On-site sewage disposal systems shall comply with the applicable specifications and standards set forth in the most recent editions of Waste Treatment Handbook, Individual Household Systems, New York State Department of Health, and Standards for Waste Treatment Works - Institutional and Commercial Sewerage Facilities, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Language such as "should" in these publications shall be considered mandatory ("shall") for the purposes of this Part 2. Alternative systems (e.g., evaporation-absorption systems, sand filter system, etc.) may be permitted by application to the State Department of Health or, if applicable, the Department of Environmental Conservation.
A.
Only sewage may be discharged into the on-site sewage
disposal system. Surface and subsurface water, including roof, cellar, foundation
and storm drainage, shall be excluded from such systems and shall be disposed
of so they will in no way affect the system.
B.
No leaching facility shall be located under driveways,
roadways, parking areas or areas subject to heavy loading, unless approved
by the Land Use Inspector.
C.
No leaching facility will be permitted within two hundred
(200) feet of the shoreline of a lake, pond or stream if the percolation rate
is three (3) minutes per inch or less.
