(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) (1) A sewer permit shall be required of all property owners for residential and commercial service, and for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In any case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a 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 Administrator. A permit and inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each residential, commercial or any industrial builder shall be paid to the Fiscal Officer at the time the application is filed.
(2) No part of any sewer, drain, lateral, or connection thereto shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by the Superintendent. All materials used in the installation or connection must be inspected and approved by the Superintendent. Request for inspection must be submitted at least twenty-four hours in advance. Inspections will not be made on Sundays or Holidays.
(c) The sewer, drain, lateral, or connection thereto, at the Superintendent's request, shall be subject to a test at the Owner's expense in the presence of the Superintendent. A water test shall be made as follows: The lateral, or a portion thereof, shall be tested by inserting a test plug at the point of connection of lateral with the public sewer and the lateral filled so as to produce a ten foot head of water. The water shall be kept in the lateral, or in that portion under test, for at least fifteen minutes before inspection starts; the lateral shall then be watertight at all points. An air test may be applied in lieu of a water test upon acquiring prior approval from the Superintendent. The final results of the air test shall be such so as to produce a tight system equivalent to that produced under the water test.
(d) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the lateral 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 lateral.
(e) A separate and independent lateral 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, then the lateral from the front building may be extended to the rear building and each building shall be considered a separate sewer connection and subject to the charges set forth in subsection (b) hereof, and separately charged for water and sewer.
(f) Old laterals 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 these Regulations.
(g) All sanitary sewers and laterals within the Village shall be ASTM D 3034 SDR 35 plastic sewer pipe.
(h) The size and slope of the lateral shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The slope of such 6-inch pipe shall be not less than one-eighth inch per foot. The lowest inlet to said sanitary sewer lateral, however, must not be less than eighteen inches above the top of the public sewer to which the lateral is connected.
(i) Whenever possible the lateral shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No lateral shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any building wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be not less than 42" to the top of the sewer pipe. The lateral shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings, and there shall be accessible clean outs properly placed at any change of direction of more than 45 degrees.
(j) 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.
(k) All excavations required for the installation of lateral shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specifications except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. The inside of every sewer after it is laid must be left smooth and clean throughout its entire length, and be true to line and grade.
(l) The connection of the lateral 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 eight 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 approved by the Superintendent. Where the public sewer is greater than eight inches in diameter, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer with a compatible saddle installed at the Owner's expense to receive the lateral, with entry in the downstream direction at an angle. The invert of the lateral at the point of connection shall be at an elevation at least one-half the pipe diameter of the public sewer above the invert of said sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. A one hundred dollar ($100.00) charge for all sewer taps on vacant lots on new sewer system.
(m) The applicant for the lateral sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the lateral is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made by the applicant under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
(n) All excavations for lateral 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.
(o) All connections to the Village's sanitary sewage system which require the utilization of a sanitary sewer grinder pump shall be made at the sole expense of the owner of the benefitted property. Further, all subsequent maintenance, replacement and/or repair costs associated with said sanitary sewer grinder pump shall also be borne by the owner of the benefitted property.
(Ord. 2023-02. Passed 4-13-23.)