(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 Utilities Director.
(b) 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 application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Utilities Director. All permit and inspection fees for a building sewer permit shall be paid to the Village Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(c) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall by 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.
(d) 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 this case, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(e) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Utilities Director, to meet all requirements of this resolution.
(f) The building sewer shall be cast iron soil pipe, ANSI specifications (A21.6) or equal; vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM specification (C-700) or equal; PVC sewer pipe, ASTM specification (D3034 or 3033) or equal; or other suitable material approved by the Utilities Director. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten (10) feet of a water service pipe or fifty (50) feet of a well shall be constructed of cast iron soil pipe with leaded joints or PVC waterline equivalent. Cast iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Utilities Director where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Utilities Director.
(g) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Utilities Director.
(h) The building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation four (4) feet above 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 insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings. All building sewers shall be a maximum of four and one-half (4½) feet below finished floor elevation. Any wastes discharged below this elevation, including water closets, showers, floor drains and washers shall be pumped to this elevation. Bilevel construction shall be three and one-half (3½) feet below average finished grade of lot.
(i) 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 with appropriate check valve so that all discharges are less than three and one-half (3½) feet below grade.
(j) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Utilities Director. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specification except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
(k) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
(l) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the "Y" 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 "Y" branch is available, the owner shall at his expense install a "Y" branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the Utilities Director. When the public sewer is greater than twelve (12) inches in diameter, and no properly located "Y" 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) degrees. 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 Utilities Director.
(m) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Utilities Director when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Utilities Director or his/her representative.
(n) 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 in the Village.
(Res. 1991-1. Passed 7-16-91.)
(o) Building Sewer Maintenance and Repairs.
(1) Building sewers shall be routinely maintained by, and at the expense of, the owner(s) of the property being served by such building sewers, from the point of intersection with the main village sewer line to the structure being served by such lateral. Routine maintenance by a property owner shall include the removal of any tree roots, foreign objects, accumulated grease or other obstructions.
(2) In cases where there is determined to be "damage" to that portion of a building sewer that lies within roadway property, the village may, at the discretion of the village manager, assume all or part of the costs of roadway property building sewer repair work if the village manager determines that the damage is not the result of (a) the property owner's failure to maintain the building sewer, (b) is not the result of abusive or over-aggressive attempts by the property owner, or someone engaged by the property owner, to remove blockages, and (c) is not the result of an illegal cross-connection within the property owner's real property. In such cases, the burden shall be on the property owner to establish that he satisfies the foregoing standards. The property owner may provide an in-line video recording of the building line to demonstrate that it has been properly maintained.
(3) A property owner shall be responsbible for repairing all damage to any building sewer that lies outside roadway property, at the owner's expense.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed or enlarged upon as evidence that the village is in any manner liable for damage to private property, the structures thereon, or the contents thereof, resulting from a back-up of water, sewage, or materials attributable, in whole or in part, to damage to or blockage of any portion of building sewer.
(Ord. 2014-33. Passed 9-15-14.)