Town of Lenox, NY Article XIV Use of Public Sewers

§ 102-69 Affected special sewer districts.

This Part 3 shall regulate Town of Lenox Sewer District Numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and any extensions to said districts and any future district(s) or extensions thereof which shall use the Canastota Main Street Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP).

§ 102-70 Unlawful deposits on public or private property; exceptions.

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an insanitary manner upon public or private property within the Town or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Town any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste. This section shall not apply to lands used for farm purposes and to areas designated for municipal refuse disposal.

§ 102-71 Polluted water; separate storm and sanitary sewers.

It shall be unlawful to discharge into any watercourse, either directly or through any storm sewer within the Town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Town, any sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted waters. Use of separate storm sewers and sanitary sewers is mandatory for all future construction in the Town. No combined sewers will be allowed to be constructed in the future.

§ 102-72 Construction or maintenance of privies, septic tanks, cesspools.

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful without a permit to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.

§ 102-73 Adequate toilet facilities required.

The owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose, 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 of the Town, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Part 3 within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is located within 100 feet of the public street right-of-way.

§ 102-74 Private wastewater disposal unlawful.

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other facility intended or used for disposal of wastewater.