(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 a written permit from the county building inspection office, and the town.
(B) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) For residential and commercial service; and
(2) For service to establishments producing industrial wastewaters.
(C) In either case, the owner, or his or her agent, shall make application for connection on a special form furnished by the town.
(1) The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent to the judgement of the town.
(2) A permit and inspection fee for a residential, commercial or industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the county building inspection office at the time the application is filed.
(D) Within 30 days of receipt of the application for a building sewer and for a connection permit, the county inspection office shall advise the applicant as to whether sewer service will be available. If sewer service will not be available, the full fee filed with the application will be refunded. If sewer service is to be available, the applicant or owner may proceed with the construction of the building sewer in accordance with the procedures defined herein.
(E) All cost and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(F) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found acceptable by the county building inspection office.
(G) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations or the town. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof the materials and procedures set forth in the State Building Code, Volume II, Plumbing, latest edition, and appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(H) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(I) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the town or the procedures set forth in the State Building Code, Volume II, Plumbing, latest edition, and appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the town before installation.
(J) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the county building inspection office when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of a representative form the county building inspection office.
(K) 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 town.
(L) When trenches are opened for the laying of building sewers, such trenches shall be inspected by the county inspection office before the trenches are filled, and the plumber performing such work shall notify the county inspection office when the laying of building sewer is completed. The filling of a trench before inspection is made will subject the owner, to whom a permit is issued, to a penalty for each offense. Payment of the penalty shall not constitute acceptance. The work shall be uncovered for actual inspection at the owner’s expense.
(M) The maximum allowable infiltration allowance of new service lines is 200 gallons per day/inch-diameter/mile. The town may require repairs or replacement of the existing service lines in order to meet the same infiltration allowance requirements as specified for new service lines and connections. In such cases, all work shall be performed by or under the provision of the licensed plumber and in accordance with the applicable plumbing code and at the expense of the owner/user. The town may repair or replace the existing connections at the expense of the owner/user or may permit the owner to have such repairs under the town’s supervision by a licensed plumber at the expense of the owner/user.
(N) Sewer service lines extended to the main shall be maintained and kept free from stoppage by the owner/user to the owner’s property lines. Relocation and/or replacement of any service line connection for individual improvement or development shall be made by the town at the expense of the owner/user.
(1979 Code, § R-2-10) (Ord. passed 11-19-1984)