Where a public sewer is not available, the building
sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying
with the provisions of this article and the Department of Health rules,
to be enforced by the Town, the System Operator and/or the Orange
County Health Department.
No two separate permanent buildings, where the
intended use for either is for a distinct and separate business or
a dwelling place for a private family or families, shall be connected
to the same individual septic tank and tile absorption field. The
Town Board may make an exception to this requirement if the two buildings
are on the same parcel of land and the Town Engineer determines the
system is adequately designed to convey hydraulic loading from both
uses.
Prior to construction of any private sewage disposal system, a completed application form, containing results of percolation tests, computations, and a plot plan, including the design and cross section of the private sewage disposal system, in relation to lot lines, adjacent and on-site well or water supply, and buildings, shall be submitted to the Building Inspector. A fee, established by Article XII of this chapter, shall accompany the application. The private sewage disposal system shall be designed by a licensed professional engineer, licensed surveyor, or registered architect and shall be in accordance with the NYSDOH Individual Residential Wastewater Treatment Systems Design Handbook, NYSDEC Standards for Waste Treatment Works or NYSDEC Standards for Commercial and Institutional Facilities, as appropriate. All such licensed professionals shall be licensed with current registration in the State of New York and have specific knowledge and experience in this field.
A written construction permit shall be obtained
from the Building Inspector before construction commences. No such
construction permit will be issued for a subsurface private sewage
disposal system unless the Town Engineer witnesses soil testing and
approves the results of the soil testing. The Building Inspector and/or
the Town Engineer shall be permitted to inspect the construction work
at any stage, without prior notice. The construction of all new private
sewage disposal systems must be inspected by a registered or licensed
design professional, such as a licensed engineer, who shall certify
to the Town that such system has been installed in accordance with
the approved plan and complies with all applicable state, county and
local codes, laws, rules and regulations.
When the liquid or liquid-borne effluent from
a private sewage disposal system enters any watercourse, ditch, storm
sewer, or water supply system located in the Town in such a manner,
volume, and concentration so as to create a hazardous, offensive,
or objectionable condition, in the opinion of the Town, the Orange
County Health Department, or the NYSDOH, the owner of the premises
upon which such private sewage disposal system is located, upon receiving
written notice from the Town to do so, shall, within 90 days after
receipt of such notice, repair, rebuild, or relocate such private
sewage disposal system for the purpose of eliminating such hazardous,
offensive, or objectionable conditions. The repair, rebuilding, or
relocation of the system shall be accomplished in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the NYSDOH and the Orange County Health
Department and the Town, at the owner's expense.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private
sewage disposal system in a satisfactory manner at all times, at the
owner's expense.
Where a private sewage disposal system utilizes
a cesspool or a septic tank septage shall be removed from the cesspool
or septic tank by a licensed hauler of trucked and hauled wastes,
at a maximum of three-year intervals.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available
to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, a direct
connection shall be made to the public sewer, in compliance with this
chapter, and any cesspool, septic tank, 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
system shall be broken, and both ends of the break shall be plugged,
as appropriate. The Building Inspector or the Town Engineer shall
inspect any such connections and plugging as needed and at the property
owner's expense.
The type, capacities, location, and layout of
a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations
of the Departments of Health of the State of New York and Orange County
and/or the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing
subsurface soil absorption facilities that does not comply with such
state and county requirements. No septic tank or cesspool shall be
permitted to discharge to any public sewer or natural outlet.
No statement in this article shall be construed
to prevent, or interfere with, any additional requirements that may
be deemed necessary by the Town to protect public health and public
welfare.
