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 Canton or in any area under
the jurisdiction of 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.
No person shall connect a private sewage system
so that sewage flows into a storm sewer or into a drain intended exclusively
for stormwater.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within Village of Canton 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.
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 sewers.
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.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes
situated within the Village of Canton 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 sewer 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 do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet
(30.5 meters) of the property line.
The use of the Village of Canton public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in § 259-14, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes generated on or discharged from real property within the bounds of the service area of the POTW.
A.
The Village of Canton Board, on the recommendation
of the Superintendent, shall have the authority to enter into agreements
to accept sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes, generated
by or discharged from persons outside the service area of the POTW.
B.
If the person is a municipality, that municipality
shall have enacted a sewer use law as restrictive on the discharge
of sewage and other wastes as the restrictions contained in this chapter.
C.
If the person is not a municipality, the discharge
shall be made only with the expressed written consent of the Superintendent
(the issuance of a permit) setting forth the terms and conditions
of such a discharge.
At the recommendation of the Superintendent,
who determines that one or more segments of the POTW are exceeding
their hydraulic capacity at any time or that any specific purpose
of this chapter is being violated, the Village of Canton Board shall
have the authority to limit or deny new connections to the POTW until
the conditions leading to the moratorium are corrected. Such correction
may be by:
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 Village of Canton Board,
NYSDEC, USEPA and/or other such state or federal agencies which have
enforcement powers.
