This Part 2 shall be known as the "Town of Brownville Sanitary Code Law."
The purpose of this Part 2 is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the community by ensuring, through the location, construction and use of properly designed facilities, that sewage and other wastes are disposed of in a manner that will not create a health hazard or adversely affect the environment.
Enactment of this Part 2 is pursuant to § 10 of Municipal Home Rule Law and Articles 2 and 3 of the Public Health Law of the State of New York.
A.
Permits required. It shall be unlawful to construct, replace or make major modifications, alterations or extensions to on-site sewage disposal systems without first obtaining a sewage disposal permit from the Town Clerk of the Town of Brownville, pursuant to requirements outlined in Article IV of this Part 2.
B.
Certificates of compliance required. It shall be unlawful
to cover or use any such newly constructed, replaced, altered or extended
facility for purposes of sewage disposal without first obtaining a certificate
of compliance from the Town of Brownville Land Use Inspector.
C.
Activities not requiring a permit.
(1)
A permit is not needed for minor modifications, alterations or extensions of, nor for repairs to, an existing on-site sewage disposal system. This Part 2 shall have no application to a community or public sewage disposal system.
(2)
Where the New York State Department of Health or the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation require discharge
permits, a town permit is not required.
