This chapter shall be known as the "On-Site Individual Wastewater Treatment
System Law of the Town of Geneva."
This chapter shall govern the treatment of sewage by regulating all
on-site individual wastewater treatment systems (hereinafter referred to as
a wastewater treatment system).
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety and general
welfare of the community, including the protection and preservation of the
property of its inhabitants, by regulating wastewater treatment systems so
that human sewage and other wastes are disposed of in a manner that will not
create a health hazard, adversely affect the environment, create a nuisance
or impair the enjoyment or use of property.
Enactment of this chapter is pursuant to Article 2 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law and Article 3 of the Public Health Law.