[Adopted 7-18-1966 as Ord. 6.6 of the 1959
Unified Code of Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The Village of Tarrytown Building Inspector or his or her
authorized designee.
[Added 12-21-2020 by L.L.
No. 9-2020]
HOUSE DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
in any building which receives the discharge from soil, waste and
other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys
it to a point five feet outside the inner face of the building wall,
where the house sewer begins.
HOUSE SEWER
The pipeline extending from the house drain of any building
to the public sewer or other approved place of disposal.
HOUSE SEWER CONNECTION
A connection between the house sewer and either the public
sewer or a septic tank or other private sewage disposal facility.
OWNER
Includes the tenant, lessee, occupant or user of any premises
and the person having the control or management of the premises.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
PLUMBING SYSTEM
Comprises the house water supply system, the drainage system,
the vent system and the gas supply system, including their respective
fixtures, traps, connections and appurtenances within the property
lines of the premises.
PUBLIC SEWER
A pipeline for the disposal of sewage owned by the Village,
with respect to which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and to which storm- , surface and ground waters are not intentionally
admitted.
PUBLIC STORM DRAIN
A pipeline which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage
to the exclusion of sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted
cooling water and which is owned by public authority.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground- , surface and storm waters as may be present.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Village of Tarrytown Superintendent of Public Works or
his or her authorized designee.
[Added 12-21-2020 by L.L.
No. 9-2020]
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991]
The rules and regulations known as "Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code; Plumbing Standards;" as amended,
and supplemented by the Code of the Village of Tarrytown, shall apply
to the Village of Tarrytown.
[Amended 12-21-2020 by L.L. No. 9-2020]
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector
to receive and pass upon all plans submitted; to endorse applications
for sewer permits; to collect all fees provided in this article and
to pay the same over to the Village Treasurer monthly; to inspect
all buildings in the course of erection, alteration and repair; and
to see that all plumbing, drainage, ventilation and sewer connections
are installed in accordance with the provisions hereof; and for that
purpose, he shall have the power to inspect all plumbing, drainage
and ventilation whenever he deems it necessary.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 12-21-2020 by L.L.
No. 9-2020]
The Building Inspector or the Superintendent,
or their duly authorized representatives, shall have the right at
all reasonable times to enter in and upon any premises in the Village
for any purpose deemed necessary for inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling, testing and enforcement under the provisions of this article.
[Amended 12-21-2020 by L.L. No. 9-2020]
All house sewer connections, all private sewage
disposal facilities and all connections to a public storm drain shall
be constructed, installed, repaired and maintained under the supervision
and control of the Building Inspector.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 12-21-2020 by L.L. No. 9-2020]
A. No person shall make any new plumbing installation
or repair any old work or make any house sewer connection or any connection
to a public storm drain or uncover, use, alter, disturb or repair
the same or construct any private sewage disposal facilities unless
a permit therefor has been issued by the Building Inspector. No such
permit shall be issued if there are existing violations of this article
on the premises or if the sanitary drainage or vent system is defective
in any way.
B. Application for a permit must be made by the plumber
engaged to do the work, on such forms as may be prescribed by the
Village. The application shall be accompanied by floor plans and sections
showing all sewers, drains, soil lines, waste lines, vent pipelines,
septic tanks, cesspools or other private sewage disposal facilities;
the location of fixtures, their traps and connections; and any other
plans, surveys, maps and information which the Building Inspector
may require to show clearly the work to be done. All data in the files
of the Water and Sewer Department of the Village respecting the location
of public sewers, house sewer connections and public storm drains
will be made available by the Superintendent, but neither he nor the
Village shall be responsible for the correctness thereof.
C. If the proposed work conforms in all respects to applicable
laws, ordinances and regulations, a permit shall be issued to the
licensed plumber engaged to perform the work and shall be limited
to the work for which the application was made. Such permit shall
be kept at all times at the site or place where the work is being
performed and shall be displayed upon request to a police officer
or any other authorized person.
D. No modification of approved plans or of the work described
therein shall be permitted unless the same as been previously allowed
by the Building Inspector on the written application of the licensed
plumber.
E. The connection of a house sewer to a public sewer
shall be made only in the presence of and under the inspection of
the Building Inspector or a representative. The permit must at all
times be kept on the site of the work available for inspection by
the Building Inspector.
F. At least 24 hours' notice shall be given to the Building
Inspector by the licensed plumber, from time to time, when any part
of the work, including house sewer, drains, pipelines, septic tanks,
cesspools, connections, etc., is ready for inspection, and no part
of the work shall be covered until it has been examined, tested and
approved by the Building Inspector.
G. On all work where the fixtures do not exceed 10, a
minimum fee as adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees shall
be charged for the permit and a charge as adopted by resolution of
the Board of Trustees shall be charged for each additional fixture.
Automatic clothes washers and automatic dishwashers shall be considered
each as a fixture. An additional charge as adopted by resolution of
the Board of Trustees, payable before a certificate of approval is issued, shall
be made for each additional inspection, including inspection of any
house sewer, house sewer connection or septic tank connection and
any inspection which may be required because of improper installation,
violation of ordinance or inability to pass tests or because inspection
is called for and work is not ready or because of any other cause
beyond the control of the Building Inspector.
H. Upon the completion of the work covered by the permit
in compliance with this article the Building Inspector, after inspection,
shall issue a certificate of approval of the work. No such work shall
be used until a certificate of approval is issued.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 12-21-2020 by L.L. No. 9-2020]
A. Any person who violates any provision of this article or who owns or occupies property upon which such violation takes place shall be served by the Building Inspector with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. In the event that said violation is not corrected within the period of time stated in such notice, such person shall be punishable as provided in Chapter, 1, General Provisions, Article
II. Each day in which such violation shall continue after the expiration of the time limit specified in the notice of violation shall constitute a separate and additional offense. If the violation is committed by a licensed plumber, said license may be revoked in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
209, Licensing, §
209-9.
B. If the sewage from any building cannot be rendered
harmless to the public sewers or in the event that any order of the
Building Inspector to comply with any requirements of this article
is not complied with within the period specified therein, the Superintendent
shall have the right to disconnect the premises affected from the
public sewer system until the violation has been removed.
C. The Building Inspector shall have the right to revoke
any permit issued by him in the event that any law or ordinance is
violated in the course of the performance of work done under such
permit. Notice of such revocation shall be served upon the person
to whom the permit was issued personally or by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such person at his address
set forth in the application for such permit, and shall state the
reason for such revocation.
D. All the above penalties are cumulative, and any one
or more may be imposed in addition to the imposition of any other
penalties. Any penalties shall be in addition to the right of the
Village to seek enforcement by civil action for an injunction or other
remedy and also in addition to any civil liability to the Village
for damages.
[Adopted 7-18-1966 as Ord. 6.7 of the 1959
Unified Code of Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The Village of Tarrytown Building Inspector or his or her
authorized designee.
[Added 12-21-2020 by L.L.
No. 9-2020]
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A pipeline for the disposal of sewage owned by the Village,
with respect to which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and to which storm- , surface and ground waters are not intentionally
admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground- , surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposal
of sewage.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds,
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, five times the
average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Village of Tarrytown Superintendent of Public Works or
his or her authorized designee.
[Added 12-21-2020 by L.L.
No. 9-2020]
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously
or intermittently.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person guilty of a violation of this section shall be punishable as provided in §
243-14 below. Such punishment shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any civil liability of such person for damages.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 12-21-2020 by L.L. No. 9-2020]
A. Any person who violates any provision of this article other than this section or who owns or occupies property upon which such violation takes place shall be served by the Superintendent with written notice personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. If such person is a licensed plumber, such notice shall be sent to his address set forth in his license application. If such person is the owner of the property, such notice shall be sent to his address set forth on the most recent Village assessment roll. If such person is an occupant, then such notice shall be sent to the premises where the violation exists. In the event that said violation is not corrected within the period of time stated in such notice or in the event of a violation of §
243-13, such person shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II. Each day in which any such violation shall continue after the expiration of the time limit specified in the notice of violation shall constitute a separate and additional offense. If the violation is committed by a licensed plumber, said license may be revoked in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
209, Licensing, §
209-9.
B. If the sewage from any building cannot be rendered
harmless to the public sewers or in the event that any order of the
Superintendent or the Building Inspector to comply with any requirements
of this article is not complied with within the period specified therein,
the Superintendent shall have the right to disconnect the premises
affected from the public sewer system until the violation has been
removed.
C. All the above penalties are cumulative, and any one
or more may be imposed in addition to the imposition of any other
penalties. Any penalties shall be in addition to the right of the
Village to seek enforcement by civil action for an injunction or other
remedy and also in addition to any civil liability to the Village
for damages.