All district sewers and sewerage works shall
be owned by the town.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet, either directly or through any storm sewer, within the town
or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town, any sanitary sewage,
industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this chapter. Use of separate storm sewers and sanitary sewers
is mandatory where such facilities now exist.
Within the limits of the town, it shall be unlawful
to construct any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage, except in such
cases as Rensselaer County Department of Health finds that it is physically
impossible or would work an undue hardship upon the applicant or applicants
of the property in question to establish a connection to a sewer main;
and in the event that the Rensselaer County Department of Health finds
it physically impossible or that it would work an undue hardship,
said Rensselaer County Department of Health may grant a permit for
such facilities.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge
any material into the sanitary sewer collection system within the
Town of Schodack or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town
through a non-permitted entry point.
