A.
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 Town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said
municipality, 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.
A.
No person shall connect a private sewerage system so that sewage
flows into a storm sewer or into a drain intended exclusively for
stormwater.
A.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
A.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within the
Town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said municipality,
any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
chapter.
A.
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 this chapter, is available. All housing construction or building
development which takes place after this chapter is enacted shall
provide for an approved system of sanitary facilities.
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.
A.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, which are situated
within the Town, and are served by a failing or inadequately designed
or constructed septic system and are abutting on any street, alley,
easement, or right-of-way in which there is a public sewer (within
100 feet of the property line), 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, within 90 days after official
notice to connect to the public sewer.
B.
The owners of any newly constructed or developed houses, buildings,
or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or
other purposes, which are situated within the Town and are abutting
on any street, alley, easement, or right-of-way in which there is
a public sewer (within 100 feet of the property line), 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, within 90
days after official notice to connect to the public sewer or prior
to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
A.
The Town of Farmington Board shall have the authority to impose a
moratorium to limit or deny new connections to the POTW if the Superintendent
determines that either:
B.
The moratorium may be lifted if the conditions above are corrected.
Such correction may be by any of the following or any combination
of the following:
A.
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory use
of the sewers, within the service area of the POTW, for the proper
discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes,
shall be established and given by the Town of Farmington Board, the
Town Code Enforcement Officer, NYSDEC, NYSDOH, USEPA, and/or other
such state or federal agencies, which have enforcement powers.
