ARTICLE IV, Building Sewers and Connections

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ARTICLE IV, Building Sewers and Connections

§ 183-16. Permit required.

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 Sewer Inspector.

§ 183-17. Classes of permits; application; fees.

There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: for residential and commercial service; and 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 Sewer Inspector. A permit and inspection fee as determined by resolution of the Village Board shall be paid to the Village Clerk at the time the application is filed.

§ 183-18. Owner responsible for costs and expenses; indemnification of village.

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.

§ 183-19. Separate building sewers required; exception.

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 may be considered as one (1) building sewer.

§ 183-20. Use of existing building sewers.

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Sewer Inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.

§ 183-21. Construction requirements.

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 Village of Ilion. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications in the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9, or its successors, shall apply.

§ 183-22. Elevation; use of lift where necessary.

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 such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

§ 183-23. Surface water connections prohibited.

No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, 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.

§ 183-24. Building sewer connection into public sewer.

A. Specifications. 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 village or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9, or its successors. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Sewer Inspector before installation.

B. Notification for inspection; supervision. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Sewer Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Sewer Inspector or his representative.

§ 183-25. Safeguarding and restoration of excavations.

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 at no expense to the village and in a manner satisfactory to the Superintendent of Public Works.