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In order to ensure proper removal and disposal of sewage wastes
and sewage waters within the Town, to ensure the proper operation
and maintenance of public sewers, sewage treatment plants and other
sewage works within the Town, and to provide for the keeping of adequate
records of sewers and appurtenances and connections thereto, the following
chapter regulating the construction, use, repair, alteration, and
discontinuance or abandonment of sewers and appurtenances and connection
thereto, including pipes discharging directly or indirectly into such
sewers, and the substances to be discharged directly or indirectly
into and through the sewers and appurtenances of the public sewer
system of the Town as provided in § 7-245 et seq. of the
General Statutes, is hereby enacted.
As used in this chapter the following words and phrases have
the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
that receives only sanitary waste discharged from pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning
five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The amount of chlorine which must be added to waters or wastes
to produce a residual chlorine content in such waters or wastes.
Includes clean wastewater from air-conditioning, industrial
cooling, condensing and similar apparatus and from hydraulically powered
equipment. In general, cooling water will include only water which
is sufficiently clean and unpolluted to admit of being discharged,
without treatment or purification, into any natural open stream or
watercourse without offense.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
Any outlet in a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body
of surface water or groundwater.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food which have been shredded to such degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
Ninety days, weather permitting.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
Includes water from the soil percolating into subsoil drains
and through foundation walls, basement floors or from underground
pipes or from similar sources.
Public sewer, or septic tank.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
Is defined in Chapter 103, § 7-246, of the General
Statutes.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit
to be deposited upon public or private property within the Town or
in any area under the jurisdiction of the Town any human excrement,
garbage or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the Town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Town any sanitary
sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where
suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this chapter.
The owner of all newly constructed houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose,
situated within the Town and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way
in which there is now located a public sanitary sewer of the Town
is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities
therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public
sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter before occupancy.
Those existing homes abutting a sanitary sewer where basement
facilities cannot be served may be served by an existing septic tank
system for that basement area only subject to approval of the Water
Pollution Control Authority.
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All homes, businesses, buildings, institutions and industrial
establishments not abutting on a street in which there is a sanitary
sewer shall have a suitable private sewage disposal system, the installation
and operation of which shall be subject to the inspection and approval
of the Building Official in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the ordinances and building code of the Town and the state.
Except as herein provided it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any septic tank and/or other facilities intended or used
for the disposal of sewage.
Whenever a developer subdivides a tract of land into building
lots or industrial or commercial sites, he/she shall provide and install
suitable facilities or a sewage disposal system in accordance with
the regulations of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the standards
and specifications of the Water Pollution Control Authority.
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Any person who willfully breaks, damages, destroys, or injures
any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the municipal
sewage works shall be subject to the penalties imposed under § 53a-115
et seq. of the General Statutes.
The Water Pollution Control Authority and the Superintendent
of Sewers and other duly authorized employees of the Town bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Within 60 days after a sewer in a public street becomes operational,
the Water Pollution Control Authority shall notify abutting property
owners that they must connect with the sewer within 12 months after
such notification. Failure to obtain a permit to make such connection
shall be prima facie evidence that no connection has been made.
A.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter except § 257-10 shall be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter may be
fined not more than $100. Each day that any violation of this chapter
continues and each day that person continues to discharge prohibited
wastes or substances into any public sewer shall be deemed a separate
offense for the purpose of applying the above penalty.
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A.
Charges covering operation and maintenance costs of the total sewer
facilities shall be appropriately made to each user or person owning
or controlling each property having use of sewers ("user charge system")
and shall generate sufficient revenue to offset the costs of all treatment
works operation and maintenance provided for by the Town. In the event
that collections do not cover all the costs of the sewage treatment
system, the Water Pollution Control Authority may borrow appropriate
amounts from the Town sufficient to meet the financial requirements
for a period not to exceed 24 months and subject to interest at the
prevailing prime rate.
B.
The Water Pollution Control Authority is authorized to obtain from
the Connecticut Water Company all the necessary records to determine
the consumption of water by users of the sewer system. Further, the
Water Pollution Control Authority may enter into whatever contracts
and agreements it deems necessary and appropriate with the Connecticut
Water Company for the purpose of obtaining access to the above-mentioned
records.
A.
Any owner of real property who is eligible for tax relief for elderly
taxpayers under the provisions of §§ 12-129b and 12-170aa
of the General Statutes may apply to the Water Pollution Control Authority
for approval of a plan of payment of such property owner's sewer
assessment other than as provided under § 7-253 of the General
Statutes. The plan may include an option to pay only the annual interest
charge, as provided in said § 7-253, on any deferred payments
or outstanding balance of principal of said assessment. Any such plan
shall provide that the outstanding balance of principal deferred under
such optional method of payment of said assessment shall become due
upon any transfer of title to the property subject to such assessment
or upon the death of such property owner. The plan shall become effective
upon approval of the Water Pollution Control Authority and shall be
subject to annual review and reapproval by the Water Pollution Control
Authority.
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B.
This section is enacted under authority of General Statutes § 7-253a.
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Editor's Note: This section derives from an ordinance adopted
12-29-1980.
