No connections shall be made to a sanitary or to a combined
sewer which connections are intended to discharge inflow. Such prohibited
connections include, but are not limited to, footing drains, roof
leaders, roof drains, cellar drains, sump pumps, catch basins, uncontaminated
cooling water discharges, or other sources of inflow.
For properties where separate storm sewers are available within
100 feet of the property line, or where, in the judgement of the Superintendent,
sufficient natural drainage is available, connections which contribute
inflow to the sanitary sewers must be disconnected in a fashion approved
by the Superintendent. All costs of compliance shall be borne by the
property owner.
Upon notice from the Tax Assessor, the Code Enforcement Official
may inspect any newly sold property for the purpose of determining
if storm sewers or natural drainage is available and, if so, if all
connections which contribute inflow have been disconnected.
It shall be a willful violation of this chapter for any person
to reconnect any inflow source which has been disconnected pursuant
to this article.
The Superintendent is enabled to take whatever action is necessary to determine the amount of inflow including the requirement for installation of a control manhole. The property from which the inflow originated shall be billed for inflow according to Article
XII; however, the Town of Tuxedo Board may cause a surcharge at a rate not to exceed five times that for normal sewage volume charge.