Whenever a public sewer is not available within any sewer district as described under the provisions of Article IV, § 41-20, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the requirements of the Department of Health and the provisions of this article.
The Town Engineer shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction, and in any event, the applicant shall notify the Town Engineer when the work, or separate portions of it, is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within 48 hours of receipt of notice by the Town Engineer. Prior to final approval, the applicant shall provide the Town Engineer with two complete sets of as-built drawings of the system and, in the case of a sewer infiltration test, results, certified by a professional engineer licensed in the State of New York. The maximum allowable rate of infiltration into any section of a sewer system shall not exceed 200 gallons per inch of pipe diameter per mile of sewer per day.
The owner of a private septic disposal or septic system shall operate and maintain such facilities in a satisfactory manner at all times, at no expense to any sewer district.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private septic disposal and/or septic system, as provided for in Article IV, § 41-20, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter. Any person obtaining a permit to connect to the public sewer shall be required to abandon the existing private septic tank or cesspool or other private septic disposal facilities as hereinafter prescribed in Article VI, and said facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and removed or filled with suitable material, or as directed by the Administrator.