Any building or structure wherein people live, are employed or congregate must be equipped with such sanitary facilities for sewage disposal as are prescribed by this article.
[Adopted as Ch. VI, Arts. 3 and 4, of the 1978 Code (Ch. 140, Art. I, of the 1991 Code)]
The owner of any property required by this article to have sanitary facilities for sewage disposal shall be responsible for the proper installation of such facilities. The occupant or person having immediate use and control of such property shall be responsible for maintaining the facilities in a sanitary and usable condition unless, by contractual arrangement between the parties, the owner expressly agrees to retain such responsibility.
Any building or structure within the meaning of § 425-1 and located on land which abuts upon a street or other public way containing a sanitary sewer must be equipped with sanitary sewage disposal facilities connected to such sanitary sewer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
All new buildings and structures not located on land abutting on a street or other public way containing sanitary sewer must connect to the Town's sanitary sewer system through the use of an acquired utility easement or equivalent by the property owner. In some cases, privately owned grinder pumps may used if gravity sewer flow is not practicable. Grinder pumps shall be the sole responsibility of the property owner. Under no circumstances shall a sewer house connection be connected directly to a Town-owned pump station. Existing properties served by septic tanks/systems shall remain in service with any repairs or in-kind replacements necessary to maintain proper operation. If an increase in sizing is required for existing septic tank/systems, the property owner shall provide sufficient evidence that soil conditions exhibit the proper infiltration rates necessary to accommodate the sizing increase. Any grandfathered septic system shall receive approval prior to work being completed.
Where this article requires a particular type of sewage disposal facility, the use of any other type or disposal by any other means is hereby expressly prohibited unless approved by the Mayor and Council. The Mayor and Council approve exceptions to the provisions of this article only when the lot size, soil composition, lay of the land or other unusual circumstances make the installation and use of the prescribed facilities unfeasible and provided that conditions favor such installations as adequate for protection of the public health.
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully or maliciously to deposit any material in any toilet, bathtub, sink or other plumbing fixture which may result in the obstruction of any sanitary sewer. This liability on the part of the occupant shall not relieve the owner of the responsibility of cleaning any resultant chokage which shall subject the occupant to the penalties of this article upon proper proof of such willful malicious act.
A. AUXILIARY INTAKE BYPASS CROSS-CONNECTION INTERCONNECTION PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Definitions. The following definitions and terms shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this section:
Any piping connection or other device whereby water may be secured from a source other than that normally used.
Any system of piping or other arrangement whereby the water may be diverted around any part or portion of a water purification plant.
Any physical connection whereby the public water supply is connected with any other water supply system, whether public or private, either inside or outside of any building or buildings, in such manner that a flow of water into the public water supply is possible either through the manipulation of valves or because of ineffective check or back-pressure valves or because of any other arrangement.
Any system of piping or other arrangement whereby the public water supply is connected directly with a sewer, drain, conduit, poll, storage reservoir or other device which normally contains sewage or other waste or liquid which would be capable of importing contamination to the public water supply.
The waterworks system furnishing water to the municipality for general use.
B.
Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause a cross-connection, auxiliary intake, bypass or interconnection to be made.