§ 31-04 Standards for Issuance of Permits.
RCNY § 31-04
(a)Permits.
(1)No person or Owner shall connect to, make use of, or make an opening into any interceptor sewer, or sanitary, storm, or combined sewer or drain; or install, repair, relay or plug sewer connections, except upon issuance of a permit consistent with the provisions of this Rule. No sewer connections shall be permitted to any catch basin. Any such connection made without a permit shall be in violation of this Rule.
(2)Permits for a new connection or connections shown on certified sewer certification applications shall be required for the following: (i) new developments; (ii) alterations performed on existing buildings, where sewer availability certification is required by the DOB; (iii) existing buildings served by cesspools, septic tanks or shared sanitary connections to be connected to fronting sewers or drains; and (iv) unplugging and reuse of a plugged sewer connection.
(3)Plug permit(s) shall be required when an existing connection or connections are to be abandoned.
(4)Repair or relay permits shall be required for the repair or replacement of an existing sewer connection. Where realignment of the existing sewer connection or connections to new points of connection results in the plugging of an existing sewer connection or connections, no separate plug permit shall be required.
(5)Permits shall be required to install manholes on existing sewers or drains.
(6)Permits shall be required to install catch basins and catch basin connections outletting to existing sewers or drains, or an approved outlet.
(7)Permits shall be required to install seepage basins and catch basins outletting to such seepage basins.
(8)Any detention or retention system and any replacement of such a system proposed and implemented in order to comply with this rule must be properly maintained throughout the useful life of the system and maintenance records maintained, until replacement as approved by DEP. This obligation applies to current property owners, their successors, assigns, and other persons in control of the property, and shall be made binding in a deed restriction or other form satisfactory to DEP. Three years after the date of approval of a retention or detention system and every three years thereafter the operation of the system shall be inspected by a licensed professional engineer, a registered architect or a licensed master plumber. Such architect, engineer or master plumber shall submit certification to DEP that the system is free of debris and sediments, that its orifice is unobstructed and flowing and that the system is otherwise operating in compliance with this rule.
(b)General Requirements. Sewer connection permits shall be required as follows: (1) For a single structure on an individual tax lot fronting an existing combined sewer, a new sewer connection permit shall be required for each connection.
(c)Application Procedure.
(ii)If the Licensed Master Plumber retains a subcontractor, that subcontractor is only authorized to conduct non-plumbing work. All plumbing work must be done by the Licensed Master Plumber or persons under the direct employment and continuing supervision of the Licensed Master Plumber. If work is to be done by a subcontractor, said subcontractor must be identified on the application and an affidavit of authorization must be executed by the Licensed Master Plumber. The authorization shall specify the location and work to be done and shall state that the work is being done under the supervision of the Licensed Master Plumber. Such authorization and responsibility will be effective for the duration of the permit. If coring is to be done as part of the work, it shall be performed by the Licensed Master Plumber, or his/her authorized designee.
(iii)Only a Licensed Master Plumber may apply for a permit to install new catch basins, catch basin connections, and manholes on existing sewers or drains.
(iv)A Licensed Master Plumber or a Contractor may apply for a permit or permits to install seepage basins, catch basins, and catch basin connections outletting to such seepage basins.
(v)No sewer connection permit shall be issued without the presentation of a valid building construction permit or alteration repair application (ARA) from DOB or other required work permit from any other agency having jurisdiction.
(vi)No permits shall be issued to install new catch basins, catch basin connections, seepage basins, or manholes on existing sewers or drains until an approved builder's pavement plan has been submitted.
(d)Permit Issuances.
(ix)proof of compliance with all other conditions that may be set forth by the City and with all applicable Federal, State, and Local Laws, Rules and Regulations.
(e)Terms and Conditions.
(f)Fees.
(g)Violations. It shall be a violation to perform any operation or work without a permit as required by this Rule. (Amended City Record 2/15/2022, eff. 2/15/2022; amended City Record 12/31/2024, eff. 1/30/2025)
