The purpose of this chapter is to preserve and protect the quality
of Keuka Lake and surface and groundwater in the municipality of Urbana.
These standards are established to ensure adequate performance of
wastewater treatment systems, to protect public health and to optimize
the effectiveness of the systems at removing nutrients from wastewater.
The provisions of this chapter shall be in effect throughout
the municipality of Urbana and apply to all wastewater systems not
subject to continuous licensing or regulations by the New York State
Departments of Environmental Conservation, hereafter referred to as
NYSDEC, or New York State Department of Health, hereafter referred
to as NYSDOH.
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.
Two zones within the municipality shall be established for the
protection of water, public health and safety. Zone 1, or the "critical
water protection zone," shall include the land with onsite wastewater
systems within 200 feet of a lake and watercourse. Zone 2 shall include
all other land in the municipality.
No wastewater system shall be placed in operation, or any new
building, structure or mobile home be occupied, until a permit to
operate has been issued by the regulatory officer, indicating that
such system has been constructed in compliance with the wastewater
system construction permit.
A fee will be set by the KWIC and adjusted as needed, to charge
for each wastewater system construction permit and wastewater system
inspection by the regulatory officer. A fee will be set by the municipality
for a real property transfer inspection and tank replacement or repair
and adjusted as needed.
All definitions printed in Appendix 75-A shall apply to this
law. Additional definitions include:
AGENT
A person requested, employed or contracted by an owner or
owners, occupant or lessee.
APPROVED OTN-REGISTERED ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INSPECTOR
Any inspector that has fulfilled the requirements of the
New York Onsite Wastewater Treatment Training Network, Inc. (OTN)
for inspection of wastewater systems and is registered and has been
approved by the KWIC and the municipality where the inspection is
to be performed.
DISTANCES
The shortest horizontal linear distance from the nearest
point or structure or object to the high water mark of the nearest
watercourse or the edge, margin or top of precipitous bank forming
the mean high water mark of a watercourse.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Any building constructed or placed on an undeveloped site
and requiring a new wastewater system and currently not utilizing
a adequately functioning wastewater system.
NSF
Stands for National Sanitation Foundation founded in 1944
and is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
and by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) in Canada.
REGULATORY OFFICER
Refers to the Watershed Inspector and/or the KWIC's
Watershed Manager with duties as described in the KWIC Policy and
Procedures Manual.
REPLACEMENT WASTEWATER SYSTEM
Any construction or modification of a system for an existing
building which already has a system. Complete replacement of a system
for an existing property with a system shall be considered a replacement
wastewater system.
WASTEWATER
Liquids containing sewage or other contaminated liquids of
any kind in or from the drainage system or sewer of a domestic dwelling
or any other structure utilized for commercial, recreational, agricultural,
institutional, or industrial purposes.
WATERCOURSES
Shall be identified by the KWIC after consultation with the
Yates and Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation Districts and
the Department of Environmental Conservation and published on a set
of maps.