It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit
to be deposited, in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property,
within the Old Forge Sewer District or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the said municipality, any human or animal excrement, garbage,
or objectionable waste. Also, no person shall discharge domestic sewage
onto the surface of the ground or discharge it in a way that permits
it to come to the surface of the ground.
No person shall connect a private sewage system so that sewage
flows into a storm sewer or into a drain intended exclusively for
stormwater.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within
the Old Forge Sewer District, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said municipality, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except
where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this chapter.
No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building
permit for a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities
unless a suitable and approved method of wastewater disposal, conforming
to this chapter, is available. All housing construction or building
development which takes place after this chapter is enacted shall
provide for an approved system of sanitary sewers.
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.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated
within the Old Forge Sewer District, 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 sewer, is hereby required, at the owner's expense
to install suitable sanitary facilities therein, and to connect such
facilities directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after official notice
to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5
meters) of the property line.
The use of the Old Forge Sewer District public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in §
382-14, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes generated on or discharged from real property within the bounds of the service area of the POTW.
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory
use of the sewers, within the service area of the POTW, for the proper
discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes,
shall be established and given by the Town Board, NYSDEC, USEPA, and/or
other such state or federal agencies, which have enforcement powers.