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 Town of Tuxedo 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 Town of Tuxedo, 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.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated
within the Town of Tuxedo 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 Town of Tuxedo public sewers shall be strictly
limited and restricted, except as provided in Section 307 of the Act,
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 Town wastewater collection and
treatment system.
At the recommendation of the Superintendent, who determines
that: one or more segments of the Town wastewater treatment plant
is exceeding its hydraulic capacity at any time; and/or any specific
purpose of this chapter is being violated, The Town of Tuxedo Board
shall have the authority to limit or deny new connections to the Town
wastewater treatment plant until the conditions leading to the moratorium
are corrected. Such correction may be by:
A. Construction of new facilities.
B. Enlarging existing facilities.
C. Correction of inflow and infiltration.
D. Cleaning and repairing of existing facilities.
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory
use of the sewers, within the service area of the Town wastewater
treatment plant, for the proper discharge of sewage and other wastes,
including industrial wastes, shall be established and given by the
Town of Tuxedo Board, NYSDEC, USEPA, and/or other such state or federal
agencies which have enforcement powers.