§ 2-37. General regulations.

A. 

General regulations shall be as follows:

(1) 

Each building must be separately and independently connected with a public or private sewer or cesspool, except where a building is located on the rear of the same lot with another building, in which case its plumbing and drainage system may be connected to the house drain of the front building behind the house trap and fresh air inlet which shall be used for both buildings if sewer connected; or may be connected to an existing cesspool of the front house and be provided with separate house traps and fresh air inlet.

(2) 

Each single-family dwelling shall be provided with at least one kitchen sink, one water closet, one bathtub or shower and one lavatory. Each two-family dwelling shall contain in each dwelling unit, one kitchen sink, one water closet, one bathtub or shower and one lavatory.

(3) 

Plumbing fixtures and equipment shall be provided with hot and cold water in sufficient volume and the pressures adequate to enable them to function satisfactorily and without excessive noise under normal conditions of use.

(4) 

Any owner violating the provisions of the aforesaid subsections shall immediately comply with said provisions within 30 days after written notice thereof shall be served either personally or by registered or certified mail upon said owner.

[Amended 9-26-1978 by L.L. No. 3, 1978]

(5) 

Every building must have its sewer connections directly in front of the building, unless permission is otherwise granted by the Chief Building Inspector.

(6) 

Where there is no sewer in the street or avenue and it is possible to construct a private sewer to connect in an adjacent street or avenue, a private sewer may be constructed, to be used in common for one or more buildings. It must be laid outside the curb under the roadway.

(7) 

All sewer connections from buildings or structures to public or private sewers, septic tanks or cesspools shall be five-inch cast-iron pipe, extra heavy; or five-inch asbestos-cement pipe, pipe fittings and couplings to be in accordance with the standard specifications for asbestos-cement house connection pipe on file with the Examining Board of Plumbers; or five-inch bituminized fiber drain and sewer pipe, conforming to all requirements of Commercial Standard CS116-44, as issued by the National Bureau of Standards of the United States Department of Commerce; or five-inch vitrified-clay sewer pipe with precast bituminous joints, said pipe to conform to all requirements for same as set forth in Standard C-13 of the American Society for Testing and Materials; or six-inch PVC pipe, type SRD 35, conforming to or exceeding performance for Standard 3034 of the American Society for Testing and Materials.

[Amended 10-4-1983 by L.L. No. 7, 1983]

(8) 

Cleanouts shall be installed on the street side of the house trap. The house trap and main cleanout shall have pit and metal covers not less than one-fourth-inch thickness if the house line is buried under the cellar floor, so that the same may be readily accessible. Pits shall be not less than two feet by two feet. An iron running trap must be placed in the house drain near the front wall of the house and on the sewer side of all connections. If placed outside the house or below the cellar floor, it must be made accessible by a manhole constructed of masonry, the walls of which shall be at least eight inches thick, with an iron manhole cover or other suitable cover extending on all sides beyond the walls of the trap, but not above the level of the ground surrounding same. When fixtures are less than one foot above the main sewer in the street, an approved backwater valve must be installed. The house sewer shall run in the direct line from the street sewer to the inside or foundation wall with a Y and five-inch cleanout, unless otherwise approved by the Chief Building Inspector.

(9) 

Cesspools will be permitted only after it has been shown to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Inspector that there is no sewer in said street or streets, and only if at least 100 feet distant from a municipal supply water well. When allowed, cesspools must be constructed strictly in accordance with the terms of the permit issued by the Chief Building Inspector. Cesspools hereafter constructed shall be of masonry eight inches thick or a reinforced concrete precast pipe section four inches or more thick, unless standard four-inch interlocking cement cesspool blocks as approved by the Chief Building Inspector are used. Where cement blocks are used, the arch of the cesspool shall be constructed of cement blocks laid in cement mortar. The outside diameter of cesspools in residence districts shall be not less than eight feet six inches, and the minimum depth below the inlet pipe shall be nine feet, but in any case shall be sufficient to provide a minimum of 225 square feet of outside wall area below said inlet pipe. This sidewall area is based on a three-bedroom house. If more than three bedrooms, consult the Building Department for size of cesspool required. The outside walls of cesspools shall have at least 12 inches backfill of coarse gravel, broken stone or coarse sand.

(10) 

All cesspools shall be provided with a solid removable cover (not wood) and shall be maintained in a sanitary condition at all times. The cesspool cover shall be two feet below the finished grade. In residence districts, cesspools shall be located in the front yard with a minimum distance of 15 feet from the main foundation wall of the dwelling to the center of the cesspool, and a minimum distance of 10 feet from the center of the cesspool to the front property line, unless otherwise approved by the Chief Building Inspector.

(11) 

Before a permit is issued for any private sewage disposal facilities for all buildings other than dwellings, a plan as to its physical operation will be required, in duplicate, containing the certification of an engineer licensed by the State of New York.

(12) 

The Chief Building Inspector may at any time require test holes for any and/or all private sewage facilities for the inspection and approval of the soil materials.

(13) 

No permit will be issued nor inspection made until the Building Department has received the approval of the Nassau County Health Department on the following:

(a) 

Realty subdivision groups of five or more residential buildings, whether or not they are on an existing or proposed highway, street, easement or right-of-way. Section 111 et seq., Public Health Law.

(b) 

All buildings which will discharge the wastes of 200 or more persons per day, e.g. schools, factories, churches, larger restaurants, etc., Article 12, Public Health Law.

(c) 

All buildings which will discharge waste volumes of 200 or more gallons per day, Article 12, Public Health Law.

(d) 

Temporary residences, hotels, motels, boardinghouses, etc., to be occupied by 10 or more persons, Chapter VII, New York State Sanitary Code.

(e) 

Any shop, mill, factory, industrial establishment, etc., discharging any process waters or industrial wastes, regardless of quantity, Article 11, Public Health Law.

(14) 

All private sewage disposal facilities, requiring cement block courses deeper than 15 feet below the finished grade, shall be prohibited unless such facilities shall be constructed of precast sections.

(15) 

All buildings, other than dwellings, where the private sewage disposal facilities are installed in a parking area or loading and unloading zone, shall be furnished with a cast-iron ring and cover, and must be watertight and bugproof.

(16) 

The Chief Building Inspector may, at any time before issuing a building permit, demand a bond in a sufficient amount to cover the necessary cost of rebuilding any individual or portion thereof of a private sewage disposal facility, which bond shall remain in full force and effect for a period of five years.

(17) 

As soon as it is possible to connect with a public sewer, the owner must have the cesspool and privy vault emptied, cleaned and disinfected and filled with fresh earth, and have a sewer connection made in the manner herewith prescribed.

(18) 

All pipe lines must be supported at the base on brick piers or by heavy iron hangers from the cellar ceiling beams, and along the line by heavy iron hangers at intervals of not more than 10 feet.

(19) 

All pipes, issuing from extensions or elsewhere, which would otherwise open within 10 feet of the window or any building must be extended above the top of any window located within such distance.

(20) 

When a building exceeds in height that of an adjoining building and windows or openings are cut in the wall on the lot line within 10 feet of the roof terminal of any soil, waste or vent line now in place or subsequently installed in the lower building, the owner of the higher building shall defray the expense of extending said soil waste or vent line above the roof of the higher building or shall himself make such alteration.

(21) 

The arrangements of all pipes must be straight and as direct as possible. Offsets will be permitted only when unavoidable by means of long sweeps, on drainage pipes and forty-five-degree bends on vertical vent pipes.

(22) 

All pipes and traps should, where possible, be exposed to view. They should always be readily accessible for inspection and repairing and protected from frost.

(23) 

Floor drains will only be permitted when it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Inspector that their use is absolutely necessary and arrangements have been made to maintain a permanent water seal in the traps.

(24) 

Subsoil drains should be discharged into a sump or receiving tank, the contents of which, if discharged by gravity, may be discharged into a properly trapped and vented water-supplied receptacle. Where mechanical force is required to discharge the contents into the plumbing and drainage system, a proper automatic cutoff or check drain and apparatus should be used for raising the contents of the sump pit.

(25) 

The contents of settling chambers or dust receptacles for vacuum cleaners may be discharged into the plumbing and drainage system the same as subsoil drain sump pits.

(26) 

No outside toilets or privies shall be hereafter constructed in the Town of North Hempstead, and any and all existing outside toilets shall be removed within 10 days after a written notice requiring the owner thereof so to do shall be served upon said owner.