It shall be unlawful for any person to place or deposit
or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private
property within the Town of Seneca Falls or in any area under the
jurisdiction of said Town any human or animal excrement, garbage or
other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet
within the Town of Seneca Falls or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said Town any wastewater or other polluted water, except where
suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this Part 3.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful
to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool
or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy situated within the Town and abutting on
any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or
may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer is hereby required
at his or her or their expense to install facilities connecting directly
with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of
this Part 3 within one year after the date of official notice to do
so, provided that said public sewer is within 300 feet (91.5 meters)
of such house or building.
The owner(s) of new houses or buildings used for human
occupancy shall be required at his or her or their expense to install
suitable sanitary facilities therein and to connect such facilities
directly with the proper public sanitary sewer in accordance with
the provisions of this Part 3 prior to occupancy of the house or building,
provided that said public sanitary sewer is located within 300 feet
(91.5 meters) of the structure to be served.
The owner(s) of a commercial, institutional, industrial,
recreational, public and educational building(s) situated within the
Town and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there
is now located or may be located in the future a public sanitary sewer
is hereby required at his or her or their own expense to install facilities
connecting directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with
the provisions of this Part 3 within one year after the official notices
to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 600 feet (183
meters) of such building(s).
The owner(s)
of a new commercial, institutional, industrial, recreational, public
and educational building(s) shall be required at his or her or their
expense to install suitable sanitary facilities therein and to connect
such facilities directly with the proper public sanitary sewer in
accordance with the provisions of this Part 3 prior to occupancy of
the building(s), provided that said public sanitary sewer is located
within 600 feet (183 meters) of the structure to be served.
After the owner(s) of properties within any
sewer district has connected his or her or their facilities to the
public sewer system, abandoned septic tanks shall be cleaned and either
filled in with suitable material or removed from the site.