New sewers subject to approval, fees, inspection, testing, and reporting.
When a property owner, builder, or developer proposes to construct sanitary sewers or extensions to sanitary sewers in an area proposed for subdivision or development, the plans, specifications, and method of installation shall be subject to the approval of the Monroe County Health Department, the Town of Webster Sewer Department, and all other agencies having jurisdiction over same, in accordance with § 257-25. Said property owner, builder, or developer shall pay for the entire design, review of the design by the Town, inspection and testing by the Town of Webster Sewer Department and installation.
He or she shall also pay for his or her proportionate share of the cost for any required upgrading of the existing treatment plant, intercepting or trunk sewers, pumping stations, force mains, and all other expenses incidental thereto which may be required as a result of rezoning or obtaining variances from existing zoning that increases wastewater flow above that quantity generated from development based on conformance with current zoning, or as a result of projects which will enlarge the service area or increase hydraulic or treatment plant demands on the POTW. (See § 257-177 , Impact fees.) Each street lateral shall be installed and inspected pursuant to Article VI, and estimated inspection fees shall be paid by the applicant prior to initiating construction.
Design and installation of sewers shall be as specified in the design and criteria requirements for the Town of Webster, and in conformance with Paragraphs 3 through 6 of ASTM Specification C-12. The installation of the sewer shall be subject to periodic inspection by the Town of Webster Sewer Department, without prior notice. The Commissioner of Public Works or Superintendent or his or her duly authorized agent shall determine whether work on Town sewers is proceeding in accordance with the approved proposed plans and specifications, and whether the completed work will conform to the approved proposed plans and specifications, and the Commissioner of Public Works or Superintendent or his/her duly authorized agent shall do likewise for sewers which will not become the Town's sewers.
The sewer, as constructed, must pass the infiltration test (or the exfiltration test, with prior approval), air testing of pipe, vacuum testing manholes, and mandrel of the main pipe required in the design and criteria requirements for the Town of Webster, before any building lateral is connected thereto. The Commissioner of Public Works or Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers as applicable shall be notified seven days in advance of the start of any construction actions so that such inspection frequencies and procedures as may be necessary or required may be established. No new sanitary sewers will be accepted by the Commissioner of Public Works or Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers until such construction inspections have been made so as to assure them of compliance with this chapter and any amendments or additions thereto.
The Commissioner of Public Works and Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers have the authority to require such excavation as is necessary to inspect any installed facilities if the facilities were covered or otherwise backfilled before they were inspected, so as to permit inspection of the construction, at the owner's or contractor's expense.