No person shall connect a private sewage system
so that sewage flows into a storm drain intended exclusively for stormwater.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any stormwater
(including from within or outside of a private residence or other
structures) into the municipal WWTP sewer system.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well
unless such discharge is authorized and permitted under state and
federal law.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within the Town or any area under the jurisdiction of the said
municipality, any wastewater or other polluted water, except where
suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this chapter or where specifically permitted under state
and federal law.
No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building permit for a new, modified, or expansion of existing dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities unless a suitable and approved method of wastewater disposal, conforming to this chapter, is available. All housing construction or building development which takes place after this chapter is enacted shall provide for an approved system of sanitary sewers or other approved system for wastewater treatment. Each new connection to the sewage collection system or expanded discharge is subject to the requirements of Article
XII herein.
If the Town Board determines that one or more
segments of the municipal WWTP sewer system or treatment plant is
exceeding its hydraulic capacity at any time, any specific purpose
of this chapter is being violated, and/or there are capacity concerns
at the sewage treatment plant, the Town Board shall have the authority
to limit or deny new connections to the municipal WWTP sewer system
or treatment plant until the conditions leading to the moratorium
are corrected. Such corrections may be, but are not limited to:
A. Construction of new facilities;
B. Enlarging existing facilities;
C. Correction of inflow and infiltration; and
D. Cleaning and repairing of existing facilities.