(a) Prohibition on Unpolluted Water. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any (unpolluted) surface water, ground water, roof runoff, storm water, subsurfacing drainage (specifically including sump pump discharge), uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any separated sanitary sewer. Any existing roof drain connections to separate sanitary sewers shall be connected into an available storm sewer or shall be disconnected above ground in an appropriate manner approved by the Village. Discharges from roof drains emptying onto the ground surface shall be at least (3) three feet from adjacent property line and shall in no way be directed to flood or otherwise cause damage to adjoining property. The owner of any building(s) situated within the Village (or buildings located in areas served by the Village Septic System) is required at his expense to disconnect all existing roof drains and other sources of unpolluted waters from sanitary sewers in accordance with the provisions of this section within one-hundred eighty (180) days after the date of official notice to do so. Discharge units connecting to a Village separate sanitary sewer shall be free of all storm water. Storm water discharges will only be permitted to existing storm (old combined) sewers. It is prohibited that any new construction of discharge units shall have any storm water connections of roof drains, footer or foundation tiles, or any other sources to a sanitary sewer.
(b) Allowable Discharge of Unpolluted Water. Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as acceptable combined sewers or storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Village and other regulatory agencies.
(c) Wastewater Discharge.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the Village of Luckey, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
(2) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(3) Except with the specific written approval of Village Council, which will be granted only in exceptional and unusual circumstances (and subject to such terms and conditions as Village Council may impose), it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool septic tank, or other facility intended or used for disposal of sewage within the limits of the Village.
(4) The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose, situated within the Village (or buildings in those areas served by the Village Sanitary Sewer System) and abutting any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the Village, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within three hundred sixty (360) days after date of official notice to do so.
(d) Health Department Regulations. No provision contained in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be impaired by the Wood County Health Department or its employees or agents.
(e) Building Sewers and Connections.
(1) 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 Superintendent.
(2) There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: (1) for residential and commercial service, and (2) 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 specification 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 of $100 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Village Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(3) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner, including tap construction in the public right-of-way. The owner shall indemnify the Village from any and all loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(4) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except 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, court, yard, or driveway. In such cases, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(5) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when, [on examination and test by the Superintendent] they are found to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(6) The building sewer shall be PVC (ASTMD 3034), with a minimum diameter of six inches, with O-ring joints or cement welded joints, embedded in clean stone, all of which shall comply with the specifications noted in subsection (f)(5) hereof. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. A clean-out tee shall be installed on the building sewer within ten (10) feet of the building foundation and perpendicular to the main sewer, or as otherwise directed by the Superintendent. Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten (10) feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of PVC C-900 waterline pipe or equal. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent.
(7) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
(8) 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 (3) feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment, in so far as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
(9) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer.
(10) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specifications (D-2321) for flexible (plastic) pipe except no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
(11) All joints and connection shall be made gastight and watertight. All joints shall be made with acceptable jointing material approved by the Superintendent, and complying with subsection (f)(5) hereof.
(12) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the wye branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve (12) inches in diameter or less, and no properly located wye branch is available, the owner shall, at his expense, install a wye branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the Superintendent. Where the public sewer is greater than twelve (12) inches in diameter, and no properly located wye branch is 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 (45) degree. A forty-five (45) 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 at 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 the connection only when approved by the Superintendent.
(13) 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 only under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
(14) 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.
(15) All existing septic tanks in the Village formerly connected to the Village storm sewer (formerly the combined sewer) shall be properly disconnected from the Village system and abandoned. Except as provided in subsection (c)(3) hereof, septic tanks will not be permitted in the Village and shall not be connected to the building sewers that are in turn connected to the sanitary sewer system. The cost of disconnection and abandonment of existing tanks shall be borne by the affected property owner and shall be performed within three hundred sixty-five (365) days after the availability of the new sanitary sewer to the subject property. The affected property owner shall obtain a sewer connection permit and shall pay the permit and inspection fee imposed by subsection (b) above. Prior to scheduling the final cleaning and abandonment of an existing septic tank, the property owner shall contact the Superintendent and shall establish a mutually agreeable time for the final inspection and final cleaning of each septic tank abandoned. The property owner shall permit the Superintendent or his/her designee to enter the property at the time of the cleaning to conduct inspection to ensure that the septic tank is properly cleaned and has been abandoned in a proper fashion to the reasonable satisfaction of the Superintendent or his designee. Proper abandonment of the septic tank shall be done in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent, but shall usually require that a final cleaning of the tank be undertaken and the waste properly disposed of by a licensed hauler, that the top of the tank be crushed in, that the tank bottom and/or sides be broken so as not to permit the accumulation of water within the abandoned tank, that a bag of lime be spread over the inside of the tank, that the tank void be filled with granular material (#6 or #8 clean stone or such other material as may be approved by the Superintendent) to the necessary depth to support any piping going through the sold septic tank, the existing discharge line of the septic tank plugged by capping it off with concrete to prevent dirt from washing into the existing storm sewer, and that the final cover of the area be with topsoil and seeded with grass to the owner’s liking, together with such additional requirements that the Superintendent may reasonably require in the circumstances. In the event that the Wood County Health Department shall impose or recommend additional procedures or safeguards, the recommendations of the Wood County Health Department shall be followed.
(16) Except as otherwise provided herein, all building sewer connections and any related work shall be performed by a licensed contractor approved (in writing, in advance) by the Village. Unlicensed or unapproved contractors shall not be allowed to install the subject facilities. Contractors must be approved to work in the Village before the work actually begins. Failure to observe these requirements will subject the property owner to the penalties of this chapter and all work completed disregarding this regulation shall be removed at the property owner’s full expense. All contractors desiring to work on connections to the Village sewer system shall comply with the following:
A. Contractors must apply for and obtain in advance a sewer contractor license from the Village at a cost of $50.00.
B. Contractors must secure the required sewer connection permit and pay the necessary fees prior to commencing work.
C. Contractors must show proof of Workers Compensation insurance on employees.
D. Contractors mus show proof of liability insurance, naming the Village as an insured party, with liability of no less than $500,000 per incident.
E. Contractors must obtain a permit for each connection and arrange for inspection by the Village Superintendent at a mutually convenient time. No inspections will be available on weekends. All inspections must be completed prior to covering pipe.
F. Permit applications must include a sketch of the proposed route of the pipe.
G. Contractors must follow the requirements of subparagraph o, above, for abandonment of existing septic tanks.
H. Contractors must verify that all gray water is routed to the sanitary sewer and that the sump pump and/or storm water is not discharging into the sanitary system. Water softener discharge must go to the sanitary system.
I. Contractor is required to call Ohio Utilities Protection Service (OUPS) prior to commencing work.
J. New sanitary sewer connections shall be constructed of six inch or larger SDR-35 PVC pipe and O-ring joints. Exceptions to this size requirement are houses on Hoelter Avenue, Walker Avenue, Miller Avenue, and Broadview Avenue east of Welling Avenue. Sewer pipe shall be bedded in #8 clean stone with a minimum of 6" underneath the pipe and 6" covering the pipe. There shall be a clean tee at the connection of the house sewer. A minimum of one inch (1") fall for every ten (10) feet must be allowed.
K. Contractor is responsible for maintaining sufficient barriers to guard the public against all accidents from the commencement to the completion of the work.
L. Contractor must warrant his work for a period of 1 (one) year from the date of inspection.
M. Disposal of rock, dirt, and concrete removed during construction of sewer connection may be disposed of in the old Village dump under supervision of Village maintenance personnel.
N. Contractor shall indemnify and hold the Village harmless from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
An individual homeowner who is not a licensed contractor may make his own sewer connection without the necessity of obtaining a sewer contractor license or showing proof of insurance, but shall comply with, and be subject to, all of the other requirements imposed upon contractors under this paragraph. Under no circumstances will an individual who is not a licensed contractor be permitted to install a sewer connection on any property other than his/her own property. Without limitation on the foregoing, an individual homeowner installing his/her sewer connection shall indemnify and hold the Village harmless from any loss or damage that directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(f) Local Sewer Policies.
(1) Publicly owned sewers. All publicly owned sewers shall be located in dedicated public rights-of-way or located on easement areas to which the Village has legal access, and the Village expressly authorizes use of public rights of way and easements for location of publicly owned sewers. The Village will maintain and operate these sewers, as required, to maintain proper flows. The Village’s maintenance responsibility shall be limited to main sewer lines located within public rights-of-way or easements as described above. The Village will not maintain sewers located on private property nor maintain building service lines in public rights-of-way. If, at some point in the future, it is determined that existing lines need to be replaced, a benefitted drainage area will be defined and the cost for sewer replacement shall be generated by property assessment. Separated sewers will be required and used throughout the Village. Affected property owners will pay for 8" sewer equivalent, with oversizing costs being paid for by the entire benefitted drainage area. All public sewers shall be those designated as public sewers on the map prepared by Poggemeyer Design Group, Inc. in March, 1986 (which may was attached to Village Ordinance No. 411 as Exhibit A, thereto), together with those sewers which are accepted by the Village as public sewers after said date.
(2) Privately owned sewers. The Village will not operate, maintain, repair, or replace privately owned sewers. All sewers not covered by subsection (f)(1) hereof, shall be considered privately owned. Privately owned sewers, for an entire continuous length of sewer and starting at an existing public sewer, can be turned over to Village for maintenance and ownership, if recorded sewer easements are granted to the Village for this purpose and the sewer is in good operating condition prior to takeover. The form of easement shall be acceptable in the Village and its Solicitor. Any line in need of repairs, cleaning, or replacement prior to turnover shall be repaired to the satisfaction of the Village at the expense of the affected property owners. Alternatively, the Village can elect to assume ownership of a private sewer needing repairs as long as the cost of these repairs is made by the Village and assessed back to the affected property owners. Normally, twenty feet (20') wide easements will be required for sewer maintenance by the Village. Building sewers will not be assumed for operation and maintenance by the Village.
(3) Currently developed unsewered areas. All developed areas of the Village as of the date of this chapter shall be connected to the Village sewer system by an adequate public sewer located in a dedicated public right-of-way or in an easement acceptable to the Village. Property owners abutting the new sewer shall pay for the sewer. The sewer shall meet Village sewer standards.
(4) New Developed Areas. Sewers to new developed areas ( developed after the date of this chapter) shall be constructed as new separate sanitary storm sewers. The developer shall pay for the construction of all sewers in newly developed property. The sewer shall be built to Village standards, built as a public sewer, and shall be turned over to the Village for maintenance once construction is accepted by the Village. All sewers shall be located in dedicated public right-of-way or properly sized and dedicated utility easements, having a twenty (20) foot minimum width.
(5) Connection Fee.
A. New users connecting into the Village sanitary sewer system shall be charged a connection fee, the purpose of which is to maintain equitable capital recovery amounts for use of the sewer system by new connections. The charge shall not apply where a new structure replaces a demolished structure, and the demolished structure was previously connected to the Village sanitary sewer system, and the owners thereof have been paying (without interruption) the sewer service charges imposed under subsection (f) hereof. The connection fee shall be $1,000 per unit equivalent, as established under subsection (f) hereof, if the structure is located within the Village, or $1,500 per unit equivalent as established under subsection (f) hereof, if the structure is located outside the Village. Thus, by way of example, an apartment building containing four apartments shall be assessed a total of three times the connection fee specified above, based on 0.75 connection per apartment. The connection fee shall be paid prior to the structure being connected into the Village sanitary sewer system; failure to pay the connection fee will result in non-issuance of a connection permit. All connection fees collected shall be used by the Village to offset existing debt on the system and/or to establish and supplement a fund to provide for capital improvements to the system. The connection fee referred to herein shall be in addition to the connection permit fee referred to in subsection (e)(2) above and in addition to the sewer service charges imposed under Section 921.06. In the case of new connection into the Village sanitary sewer system, the sewer service charges imposed under subsection (f), hereof, shall commence as of the date of substantial completion of the structure, whether or not the structure is actually occupied at that time.
B. In regard to standards, all future main collector sewers shall be properly designed and sized to handle proposed flows. All future sewers being extended into undeveloped land shall be constructed as separate sanitary and storm sewers. When separate sanitary sewers are built, EPA general design standards will be enforced. This requires that the minimum size sewer be 8" diameter, with minimum grades as follows:
8" | - | 0.40% |
10" | - | 0.28% |
12" | - | 0.22% |
15" | - | 0.15% |
18" | - | 0.12% |
C. When storm sewers are built and the storm sewer is to be properly sized for storm flows, a five (5) year rainfall event is to be used for design purposes. A two (2) year design is also acceptable if physical restrictions limit use of the five (5) year design.
D. In regard to materials for mainline collector sewers (excluding individual building sewers), EPA approved materials must be used as follows:
1. Acceptable gravity sewer pipe specifications:
Material | Sizes | Pipe Specs | Joint Specs | Installation |
ABS | 6"-15" | ASTM D 2680*4 | Varies | ASTM D2680*2 |
ABS | 4"-12" | ASTM D2751 | ASTM D 3232 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
ABS | Varies | ASTM D 2661 | ASTM 3232 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
ABS-DWV | 4"-6" | ASTM D 2661 | ASTM 2235 | ASTM D2321*1 |
ABS-DWV | Varies | ASTM D 2665 | ASTM 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
ABS-DWV | Varies | ASTM D 2945 | ASTM 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
ABS-DWV | 4"-6" | ASTM F 628 | ASTM D 2235 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
AC | 4"-12" | ASTM C 428 | ASTM D 1869 | ASTM C12*3 |
AC | Varies | ASTM C 644 | ASTM D 1869 | ASTM C12*3 |
Cast Iron | Varies | AWWA C 106 | AWWA C 111 | ASTM C12*3 |
Clay | 4"-18" | ASTM C 498 | ASTM C 425 | ASTM C12*3 |
Clay | 4"-30" | ASTM C4 | ASTM C425 | ASTM C12*3 |
Clay | 4"-42" | ASTM C700 | ASTM C 425 | ASTM C12*3 |
Clay | varies | ASTM C 1208 | ASTM C425 | ASTM C12*3 |
Concrete | 4"-36" | ASTM C14 | ASTM C 443 | ASTM C12*3 |
Concrete | 12"-144" | ASTM C 76 | ASTM C 443 | ASTM C 12*3 |
Concrete | 36"-144" | ASTM C 478 | ASTM C 443 | ASTM C12*3 |
Concrete | 60"-144" | ASTM C 655 | ASTM C 443 | ASTM C 12*3 |
Concrete | varies | AWWA C 300 | ASTM C 443 | ASTM C 12*3 |
Concrete | varies | AWWA C 301 | ASTM C 443 | ASTM C 12*3 |
Concrete | varies | AWWA C 302 | ASTM C 443 | ASTM C 12*3 |
DI | varies | ASTM A 536 | AWWA C 111 | ASTM C 12*3 |
DI | 4"-54" | AWWA C 151 | AWWA C 111 | AWWA C 151*3 |
Material | Sizes | Pipe Specs | Joint Specs | Installation |
Fiberglass | varies | AWWA C 950 | ASTM D 4163 | ASTM D 3839*1 |
Fiberglass | 8"-144" | ASTM D 3262 | ASTM D 4161 | ASTM D 3839*1 |
PB | 18"-120" | ASTM F 894 | ASTM D 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVC | 8"-15" | ASTM D 2680 | Varies | ASTM D 2680*2 |
PVC | 4"-6" | ASTM D 2729 | ASTM D 2564 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVC-PSP | 4"-15" | ASTM D 3033 | ASTM D 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVC-PSM | 4"-15" | ASTM D 3034 | ASTM D 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVC | 18"-36" | ASTM F 679 | ASTM D 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVC | 4"-18" | ASTM F 789 | ASTM D 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVC | 4"-36" | ASTM F 949 | ASTM D 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVC | 4"-48" | ASTM F 794 | ASTM D 3212 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
RTR | 8"-144" | ASTM D 3262 | ASTM D 4161 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
RTR | 8"-108" | ASTM D 4160 | ASTM D 4160 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
SR | 4"-6" | ASTM D 2852 | ASTM D 3122 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
2. Acceptable Forcemain Pipe:
Material | Size | Pressure | Pipe Specs | Joint Specs | Installation |
Concrete | 12"-108" | 125 psi | ASTM C 361 | ASTM D 3139 | ASTM C 12*3 |
PB | 3"-42" | Varies | ASTM F 809 | ASTM D 3139 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PB | 3"-42" | Varies | ASTM F 714 | ASTM D 3139 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PB | 18"-120" | 10.8 psi | ASTM F 894 | ASTM D 3139 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVC | 1/8"-36" | Varies | ASTM D 2241 | ASTM D 3139 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
RTR | 8"-144" | 250 psi | ASTM D 3517 | ASTM D 4161 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
RTR | 8"-144" | 250 psi | ASTM D 3754 | ASTM D 4161 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
Material | Size | Pressure | Pipe Specs | Joint Specs | Installation |
DI | 3"-54" | Varies | AWWA C151 | AWWA C111 | AWWA C151*1 |
PVCO | 6"-12" | Varies | ASTM F 1483 | ASTM D 3139 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVCO | 4"-12" | 150 psi | AWWA C 900 | ASTM D 3139 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PVCO | 6"-13" | 150psi | AWWA C909 | ASTM D 3139 | ASTM D 2321*1 |
PCCP | 16"-60" | Varies | AWWA C304 | ASTM C443 | AWWA C12*3 |
*1 Class I, II (85%) Proctor), or III (90%) Standard Proctor) only. All bedding materials pass 3/4" sieve.
*2 Class I, II, or III only. All bedding materials pass 3/4" sieve.
*3 Class A, B, or C only. All bedding materials pass 3/4" sieve.
*4 ABD to ABD, ASTM D 2235.
*4 ABS to PVC, ASTM D 3138.
*4 PVC to PVC, ASTM D 2564.
*4 PVC to PVC Gasketed, ASTM D 3212.
3. Manholes Material Spec. Joint Spec.
Precast Concrete ASTM C 478 ASTM C-443
This standard will require Village approval of plans for the sewers prior to construction.
(Ord. 686. Passed 12-19-07.)