The purposes of this Part 3 are as follows:
A. 
To control discharges into the Village of Johnson City public sewer system or tributaries thereto, including the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant.
B. 
To prohibit the discharge of:
(1) 
Excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow into the Village of Johnson City public sewer system.
(2) 
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may in any way:
(a) 
Create a poisonous, hazardous, explosive, flammable or toxic condition in the village public sewer system or otherwise impair the strength and/or durability of the system or the structures appurtenant to the system (including the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant);
(b) 
Interfere with the normal treatment processes, including proper disposal of sludge;
(c) 
Pass through the joint sewage treatment plant into the receiving waters inadequately treated; or
(d) 
Contain substances in such concentrations as may exceed established discharge limits.
C. 
To prohibit and/or regulate the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require greater expenditures for treatment than those required for equal volumes of normal sewage; to surcharge users for permitted contributions requiring treatment costs greater than normal sewage charges.
D. 
To provide the authority for the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board to exercise regulatory control over users discharging industrial wastes into the village public sewer system.
E. 
To provide cooperation with the Broome County Department of Health, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Department of Health, United States Environmental Protection Agency and any other agencies which have requirements or jurisdiction for the protection of the physical, chemical and biological quality of watercourses within or bounding the village.
F. 
To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.
G. 
To enforce promulgated final standards and/or procedures set by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Nothing contained in this Part 3 shall be construed to interfere with or modify any requirements of design, inspection and approval which are imposed by the New York State Department of Health or the Broome County Health Department.
Nothing contained in this Part 3 shall be deemed to relieve any person of the duty and responsibility of complying with the village plumbing code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 200, Plumbing.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Director of Services shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this Part 3.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all fees and charges payable under the provisions of this Part 3 shall be paid to the village in accordance with the Village Sewer Rent Law.[1] Such fees and charges are due and payable upon the receipt of notice of charges. Unpaid charges shall become delinquent and shall be subject to penalty and interest charges and collection as provided for in the Village Sewer Rent Law.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Part 1 of this chapter.
A. 
The Director of Services, the Joint Sewage Board and other authorized representatives of the village and representatives of the EPA and the DEC bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection, observation, sampling, flow measurement and testing to ascertain a user's compliance with applicable provisions of federal, state and local law governing use of the village public sewer system and with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Board. Such representatives shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or flow measurement. Such representatives shall additionally have access to and may copy any records the user is required to maintain under applicable law or the rules and regulations of the Board. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into the premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements so that upon presentation of suitable identification, inspecting personnel will be permitted to enter without delay for the purpose of performing their specific responsibilities. Inspections will be accomplished during hours of operations or at periods of sewer use with or without notice to the user.
B. 
The Director of Services, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all private premises through which the village holds an easement for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the village's public sewer system lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work on the easement shall be done in accordance with the terms of the easement pertaining to the private premises involved.
C. 
During the performance on private premises of inspections, sampling or other similar operations referred to in Subsections A and B above, the Director of Services shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises as established by the owner or occupant of the premises.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the village public sewer system. No person shall tamper with or knowingly render inaccurate any measuring device or mechanism installed pursuant to any requirement under this Part 3. Any person violating this provision shall be be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.) or imprisonment not exceeding one hundred and fifty days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
No person shall knowingly make any false statement in any application, report or other document required to be filed pursuant to any provision of this Part 3.