[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cobleskill 11-10-2014 by L.L. No.
5-2014.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 81.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 116.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 120.
Water — See Ch. 134.
Zoning — See Ch. 140.
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Editor’s Note: This local law was amended 11-13-2018
by L.L. No. 2-2018, solely for the purpose of extending the date by
which the Town Clerk is directed to file the statement of unpaid charges
until November 1.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the operation and
maintenance of the Town of Cobleskill Sewer District No. 1 and any
future extensions. Wastewater collected in the Town system discharges
into the Village collection system for subsequent treatment at the
Village Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The Village and Town of Cobleskill have entered into an intermunicipal
agreement which stipulates among other things that the Village will
oversee day-to-day operations, maintenance and administrative matters
of the Town sewer district and future extensions. As part of this
agreement, the Town has agreed to follow the rules and regulations
of the Village Sewer Code.[1] The purpose of this Town chapter is to incorporate and
reference the Chapter 118, Sewer, of the Village of Cobleskill Code,
into the Town Sewer Regulations. Portions of Chapter 118, Sewers,
of the Village Code are herein modified as specified below.
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Editor's Note: A copy of the Village Sewer Code Ch. 118 is included as an attachment to this chapter. Note also that any references in the Index of this Code that refer to sections in Ch. 118 refer to the chapter from the Village Code attached to this Ch. 109.
The Village regulations are revised, as follows:
A.
Delete § 118-4 of the Village Code in its entirety and
replace with the following:
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§ 118-4. Connection to public sewer required.
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A.
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Once the Town Sewer District No. 1 becomes operational, commercial
properties will be required to connect to the sewer system within
18 months after official notice to do so, provided that said public
sewer main is adjacent to the property in the service area and a street
lateral has been extended to the property line. Residential properties
will have the option of connecting to the system at the property owners'
discretion.
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B.
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As future development occurs within the District, including
all houses, building, properties used for human occupancy, employment,
recreation, or other purposes, situated within the service area, and
abutting on any street, alley, right-of-way, or easement in which
there is now located a public sewer system, is hereby required, at
the owner's expense, to install suitable facilities therein,
and to connect such facilities directly to the water system, in accordance
with the provisions of these rules and regulations.
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B.
Add Subsection C to § 118-6 of the Village Code as follows:
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C.
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The Village sewer tap permit fee for existing residential units
in the Town Sewer District No. 1 shall not be required to pay the
Village sewer tap permit fee. Commercial units shall be charged a
sewer tap permit fee as stipulated in the current Village of Cobleskill
fee schedule. The sewer tap permit fee shall be waived for commercial
units that obtain their permit and make the connection within 18 months
of the Town Sewer District start-up. It is mandatory for commercial
units to connect into the Town Sewer District within two years of
start-up.
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C.
Add Subsection Q to § 118-7 of the Village Code pertaining
to grinder pumps as follows:
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Q.
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Grinder pumps. In all buildings in which any building drain
is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, wastewater
carried by such drain shall be lifted by mechanical means and discharged
to the building lateral, on approval of the Board or its duly authorized
agent.
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(1)
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In the event that a user requires the use of a grinder pump
to discharge sewage to the district collection system, the property
owner shall assume ownership and shall be responsible for providing,
installing, using, operating, maintaining, servicing, repairing and
replacing its grinder pump unit, including electrical equipment, pressure
laterals and all other appurtenances to the connection point with
the common collection sewer (pressure or gravity) of the sewer district
as well as power costs to operate the pump in accordance with these
regulations.
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(2)
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Pressure sewer pipe from 1 1/4 inches through three inches
shall be SDR 21 PVC or SDR 11 HDPE pipe and shall be manufactured
per the appropriate ASTM designation, or as approved by the Superintendent.
All pressure sewer pipe from four-inch through twelve-inch shall be
manufactured to conform to SDR 21 PVC, SDR 11 HDPE pipe or as approved
by the Superintendent.
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(3)
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For residential units, low-pressure grinder pumps shall be manufactured
by Environmental One DH071, or equal. The unit shall consist of a
grinder pump, simplex sentry alarm panel, level controls, anti-siphon
valve, check valve and seventy-gallon high-density polyethylene tank.
The unit shall be equipped with an electrical quick-disconnect plug,
a discharge line shutoff valve and a quick-disconnect assembly. The
alarm/disconnect panel shall contain circuit breakers, an audible
and visual alarm transfer switch.
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