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Village of Cazenovia, NY
Madison County
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It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited upon public or private property within the Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste; except such duly designated areas which are operated under the rules and regulations of the Department of Health of the State of New York and the Village. Provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit or prevent the storage, use and spreading of manure, fertilizer or other similar materials for purposes of farming, gardening or horticulture.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any watercourse in the Village either directly or through any storm sewer, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where treatment has been provided in accordance with Article VI of this chapter. Use of separate storm sewers and sanitary sewers is mandatory, and no combined sewers will be allowed when construction of new facilities is undertaken.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
Upon an application by any person, the Public Works Administrator may grant permission, upon approval of the Health Officer of the Village, for the temporary use of a port-a-john or other means of disposal of sewage, for a period not to exceed 120 days. Such permission may be renewed at the expiration of said period, upon application to the Public Works Administrator and upon approval of the said Health Officer.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The owner of any house, building or property 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 plumbing facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly to the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer has been installed and is located within 100 feet of the property line.