A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, discharge, throw,
place, introduce or allow to escape into any watercourse in the Village
of Bloomfield any human excreta, sewage, commercial wastes or other
pollutant substance, except at any prescribed site approved by the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and
the Village of Bloomfield.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge from a failed system,
throw, place or spread upon the surface of the ground in the Village
of Bloomfield any human excreta, sewage, commercial waste or other
pollutant substance except at any prescribed site approved by the
NYSDEC and the Village of Bloomfield. This section shall not be construed
to include manure and other fertilizers used in farming operations
or farm animal waste, except where the storage of manure and waste
may be expected to cause pollution of a watercourse or water source.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within
Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of 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.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes situated
within the Village and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may, in the future, be located a
public sewer is hereby required, at the owner's expense, to install
suitable sanitary facilities therein and to connect such facilities
directly with the proper public sewer, 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 (30.5 meters) of the property
line.
The use of the Village public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in § 105-12, 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 service area of the POTW.
A.
The Village
Board, on the recommendation of the Superintendent, shall have the
authority to enter into agreements to accept sewage and other wastes,
including industrial wastes, generated by or discharged from persons
outside the service area of the POTW.
B.
If the
person is a municipality, that municipality shall have enacted a sewer
use law as restrictive on the discharge of sewage and other wastes
as the restrictions contained in this chapter. If the person is not
a municipality, the discharge shall be made only with the expressed
written consent of the Superintendent (the issuance of a permit),
setting forth the terms and conditions of such a discharge.
At the recommendation of the Superintendent, who determines
that:
A.
One or more segments of the POTW is exceeding its hydraulic capacity
at any time.
B.
Any specific purpose of this chapter is being violated, the Village
Board shall have the authority to limit or deny new connections to
the POTW until the conditions leading to the moratorium are corrected.
Such correction may be by:
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.
