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--- (4) --- Cross reference— Plumbing code, § 4-66 et seq.; planning, Ch. 15; soil erosion and sedimentation control, Ch. 17; streets and sidewalks, Ch. 18; utilities, Ch. 21.
Sec. 4-101. - Inspector of drainage generally; records.#
The director of public works, appointed by the town manager shall in conjunction with his other duties act as inspector of drainage and shall have control of the enforcement of the regulations regarding drainage and of all laws and ordinances relative thereto. The inspector of drainage shall keep accurate records of his inspections and permits and the same shall be kept on file in his office, as public records in such form as to be readily accessible.
(Code 1967, § 26-23; Ord. of 6-11-96)
Sec. 4-102. - Underground utility contractor registration.#
(a)
Required. No person shall engage in the business of laying of drains in the town unless they shall be first duly licensed by the state contractor's registration and licensing board as an underground utility contractor or be a master plumber. This shall include the making of connections with public sewers and the construction of septic tanks and cesspools.
(b)
Expiration. Registrations issued by the town clerk under this section shall terminate on December 31 following their issue.
(c)
Revocation. Whenever in the opinion of the inspector of drainage any drainlayer in doing any drainage work violates any of the provisions of this article, such inspector shall report the same to the state contractor's registration and licensing board and the board shall handle the matter pursuant to state law.
(d)
Wherever the term "drainlayer" or "drain-layer" is used in this code of ordinances, it shall refer to an underground utility contractor licensed by the state contractor's registration and licensing board or to a master plumber, whichever the case may be.
(Code 1967, §§ 26-24—26-28; Ord. of 12-10-85(1); Ord. of 4-12-2005; Ord. of 6-9-2015; Ord. of 10-9-2018(1))
Cross reference— Licenses and business regulations, Ch. 11.
State Law reference— Authority to license drainlayers, G.L. 1956, § 5-20-11.
Sec. 4-103. - Permit.#
(a)
Every drainlayer, before doing any work in the town, shall file in the office of the inspector of drainage, upon blanks to be provided for that purpose, a notice and description of the work to be performed, and no such work shall be done without a written or printed permit therefor from the inspector of drainage.
(b)
Every person desiring to file a plan with the inspector of drainage of the town for the installation of drainage shall before any plan is approved by the inspector of drainage pay such inspector two dollars ($2.00) for each plan filed.
(Code 1967, §§ 26-29, 26-30)
Sec. 4-104. - Examination and approval of work.#
No work of drainage shall be performed except with the approval of the inspector of drainage and no part of any work, the plan for which has been approved by such inspector, shall be covered or concealed in any way until after such work or part thereof has been examined and approved by such inspector.
(Code 1967, § 26-31)
Sec. 4-105. - Transfer of work.#
After a plan for any drainage work has been approved by the inspector of drainage, no plan for the same work, to be performed by another drainlayer, shall be approved by such inspector, except on the written request of the party for whom the work is being performed, and on notice to the drainlayer who filed the first plan. Upon such request and notice, the inspector of drainage is authorized, in his discretion from time to time, to accept and approve a like plan, or a different plan, from any other drainlayer for such work.
(Code 1967, § 26-32)
Sec. 4-106. - Inspections.#
Notice shall be sent to the inspector of drainage whenever any drainage work is sufficiently advanced for inspection. The request for final inspection of drainage work shall be filed in the office of the inspector of drainage by the drainlayer within forty-eight (48) hours after such work is completed.
(Code 1967, § 26-33)
Sec. 4-107. - Connections for sewage disposal required.#
Every building shall be separately and independently connected with a public sewer, when such is provided, except under special permission from the inspector of drainage. If such sewer is not provided, such building shall be properly connected with a cesspool or septic tank with leaching drain, constructed of such materials, in such location and of such capacity as shall be approved by the inspector of drainage.
(Code 1967, § 26-34)
Sec. 4-108. - Building drains.#
Building drains shall not be less than four (4) inches in diameter, and preferably five (5) or six (6) inches, to avoid stoppages. The grade shall be at least one-fourth inch per foot for four-inch pipes, and shall be not less than one-eighth-inch per foot for larger sizes. Building drains shall be laid with tight joints to a public sewer if available, otherwise, to a cesspool or septic tank. Pipes shall be of cast iron, with leaded joints, or vitrified, glazed tile pipe with cemented joints, and like construction when within seventy-five (75) feet of a well.
(Code 1967, § 26-35)
Sec. 4-109. - Faulty or defective work.#
All faulty or defective drainage work shall be corrected to the satisfaction of the inspector of drainage within forty-eight (48) hours after notice to do so from such inspector and in addition to other penalties prescribed by this article, such inspector may refuse to receive any plan for future work from any party in default, until such faulty or defective work has been corrected.
(Code 1967, § 26-36)
Sec. 4-110. - Sewage discharge restricted.#
No drainage from a sewage disposal system shall be discharged into a street, gutter or onto the surface of the ground. No roof, cellar or ground water drainage shall discharge into any portion of a sewage disposal system. Separate facilities shall be provided for such drainage.
(Code 1967, § 26-37)
Sec. 4-111. - Conditions not described.#
All other conditions not specifically described in this article shall be satisfactory to the inspector of drainage from a sanitary standpoint.
(Code 1967, § 26-38)
Sec. 4-112. - Violations and penalties.#
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with section 1-8.
(Code 1967, § 26-39)