Where a public sewer is not available, as determined
by the Village Board, the building lateral shall be connected to a
private wastewater disposal system complying with the New York State
Department of Health, Oswego County Department of Health , and NYSDEC
regulations.
No two separate permanent buildings, where the
intended use for either is for a distinct and separate business or
a dwelling place for a private family or families, shall be connected
to the same individual septic tank and tile absorption field.
A.
An application shall be submitted and a construction
permit obtained as required by the Oswego County Health Department.
B.
The wastewater disposal system shall be designed by
a professional engineer, and shall be in accordance with the NYSDOH
"Standards for Waste Treatment Works," or NYSDEC "Standards for Commercial
and Institutional Facilities," and Oswego County Department of Health
requirements, as appropriate.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may
be imposed by the Oswego County Department of Health, NYSDOH or NYSDEC.
When the liquid or liquid-borne effluent from
a private wastewater disposal system enters any watercourse, ditch,
storm sewer, or water supply system, located in the Village of Pulaski,
in such a manner, volume, and concentration so as to create a hazardous,
offensive, or objectionable condition, in the opinion of the Superintendent,
the Oswego County Department of Health, or the NYSDOH, the owner of
the premises upon which such wastewater disposal system is located,
upon receiving written notice from the Oswego County Department of
Health to do so, shall, within the time frame specified by the Department
of Health, but in no instance greater than 90 days after receipt of
such notice, repair, rebuild, or relocate such wastewater disposal
system for the purpose of eliminating such hazardous, offensive, or
objectionable conditions. The repair, rebuilding, or relocation of
the system shall be accomplished in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the NYSDOH, NYSDEC and the Oswego County Department
of Health, at the owner's expense.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private
wastewater disposal system in a satisfactory manner at all times,
at the owner's expense.
A.
Not withstanding any other provision of local or state
laws, no discharge of sewage, wastewater or septage shall be permitted
upon the surface of the ground anywhere within the Village of Pulaski,
or into natural or artificial surface drainageways.
B.
Where a private wastewater disposal system utilizes
a cesspool or a septic tank, septage shall be removed from the cesspool
or septic tank, by a licensed hauler of trucked and hauled wastes,
at three-year intervals or more frequently.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available
to a property, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer,
in compliance with this chapter, and any cesspool, septic tank, and
similar wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of septage
by a licensed septage hauler and finally either filled with clean
sand, bank-run gravel, or dirt, or removed and properly disposed.
When the connection is made to the public sewer, the connection to
the private wastewater disposal facility shall be broken and both
ends of the break shall be plugged, as appropriate.
No statement in this article shall be construed
to prevent, or interfere with, any additional requirements that may
be deemed necessary by the Superintendent or the Oswego County Department
of Health to protect public health and public welfare.
