It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property
within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City,
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste,
except such duly designated areas which are operated under the rules
and regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, New York State Health Department and the City; provided,
however, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit or prevent
the storage, use and spreading of manure, fertilizer or other similar
materials for purposes of farming, gardening or horticulture.
A.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any watercourse in the City, either directly or through any storm sewer, any sanitary wastewater, industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except where treatment has been provided in accordance with Article VI of this chapter.
B.
Use of separate storm sewers and sanitary sewers is mandatory, and
no combined sewers will be allowed when construction of new facilities
is undertaken.
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended
or used for the disposal of any human or animal excrement, garbage
or wastewater.
B.
Upon application by any person, the enforcement officer may grant
permission, upon approval of the Oswego County Health Department,
for the temporary use of a privy or other means of disposal of wastewater
for a period not to exceed one year. Such permission may be renewed
at the expiration of said period upon application to the enforcement
officer and upon approval of the Oswego County Health Department.
[Amended 7-5-2016]
The owner of any house, building or property used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose, situated within
the City and abutting on any street, alley or public right-of-way
in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
sanitary sewer of the City, is hereby required, at his expense, to
install suitable plumbing facilities therein and to connect such facilities
directly to the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter within one year after the date of official notice
to do so, provided that said public sewer has been installed and is
located within 500 feet of the property line.
