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ORDINANCE 65-10
An Ordinance Regulating the Use
of Public and Private Sewers
and Drains, the installation and
Connection o! Building sewers,
amithe Discharge of Waters
nd
a"
Wags Into the Public
Sewer Sntem. and Providing
Penalties for Violations of 'Sec-
tions Thereof.
The Village Council of the Vil-
lage of Plymouth Do Hereby Or.
dain As Follows:
Section 1. Definitions,
Unless the context specifically
indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this ordinance
shall be as follows:
1.01 "Sewage Works" shall
mean all facilities for collecting,
pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage.
1.02 "Inspector" shall mean
the person or persons duly auth-
orized by the Village, including
the Building Inspector, to inspect
and approve the installation of
building sewc and their con_
notion to the public sewer sy-
stem.
1.03 "Sewage" shall mean a
combination of the water carried
wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions, and in-
dustrial establishments, together
with such ground, surface, and
storm waters as may be present.
1.04 "Sewer" shall mean a
pipe or conduit for carrying sew-
age -
1.05 "Public Sewer" shall
mean a sewer in which all own-
ers of abutting properties have
equal rights, and is controlled by
public authority.
1.06 "Combined Sewer" shall
mean a sewer receiving both sur-
face and runoff and sewage.
1.07 "Sanitary Sewer" shall
mean a sewer which carries sew-
age and to which storm, surface,
and ground waters are not in-
tentionally admitted.
1.08 "Industrial Wastes" shall
mean the liquid wastes from in-
dustrial processes as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
1.09 "Building Drain" shall
mean that part of the lowest hor-
izontal piping of a drainage sy-
stem which receives the dis-
charge from soil, waste, and other
drainage pipe inside the walls
of the building and conveys it to
the building sewer, beginning
five feet outside the inner face of
the building wall.
1.10 "Building Sewer" shall
meant the extension from the
building drain to the public sew-
er or other place of disposal.
1,11 "Person" shall mean any
individual, firm, company, asso-
ciation, society, corporation, or
group.
Section 2. Use of Public Sewers
Required.
2.01 It shall be unlawful for
any person to place, deposit, or
permit to be deposited in an un-
sanitary manner upon public or
private property within the Vil-
lage of Plymouth or in any area
under the jurisdiction of said
Village any human or animal ex-
crement, garbage, or other ob-
jectionable waste which ordinar-
ily would be regarded as sewage
or industrial wastes.
2.02 It shall be unlawful to
discharge to any natural outlet
within said Villagt, or in any
area under the jurisdiction of
said Village, any sanitary sew-
age, industrial waste, or other
polluted waters, except where
suitable treatment has been pro-
vided in accordance with subse-
quent provisions of this Ordi-
nance.
2.03 E x c e p t as hereinafter
provided, it shall be unlawful to
construct or maintain any privy,
privy vault, septic tank, cesspool,
or other facilities intended or
used for the disposal )f sewage.
2.04 The owner of all houses,
buildings or properties used for
human occupancy, employment,
recreation or other purposes sit-
uated within the Village and
abutting any street, alley or
right-of-way in which there is
now located or may in the future
be located a public sewer or
combined sewer of the Village,
is hereby required at his expense
to install suitable toilet facilities
therein. In the event a cesspool
or septic tank requires modifica-
tion or repair and in the further
event that a public sewer be lo-
cated one hundred (100) feet
within property line, the owner
of such property shall be requir-
ed to connect to the public sewer.
Section 3. Public Sewage Dis-
posal.
3.01 Where a public sanitary
or combined sewer is not avail-
able under the provisions of Sec-
tion 2.0, the building sewer
sh,al be connected on a private
sewage disposal system comply-
ing with all requirements of Or-
dinance No. 65-7 of the Village
Plymouth.
3A As such times as a public
sewer becomes available to a
property nerved by a sewage dis-
posal system and a direct con-
nection is made to the public
sewer in compliance with this
ordinance, :any septic tanks, cess-
pools and similar private sewage
disposal facilities shall be aband-
oned and filled with suitable ma-
terial.
3.03 Contents of septic tanks
or cesspools may be pumped into
the sewer or may be emptied by
flowing the contents thereof into
the building sewer pipe at the
property line, provided that a
screen is placed at the inlet to
said pipe to prevent obstructions
from entering the system. After
such draining into the sewer sy-
stem the line shall be Rushed
with clean water for a period of
two hours. No solids shall be
permitted to enter the sewer sy-
stem. Backfilling above the cover
level of any cesspool, septic tank
or similar tanks, or any building
sewer, shall not commence until
permission has been granted by
the Inspector,
3.04 The owner shall operate
and maintain the private sewage
disposal facilities in a sanitary
manner at all times, at no ex-
pense to the Village.
3.05 No statement contained
in this article shall be constnied
to interfere with any additional
requirements that may be im-
posed by the Village Health Offi-
cer.
Section 4. Building Bowan.
4.01 No unauthorized person
shall uncover, make any connec-
tions with or opening into, use,
alter, or disturb any public sew-
er or appurtenances thereof with-
out first obtaining a written per-
mit from the Village Clerk. Be-
fore a permit may be issued for
excavating for plumbing in any
public street, way or alley, the
person applying for such per-
mit shall have executed unto the
Village of Plymouth and depos-
ited with the Village Clerk a
corporate surety in the sum of
$2,000.00 conditioned that he will
perform faithfully all work with
due care and skill, and in ac-
cordance with the laws, rules
and rerdatious established under
the authority of any ordinances
of the Village of Plymouth per-
taining to plumbing. This bond
shall state that the per..:ou will
indemnity and save harmless the
Village of Plymouth and the
owner of the premnses ago Inst
all damages, costa, expenses, out-
lays and claims of every nature
and kind arising out of unskill-
fulness or negligence an his part
in connection with plumbing, or
excavating for plumbing as pre-
scribed in this ordinance. Such
bond shall remain in force and
must be executed for a period
of one (1) ycar except that on
au,h expiration it shall remain
in force as to all penalties, claims
and demands that may have ac-
crued thereunder prior to such
expiration.
4.08 In addition to the cor-
porate surety required in Sec-
tion 4.01 above, the person ap-
plying for such permit shall have
deposiI ed with the Village Clerk
insusiince policies insuring the
Village of Plymouth and all per-
sons who -ray be concerned
against property damage in the
sum of at least $25,000.00 and
shall also deposit with said vil-
loge Clerk 4 policy of public He-
bility insurance with a coverage
of not lass than $5000.00 for
each person and $100,000.00 for
each accident.
4.03 There shall be two (2)
classes of building newer per-
mits (1) for residential and com-
mereial service, and (2) for ser-
vice to establishments producing
industrial waste. In either case,
the owner or his agent shall
make application on a special
form furnished by the said Vil-
loge. The permit applications
shall be supplemented by any
plans, specificatiotts, or other in-
formation considered pertinent in
the judgment of the inspector. A
permit and inspection fee of Ten
Dollars (SIG) for a residential
building sewer permit and Twen-
ty Dollars ($20.00) for a com-
mercial and industrial building
sewer permit shall be paid to the-
Village
heVillage Clerk at the time the
application is filed. Additional
inspections for a residential
building sewer shall require the
payment of a Seven Dollar and
Fifty Cent 37.50) fee, and such
additional inspections for com-
mercial and industrial building
sewers shall require an addition-
al Teen Dollar ($10.00) fee.
4.04 All coats and expense in-
cident to the installation and con-
nection of the building sewer
shall be borne by the owner. The
owner or the person installing
the building sewer for said own-
er shall indemnify said Village
from any loss or damage that
may directly or Indirectly be oc-
casioned by said installation.
4..05 A separate and independ-
ent building sewer shall be prc -
vided for every building, except
where one building stands at the
rear of another or on an interior
lot and no private sewer is avail-
able or can be constructed to the
rear building through an adjoin-
ing alley, court, yard, or drive-
way, the building sewer from
the front building may be ex-
tended to the rear building and
the whole considered as one
building sewer. Other exceptions
will be allowed only by special
permission granted by the li.-
spector.
4.06 Old building sewer or
portions thereof may be used in
connection with new buildings
only when they are found on ex-
amination and test by the said
Inspector to meet all require-
ments of this ordinance.
4.07 The building sewer shall
be constructed in accordance with
the provisions of Ordinance 65-7.
4.08 In all buildings in which
any building drain is too low to
permit gravity flow to the public
sewer, sanitary sewage carried by
such drains shall be lifted by ap-
proved artificial means and dis-
charged to the building sewer.
No water operated sewage ejec-
tor shall be used.
4.09 The applicant for thf
building sewer shall notify the
said 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 said
Inspector or his representative.
4.10 All excavations for build-
ing sewer installation shall be
adequately guarded with barri-
cades 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 re-
stored in a manner satisfactory
to the said Village.
Section 5. Connections.
5.01 Connection—How Made:
Approved types of house service
connections shall be one of the
following.
Type 1 Vitrified clay wye
branches installed in the main
sewer at the time of construction.
Connections to existing wye
branches shall be made with an
approved type of joint material
of the bituminous type or an ap-
p r o v e d compression coupling.
The connection shall be com-
pletely watertight. No connec-
tion shall be allowed to any dam-
aged wye branch. If damage oc-
curs during the making of the
connection, the wye branch shall
be taken out of the main sewer
by the plumber and reply^ed
either by another undamaged
wye or by straight vitrified clay
pipe. If straight pipe ;s used in
the replacement, other approved
connection methods shall be used.
Concrete encasement of the wye
branch, connection joint, or any
other part of the connection shall
not be deemed watertight and
shall not be allowed as a method
of repairing a damaged joint.
Type 2. Connections of the
saddle type installed in the main
sewer. Connection of this type
shall be made in a smooth, round
hole, machine -drilled into the
main sewer pipe. The fitting used
in the connection shall be made
in such a manner as to insure
that no protrusion of the fitting
into the mein sewer pipe shall
result. The connector shall fit
perfectly the contour of the in-
side of the sanitary sewer and
shall be specifically designed to
fit the particular size main sewer
pipe into which the connection
is made. The machine -drilled
hole shall be of such site to pro-
vide one-eighth inch (%") clear-
ance between the outside of the
fitting and the hole. The space
thus provided shall be complete-
ly filled with joint material. The
space between the shoulder of
the fitting and the face of the
main sewer pipe shall be one-
eighth inch (%") thick and this
space shall also be completely
filled with joint material.
The joint material used for the
Type 2 house service connection
shall be completely water proof
and shall be capable of with-
standing any condition of stress
or strain likely to be encountered
in normal sanitary sewer con-
struction or maintenance. Con-
crete encasement will not be con-
sidered water proof.
The fitting shall be manufac-
tured of either cast aluminum
alloy or vitrified clay pipe and
shall be capable of receiving all
norm a I ly used types of pipe for
house service connections.
The Type 2 fitting and drilling
machine herein described shall
be of the type manufactured by
Smith & Loveless, Division --
Uzion Tank Car Company, Len-
exa, Kansas, or the approved
equal.. -
TYPE 1 AND 2 CONNEC-
TIONS, 1Nii>tbi AND WHERE
USRD: Type 1 connections way
be used in existing sanitary
sewers when wye branches prev-
iously installed are readily and
conveniently available. If exist-
ing wye branches cannot be
found readily or are not located
properly for providing the need-
ed service. Type 2 connections
shall be made. When new sani-
tary sewers are constructed,
'type 1 connections may be spade
in cases where the connection to
the house Is made during con-
struction and before backfilling
of the sanitary main sewer
trench. No wye branches shall be
installed and covered up for fu-
ture use. Type 2 connections shall
be made in all cases where house
am -ices are installed subsequent
to construction and backfilling
operations.
SecUon 6. Use of the Public
sawsm
6.01 No person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any
storm water, surface water,
ground water, roof runoff, sub-
surface drainage, cooling water
or twpolluted industrial process
waters to any sanitary sewer.
6.02 No person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged to any
public sower, any harmful waters
of wastes, whether liquid, solid
or gas, capable of causing ob-
struction to the flow in the sew-
ers, damage or hazard to struc-
tures, equipment and personnel
of the sewage works, or other in-
terferences with the proper op-
eration of the sewage works.
6.08 The admission into the
public sewers of any waters or
wastes having harmful or objec-
tionable characteristics shall be
subject to the review and ap-
proval of the Inspector, who may
prescribe limits on the strength
and character of these waters and
wastes. Where necessary, in the
opinion of the Inspector, the
owner shall provide at his ex-
pense, such preliminary treat-
ment as may be necessary to
great these wastes prior to dis-
charge to the public sewer. Plans,
specifications and any other per-
tinent information relating to
proposed preliminary treatment
facilities shall be submitted for
the approval of the said Inspec-tor
and of the State Board of health,
and no construction of such fa-
cilities shall be commenced until
said approval is obtained in writ-
ing. Where preliminary treat-
ment facilities are provided for
any waters or wastes, they shall
be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective opera-
tion by the owner at his expense.
6.09 When required by the In-
spector, the owner of any prop-
erty served by a building sewer
carrying industrial wastes shall
install and maintain at his ex-
pense a suitable control manhole
in the building sewer to facilitate
observation sampling and meas-
urement of the wastes. All meas-
urements, tests, and analyses of
the characteristics of waters and
wastes shall be determined in ac-
cordance with "Standard Meth-
ods for the Examination of Water
and Sewage", and shall be deter-
mined at the control manhole or
upon suitable samples taken at
said control manhole. In the
event that no special manhole has
been required, the cmrtrot man-
hole shall be considered to be
the nearest downstream manhole
in the public sewer to the point
at which the building sewer is
connected.
6.05 Grease, oil and sand in-
terceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the said
Inspector, they are necessary for
the proper handling of liquid
wastes containing grease in ex-
cessive amount, or any flammable
wastes, sand and other harmful
ingredients except that such in-
terceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or
dwelling units. Where installed,
they shall be maintained by the
owner, at his expense, in con-
tinuously efficient operation at
all times.
Section 7. Protection From
Damage.
7.01 No unauthorized person
shall maliciously, willfully, or
negligently break. damage, de-
stroy, uncover, deface or tamper
with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of
the municipal sewage works.
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Any person violating this pro.
vision shall be subject to immed-
iate
mmediate arrest under charge of die-
orderly conduct.
Section 8. Power ad Authority
of Inspectors.
8.01 The Inspector and other
duly authorized employees of the
Village bearing proper credent-
ials and identification shall be
Permitted to enter upon all prop-
erties for the purpose of inspec-
tions, observation, measurement,
sampling, and testing, in accord.
-nee with the provisions of this
Ordinance.
Section 9. Pendriss.
9.01 Any person found to be
violating any provision of this
ordinance except Section 6, shall
be served by the Village with
written notice stating the nature
of the violation and providing a
reasonable time limit for the set-
isfactory corrections thereof. The
offender shall, with m the period
of time stated in such notice,
permanently cease all vialetioos.
9.02 Any paraoa .who sb&U
continue any vidatha- bey
the time Umit provided for in
Section 9.01 shall be suiltr of a
misdemeanor, sad upon convic-
tion thereof shall be Med in an
amount no more than $100.00 or
be imprisoned for not more than
90 days for each violation. Each
day in which any such violation
shall continue shall be deemed a
separate offense.
9.08 Any person violating nay
of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall become liable to the
Village for any expense, ;ON or
damage occasioned the Village by
reason of such violation.
Section 10. Roped of livadat "
Ordbumos.
10.01 Ordinance No. 03-7 of
the Village of Plymouth is here-
by repealed.
Section 11. Zffsodve Dols.
11.01 Thio ordinance shall be
effective upon its passage and
publication.
Adopted by the Village Coun-
cil this 15th day of March, 1965.
/a/ Loring M. Staples, Jr.
Mayor.
Attest: H. T. Johnson,
Village Clerk.
(8-25,'65)