For brevity and ease of communication, this
chapter may be cited as the "Village of Newark Sewer Use Law."
The general purpose of this chapter is the following:
to provide for efficient, economic, environmentally safe and legal
operation of the Village of Newark POTW.
The specific purposes of this chapter are the
following:
A.
To prevent the introduction of substances into the
POTW that will:
(1)
Interfere with the POTW in any way.
(2)
Pass through the POTW to the state's waters and cause
contravention of standards for those waters or cause violation of
the POTW's SPDES permit.
(3)
Increase the cost or otherwise hamper the disposal
of POTW sludge and/or residuals.
(4)
Endanger municipal employees.
(5)
Cause air pollution or groundwater pollution, directly
or indirectly.
(6)
Cause, directly or indirectly, any public nuisance
condition.
B.
To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow
and, as much as possible, eliminate existing sources of infiltration
and inflow.
C.
To assure that new sewers and connections are properly
constructed.
D.
To provide for equitable distribution to 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.
The provisions in the existing Village Code entitled "Sewer Use Law, Chapter 29, and Sewer Service Fee Local Law, Chapter 28A" are hereby repealed and said provisions are replaced by the herein set forth Articles I through XIV, inclusive.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Chapter 29 and Chapter 28A were chapters in the Village's former Code, prior to its recodification in 1998. The provisions of said chapters were superseded 4-15-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997, which was formerly included in this Code as Art. I, Sewer Service Fees, of this Ch. 126. The provisions set forth herein now supersede said former Ch. 126, Art. I.
