(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 Clerk-Treasurer.
(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 wastes.
(2) In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the said town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the inspector.
(3) A permit and inspection fee of $50 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and $75 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(C) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(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.
(E) Old building sewers 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 subchapter.
(F) (1) The building sewer shall be cast iron soil pipe, ASTM A-74, latest revision; vitrified clay sewer pipe ASTM C-13, latest revision; asbestos-cement sewer pipe ASTM C-428, latest revision; or approved equal. Plastic pipe shall have the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) label on the pipe barrel and the pipe shall comply with ASTM D-3034 and ASTM D-1784.
(2) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent. In general, the building sewer shall be the same size as the service branch but in no event less than four inches in diameter. The slope of the four-inch building sewer shall not be less than 1.2% and the six-inch sewer not less than 0.6% slope.
(G) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewers, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer by the person that owns said building.
(H) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(I) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the town, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
(J) The applicant for the building sower permit shall notify the said inspector 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 inspector or his or her representative.
(K) 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 town.
(Ord. 76-3, passed 4-14-1976) Penalty, see § 51.99