Where a public sewer is not available, under the provisions of § 235-8, the building lateral shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of the Rules and Regulations of the New York State Department of Health, to be enforced by the Superintendent and/or the Town or County Health Department.
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 Town. The wastewater disposal system shall be designed by a
professional engineer, licensed surveyor or architect and shall be
in accordance with the New York State Department of Health's Standards
for Waste Treatment Works, or the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation's Standards for Commercial and Institutional Facilities,
as appropriate.
A written construction permit shall be obtained from the Superintendent
before construction commencement. The Superintendent, or his designated
representative, shall be permitted to inspect the construction work
at any stage without prior notice.
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 Gananda Sewer District in such a manner,
volume and concentration so as to create a hazardous, offensive or
objectionable condition, in the opinion of the Superintendent or the
New York State Department of Health, the owner of the premises upon
which such wastewater disposal system is located, upon receiving written
notice from the Superintendent 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 New York State Department of Health and the Town,
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.
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 scavenger 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 this chapter; 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 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.
No statement in this article shall be construed to prevent or
interfere with any additional requirements that may be deemed necessary
by the Superintendent to protect public health and public welfare.
