The Cold Spring Road Sanitary Sewer District, hereafter called
the District, is hereby established for the purpose of securing the
health and safety of the inhabitants from the dangers of disease,
pollution and contamination of the soil and water through the provision
of sanitary sewer services. Its further purpose shall be to provide
for an ordered development process within the District, relating development
to be served by the sewer to the intent and design capacity of the
sewer; and to provide for fiscal stability through the planned and
orderly use of community services which have limited capacity to support
additional growth and development.
Only these properties within the District shall be granted a
permit to make connection to the Cold Spring Road sanitary sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building, except as may be approved by the Sewer Commission.
Special restrictions and requirements shall be applicable to
the District as follows:
A. Any sewage discharged into this sewer shall be required to have preliminary
treatment by one of the following means:
(1) Removal of solids in a septic tank of approved size for the amount
of sewage to be discharged.
(2) Reduction of size of sewage solids by means of a grinder pump facility.
B. At locations where the sanitary sewer is a pressure grinder pump,
installation with a pressure discharge shall be required.
C. Owners requiring a simplex or duplex grinder pump installation shall
purchase the pump station from the Town of Williamstown at the town's
cost.
D. The owner of any premises served by the Cold Spring Road sanitary
sewer shall grant the Town of Williamstown an easement for sewer service
maintenance.
E. All connections to the sanitary sewer shall be submitted to the Superintendent
for approval and shall carry the seal of a registered professional
engineer.
F. An as-built plan sealed by a registered professional engineer shall
be provided to the Superintendent.
G. All premises where septic tanks are used for pretreatment shall have
their septic tanks pumped at a frequency established by the Superintendent.
The owner of the premises shall notify the Superintendent by regular
mail when septic tanks are cleaned.
H. All premises where grinder pumps are used for pretreatment shall
maintain normal, commercially available electrical power to their
grinder pump station at all times and shall pay the cost of required
electric power usage.
I. The owner or occupant of any premises served by a grinder pump station
shall report any failure or malfunction of such station immediately
to the Superintendent.
Owners of premises served by the Cold Spring Road sanitary sewer
shall be liable for a sewer surcharge as approved by the Board of
Selectmen.