(A) Building sewer regulations.
(1) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.
(2) All installation expenses for a new service line from the sanitary sewer system to the house, business, etc. will be the owner’s responsibility. Installation costs include, but are not limited to, all excavation, backfill, road cutting, boring of road, replacement of roadway material to match existing road surface, sidewalk replacement if required and connection of the public sewer from the sewer main and house, business, etc. and shall be borne by the property owner. Once the premises is connected to the sanitary sewer system the owner will be responsible for the line from the house, business, etc. to the village street right-of-way. The village will be responsible from street right-of-way to sewer main. Property owner is responsible for installation and expenses from the sewer main to the property line or right-of-way line when pertaining to out lots.
(3) Building sewers including existing building sewers shall on examination and test by the local unit meet all requirements of this chapter.
(4) Building sewers hereinafter installed shall consist of pipes and fittings of the following types and sizes.
(5) Pipe must be of sufficient diameter to carry estimated volume of discharge. Minimum pipe size permitted is four-inch ID.
(6) Pipe and fittings must be ABS plastic Schedule 40 or better.
(7) No tees, double tees or crosses or double hub pipes shall be permitted
(8) All changes in grade shall be made with appropriate one-eighth bends.
(9) Cleanouts shall be installed every 50 feet of straight run and at each 90-degree direction change, and all cleanouts shall be plugged.
(10) All four-inch lines shall be laid at a minimum slope of 1/4 inch per foot grade and a maximum slope of one-half inch per foot grade. All six-inch lines shall be laid at a minimum eighth-inch per foot grade and a maximum one-half inch per foot grade.
(11) The methods to be used in excavating, placing of pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the State Plumbing Code, as amended of the local units and of this chapter.
(12) No building sewer shall be laid within three feet of any bearing wall. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost.
(13) 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 a pumping system and discharged to the building sewer.
(14) All excavations for building sewer installation and connection shall be adequately by barricades and lighting so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, alleys, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the installation and connection work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the local unit.
(15) Infiltration rate of building drain and building sewer shall not exceed eight gallons per day, per 100 feet.
(16) Sanitary service shall be bored wherever possible, open cut in roadway:
(a) Saw cut section to be excavated;
(b) Sand backfill to be compacted in one-foot lifts;
(c) Top three feet or as per MDOT specs trench to wedged one foot in four feet with 22A gravel;
(d) Lines to be connected with stainless steel sewer saddle; and
(e) Cleanouts every 50 feet.
(B) Connection regulations.
(1) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or openings into, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written connection permit from the local unit.
(2) The fee, if any for the connection permit shall be an amount established by resolution of the local unit.
(3) The owner or contractor applying for a connection permit will receive three copies of the permit. A copy for the contractor, a copy for the property owner and a copy is to be returned to the local unit with a sketch of the installation on the back showing all dimensions, directions and other important information concerning the installation. The latter copy will remain the property of the local unit.
(4) No connection to the system will be permitted unless there is capacity available in all downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains and the sewage treatment plant, including capacity for treatment of BOD and suspended solids.
(5) All connections to the system will be made by a licensed contractor or plumber registered with the local unit under division (B)(6) below; provided however, that a property owner may make his or her own installation and connection so long as he or she has secured a connection permit.
(6) All licensed contractors and plumbers making connections to the system shall file a license and/or permit bond with the local unit in the amount of $10,000 and in addition shall provide the local unit with a copy of their plumber’s or contractor’s license from this state and a copy of their liability insurance prior to performing any connection to the system. Said bond shall indemnify the local unit against all losses or damages caused by local unit by reason of the contractor’s or plumber’s breach of this chapter or any rule or regulation relating thereto.
(7) No person shall connect roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, swimming pool drains, sump pumps, or any sources of surface or ground water to a building sewer which in turn is connected to the system.
(8) It being the intention of the local unit to adopt a policy of open trench inspection of building sewer, no building sewer shall be covered until after it has been inspected and approved by authorized personnel of the local unit.
(Ord. 2009-03, passed 6-8-2009; Ord. 2009-03, passed 8-8-2016) Penalty, see §
52.999