(A) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of a building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage which may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(B) 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, courtyard 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) Existing building sewers which allow inflow or infiltration, as determined by the town, and which do not meet or exceed the requirements of the Construction Standards of the town shall be replaced between the building and the public sewer as required herein.
(D) Building sewers which allow inflow or infiltration, as determined by the town, and which meet or exceed the requirements of the Construction Standards of the town shall be repaired at the source of inflow or infiltration in accordance with the Construction Standards of the town and as approved by the town.
(E) Existing building sewers which do not meet or exceed the requirements established in the Construction Standards of the town or which allow inflow or infiltration, as determined by the town, may not be used in connection with new building construction. All new construction shall require a connection to the updated sewer system within the town.
(F) The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in the excavation, placing of pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling of trenches shall all conform to the requirements of the Construction Standards of the town. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the “A.S.T.M. and W.E.F. Manual of Practice, No. FD-5” shall apply.
(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 for gravity flow to the public sewer, the sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(H) No person shall connect roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of inflow or infiltration to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected, whether directly or indirectly, to a public sanitary sewer.
(I) Within a public right-of-way, connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be the responsibility of the town and shall conform to the requirements of the town’s Construction Standards or, in the absence thereof, to the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the “A.S.T.M. and the W.E.F. Manual of Practice, No. FD-5”. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviations 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 Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The applicant shall provide access to the Inspector to all structures and all areas of structures for the purpose off establishing compliance with 52.33(D) through 52.33(I) of this chapter.
(K) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazards. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the town.
(L) The maintenance of any building sewer from the building drain to the public sanitary sewer of the town shall be borne by the owner of the house, building or property which is serviced by said building sewer. The town shall not be responsible for the costs associated with the maintenance of any building sewer between the building drain or drains and the point of connection to the public sewage system of the town.
(M) The repair of any building sewer shall be the responsibility of the owner of the house, building or property between the building drain or drains and the public right-of-way. The town shall not be responsible for the costs associated with the repair of any building sewer between the building drain or drains and the right-of-way, but it is responsible for the connection between the right-of-way and public sanitary sewer.
(N) For the purpose of maintaining or repairing any existing building sewer, any owner may cross upon the land of another, including property owned by the town, for the sole purpose of repairing or maintaining the building drain under the following conditions.
(1) The access across the adjacent landowner’s or the town’s property is necessary and unavoidable in order to make the essential repairs to or conduct maintenance on any building sewer.
(2) The adjacent landowner or the town shall be notified in writing of the need to access a building sewer upon his, her, or its land not less than ten days prior to any work commencing.
(3) The offending owner shall restore and return the affected land to the same condition, or to a substantially similar condition, as it was in prior to any disturbance for the repair or maintenance of any building sewer.
(4) In the event that a building sewer crosses a public roadway, the town shall be reimbursed for the costs, if any, of restoring the public roadway.
(Ord. 2010-2, passed 9-7-2010)