It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit
to be deposited, in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property,
within the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said
municipality, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable
waste. Also, no person shall discharge domestic sewage onto the surface
of the ground or discharge it in a way that permits it to come to
the surface of the ground.
No person shall connect a private sewage system so that sewage
flows into a storm sewer or into a drain intended exclusively for
stormwater.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within
the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said municipality,
any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
chapter.
No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building
permit for a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities
unless a suitable and approved method of wastewater disposal, conforming
to this chapter, is available. All housing construction or building
development which takes place after this chapter is enacted shall
provide for an approved system of sanitary sewers.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, or other
facility intended or used for disposal of wastewater.
[Amended 5-13-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019]
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated
within the service area of the POTW, is hereby required at the owner's
expense to connect such facilities directly with the public sewerage
system, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within
90 days after official notice to do so, provided that said public
sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
The use of the Village public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in §
145-13 above, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes generated on or discharged from real property within the bounds of the sewer service area of the POTW.
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory
use of the sewers within the service area of the POTW for the proper
discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes,
shall be established and given by the Village Board, NYSDEC, USEPA,
and/or other such state or federal agencies which have enforcement
powers.