A.
B.
All percolation tests and sewage disposal system designs
shall be performed by a licensed professional engineer. All percolation tests
shall be witnessed by the Public Works Administrator or the Village Engineer.[2]
C.
The applicant shall submit completed application form,
results of percolation tests, computations and a plot plan of sewage disposal
system in relation to lot lines, well or water supply and buildings. Design
should be in accordance with New York State Health Department Standards for
Waste Treatment Works, Bulletin 1, part III, individual household systems.
When the liquid- or water-borne effluent from a private sewage disposal
system enters any watercourse, ditch, storm sewer or water supply system located
in the Village, in such manner, volume, and concentration as to create a hazardous,
offensive or objectionable condition in the opinion of the Enforcement Officer,
the owner or occupant of the premises upon which such sewage disposal system
is located, upon receiving written notice from the Enforcement Officer, so
to do, shall within 90 days after receipt of such notice, repair, rebuild
or relocate such sewage system for the purpose of eliminating such hazardous,
offensive or objectionable conditions. The repair, rebuilding or relocation
of the system is to be accomplished in compliance with the rules and regulations
of the State Department of Health.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available to a property, as provided in § 136-7, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter, and any septic tank, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be cleaned of septage, by a licensed septage hauler, and finally either filled with clean sand, bank-run gravel or dirt, or removed and properly disposed. When the connection is made to the public sewer, the connection to the private sewage disposal facility shall be broken and both ends of the break shall be plugged, as appropriate.
