The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The appointed Building Inspector of the Town or his authorized
representative.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The sewer operation and maintenance group of the Department
of Public Works.
Any person, company or corporation involved in the business
of land development or involved in the construction or extension of
public utility systems.
The appointed Director of Health of the Town or his authorized
representative.
The appointed Director of Public Works of the Town.
Any and all breaks, clogs, collapse and malfunctions which
would hinder the appurtenant equipment or process from performing
the intended function.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sales of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any and all substances which would endanger life, limb and
public property or constitute a nuisance.
Twenty-four consecutive hours, excluding holidays, weekends
and any other days which the Town Hall is closed.
Any and all liquids, solids or gases produced as a result
of either residential occupation, or commercial or industrial processes.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions in moles per liter of solution.
Any person licensed under Chapter 393 of the Connecticut
General Statutes.
Containing toxic or poisonous substances which would have
an adverse effect on the receiving stream or which can otherwise endanger
life, limb and public property or constitutes a nuisance.
The wastes from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food
that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be
carried freely under the flow condition normally prevailing in public
sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of adjoining properties have
equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
Any person licensed under Chapter 391 of the Connecticut
General Statutes.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
sewage.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage and approved quantities of industrial waste.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal
operation.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling
water.
Any development of land which proposes two or more smaller
lots from a larger parcel of land.
Any combination of tanks, chambers, trenches, boxes, pipes,
conduits and other appurtenances for the disposal of sewage when public
sewers are not available.
Any person licensed under Chapter 393A of the Connecticut
General Statutes.
The Superintendent of Waste Treatment of the Town or his
authorized representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
The Town of Southington acting through any authorized representative.
The appointed Engineer of the Town.
That elected body which administers the zoning laws of the
Town.
Substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which when discharged
to the sewer system in sufficient quantities may tend to interfere
with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to human
beings or animals, or to inhibit aquatic life in the receiving waters
of the effluent from the sewage treatment plant.
Containing no toxic or poisonous substance which would have
an adverse effect on the receiving stream or which can otherwise endanger
life, limb and public property or constitute a nuisance.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
Any combination of pipes, motors, screens, filters, casings,
tanks, pumps, treatment equipment or other appurtenances for the supply
of water to residential, commercial and industrial establishments
and being distinct from publicly owned water supply system.
Any person licensed under Chapter 482 of the Connecticut
General Statutes, and any statutory amendment or substitution thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in any manner on public or private property within
the Town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Town, any human
or animal excrement, garbage or other waste, except as provided in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the Town any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with this chapter.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful
to construct or repair any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool
or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
The discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, and other wastes
generated on or discharged from real property lying outside the boundary
of the Town into the Town sewage system shall be made only with the
express consent of the Town and upon issuance of a permit setting
forth the terms and conditions for such discharge.
A.Â
There is hereby created a special sewer assessment fund, in accordance
with § 7-268 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
B.Â
All monies appropriated for the extension of the Town sewer system shall be placed in the fund. The Director of Finance or designee of the Town shall be authorized to make payments from such fund only for the purpose of sewer extensions and connections, as provided in Subsection C.
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C.Â
All monies received by the Town in payment of sewer assessments shall
be deposited in this fund for the payment of sewer extensions or to
pay notes or other obligations of the Town incurred by borrowing funds
for sewer extensions.
A.Â
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall
be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the
violation and providing a reasonable time limit, not to exceed 30
days, for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall,
within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease
all violations.
B.Â
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense. Fines are listed in the Fine Schedule, § 37-2 of this Code, and posted on the Town of Southington website.
C.Â
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
become liable to the Town for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
the Town by reason of such violation.
