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 superintendent of water and sewers as provided in this title.
B. It shall be unlawful to discharge wastewater to any public sanitary sewer except those wastewaters in compliance with standards promulgated pursuant to the federal act or the state act or any rules, regulations, ordinances or standards of the village.
C. In each case, the owner and the occupant 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 superintendent. A permit and inspection fee as specified from time to time in section 1-10-7 of this code for a building sewer permit shall be paid to the village at the time the application is filed. Said permit and inspection fee is in addition to the other connection fees required by this title. Each LBBIP sewer system user, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics and type of activity.
D. A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream sewerage works, including sewers, pump stations and wastewater treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load.
E. All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner or applicant. The person installing the building sewer for said owner or applicant shall be a licensed plumber or sewer contractor and he/she shall indemnify the village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by said installation. Before a building sewer permit is issued, the licensed plumber or sewer contractor shall file with the village clerk an indemnity bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), with a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state on a bond form supplied by the village. In addition thereto, the licensed plumber or sewer contractor shall file with the village clerk a certificate of insurance showing that the contractor is insured under a public liability insurance policy per occurrence in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for bodily injury and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for property damage.
F. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.
G. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the superintendent to meet all requirements of this title.
H. Building sewers shall not be less than six inch (6") diameter size pipe installed at a minimum invert slope of 0.125 (1/8) inch per foot, or not less than four inch (4") diameter size pipe in lengths of not less than ten feet (10') installed at a minimum invert slope of 0.25 (1/4) inch per foot. Building sewers shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements of the superintendent as to trench excavation and backfilling, installation of pipe and fittings and testing.
I. Building sewers shall be constructed using one of the following listed materials:
1. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sewer pipe conforming to the latest revised specification requirements of ASTM D3034, type PSM. The pipe and fittings shall have a minimum wall thickness SDR 35. The joints shall be either the solvent weld type conforming to the latest revised specification requirements of ASTM D2564 and ASTM D2855, or elastomeric gasket type conforming to the latest revised specification requirements of ASTM D3212. A thicker walled pipe, SDR 26, may be required by the superintendent if a thicker walled pipe is determined to be necessary to protect the public health because of design and/or field conditions. The superintendent shall state in writing the reason why design and/or field conditions necessitate a thicker walled pipe.
2. Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) sewer pipe and fittings conforming to the latest revision of ASTM specification D2751 with solvent welded joints or compression type rubber ring gasket joints conforming to the latest revision of ASTM specifications D2235 and D3212, respectively, installed in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
3. Extra heavy cast iron soil pipe and fittings conforming to the latest revision of CISPI specification HS-67 with compression type rubber ring gasket joints, conforming to the latest revision of ASTM specification C564, installed in accordance with the latest revision of the Illinois state plumbing code.
J. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the branch fitting, if such is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve inches (12") in diameter or less and no properly located branch fitting is available, the owner or applicant shall, at his expense, install a wye branch fitting in the public sewer at the location specified and installation approved by the superintendent.
K. All building sewers shall be bedded on a layer of gravel or crushed stone, conforming to the latest revision of ASTM specification D2321, to provide a minimum thickness of four inches (4") under the pipe and initial backfill of twelve inches (12") over the top of the pipe.
L. 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 (3') of any bearing wall which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage carried by such drains shall be lifted by approved pumping devices and discharged to the building sewer.
M. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer, building drain or sump pump which in turn is connected to a public sanitary sewer.
N. 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/her representative.
O. 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 property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the village. All excavations shall be made in compliance with the provisions of this code relating to excavations in streets. Prior to any excavation, the plumber or sewer contractor shall notify all public and private utility companies. (Ord. 2012-O-03, 2-7-2012)