Applications for wastewater treatment system permits shall be made by the property owner or a duly authorized agent, accompanied by the appropriate fee, to the authority having jurisdiction, which shall include the following information:
A. 
The name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
B. 
The specific location of the property on which the wastewater system is located or proposed, including the tax map number for said property.
C. 
A sketch plan on a tape location map or survey map of the premises on which the wastewater treatment system is located or proposed, showing the location of wells, springs and other sources of water supply and the location of all watercourses on the premises.
D. 
Evidence to demonstrate that there is no public sewer available into which the sewage can be discharged or that it is impractical to discharge sewage into a community sewerage system.
E. 
Documentation of substantiating data relating to site conditions, percolation tests, deep hole data and topography of land.
F. 
The authority having jurisdiction may conduct such investigations, examinations, tests and site evaluations as it deems necessary to verify information contained in the application.
A. 
The authority having jurisdiction shall not issue a wastewater treatment system permit unless all pertinent site data has been submitted, verified and certified as required by this chapter; all permit fees have been paid and the wastewater treatment system complies with all specifications of state and local laws.
B. 
The authority having jurisdiction may disapprove an application if it is determined that any of the following situations exist:
(1) 
That the wastewater treatment system, as proposed, will not conform to the requirements of state and local laws.
(2) 
That the applicant has failed to supply all the data necessary to make a determination as to whether or not such wastewater treatment system conforms to state and local laws.
(3) 
The applicant has failed to pay all necessary fees.
C. 
When the authority having jurisdiction shall deny the application for a wastewater treatment permit, within seven working days after taking such action, the authority having jurisdiction shall furnish the applicant with a written notice of denial setting forth in detail the reason for such action.
D. 
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued and no persons shall occupy any building unless the wastewater treatment system has been approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
Installation of the wastewater treatment system shall be under the direct supervision of the authority having jurisdiction.
B. 
The applicant shall be prohibited from covering any component of the system without proper authorization. Any change of construction approved by the authority having jurisdiction shall be noted on the original drawings before the system is backfilled. As-built plans shall be provided to the authority having jurisdiction.
C. 
The authority having jurisdiction may, by written notice, order all work stopped on any wastewater treatment system which is in violation of this chapter.
A. 
The fees for any permit or inspection performed pursuant to this chapter shall be determined from time to time by the local governing body.
B. 
Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer or any officer of the Town of Geneva shall determine that Chapter 159, Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Individual, of the Geneva Code shall be required to be enforced, the costs incurred by said officer for consultation fees with engineers, attorneys or other professionals or costs incurred in enforcement of compliance with this Code, including but not limited to the costs of meeting the requirements of Article 6 of the Environmental Conservation Law (SEQR), shall be reimbursed by the real property owner before a building permit, certificate of occupancy, or other permit, may be issued, and if the real property owner fails to make such reimbursement, then said reimbursement costs levied pursuant to this chapter are hereby made a lien on the premises, and if the same is not paid within 30 days after it shall be deemed payable, the same shall be certified to the County Treasurer's office, which shall place the same on the real property tax roll for that year, with interest, and penalties allowed by law, and be collected as other town taxes are collected.
[Added 7-12-2001 by L.L. No. 9-2001]