§ 184-2. Building sewers and connections.

A. 

No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb and public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.

B. 

Any person proposing a new discharge into the system or a substantial change in the volume or character of pollutants that are being discharged into the system shall notify the Superintendent at least 45 days prior to the proposed change or connection.

C. 

A sewer connection permit shall be required before any building or unit thereof is connected to the Town sewer system. The owner or his/her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Town. The permit shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee shall be paid to the Town at the time the application is filed. The fee shall be based on the classification of the building or unit thereof to be connected as specified in the sewer connection fee schedule in effect at the time the application is filed.

[Amended 11-5-1988; approved 1-3-1989]

D. 

All costs and expenses 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.

E. 

A separate and independent billing 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.

F. 

Old buildings 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 article.

G. 

The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the 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 of the Town. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF 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 to flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such buildings drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

I. 

No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building or sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.

J. 

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 an appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF 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 Superintendent before installation.

K. 

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 shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.

L. 

All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Street, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town.