§ 51.38. TWO CLASSES OF BUILDING SEWER PERMITS.

(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Clerk-Treasurer.

(B) There shall be 2 classes of building sewer permits: for residential and commercial service; and for service to establishments producing material 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 considered pertinent in the judgment of the Inspector. A permit and inspection fee shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time the application is filed.

(C) 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.

(D) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except, where 1 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 1 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 Public Works Director, to meet all requirements of this subchapter.

(F) The size, slope, alignment, and materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, joint 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 A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.

(G) 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 the building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

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

(I) The connection of a 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 appropriate specifications of A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All the connections shall be gas tight and water tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Public Works Director before installation.

(J) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Public Works Director when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The construction shall be made under the supervision of the Public Works Director or his or her representative.

(K) All excavations for building sewer installation must 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.

(1992 Code, § 9-32) (Ord. 756, § 4, passed 1-23-1990) Penalty, see § 51.99