It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited, in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property, within the Village of Fair Haven or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village of Fair Haven, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable waste. Also, no person shall discharge domestic sewage onto the surface of the ground or discharge it in a way that permits it to come to the surface of the ground.
No person shall connect a private sewage system so that sewage flows into a storm sewer or into a drain intended exclusively for stormwater.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within the Village of Fair Haven, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village, any wastewater or other polluted waters.
No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building permit for a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities unless a suitable and approved method of wastewater disposal, conforming to the law, is available. All housing construction or building development which takes place after this chapter is enacted shall provide for an approved system of sanitary sewers.
A. 
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, or other facility intended or used for disposal of wastewater.
B. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit any marina or RV park from collecting wastewater generated by an RV or boat and held in a privately owned storage facility where such storage facility is connected directly to the public sewer.
A. 
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the Village of Fair Haven, and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may, in the future, be located a public sewer, is hereby required, at the owner's expense, to install suitable sanitary facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, provided that said public sewer connection is within 100 feet of the house or building used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes.
[Amended 2-12-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018]
(1) 
Properties lying, in whole or in part, within the Bayfront District shall connect to the public sewer by October 1, 2015.
(2) 
Properties lying, in whole or in part, within the Central Business District shall connect to the public sewer by October 20, 2016.
(3) 
All other properties lying within the Village boundaries shall connect to the public sewer by October 20, 2017.
B. 
In the event an owner of real property identified in Subsection A is required to make more than one connection to the public sewer, the following schedule shall apply, provided that such person submits to the CEO a detailed plan for implementation of public sewer connections which includes specific structure identification and timetable:
(1) 
For persons required to make at least two but fewer than five connections to the public sewer, such person may phase in such connections by completing 1/2 of such connections by the date set forth in Subsection A, and the remaining 1/2 of the connections within six months from the date set forth in Subsection A.
(2) 
For persons required to make at least five but fewer than 20 connections to the public sewer, such person may phase in such connections by completing 1/3 of such connections by the date set forth in Subsection A, an additional 1/3 of such connections within six months from the date set forth in Subsection A, and the remaining 1/3 of such connections within 12 months from the date set forth in Subsection A.
(3) 
For persons required to make 20 or more connections to the public sewer, such person may phase in such connections by completing at least 12.5% of such connections by the date set forth in Subsection A, an additional 25% of such connections within 12 months from the date set forth in Subsection A, an additional 25% of such connections within 24 months from the date set forth in Subsection A, an additional 25% of such connections within 36 months from the date set forth in Subsection A, and the remaining connections within 42 months from the date set forth in Subsection A.
A. 
The use of the public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in § 113-13, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes generated on or discharged from real property within the bounds of the service area of the POTW.
B. 
Commercial premises engaged in whole or in part in providing food service shall be required to install, operate, and maintain a grease trap in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Plumbing Code.
C. 
The CEO is authorized to inspect grease traps upon one-day notice. In the event a grease trap is found to be inoperable, or ineffective, in whole or in part, the CEO shall initiate enforcement remedies pursuant to Article XI.
D. 
In the event a POTW requires replacement, repair, or excessive maintenance due to the failure by a person or entity engaged in whole or in part in providing food service, such person or entity shall, in addition to any other penalty allowed by law, be required to pay for the cost of such replacement, repair, or maintenance, and the same shall be assessed to the property in the same manner as a tax upon real property.
Upon notification from the CCWSA, who determines that one or more segments of the POTW is exceeding its hydraulic capacity at any time, or any specific purpose of this chapter is being violated, the Village shall have the authority to limit or deny new connections to the POTW until the conditions leading to the moratorium are corrected. Such correction may be by:
A. 
Construction of new facilities.
B. 
Enlarging existing facilities.
C. 
Correction of inflow and infiltration.
D. 
Cleaning and repairing of existing facilities.
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory use of the sewers, within the service area of the POTW lying within the Village or within such areas as the Village may exercise jurisdiction, for the proper discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes, shall be established and given by the Village Board of the Village of Fair Haven.