A. Permit To Connect:
1. Permit Required: 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 Superintendent or Engineer.
2. Classes Of Permits; Applications: There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: a) for residential wastewater service, and b) for 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, (appendix 2 on file in the Village). The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent or Engineer. (Ord. 05-05, 6-20-2005)
3. Permit And Inspection Fee: A permit and inspection fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Village at the time the application is filed. (Ord. 05-05, 6-20-2005; amd. 2019 Code)
4. Conditions Of Permit:
a. The commercial, institutional or governmental users, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics, and type of activity.
b. 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.
B. Separate Building Sewers: 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.
C. Use Of Existing Sewers: Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and testing by the Superintendent or Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
D. Installation And Connection Requirements And Specifications:
1. The size, slope, alignment, and 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 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.
2. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by a means which is approved in accordance with subsection E2 of this section and discharged to the building sewer.
3. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the 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. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent or Engineer before installation. (Ord. 05-05, 6-20-2005)
4. All soil or waste pipes shall be connected to the sanitary sewer, if a sanitary sewer is laid within the building and if the connection is made above the ground or floor, by a suitable metal/plastic connection which shall make an airtight and watertight joint without the use of cement, mortar, putty or other material and which can and shall be in view at the time of the final inspection. (1990 Code § 14.302; amd. 2019 Code)
5. Outside the building and underground, the connection between the soil or waste pipe and the sewer shall be thoroughly made with slip type joints with six inch (6") tile. A cleanout trap shall be installed in the sewer at the head of line on the outside of the building. (1990 Code § 14.303; amd. 2019 Code)
6. 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.
E. Discharges Into System:
1. No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
2. 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 and more stringent State and local standards.
F. Inspections: The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent or Engineer 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, Engineer, or his representative.
G. Liability For Costs And Expenses: 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. (Ord. 05-05, 6-20-2005)