(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.
(Ord. 9-89. Passed 6-20-89.)
(Ord. 9-89. Passed 6-20-89.)
(b) The owner or his agent shall make application on a form furnished by the Village to tap a sewer main and discharge domestic or industrial water. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. The Village shall approve and/or make the tap and determine the responsibility for the costs and construction of the sewer to the property. Whitehouse Village residents shall pay a sewer tap fee of one thousand one hundred dollars ($1,100) for all residential, commercial and industrial taps. Non-residents of the Village shall pay two thousand three hundred ten dollars ($2,310) per tap for residential, commercial and industrial taps (when permitted without annexation). Any additional costs which are associated with tapping the building into the public sewer system (i.e. plan review or additional testing) will be at the cost of the owner or agent.
(Ord. 9-89. Passed 6-20-89; Ord. 18-2002. Passed 6-18-02; Ord. 9-2003. Passed 4-15-03.)
(Ord. 9-89. Passed 6-20-89; Ord. 18-2002. Passed 6-18-02; Ord. 9-2003. Passed 4-15-03.)
(c) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer 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 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, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer; and with further exception that two adjacent buildings may use a common building sewer within the limits of the public right of way. In the latter case, a separate permit shall be required for each building.
(e) 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) All material used shall be new and of first quality and acceptable to the Superintendent. The building sewer shall be constructed of one of the following alternative materials: a) ABS plastic truss (composite) ASTM D2661, or solid wall pipe with minimum wall thickness of 0.29 inches for solid wall pipe and with joints of the chemically welded type using a solid ABS coupling on the exterior of the joints; b) PVC plastic pipe, ASTM D3034 (SDR-35) with elastomeric gasket joints of the integral bell type; c) cast iron soil pipe, ASTM A74, with joints complying with applicable plumbing code requirements.
(g) Any sewer contractor, before laying pipe or making the connection to any wye, tee, riser or crossover, shall uncover said appurtenances to ascertain the condition. No sewer pipe shall be laid before the representative of the Superintendent is on the job. The sewer contractor shall determine the slope of the building sewer from the elevations of the minimum slope being in accordance with subsection (h) hereof. Should there not be enough fall available to provide the minimum slope, the Superintendent shall be advised immediately. Sewer pipe laying shall start at the connection to the public sewer. The sewer contractor shall install a joint adaptor, if necessary, to connect the building drain to the building sewer. The Superintendent may require either a low pressure air test or water test on the building sewer.
(h) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six (6) inches.
(i) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to and within three 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. Under no conditions shall be 90 degree bend pipe fitting by installed into any public or private sanitary sewer line. Any public or private utility service structure or line shall be maintained at a minimum of five feet horizontal clearance between said building sewer and said utility, except for water lines which shall be maintained at a minimum of 10 feet horizontal clearance, unless that part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water line shall be constructed of cast iron soil pipe. No other utilities will be permitted in the same trench as the building sewer.
(j) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater 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 a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise permitted or required by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM Specification C 12, except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
(l) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
(m) The Village cannot guarantee the exact location of any existing wye, tee, riser or crossover. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at a riser, tee or wye, if such outlet is available at a suitable location. Where no properly located outlet is available in the public sewer, the owner shall at his expense, cut a neat hole into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about 45 degrees and at the location specified by the Superintendent. The connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall, in general, by above and near the spring line of the sewer, but never in the top of the public sewer. A 45 degree ell may be used to make such connection, with the spigot end cut so as not be extend past the inner surface of the public sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by approved waterproof joint material before encasing in concrete. Concrete encasement shall not be considered waterproof. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Superintendent. Any damage to the public sewer pipe during installation of the connection shall require replacement of the entire length of sewer pipe damaged, at the sewer contractor’s expense.
(n) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent 48 hours before an inspection and connection to the public sewer is made. All notifications of this kind shall include and permit number and the location. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative. The Superintendent, or any person authorized by him, must be permitted at all times to inspect all work, material and fixtures.
(o) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, driveways, sewers, utilities and other public or private property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Superintendent. No sewer contractor shall open any pavement on any public or private property without first receiving written permission from the Superintendent or proper authorities. At least 48 hours notice shall be given for this permission. Where the trench method is used through paved or unpaved streets, roads, driveways, alleys, etc., it will be necessary to use granular material, preferably sand or limestone screenings, for backfill. It shall be placed in layers of not more than six inches and tamped with a mechanical tamp or puddled in layers at the direction of the Superintendent. After the backfill is thoroughly compacted, it will be necessary to replace the pavement with the same type of materials as was removed, and in no case shall substitute paving materials be used without first securing the approval of the proper authority. All surplus excavation must be removed from the site to a location satisfactory to the Superintendent, leaving the berms and pavement in substantially the same condition as before construction started. All of the above mentioned work and material shall be performed in accordance with the standard specifications of the Ohio Department of Transportation. At all locations where the building sewer passes under another sewer, drainage pipe, water main or other utility, the line passed under must be supported by 4"x4" wood timbers, brick or concrete masonry and extra precaution will be required in backfilling and tamping the trench in order to avoid any danger of a break, settlement or crack in the line passed under.
(p) The Village may install a “Y” branch if it deems it advisable and said “Y” branch can be used by adjacent property owners.
(q) A building sewer permit shall be required for all repair work performed by a sewer contractor, except cases where excavation is not necessary. In the case of stoppages it shall be the responsibility of the sewer contractor to uncover the wye, tee or riser, if the property is on the same side as the main sewer. When the property is on the opposite side, the end of the crossover shall be uncovered to determine where the trouble lies. If the stoppage is found to be either in the public sewer or in the public crossover, the sewer contractor shall notify the Superintendent immediately, whose responsibility it shall be to repair same. The cost of the permit will then be returned to the sewer contractor. If the stoppage is located anywhere else in the line, it shall be the responsibility of the owner to repair same at his own cost and expense.
(r) If any sewer contractor shall neglect or refuse to comply with the rules and regulations herein set forth, within 24 hours after receiving written notice from the Superintendent, the Village will proceed with the work and the cost involved will be charged to the sewer contractor. In cases where it is necessary for the Village to proceed with the work no further permits will be granted to the sewer contractor until he has satisfactorily complied with the orders of the Superintendent or completely reimbursed the Village for any cost involved. The sewer contractor shall be required, for a period of one year after the completion of the work, to make all necessary repairs.
(Ord. 9-89. Passed 6-20-89.)
(Ord. 9-89. Passed 6-20-89.)