(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.
(B) The owner or his or her agent shall make application for a building sewer permit on a special form furnished by the village. The application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of $5 shall be paid to the Village Clerk at the time the application is filed. In addition to a permit and inspection fee, the owner or his or her agent shall pay a deposit of $25 to the Village Clerk, which deposit shall be returned to the owner or his or her agent upon submitting the report showing that the work has been done and the permit completed. If the work is not completed within 30 days after the issuance of the same, the permit shall expire and the $25 deposit shall be forfeited. A limit of three permits can be issued at one time. Upon return of the completed permits, further permits will be issued. The permit for the work may be extended for an additional 30 days upon permission of the Superintendent. Permits that have already been issued, will become void 30 days from the effective date of this subchapter unless the report is filed.
(C) Any person tapping into the sanitary or storm sewer main will have to obtain a village sewer tapper’s license at nonrefundable cost of $20. Said license shall expire on December 31 of the year of its issuance, and shall be subject to an annual charge of $20 for such issuance. Said license may be renewed at no charge for up to two additional six-month periods upon permission of the Superintendent. To obtain said license, said person must obtain a surety bond in an amount to be determined by the Board and present a certificate of liability insurance including explosion, collapse, and underground coverage in an amount determined by the Board.
(D) 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.
(E) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of another or 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 which case, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer; and except where one or more accessory buildings have building drains, in addition to the main building, in which case the building drain from the main building may be extended to the accessory buildings and the whole considered as one building sewer; and with the further exception, that two adjacent buildings on separate properties may use a common building sewer within the limits of the public right-of-way, in which case, a separate permit shall be required for each property.
(F) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and tested by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this subchapter.
(G) The building sewer shall be of SDR 35 sewer pipe (ASTM Specification D-3034-SDR35). Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of C-900 water pipe (AWWA C900 Class 100 (DR25)).
(H) A property owner must install a cleanout for his or her building sewer either at the village right- of-way or immediately outside the building. If the property owner can prove to the Superintendent that a cleanout exists, then this property will be exempt from this installation.
(I) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches and the slope of such six-inch pipe shall be not less than one-eighth inch per foot. Common services for more than one building and services for commercial or industrial uses shall be not less than six inches in diameter.
(J) 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 and within three 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 insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
(K) 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.
(L) 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 the pipe manufacturer’s recommendation, except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
(M) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
(N) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at a riser or wye branch, if such outlet is available at a suitable location. If no properly-located riser or wye branch is available, a saddle may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about 45 degrees. 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 smoother, 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.
(O) At all joints where building sewers or connection construction passes under another sewer or drainage pipe, the sewer passed under must be supported by an adequate cradle or encasement by concrete construction, and extra precaution will be required in backfilling and consolidation in order to avoid any danger of a break, settlement, or damage to the sewer passed under.
(P) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps, or other sources of surface run-off or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which is in turn connected directly to a public sanitary sewer.
(Q) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent a minimum of 48 hours prior to ensure inspection, unless emergency conditions prevail. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his or her representative.
(R) 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.
(Ord. 1134, passed 4-7-1998) Penalty, see § 51.99