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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1965-10VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH 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. -9 All5 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)