(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 his or her agent shall make application on a special 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 Inspector. A permit and inspection fee of $25 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and $50 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(C) All costs and expenses 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. However, 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 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 Inspector to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(F) 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 one-eighth-inch per foot.
(G) 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. The building sewer shall be laid at a uniform grade between the building sewer and the main sewer, insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipes and fittings.
(H) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the drains shall be fitted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer. No water-operated sewer ejector shall be used.
(I) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specifications; however, no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Inspector or his or her representative.
(J) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight. This shall be verified by air pressure testing.
(K) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch, if the branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is 12 inches in diameter or less and no properly located "Y" branch is available, the town shall at its expense install a "Y" branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the Inspector. Where the public sewer is greater than 12 inches in diameter, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, a neat hole may be cut in the public sewer to receive the building sewer with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about 45 degrees. A 45 degree ell may be used to make the connection, with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inner surface of the public sewer. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. This connection will be made by the town.
(1) 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 and under the inspection of the town.
(M) All sewer work shall be installed so that the maximum infiltration in 24 hours shall comply with ASTM specification Designation C-12-54.
('83 Code, § 2.4) (Am. Ord. 2005-7, passed 9-12-05; Am. Ord. 2007-7, passed 6-11-07) Penalty, see § 50.999