The purposes of this chapter are as follows:
A. 
To control discharges into the public sewers of the Town of Dickinson public sewer system or tributaries thereto, including the Binghamton-Johnson City joint sewage treatment plant.
B. 
To prohibit the discharge of:
(1) 
Excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow into the Town of Dickinson public sewer system.
(2) 
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may in any way:
(a) 
Create a poisonous, hazardous, explosive, flammable or toxic condition in the Town of Dickinson public sewer system or otherwise impair the strength and/or durability of the system or the structures appurtenant to the system, including the Binghamton-Johnson City joint sewage treatment plant;
(b) 
Interfere with the normal treatment processes, including proper disposal of sludge;
(c) 
Pass through the joint sewage treatment plant into the receiving waters inadequately treated; or
(d) 
Contain substances in such concentrations as may exceed established discharge limits.
C. 
To prohibit and/or regulate the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require greater expenditures for treatment than those required for equal volumes of normal sewage and to surcharge users for permitted contributions requiring treatment costs greater than normal sewage charges.
D. 
To provide the authority for the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board to exercise regulatory control over users discharging industrial wastes into the Town public sewer system.
E. 
To provide cooperation with the Broome County Department of Health, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Department of Health, United States Environmental Protection Agency and any other agencies which have requirements or jurisdiction for the protection of the physical, chemical and biological quality of watercourses within or bounding the Town.
F. 
To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.
G. 
To enforce promulgated final standards and/or procedures set by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
A. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with or modify any requirements of design, inspection and approval which are imposed by the New York State Department of Health or the Broome County Health Department.
B. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to relieve any person of the duty and responsibility of complying with the Uniform Code.
C. 
Compliance with Rules and Regulations of the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board.
[Added 12-10-2012 by L.L. No. 4-2012]
(1) 
Pursuant to § 12.05.01 of the Rules and Regulations (the "Regulations") of the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board, any applicant for a sewer connection or modification resulting in new sewage flows of more than 2,500 gallons per day shall prepare a sewer connection application on a form promulgated by the Joint Sewage Board accompanied by a sewer extension engineering report prepared by a New York State licensed professional engineer containing the information required by Joint Sewage Board Regulation § 12.05.02, which application shall be submitted for approval to the Town Board and the Joint Sewage Board.
(2) 
Such application will be disapproved by the Town Board, by resolution, without public hearing, if it shows associated flows will exceed the capacity of the Town’s sewage collection system or if a sewer capacity analysis from the point of the Town’s connection to the Joint Sewage Board treatment plant indicates associated flows will exceed the capacity of that system.
(3) 
Upon approval or approval with conditions of said application by the Town Board, by resolution, without public hearing, within 45 days of receipt of the application, the Joint Sewage Board will perform a hydraulic and pollutant loading capacity analysis at its treatment plant and shall approve or approve said application contingent upon issuance of a flow credit note pursuant to the Article 13 - I/I Offset Program of the Joint Sewage Board Regulations if the new or modified sewer connection adds flows greater than 2,500 gallons per day within the I/I Remediation Boundary established by said Program unless the new flow is exempt from compliance with said Program pursuant to the provisions of § 13.06 of the Joint Sewage Board Regulations. As the Town approval or approval with conditions is subject to review and action by the Joint Sewage Board, any required analysis under New York State Environmental Quality Review Act[1] shall be a coordinated review with the Joint Sewage Board acting as lead agency.
[1]
Editor’s Note: See Environmental Conservation Law § 8-0101 et seq.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Superintendent shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 5-4-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994; 9-11-1995 by Ord. No. 3-1995; 4-13-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998; 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. 3-1998; 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 1-2003; 10-11-2004 by L.L. No. 8-2004;4-14-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008; 1-12-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009; 11-9-2009 by L.L. No. 5-2009]
A. 
Sewer rent.
(1) 
Sewer rent shall be charged upon, and become a lien upon, all premises in a sewer district of the Town of Dickinson served by a public sewer.
(2) 
All such premises which are served by a public water supply and have an approved water meter installed and operational shall be charged sewer rent based upon the estimated or actual meter consumption of water. The Town Board shall, from time to time, by appropriate resolution, adopt schedules of sewer rents, which rents shall at all times be kept on file for public inspection in the office of the Town Clerk.
[Amended 11-13-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012; 7-8-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013; 11-13-2017 by L.L. No. 4-2017; 12-6-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
(3) 
Sewer rents shall be billed by the Town four times per year, on or about March, June, September and December.
[Amended 7-8-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013]
(a) 
Payments not made by the due date on the billing statement shall result in a penalty of 10% added to the total outstanding sewer rent.
(b) 
Partial payments of bills will not be accepted.
(c) 
Outstanding balances on bills will be applied to property taxes for the next year.
(d) 
Customers are responsible for notifying the Town of any billing errors within 30 days of receipt of the bill.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(4) through (7), as amended, which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 7-8-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013.
B. 
If an owner (or an owner's agent) of premises in the Town of Dickinson connected to a Town sewer line requests that personnel of the Sewer Department be present at or near said premises, other than during regular business hours of the Sewer Department, for any purpose other than a defect in or failure of the Town-owned sewer service, the owner(s) shall be assessed a fee as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Town Board. If payment for said service is not received by the Town Sewer Department within 30 days of billing, said fee, together with a 10% surcharge, shall be included on the owner's (owners') next sewer bill.
C. 
Effective December 16, 2021, the sewer rent shall be $15 for zero to 100 cubic feet and $6.50 per 100 cubic feet above 101 cubic feet of estimated or actual metered water consumption. The flat rate for premises not served by public water with or without an approved water meter will be $116.55 per billing period. Thereafter these rents may be changed by action of the Town Board as provided for in Subsection A(2) hereof.
[Added 12-6-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
A. 
The Superintendent, the Joint Sewage Board and other authorized representatives of the Town and representatives of the EPA and DEC bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection, observation, sampling, flow measurement and testing to ascertain a user's compliance with applicable provisions of federal, state and local law governing the use of the Town's public sewer system and with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Board. Such representatives shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or flow measurement. Such representatives shall additionally have access to and may copy any records the user is required to maintain under applicable law or the rules and regulations of the Board. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into the premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, inspecting personnel will be permitted to enter without delay for the purpose of performing their specific responsibilities. Inspections will be accomplished during hours of operations or at periods of sewer use with or without notice to the user.
B. 
The Superintendent, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all private premises through which the Town holds an easement for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the Town's public sewer system lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work on the easement shall be done in accordance with the terms of the easement pertaining to the private premises involved.
C. 
During the performance on private premises of inspections, sampling or other similar operations referred to in Subsections A and B above, the Superintendent shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises as established by the owner or occupant of the premises.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Town public sewer system. No person shall tamper with or knowingly render inaccurate any measuring device or mechanism installed pursuant to any requirement under this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall knowingly make any false statement in any application, report or other document required to be filed pursuant to any provision of this chapter.