Town of Livonia, NY Chapter 112 Sewer Use Rules and Regulations

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Livonia 6-18-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 112-1 History.

A. The Town of Livonia owns significant sanitary sewer transmission and/or treatment improvements within the Town of Livonia that service residential and commercial properties within the Town. Those improvements are operated and maintained by the Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority, which does so pursuant to a long-term lease agreement with the Town of Livonia.

B. As part of the long-term lease agreement with the Town, the Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority is responsible for the full operation and maintenance of the public sanitary sewer system serving properties within the Town of Livonia.

§ 112-2 General purpose.

A. The purpose of these Sewer Use Rules and Regulations is to provide for efficient, economic, environmentally safe, and legal operation of the publicly owned sanitary sewer system serving properties within the Town of Livonia.

B. In order for the Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority to properly administer its obligations under the long-term lease agreement, it is important that both the Town of Livonia and the Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority have consistent rules and regulations that apply to customer usage of the facilities owned by the Town and operated and maintained by the Authority.

C. Consistent rules and regulations between the Town and the Authority will allow the Authority to most efficiently and effectively ensure proper use of the public sanitary sewer and treatment system and, when such rules and regulations are violated, to seek proper enforcement against violating users.

§ 112-3 Specific purposes.

The specific purposes of these regulations are the following:

A. To prevent the introduction of substances into the publicly owned sanitary sewer system that will:

(1) Interfere with the publicly owned sanitary sewer system in any way;

(2) Pass through the publicly owned sanitary sewer system to the state's waters and cause contravention of standards for those waters or cause violation of the publicly owned sanitary sewer system's SPDES permit;

(3) Increase the cost or otherwise hamper the disposal of publicly owned sanitary sewer system sludge and/or residuals;

(4) Endanger Authority or any municipal employees;

(5) Cause air pollution, or groundwater pollution, directly or indirectly; and

(6) Cause, directly or indirectly, any public nuisance condition.

B. To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow as much as possible and eliminate existing sources of infiltration and inflow.

C. To assure that new sewers and connections are properly constructed.

D. To provide for equitable distribution amongst all users of the POTW of all costs associated with sewage transmission, treatment, and residuals disposal and to provide for the collection of such costs.

E. To provide enforcement mechanisms to ensure proper usage of the POTW to further the above purposes.

§ 112-4 Continuity with and adoption of Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority Rules and Regulations.

A. In order for the Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority to properly administer its obligations under the long-term lease agreement and for the benefit of the Town of Livonia and its residents and businesses, it is crucial that the Authority and Town have the same rules and regulations governing the use of and discharge into the public sanitary sewer and treatment system.

B. The Town of Livonia hereby adopts as its rules and regulations governing the use of and discharge into the public sanitary sewer and treatment system serving the Town of Livonia, the Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority Sewer Use Rules and Regulations as most recently adopted (as of the date of this local law) by the Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority on September 25, 2019, and as they may be periodically updated by the Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority from time to time. A copy of the most-recent Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority Sewer Use Rules and Regulations, as adopted herein by the Town of Livonia, will be available at the office of the Livonia Town Clerk and in the Town of Livonia Building and Zoning Office.