[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cochecton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building Code administration and enforcement — See Ch. 90.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 115.
Housing standards — See Ch. 135.
[Adopted 10-10-1977 by Ord. No. 16]
The Lake Huntington Sewer District was formed to prevent the existence of nuisance conditions and to protect the public health. This article governs the use of the sewer system to protect it from damage and to assure that it functions as intended.
All inhabited structures within the Lake Huntington Sewer District must be connected to the sewer system if a public sewer is available within 100 feet of the property boundary, unless the Town Board gives permission for use of a private sewage disposal system. The Town Board will consult the Town Planning Board before making such an exception, and the private disposal system must be designed and built in accordance with the current standards of the New York State Department of Health and Department of Environmental Conservation.
All persons, firms, or corporations wishing to make a new or altered connection to the public sewer system shall first receive permission from the district wastewater treatment operator, who will provide an application form.
A. 
Applications will be accompanied by a nonreturnable fee as determined by the Town Board from time to time. Plans of the proposed connection will be required in all cases; a simple sketch will suffice for everything except complex projects.
B. 
The wastewater treatment operator will review all applications promptly and take action within two weeks. If the application is not approved, the wastewater treatment operator will explain in a letter the reasons for disapproval. The applicant may appeal a disapproval by appearance before the Town Board, whose decision will be final.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The wastewater treatment operator will inspect the work while in progress and order any corrections needed. Failure of the applicant to heed such orders will be a violation of this article.
Excavations in public roads will be undertaken only with prior permission of the appropriate highway official, who may require a bond or deposit to assure restoration of the road. Insurance naming the Town of Cochecton as an insured also may be required.
Applicants who feel that requirements of the wastewater treatment operator or highway official are unreasonable may appeal same to the Town Board, provided steps are taken to assure protection of the public in the meantime.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
Connection to the publicly owned sewers in streets or rights-of-way shall be made only into manholes or into approved saddles or Y-fittings. All openings shall be cut neatly and sealed thoroughly, with no rough edges protruding into the pipe. Building connection sewers shall be of PVC SDR 35. Pipe materials must be jointed with rubber ring joints. Joints must be watertight.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
Any sewer within 25 feet of a source of water supply must be of PVC SDR 21 pressure pipe.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
C. 
Building connection sewers will be laid as straight as practical, at a grade of not less than 1/4 inch per foot. Pipe shall be bedded carefully, with no stone larger than two inches in contact with the pipe. Backfill shall be tamped and mounded to resist entry of rainwater into the trench.
D. 
Excavations shall be protected at all times with barricades, lights, and/or signs.
E. 
Every building must have its own building connection sewer, unless the Town Board permits other arrangements.
A. 
Surface water, groundwater, cooling water, and storm runoff will not be discharged into the sewer system, since these waters merely occupy sewer capacity which is needed for dirty waters. Roof drains, foundation drains, etc., may not be connected to the system. The system will accept only sanitary sewage, kitchen and laundry wastes, and commercial and trade wastes which will not harm the sewer system, the sewage treatment plant, and the treatment processes.
B. 
Acids (pH less than 5.5), caustics (pH higher than 9.5), greases and oils, combustible, explosive, and radioactive wastes, poisons, solids, and wastes above 150° F. are particularly harmful and will not be accepted. Wastes which have an unusually high biochemical oxygen demand may be accepted subject to a surcharge, to be determined by the Town Board in each case.
C. 
Properly shredded household garbage may be discharged.
Each property owner is responsible for construction and maintenance of his own building connection sewer, from the building to the public sewer.
The wastewater treatment operator, Town Engineer, and members of the Town Board may enter private property during usual business hours, after giving reasonable notice that they are coming, to assure compliance with this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Added 6-8-1988]
In the event that a condition exists that, in the opinion of the wastewater treatment operator or the Town Engineer, presents a threat to the public health or the operation of the sanitary sewer system, the wastewater treatment operator or the Town Engineer, at his discretion, may take whatever steps may be necessary to correct the situation, including entering upon the premises for the purpose of repairing the lateral or discontinuing the service. Said corrections shall be made at the property owner's expense and shall be added to the owner's annual sewer charge.
Violators of this article will be notified in writing by the wastewater treatment operator and given reasonable time for compliance. Failure to act, or deliberate repetition of the offense, will constitute a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $100 for each day the violation continues or a jail sentence of not more than two days for each day the violation continues, or both.
[Adopted 12-8-2004 by L.L. No. 4-2004]
This article is entitled the "2004 Lake Huntington Sewer District Sewer Rents (User Fees) Law."
The Lake Huntington Sewer District provides for sewerage disposal service to all district residents on a year-round basis, regardless of seasonal usage time periods. To provide this service, a twelve-month, twenty-four-hour-a-day schedule of labor and services must be maintained. After due deliberation, the purpose of this article is for the Town Board of the Town of Cochecton to establish and impose new impartial sewer rents (user fees) for all users of the Lake Huntington Sewer District pursuant to Article 14-F of the General Municipal Law.
The Lake Huntington Sewer District is the sewer system for which the new sewer rents (user fees) are established in this article.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
An "EDU" is the term used to identify the basis upon which sewer rents (user fees) are established and is based on a determination in accordance with General Municipal Law § 451, Subdivision 1. The extent of actual use has no effect on such determination.
The Town Board does hereby establish and impose new sewer rents (user fees) in the Lake Huntington Sewer District pursuant to Article 14-F of the General Municipal Law.
For the purpose of establishing new annual sewer rent charges (user fees) for users within the district boundaries, the following table shall apply:
Classification of Property
Number of EDUs
Single-family dwelling
1.00
Each additional family dwelling unit
1.00
Combination single-family with business or professional office
1.50
Mobile home park (per home)
1.00
Rooming house/boardinghouse (up to 3 rooms)
1.00
Plus, for each additional 1 to 3 rooms
1.00
Single apartment (in multi-use building)
1.00
Bungalow colony (each unit)
1.00
Campground (per site)
1.00
Car wash (per bay)
1.00
Laundry (each 2 machines)
1.00
Service station
1.00
Bank, library, post office, community center, newspaper office, church, theatre, auditorium, spa, gymnasium, bowling alley (per restroom)
1.00
School/college campus (per 10 students)
1.00
Health care facility, rehabilitation center or nursing home (per living unit)
1.00
Warehouse/manufacturing plant (per restroom)
1.00
Commercial (each office, store, shop)
0.75
Bar and grill (per restroom)
1.00
Restaurant:
0 to 20 seats
2.00
21 to 50 seats
3.00
More than 50 seats
4.00
Hotel/motel (per unit)
1.00
Manufacturing/industrial plant (per restroom)
1.00
Correctional facility (per living unit)
1.00
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
All users outside the district boundaries shall be assessed double the fees applicable to users within the district boundaries.
A. 
Institutional or commercial swimming pools: $50 per year surcharge; unlimited discharge.
B. 
Private noncommercial swimming pools: $25 per year surcharge; unlimited discharge.
Annual sewer rent charges (user fees) shall be due and owing on January 1 of each year. Users within the district shall be billed with taxes. Users outside the district shall be billed by the Town Clerk.