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(A) Permit required. No authorized persons 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 Council.
(B) Classes of permits; fees.
(1) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential and commercial service; and for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information pertinent in the judgment of the Council.
(2) A fee for a sewer permit for residential, commercial, or industrial building shall be paid to the town at the time the application is filed. Said fees for the tap and inspection shall be set by the Town Council by resolution.
(C) Responsibility for costs; indemnify town against loss or damage. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owners. The owners shall indemnify the town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(D) Separate building sewers; exception. 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, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but the town does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
(E) Use of old building sewers. 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 chapter.
(F) Compliance with building and plumbing codes, other standards. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of all sanitary sewers, including building sewers, 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 codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the town. In the absence of suitable code provisions or in amplification thereof, the material and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(G) Elevation of building drain. 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.
(H) Groundwater or surface water runoff. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer unless such connection is approved by the town for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
(I) Connection of building sewer into public sewer. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the town, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the town before installation.
(J) Notice to town for inspection and connection. 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 and testing shall be made under the supervision of a licensed civil engineer at the expense of the applicant.
(K) Restoration of excavations. 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 at the applicant’s expense.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-4) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024) Penalty, see § 9-2-7
(A) Unpolluted water; surface drainage. No persons shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted water such as stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, or cooling water to any sewer, except stormwater runoff from limited areas, which stormwater may be polluted at times, may be discharged to the sanitary sewer by permission of the town.
(B) Discharges to storm sewers. Stormwater other than that excepted under division (A) above and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the town and other regulatory agencies. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters may be discharged, on approval of the town, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(C) Certain prohibited waters and wastes. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described water or wastes to any public sewers:
(1) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;
(2) Any waters containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate the sludge of any municipal system, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in or have an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works;
(3) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the wastewater works; or
(4) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater facilities such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, and the like, either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(D) Substances limited in discharges. The following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes shall be limited in discharges to municipal systems to concentrations or quantities which will not harm either the sewers, wastewater treatment process or equipment, will not have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or will not otherwise endanger lives, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. The Council may set limitations lower than the limitations established in the regulations below if, in its opinion, such more severe limitations are necessary to meet the above objectives. In forming its opinion as to the acceptability, the Council will give consideration to such factors as the quantity of subject waste in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, the wastewater treatment process employed, capacity of the wastewater treatment plant, degree of treatability of the waste in the wastewater treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The limitations or restrictions on materials or characteristics of waste or wastewaters discharged to the sanitary sewer which shall not be violated without approval of the town are as follows:
(1) Wastewater having a temperature higher than 150°F (65°C);
(2) Wastewater containing more than 25 mg/l of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils, or product of mineral oil origin;
(3) Wastewater from industrial plants containing floatable oils, fat, or grease;
(4) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded (see definition of
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE in § 9-2-1). Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels, institutions, restaurants, hospitals, catering establishments, or similar places where garbage originates from the preparation of food in kitchens for the purpose of consumption on the premises or when served by caterers.
(5) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances to such degree that any such material received in the composite wastewater at the wastewater treatment works exceeds the limits which may be established by the town for such materials;
(6) Any waters or wastes containing odor producing substances exceeding limits which may be established by the town;
(7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the town in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
(8) Quantities of flow, concentrations, or both which constitute a
SLUG as defined in § 9-2-1;
(9) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters; or
(10) Any waters or wastes which, by integration with other waters or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system, or create a condition deleterious to structure and treatment processes.
(E) Nuisance conditions; town options.
(1) If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in division (D) above, and which, in the judgment of the town, may have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater facilities, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the town may:
(a) Reject the wastes;
(b) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
(c) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
(d) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of division (J) below.
(2) When considering this alternative, the town shall give consideration to the economic impact of each alternative on the discharges. If the town permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the town.
(F) Grease, oil, and sand interceptors. Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the town, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts as specified in division (D)(3) above, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the town, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owners shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captivated material and shall maintain records of the dates, and means of disposal which are subject to review by the town. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by owner’s personnel must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
(G) Pretreatment or flow equalizing facilities. Where pretreatment or flow equalizing facilities are provided or required for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owners at their expense.
(H) Industrial wastes, structure to facilitate observation. When required by the town, the owners of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable structure together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such structures, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the town. The structure shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(I) Information required to determine compliance. The town may require a user of sewer services to provide information needed to determine compliance with this chapter. These requirements may include:
(1) Wastewaters discharge peak rate and volume over a specified time period;
(2) Chemical analysis of wastewaters;
(3) Information on raw materials, processes, and products affecting wastewater volume and quality;
(4) Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge, oil, solvent, or other materials important to sewer use control;
(5) A plot plan of sewers of the user’s property showing sewer and pretreatment facility location;
(6) Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities; and
(7) Details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials through spills to the municipal sewer.
(J) Measurements, tests, and analyses. All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association and shall be paid for by the user under the supervision of the superintendent. Sampling methods, location, times, durations, and frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject to approval by the town.
(K) Special agreements. No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the town and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the town for treatment.
(L) Damaging wastewater facilities or equipment. No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the wastewater facilities. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-5) Penalty, see § 9-2-7
(A) Right of entry. The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Authority to obtain information; exception. The town or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry may withhold information considered confidential. The industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
(C) Observation of safety rules; town indemnify company against loss or damage.
(1) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) above, the superintendent or duly authorized employees of the town shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company.
(2) The town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by town employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in § 9-2-5(H).
(D) Use of easements. The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the town holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the wastewater facilities lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-6)
(A) Notice of violation; remedial action. Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter, except § 9-2-6, shall be served by the town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(B) Penalty imposed. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in division (A) above shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to penalty as provided in § 1-4-1 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
(C) Liability for damage. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the town for each expense, loss, or damage occasioned by the town by reason of such violation.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-7)
SEWER CONNECTIONS
No person, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, or association shall tap or make any connection with, nor shall any company or association be allowed to make any connection or tap with, a sewer main until there has first been issued a permit for the tapping of any sewer main, and until all fees have been paid in advance as may be established from time to time by the Mayor and Council.
(Prior Code, § 9-2A-1) Penalty, see § 9-2-7
(A) Application; approval. Every person, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, or association desiring to tap or make any connection with a sewer main of the sewer system of the town shall make application therefor to the Town Clerk-Treasurer upon forms to be provided therefor, and which shall be approved by the Building Inspector, who shall likewise designate the appropriate fee for such permit.
(B) Permit issuance; payment of fee. Upon approval thereof, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a tapping permit and collect the fee therefor in advance.
(Prior Code, § 9-2A-2)
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