No septic tank, leaching pit, pipe or other means for the disposal or discharge of sewage or sink wastes shall be installed anywhere in the Village of Florida except in accordance with all regulations of the New York State Department of Health and Department of Environmental Conservation and Articles
XIII and
XIV as herein provided. No privies shall be permitted except for temporary use in construction work upon application to the Sanitary Inspector for a temporary permit. The Sanitary Inspector will approve of the site prior to construction or placing of the privy. Reference is made to Appendix 75-A, Wastewater Treatment Standards — Individual Household Systems, of Title 10, Health, Volume 1A, of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations. In the event that the standards therein are stricter than the standards set forth below, those stricter standards shall apply. In the event that the standards herein are stricter, these stricter standards shall control.
It shall be the duty of the Sanitary Inspector:
A. Inspect site. To promptly inspect the proposed installation and approve
or disapprove the application. If approved, the Sanitary Inspector
shall so note on the original and applicant's copy and issue the applicant
a colored permit (this permit shall be prominently displayed on or
near the work site).
B. Enforcement. To see that the provisions of this Part 2 are observed.
C. Final inspection and approval. After final inspection, to note approval
on the original and applicant's copy of the permit. The Sanitary Inspector
shall inform the Town Clerk monthly of installations approved or disapproved.
No person, either as owner, lessee or tenant of any property,
dwelling, building or place, shall construct or maintain any leaching
pit, septic tank, sewage disposal system, pipe or drain so as to expose
or discharge the contents or other liquid or matter therefrom to the
atmosphere or on the surface of the ground or so as to endanger any
source of drinking water, nor shall any such person discharge into
any watercourse, storm drain or body of water any sewage or sewage
effluent from a leaching pit, septic tank, sewage disposal system,
pipe or drain except as permitted under the provisions of the Public
Health Law.
Septic tanks, oil separator installations and drains and house
sewers shall conform to the standards and requirements set forth from
time to time in Part 75 and Appendix 75-A of the New York State Sanitary
Code, as adopted or modified by the Orange County Department of Health,
and in the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to permit
the installation or maintenance of disposal facilities that are or
may become a nuisance.