No connections shall be made to a sanitary or
to a combined sewer which are intended to discharge inflow. Such prohibited
connections include, but are not limited to, footing drains, roof
leaders, roof drains, cellar drains, sump pumps, catch basins, uncontaminated
cooling water discharges, or other sources of inflow. Stormwater and
all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as
are specifically designated as storm sewers, not sanitary sewers,
or to a natural outlet approved by the Town. Industrial cooling water
or unpolluted process water may be discharged, upon approval of the
Town, to a storm sewer, not sanitary sewers, or natural outlet. Proposed
dischargers of cooling water to waters of the state must apply for
and obtain an SPDES permit.
For properties where separate storm sewers are
available within 100 feet of the property line or where, in the determination
of the Town, sufficient natural drainage is available, connections
which contribute inflow to the sanitary sewers must be disconnected
in a fashion approved by the Town.
Upon notice from the Tax Assessor, the System
Operator shall inspect any newly sold property for the purpose of
determining if storm sewers or natural drainage is available and,
if so, if all connections which contribute inflow have been disconnected.
It shall be a willful violation of this chapter
for any person to reconnect any inflow source which has been disconnected
pursuant to this article.
The Town is authorized to take whatever action may be necessary to determine the amount of inflow occurring from a property, including the requirement for installation of a control manhole. Any consulting fees incurred by the Town shall be paid by the property owner. The property from which the inflow originated shall be billed for inflow according to Article XII; however, the Town Board may cause a surcharge at a rate not to exceed five times that for normal sewage volume charge.
