(A)
No authorized 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 2 classes of building sewer tap permits:
(a) For residential and commercial service; and
(b) For service to establishments producing industrial waste.
(2) (a) In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make the application on a special form furnished by the town.
(b) The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgement of the inspector.
(c)
In either case, a building sewer tap permit and inspection fee of $500 for all connections made outside the town limits and in the amount of $1,500 for all connections made outside the town limits. The appropriate building sewer tap permit and inspection fee shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(C) (1) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
(2) 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.
(3) A copy of the schedule of rates and charges adopted herein shall be kept on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer. The rates and charges established for any class of user or property shall cover any additional property that is subsequently served and falls within the same class, without any hearing or notice.
(D) (1) Determining major contributors. Each commercial and industrial user shall supply the town with information about expected wastewater constituents and characteristics to be used in determining whether or not the user will be a major contributor.
(2) Separate sewer requirements.
(a) A separate and independent building (or home) lateral sewer shall be provided for every building (or house); except where one building (or house) stands at the rear or another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building (or house) through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway.
(b) In those cases, the building (or house) lateral sewer from the front building (or house) may be extended to the rear building (or house) and the whole considered as 1 building (or house) lateral sewer.
(3) Use of old building (or house) lateral sewer for a new building (or house). Old building (or house) lateral sewers may be used in connection with new buildings (or houses) only when they are determined, upon examination and test by the Inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(4) Connection specifications.
(a) The building sewer shall be cast iron soil pipe, ASTM specification or equal; vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM specification or equal; or other suitable material approved by the Inspector.
(b) Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of case iron soil pipe with leaded joints.
(c) Cast iron pipes with leaded joints may be required by the Inspector where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots.
(d) If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Inspector.
(E) 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 6 inches. The slope of a 6-inch pipe shall not be less than 1/8 inch per foot.
(F) (1) Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
(2) No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within 3 feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened.
(3) The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at a uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far as possible.
(4) Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipes and fittings.
(G) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by drains shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer. No water operated sewage ejector shall be used.
(H) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Inspector. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specifications except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Inspector or his or her representative.
(I) (1) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
(2) Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specifications QQ-L-156, not less than 1 inch deep.
(3) Lead shall be run in 1 pouring and caulked tight.
(4) No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved.
(J) All joints unvitrified clay pipe or between the pipe and metals shall be made with approved hot-poured jointing material or cement mortar as specified below.
(K) (1) Material for hot-poured joints shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when subjected to a temperature of 160°F, nor be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the drainage system.
(2) The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp or similar approved material.
(L) (1) Cement joints shall be made by packing a closely twisted jute or oakum gasket, of suitable size, to fill partly the annual space between the pipes.
(2) The remaining space shall be filled and firmly compacted with mortar sand.
(3) The material shall be mixed dry; sufficient water shall be added to make the mixture workable.
(4) Mortar which has begun to set shall not be used or re-tempered.
(5) Lime putty of hydrated lime may be substituted to the extent of not more than 25 hydrated lime may be substituted to the extent of not more than 25% of the volume of the Portland cement that may be added.
(M) Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of the Inspector.
(N) (1) 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.
(2) If the public sewer is 12 inches in diameter or less and no properly located “Y” branch is available, the owner shall at his or her expense install a “Y” branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the Inspector.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) The invest 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.
(6) A smooth neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and water tight by encasement in concrete.
(7) Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Inspector.
(O) (1) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
(2) Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the town.
(P) (1) Connection of downspouts, drains and the like. No person shall hereafter connect or reconnect roof downspouts, footing drains, areaway drains, driveways, parking lots or other sources or surface, runoff or groundwater, to a building (or house) lateral sewer or building (or house) drain which is in turn connected directly or indirectly to the sewerage system.
(2) Inspection; supervision of connection.
(a) The applicant for the building (or house) lateral sewer permit shall notify the Council or its designated representative when a building (or house) lateral sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the sewerage system.
(b) The connection shall be made under the supervision of the inspector or his or her representative using materials and techniques conforming to the requirements of the Council.
(c) The applicant shall give notice before the burial or covering of the lateral sewer and shall not cover or bury the sewer until the inspection is completed and the connection approved.
(3) Tap charges and other requirements for connection to public sewer.
(a) No owner or occupant of any real property shall tap or drain either directly or indirectly into any public sewer until a sewer tap permit has been obtained and until he or she has satisfied his or her obligation to pay all assessments, reimbursements or pro rata shares of sewer extension costs laid against that property for public sewers installed to serve it.
(b) A tap permit given in error or sewerage service charges billed to a property in error shall not operate to nullify any obligation that has been duly recorded.
(c) The Town Council shall have the authority to require an owner of real property to disconnect from a building sewer which drains into a sanitary sewer any downspouts, yard drains or other drains which carry the runoff of natural precipitation. Property owners shall have 30 days after notice to comply with any requirements.
(d) The Town Council shall not authorize any tap permit which will cause excess flow, BOD and/or suspended solid loading of the wastewater treatment plant, force mains, lift stations or sewers.
(1996 Code, § 9-30)
(Ord. 2007-08, passed 7-17-2007)
Penalty, see § 52.99