(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) (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 Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of $50 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and $100 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time 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 (or house lateral) sewer shall be provided for every building, except where site conditions or other circumstances require alternate arrangements as approved by the Superintendent.
(E) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and testing by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter. All costs and expense incident to the inspection and testing of the old building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
(F) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointly testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the town. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 5 shall apply. In no case, however, shall said “lateral” be less than six-inch diameter and laid to a slope less than 0.62 feet/100 feet. Materials of construction may vary per application at the direction of the Superintendent; however, preference shall be given to polyvinyl chloride, PVC (ASTM 3034), with water-tight joints. All said laterals shall be constructed with appropriate access points to facilitate cleaning.
(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 sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(H) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface run-off or groundwater 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 the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 5. 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 sewer permit shall notify the 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 Superintendent, or his or her representative.
(K) All excavations for building sewer installation must 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 town.
(Ord. 99-12, passed 11-22-1999) Penalty, see § 53.99