§ 19-08 House and Trailer Connections.
RCNY § 19-08
(a)Conditional house connection.
(1)Conditional House Connection Permits are issued under a variety of situations among which the two (2) most common are: (i) The developer/builder does not have a prospectus at the time house connection permits have to be issued as consequence of a hardship.
(ii)The developer/builder does not have a prospectus which is most likely early on in the construction sequence of his or her building construction, however needs one or several connections to drain the construction site.
(2)The manner in which conditional House Connection Permits are issued is as follows: The Local Office of the Department's Permit Control Section will approve a permit application conditionally by indicating on it that the Certificate of Inspection is not to be released until a prospectus has been secured.
(b)Trailer connections. Basically there are two types of trailer connections: (1) A construction trailer connection that is necessitated by the construction of a building. Such connection should be tied in with the certification of the site connection proposal and the issuance of the House Connection Permits for such building as follows: (i) The Plumber requesting the trailer connection should present a copy of the certified site connection proposal with the Permit Application.
(iii)Guarantee from DOT (or any other Agency) that the Plumber will obtain a plug permit(s) at the end of their construction operations to plug the trailer connection(s). The Local Office will not issue any other trailer connections to the agency in question if it is common knowledge that a job has been completed and there are outstanding open connections.
(c)Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) letter. Letters to the Board of Standards and Appeals for situations where there are no allowable storm/combined sewer outlets for storm discharge within 500 feet will be sent out upon verification by the Department provided: The filing Engineer/Architect requests such a letter and encloses the following: (1) NB/BN/ALT numbers.
(3)Block and Lot.
(4)Site Plans.
(5)Tentative Lot Sheets.
(6)Survey.
(d)House connection charges (private sewers).
