connection cost and cost of furnishing and installing the meter shall install water service connections. The Village Council shall from time to time determine the average connection cost for the village and the township and this shall payment complete for all material and labor involved in tapping the main, laying the proper pipe from the distribution main to the curb stop and box and the furnishing and placing of the curb stop and box and the furnishing and installation of the meter. Type “K” copper will be used at all tap-ins and may continue into the structure or the tap-ins may be connected to two-inch Polybutylene CTS OD, 250 psi, SDR 9, ASTM D-2666 water service piping, which may be installed to within five feet of a structure, at which point there will be a connection of Type “K” copper. All water service connections shall be to the depth of five feet under the surface of the street or lowest part of the gutter. No water service connection shall be laid in the same trench with a sewer pipe unless supported upon an earth shelf at least one foot above the sewer and 1-1/2 feet horizontally from the sewer. The village shall install a brass curb stop with a valve box which shall be placed approximately on the street line or private property line of roads and highways and this curb stop shall be under the exclusive control of the village.
(H) Joints; connections. All joints and connections shall be made gas tight and watertight. Vitrified clay sewer pipe and PVC shall be fitted with factory made resilient compression joints meeting the current A.S.T.M. specifications for vitrified clay pipe joints having resilient properties (Designation C 425). Asbestos cement or concrete sewer pipe joints shall be of the rubber ring, flexible compression type, similar and equal to joint specified for vitrified clay pipe. The joints and connections shall conform to the manufacturer's recommendations. All water joints and connections shall meet AWWA current standards.
(I) Size; slope. 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 six inches. The slope of the six-inch pipe shall not be less than 1/8 inch per foot, except as otherwise approved by the operator. There shall be one clean out for every 90 feet of sewer line or part thereof.
(J) Excavations for water and sewer; pipe laying. 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 water and sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Inspector. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with current A.S.T.M. specifications except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Inspector or his or her representative.
(K) Lifting sewage by artificial means; when required. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sanitary sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the drains shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sanitary sewer.
(L) Connection to public sanitary sewer. The connection of the building sanitary sewer into the public sanitary sewer shall be made at the “Y” branch designated for that property, if the branch is available at a suitable location. Any connection not made at the designated “Y” branch in the main sanitary sewer shall be made only as directed by the Inspector.
(M) Inspection. The applicant for the building water line and/or sanitary sewer shall notify that the Inspector when the building water main and/or sanitary sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Inspector or his or her representatives.
(N) Excavations; regulations. All excavations for building water line and sanitary 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. All excavations shall conform to standards as established by OSHA, MIOSHA and any other regulating agency of professional organization.
(O) Engineered drawings required. Prior to connecting to the Village of Birch Run sanitary sewer and water systems, all nonsingle-family residential users must provide the Village of Birch Run drawings and specifications prepared by a State of Michigan licensed engineer of the proposed sanitary sewer and/or water line from the main to the structure. The engineered drawing shall include information on the items in divisions (F) through (N) above, impact analysis and other information pertinent to determining impact on the sanitary sewer and water systems.
(1992 Code, § 81.009) (Ord. 00-05, passed 9-25-2000) Penalty, see § 52.99