New sanitary sewers, pumping stations and extensions to the
sanitary system owned and maintained by the Town shall be properly
designed in accordance with the Recommended Standards for Sewage Works,
as adopted by the Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board of State
Sanitary Engineers, and in strict conformance with all requirements
of the New York State Department of Health and the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation. Plans and specifications
for new sewers, pumping stations and sewer extensions shall be submitted
to, and approval obtained from, the Town Engineer and New York State
Department of Health before construction may proceed. The design of
sewers must anticipate and allow for flows from all possible future
extensions or developments within the immediate drainage area.
Sewer extensions, including pumping stations, individual building sewers to the public street right-of-way, may be constructed by the Town under public contract if, in the opinion of the Town Board, Town Engineer and Highway Superintendent or AHJ, the number of properties to be served by such extension warrants its cost. Under this arrangement, the property owner shall pay for and install the building sewer from the public street right-of-way to his residence or place of business in accordance with the requirements of Article
XVI. Property owners may propose sewer extensions within the incorporated Town by drafting a written petition and filing it with the Town Board. The cost of the sewer extensions may be assessed to the benefitted property owners in any manner determined by the Town Board.
If the Town does not elect to construct a sewer extension under public contract, the property owner, builder or developer may construct the necessary sewer extension if this extension is approved by the Town Board in accordance with the requirements of §
102-97. Individual(s) must pay for the entire installation, including all expenses incidental thereto. Each building sewer installed must be installed and inspected as previously required and the inspection fees shall be paid. Design of sewer and pumping stations shall be as specified in Article
XVII. The installation of the sewer extension must be subject to periodic inspection by the Town Engineer or AHJ, and the expenses for the Town Engineer's services for said inspection shall be paid for by the owner, builder or developer. The Town Engineer's decisions shall be final in matters of quality and methods of construction. The sewer, as constructed, must pass the exfiltration test required in §
102-101 before it is to be used. The cost of the sewer extension thus made shall be absorbed by the developers or the property owners, along with trunk sewers and sewage treatment plant and their proportion of operational and maintenance costs thereof, as outlined in Article
XXIII.
All sewer extensions, including pumping stations, constructed
at the property owner's, builder's or developer's expense, after final
approval and acceptance by the Town Engineer, shall become the property
of the Town and shall thereafter be maintained by the Town. Said sewer
extensions, after their acceptance by the Town, shall be guaranteed
for one year against defects in materials and workmanship. The guaranty
shall be in a form provided for by the Town. At the sole discretion
of the Town, a completion bond or certified check may be demanded
as part of the guaranty.
No builder or developer shall be issued a building permit for
a dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities within the Town
unless a suitable and approved method of waste disposal is proposed.
All new housing developments, commercial, industrial and institutional
establishments shall be provided with an approved system of sanitary
sewers, and when required by the Town Board, shall also be provided
with an approved system of storm sewers.