The WSC shall meet routinely during the first week of the month,
in order to precede the monthly Water Board meeting. Normally meetings
will be held in the Village Building. Special meetings will be held
as needed upon the call of the Chairman. Meetings may be cancelled
during the winter months. Three members of the WSC shall constitute
a quorum.
The purpose of these regulations is to protect the water quality
of Otsego Lake. These standards are established to protect public
health by ensuring adequate performance of on-site wastewater treatment
systems (OWTS) and so to optimize the effectiveness of the systems
at removing pathogens and nutrients from wastewater.
The provisions of these regulations shall be in effect in the
municipalities of Cooperstown and the Towns of Middlefield, Otsego
and Springfield and shall include the land within 500 feet of the
shoreline of Otsego Lake and within 100 feet of feeder streams to
Otsego Lake having a DEC index of waters number (a zone of protection).
If any section, paragraph, subdivision or provision of this
chapter shall be judged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same
shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole or any part
or provision thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid
or unconstitutional.
The Watershed Coordinator, Systems Inspector and town codes
enforcement officials (codes officials) shall be allowed to make regular
visits to wastewater treatment systems in the zone of protection for
purposes of inspection, observation and testing. It shall be the duty
and obligation of the wastewater system owner to supply upon request,
to the Watershed Coordinator, Systems Inspector or municipal codes
official, available information regarding wastewater system type,
capacity, location, usage, age, maintenance, etc., in order to determine
the system's effectiveness. Data gathered during an inspection
will be included in a wastewater treatment system inventory of all
systems covered by this chapter and maintained on behalf of the Otsego
Lake Watershed Supervisory Committee.
A fee which may be charged for each routine wastewater system
inspection shall be set by the Board of Trustees of the Village of
Cooperstown.