It shall be unlawful to place, deposit or permit
the deposit of any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within
the Town of Union or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Town.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within the Town outside any village therein, or in any area
under the jurisdiction of said Town, any sanitary sewage, industrial
wastes or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has
been provided in accordance with the subsequent provisions of this
chapter and regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation and in compliance with federal standards promulgated
pursuant to the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments,
the 1977 Clean Water Act, USEPA general pretreatment regulations and
USEPA national categorical standards.
So long as there is compliance with § 165-32 herein, all industrial waste shall be discharged into the Town's sanitary sewer system upon issuance of a discharge permit. Said discharge permit shall be issued on the terms and conditions herein provided by the Commissioner of Public Works with the consent of the Village of Endicott Superintendent of Public Works.
Discharge permits are required for all discharges
of industrial wastes after the effective date of this chapter. New
discharge permits are required for all wastes in which the quantity,
temperature or chemical characteristics are altered by operational
procedures and/or equipment changes.
The discharge of industrial cooling water to
the Town's sanitary sewer system is not permitted.
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain
any privy, privy vault, septic tanks, cesspool or other facility intended
or used for the disposal of sewage within any area where public sewer
service is available.
The owner of all houses, buildings or property
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other similar
purposes situated within the Town and outside any village therein
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 Town is hereby required, at his expense, to install suitable
toilets and 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 the date of official notice from
the Plumbing Inspector to do so, provided that said public sewer is
within 150 feet of the property line. In the event that any property
owner fails to make a connection to the sewer system within 90 days
of the receipt of such an order from the Plumbing Inspector, the Superintendent
of the Sewer Department is authorized to make the connection. The
Supervisor shall charge the cost thereof to the property owner in
the same manner as a sewer district rate.
This chapter may be supplemented by specifications
promulgated by the Commissioner of Public Works of the Village of
Endicott or the Joint Sewage Board and approved by resolution of the
Town Board which are compatible with and as stringent as those contained
in the Village of Endicott Sewer Use Ordinance or the rules and regulations
relating to use of the Binghamton - Johnson City joint sewage treatment
plant.
No portion of this article shall be constructed
to interfere with or modify the requirements of design, inspection
and approval which are imposed by the appropriate federal, state and
local agencies, including the Village of Endicott Superintendent of
Public Works and the rules and regulations relating to use of the
Binghamton - Johnson City joint sewage treatment plant.
