(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 Village Administrator.
(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.
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Village Administrator. A permit and inspection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and fifty dollars ($50.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Fiscal Officer of the Village at the time the application is filed.
(Ord. 74-840. Passed 6-5-74.)
(2) The building sewer service shall be installed by a bonded contractor at the property owner’s expense. Any street excavation required in order to make a tap shall be done as approved by the Village of Hebron Village Administrator. The cost of laying new sewer lines or extending existing sewer lines shall be assessed against the property benefitted thereby. A general plan of the connection shall be approved by the Village Administrator prior to installation. The sewer installation shall include proper bedding, backfill, testing and cleanouts as required by the Village. The sewer line shall not be covered or backfilled until it has been inspected and approved by the Village Administrator.
(Ord. 1483-98. Passed 11-18-98.)
(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 Village 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.
(e) Building sewers shall be constructed of vitrified clay sewer pipe, cement asbestos pipe, or other sewer pipe meeting current ASTM specifications for sewer pipes, for premium joints or the equal. 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 cast iron soil pipe with leaded joints. Cast iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Village Administrator where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. 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 Village Administrator.
(f) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Village Administrator, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. The slope of such 4-inch pipe shall be not less than one-eighth inch per foot. All multiple unit family dwellings, commercial and industrial sewers, shall in no event be less than 6 inches in diameter and the slope shall be no less than 1/8 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. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far as possible and shall be laid at a depth sufficient to afford protection from frost. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
(h) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary waste carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer.
(i) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Village Administrator. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with current ASTM specifications except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
(j) All joints and connections shall be made gas tight and water tight.
Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QQ-L-156, not less than one inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and calked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved.
All joints in vitrified clay pipe shall be made in accordance with current ASTM Specifications using materials having resilient properties ASTM Designation C-425. The jointing material (plastics) shall conform to ASTM Designation D675.
(k) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the “Y” branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve inches in diameter or less, and no properly located “Y” branch is available, the owner shall at his expense install a “Y” branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the Village Administrator. Where the public sewer is greater than twelve inches in diameter, and no properly located “Y” branch available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about forty-five degree. A forty-five degree ell may be used to make such 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 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. Special fittings may be used for connection only when approved by the Village Administrator.
(l) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Village Administrator when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Village Administrator.
(m) 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 Village.
(n) All permits for sewer taps shall be made on forms furnished by the Village; shall be prepared in triplicate, one copy going to the property owner at the time of making the application and two copies being retained by the Fiscal Officer or the Village Administrator.
Upon inspection, and after the inspector has satisfied himself that the installation has been made according to the requirements of this chapter, and that all possible sources of storm water have been eliminated from the sewer, he shall make a sketch of the installation on the form retained by the Village at the time the permit was issued, and if such installation complies with the provisions of this chapter, shall sign the same, giving one copy to the property owner; and one copy shall be retained for the permanent files of the Village for its record. Only after the inspector has signed the permit may the service line be connected to the sewer and the trench filled.
(o) A means for rodding or examination of the building sewer shall be provided immediately inside or outside of the point of entry to the building or if in the judgment of the Village Administrator other access is reasonably available the same may be acceptable.
(Ord. 74-840. Passed 6-5-74.)