This article applies to all properties within the Sewer District which are not in the service area of the POTW and are not otherwise hooked up to the POTW. Where a public sewer is not available, under the provisions of § 153-27, the building lateral shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of the Rules and Regulations of the NYSDOH, to be enforced by the Albany County Health Department.
No two separate permanent buildings, where the intended use for either is for a distinct and separate principal business or a principal dwelling place for a private family or families, shall be connected to the same individual septic tank and leach field, except as approved by the Albany County Health Department.
A building permit application shall not be complete until the location and design for the on-site wastewater disposal system has been approved by the Albany County DOH.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal system in a satisfactory manner at all times, at the owner's expense.
Where a private wastewater disposal system utilizes a cesspool or a septic tank, septage shall be removed from the cesspool or septic tank, by a licensed hauler of trucked and hauled wastes, at appropriate intervals at the owner's expense.
At such time that a public sanitary sewer becomes available to a property (see § 153-29), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer, in compliance with this Part 2, and any cesspool, septic tank, and similar wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of septage, by a licensed septage hauler, and finally either filled with clean sand, bank-run gravel, or dirt, or removed and properly disposed. When the connection is made to the public sewer, the connection to the private wastewater disposal facility shall be broken, and both ends of the break shall be plugged, as appropriate. All of the aforementioned activities shall be at the expense of the property owner.
No statement in this article shall be construed to prevent, or interfere with, any additional requirements that may be deemed necessary by the Town Board to protect public health and welfare.