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 Lawrence, or in any area
under the jurisdiction of said Village, any human or animal excrement,
garbage or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within the Village of Lawrence, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said Village, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where
suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this chapter.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be
unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank,
cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
The owners of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose,
situated within the Village 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
sanitary sewer of the Village, is hereby required at his expense to
install suitable toilet 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 date of official notice to so
do, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters)
of such house, building or property used for human occupancy.
The Board of Trustees may also from time to
time require the owners or occupants of any or all property fronting
or abutting on any street or portion thereof to make and lay connection
pipes to and from the sewer mains in said street within such time
and in such manner as the Board may prescribe; and whenever any such
owner or occupant shall have made default in making said connections
within the time specified, the Board may make, extend and complete
the same, and the actual expenses thereof, including all labor done
and materials used, shall be assessed upon each respective parcel
of property and shall be collected in the same manner as assessments
for local improvements in accordance with the Village Law.
Except as provided in §§ 162-11 to 162-18, no cesspool or septic tank shall be constructed and no repairs shall be permitted to any existing cesspool or septic tank costing more than 20% of the reasonable cost of construction thereof for the use of a building located within 300 feet of any street in or upon which the Village sewer, or any extension thereof, has been or is about to be laid.
A.
Where a public sewer is available and accessible:
(1)
No person, firm or corporation or agent thereof, shall
construct on any premises within the Village any privy, vault, cesspool,
septic tank or separate system for the disposal of sewage.
(2)
No person, firm or corporation, or agent thereof,
shall on or after April 1, 1971, continue the use of or permit to
be used on any premises within the Village any privy, vault, cesspool,
septic tank or separate system for the disposal of sewage. The owner,
occupant or person or corporation in charge of any such premises shall,
prior to April 1, 1971, at his or its own cost and expense, connect
all plumbing and toilet facilities on such premises directly with
the proper active public sewer. Upon such connection, the use of any
privy, vault, cesspool, septic tank or separate system for the disposal
of sewage shall be discontinued, and any such privy, vault, cesspool,
septic tank or separate system for the disposal of sewage shall be
cleaned, filled in and/or removed as required by law or ordinance.
B.
For the purpose of this section and § 162-10, a public sewer shall be deemed available and accessible:
(1)
In every case where it is available and accessible
within the meaning of the Public Health Ordinance of the County of
Nassau as amended by ordinance adopted March 19, 1970; or
(2)
Where it serves a building located within 300 feet
of any street in or upon which the Village sewer or other public sewer,
or any extension thereof, has been or is about to be laid.
C.
Where public sewer is not available and accessible,
the Board of Trustees may, in its discretion, require the owner, occupant
or person or corporation in charge of any property fronting or abutting
any street or portion thereof to make and lay connection pipes to
and from the sewer mains in said street and to connect with such sewer
and to discontinue the use of a private sewage disposal system for
such premises within such time and in such manner as the Board may
prescribe, even though a public sewer is not available and accessible
as defined in this section.
Procedure in case of failure to connect. In case the owner, occupant or person or corporation in charge of any premises within the Village should fail to make the connection and/or discontinue the sewage facilities in the manner and within the time required by Subsection A of § 162-9, or required by the Board of Trustees under Subsection C of said section, the Board of Trustees may cause such work to be performed by contract or by Village force and, for such purpose, shall have right of entry upon such premises. The cost thereof, including preliminary surveys, engineering, labor, materials, supervision and incidental expenses, shall be assessed upon each respective parcel or property and collected in the same manner as assessments for local improvements under the Village Law or other applicable statute.
