Whenever a public sanitary sewer is not available within the Consolidated Sewer Area, as described under the provisions of Article V, § 253-16, the building sewer shall be connected, either directly or through a private sewage system, to a private sewage disposal system complying with the requirements of the Department of Health and the provisions of this article.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system and the pipe sizes, slopes and design criteria of a private sewage system within a county sewer area shall comply with all requirements of the County Health Department, and no statement in this article shall be construed to interfere with these or any other additional requirements or recommendations that may be imposed by the Department of Health. Any additional requirements imposed by this Part 2 are for the purpose of implementing the intent of this Part 2 and providing for the proper development of the Consolidated Sewer Area.
Before approval of a project by a federal, state
or county agency within the Consolidated Sewer Area, the administrator
shall have the right to require a submittal of a review application,
plans and specifications of the proposed private sewage disposal and/or
sewage system to determine its conformity to the plan of the Woodbury
Consolidated Sewer Area. The administrator shall have the right to
require additional information, as deemed necessary, for the purpose
of ensuring compliance with the provisions of this Part 2. All information
required shall become a part of the application. Construction shall
not commence until approved by the administrator. Any revisions to
the approved application without the written approval of the administrator
is prohibited.
The methods, practices and materials used in
the construction of a private sewage system located in the Consolidated
Sewer Area shall be in accordance with the provisions of the approved
application and any specifications and requirements adopted by the
Village Board in fulfilling the administrator's duties and the provisions
of this Part 2 as provided herein. In the absence of any particular
provisions, or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of
Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Water Pollution Control Federation
(WPCF), Manual of Practice No. 9, shall apply.
The administrator shall be allowed to inspect
the work at any stage of construction, and, in any event, the applicant
shall notify the administrator when the work, or separate portions
of it, is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions
are covered. The inspection shall be made within 48 hours of receipt
of notice by the administrator. Prior to final approval, as-built
drawings shall be provided in accordance with standards established
by the Village Engineer and on file in the Building Department and,
in the case of sewage infiltration test, results certified by a professional
engineer licensed in the State of New York. The maximum allowable
rate of infiltration into any section of a sewage system shall not
exceed 200 gallons per inch of pipe diameter per mile of sewer per
day.
The owner of a private sewage disposal or sewage
system shall operate and maintain such facilities in a satisfactory
manner at all times, at no expense to the Consolidated Sewer Area.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal and/or sewage system, as provided for in Article V, § 253-16, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Part 2. Any person obtaining a permit to connect to the public sewer shall be required to abandon the existing septic tank or cesspool or other private sewage disposal facilities as hereinafter prescribed in Article VII, and said facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and removed or filled with suitable material, or as directed by the administrator.
A.
Where service through a public sewer becomes available
to an existing private sewage system, whether or not such system was
constructed prior to the adoption of this Part 2, the administrator
shall, before issuing a permit for connection to the public sewer,
have the right to perform such tests and inspections as may be required
to ascertain the completeness and integrity of the private sewage
system and to require all necessary repairs to be made by the owner,
at no expense to the Consolidated Sewer Area, to make the private
sewage system acceptable for connection to the public sewer as required
by this Part 2 or such additional rules, regulations and specifications
as may be adopted by the Village Board. In addition, in those instances
where the collecting sewers forming a part of the public sewage system
within the Consolidated Sewer Area to which the private sewage system
is to connect are owned and maintained by the Consolidated Sewer Area,
the owner of the private sewage system shall transfer, without reimbursement,
ownership of the private sewage system to the Consolidated Sewer Area,
together with all easements on private property in which any portion
of the private sewage system is located, as a condition of the connection
permit.
B.
Upon the connection and transfer of the private sewage
system to the Consolidated Sewer Area, future maintenance and operation
of the system will be accomplished by the Consolidated Sewer Area.
All applicable requirements of this article shall also apply to the
internal sewers to be constructed in an approved subdivision development
which will connect to the Village sewer system.
