Where a public sewer is not available, under the provisions of § 196-11, the building lateral shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the NYSDOH and NYSDEC, to be enforced by the Oneida County Department of Health.
No two separate permanent buildings where the intended use for
either is for a distinct and separate business or a dwelling place
for a private family or families shall be connected to the same individual
septic tank and tile absorption field.
A completed application form, containing results of percolation
tests, computations and a plot plan, including the design and cross
section of the wastewater disposal system, in relation to lot lines,
adjacent and on-site well or water supply and buildings, shall be
submitted to the Oneida County Department of Health, including any
applicable fees. The wastewater disposal system shall be designed
by a professional engineer, licensed surveyor or architect and shall
be in accordance with the NYSDOH Standards for Waste Treatment Works
or the NYSDEC Standards for Commercial and Institutional Facilities,
as appropriate.
A.
A written construction permit shall be obtained from the Oneida County
Department of Health before construction commencement. A representative
of the Oneida County Department of Health shall be permitted to inspect
the construction work at any stage, without prior notice. A permit
for a private wastewater disposal system shall not become effective
until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Oneida
County Department of Health.
B.
The type, capacity, location and layout of a private wastewater disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Oneida County
Department of Health, NYSDOH and NYSDEC.
C.
No statement contained in this Part 1 shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Oneida
County Department of Health, NYSDOH or NYSDEC.
When the liquid or liquid-borne effluent from a private wastewater
disposal system enters any watercourse, ditch, storm sewer or water
supply system located in the Town of Verona, in such a manner, volume
and concentration so as to create a hazardous, offensive or objectionable
condition, in the opinion of the Oneida County Department of Health
or the NYSDOH, the owner of the premises upon which such wastewater
disposal system is located, upon receiving written notice from the
Oneida County Department of Health to do so, shall, within 90 days
after receipt of such notice, repair, rebuild or relocate such wastewater
disposal system for the purpose of eliminating such hazardous, offensive
or objectionable conditions. The repair, rebuilding or relocation
of the system shall be accomplished in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the NYSDOH, NYSDEC and the Oneida County Department
of Health, at the owner's expense.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater
disposal system in a satisfactory manner at all times, at the owner's
expense.
A.
Notwithstanding any other provision of local or state laws, no discharge
of sewage, wastewater or septage shall be permitted upon the surface
of the ground anywhere within the Town of Verona or into natural or
artificial surface drainways. Septage is defined as the contents of
a septic tank, cesspool or other individual sewage treatment facility
which receives domestic sewage.
B.
Where a private wastewater disposal system utilizes a cesspool or
a septic tank, septage shall be removed from the cesspool or septic
tank, by a licensed hauler of trucked and hauled wastes, at three-year
intervals or more frequently.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available to a property, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer, in compliance with § 196-14 of this Part 1 and any cesspool, septic tank and similar wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of septage, by a licensed septage hauler and finally either filled with clean sand, bank-run gravel or dirt or removed and properly disposed. When the connection is made to the public sewer, the connection to the private wastewater disposal facility shall be broken and both ends of the break shall be plugged, as appropriate.
No statement in this Part 1 shall be construed to prevent or
interfere with, any additional requirements that may be deemed necessary
by the Superintendent or the Oneida County Department of Health, to
protect public health and public welfare.
