New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter LXXXII - Buffalo Sewer Authority › Part 10075 - Buffalo Sewer Authority Sewer Use Regulations › Section 10075.5 - Construction of sewers and connections

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Permits. No 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 City
				of Buffalo, Division of Engineering, with the approval of B.S.A. endorsed
				thereon, for such connection and, if required, pay either a permit fee or
				connection charge.
(b) Permit
				charges. A permit and inspection fee for residential or commercial building
				sewer permits and for industrial building sewer permits shall be paid to the
				B.S.A. at the time the application for the permit is filed. These charges are
				intended to cover the administrative costs of processing the application. These
				charges and fees are outlined in the latest edition of B.S.A.'s Schedule of
				Sewer Rents and Other Charges (see Appendix 52 of this Title).
(c) Notification of completion. The applicant
				for the building sewer permit shall notify the B.S.A. principal engineer when
				the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
				The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Buffalo Sewer
				Authority.
(d) Joints. Every joint
				in the connection to a sanitary sewer or storm sewer shall conform to the
				N.Y.S.D.E.C. requirements and be made water tight so that no leakage into or
				out of such connections shall occur.
(e) Inspection. No sewer facility, other than
				building service sewers, shall be constructed in the City of Buffalo except by
				the Buffalo Sewer Authority, or by others in accordance with plans and
				specifications approved by the Buffalo Sewer Authority, and subject to
				inspection during construction by engineers and employees of the Buffalo Sewer
				Authority. No sanitary or storm sewer shall be considered to be a part of the
				public sewer system of the Buffalo Sewer Authority or City of Buffalo unless
				the board of the Buffalo Sewer Authority duly adopts a resolution of completion
				and acceptance thereof.
(f)
				Expiration of plans. An approval of plans for construction of sewer facilities
				shall expire one year after the date of approval unless construction has been
				initiated and completed within a reasonable time thereafter.
(g) Special drains. Drains receiving acid
				waste shall be constructed of acid-resisting material. Such drains located
				outside of a building shall be constructed of vitrified clay or earthware pipe
				or other approved acid-resisting material. Joints shall be constructed by
				caulking with asbestos rope wicking and by pouring a heated sulphur and carbon
				compound or a heated bituminous compound in such a manner as to secure tight
				joints.
(h) Classes of connection
				permits. There shall be two classes of connection permits:
(1) for service to domestic users; and
(2) for service to commercial and
				industrial users. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application
				on a special form furnished by the Buffalo Sewer Authority. The permit
				application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other
				information considered pertinent in the judgment of the general
				manager.