Where a public sewer is not available, under the provisions of §
132-10, the building lateral shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the NYSDOH, to be enforced by the Superintendent and/or the Town County Health Department.
A completed application form, containing results of the percolation
tests, computations and a plot plan, including the design and cross-section
of the wastewater disposal system, in relation to the lot lines, adjacent
and on-site well or water supply and buildings, shall be submitted to the
town. The wastewater disposal system shall be designed by a professional engineer,
licensed surveyor or architect and shall be in accordance with the NYSDOH
Standards for Waste Treatment Works or NYSDEC Standards for Commercial and
Institutional Facilities, as appropriate.
A written construction permit shall be obtained from the Superintendent
before construction commencement. The Superintendent, or his designated representative,
shall be permitted to inspect the construction work at any stage without prior
notice.
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 town in such a manner, volume and concentration so as to create a hazardous,
offensive or objectionable condition, in the opinion of the Superintendent
or the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), the owner of the premises
upon which such wastewater disposal system is located, upon receiving written
notice from the Superintendent to do so, shall within 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
with the rules and regulations of the NYSDOH and the town 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.
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 scavenger wastes at three-year intervals or more frequently.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available to the property,
a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer, in compliance with
this Part 2, 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 of. 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 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.
No statement in this article shall be construed to prevent, or interfere
with, any additional requirements that may be deemed necessary by the Superintendent
to protect public health and public welfare.