[HISTORY:[1] Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Pittsford
3-14-1989 as Ch. 115, Arts. I and II, of the 1989 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Storm sewers — See Ch. 165.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 176.
Water — See Ch. 206.
Zoning — See Ch. 210.
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Editor's Note: This chapter was retitled 2-26-2008
by L.L. No. 1-2008; its former title was “Sewers.”
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise
or as otherwise specified in this article, the meanings of terms used
in this article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20º
C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid waste from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from an industrial manufacturing process,
trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of the hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-, surface and storm waters as may be present.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds, for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during
normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The official appointed by the Village Board of Trustees to
supervise the management of sewage collection and treatment facilities
in the Village, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
The municipality, any sewer districts or extensions thereunder,
the supervisor and any and all employees or agents designated to enforce
the provisions of this article.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage. Also referred to as a "sewage treatment plant."
A.
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 Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
B.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting
normal manure-spreading operations in agricultural or gardening areas
nor the operation of a sanitary landfill operation where such operation
is performed with the approval of the Village Board of Trustees.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge
to any natural outlet within the Village or in any area under the
jurisdiction of the Village any sewage or other polluted waters, except
where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the
provisions of this article.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to
uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or
disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof in the Village without
first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent or other
appropriate delegated authority.
B.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
one for residential and commercial service and one for service to
establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner
or his agent shall make application for the sewer permit. The permit
application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or
other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
A permit and inspection fee for a residential or commercial building
sewer permit or for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid
to the Village Clerk at the time the application is filed.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that
may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the
building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building, except that, where one building stands
at the rear of another on an interior lot and no sewer is available
or can be constructed to the rear of the building through an adjoining
alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front
building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered
as one building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this article.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction
of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing
of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all
conform to the requirements of the State Uniform Fire Prevention and
Building Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village.
In absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials
and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American
Society for Testing and Materials and Water Pollution Control Federation
Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall
be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such
building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged
to the building sewer.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make
connection of roof downspouts, exterior or interior foundation drains,
areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to
a building sewer or building drain which, in turn, is connected directly
or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the
public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the Village or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Water Pollution
Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections
shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before
installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permits
required by this article shall notify the Superintendent or other
delegated authority when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
All excavations for building sewer installation
shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public
property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in
a manner satisfactory to the Village.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge,
or cause to be discharged, any stormwater, surface water, groundwater,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or
unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined
sewers and storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged,
on approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge,
or cause to be discharged, any of the following described waters or
wastes to any public sewers:
(1)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(2)
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous
solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or
by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any
sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals,
create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters
of the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides
in excess of two milligrams per liter as CN in the wastes as discharged
to the public sewer.
(3)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to the structures, equipment and personnel of the sewerage works.
(4)
Solid or viscous substances in such quantities or
of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage works,
such as but not limited to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage,
whole blood, paunch manure, hair, fleshings, entrails and paper dishes,
cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge,
or cause to be discharged, the following described substances, materials,
waters or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the Superintendent
that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process
or equipment, can have an adverse effect on the receiving stream or
can otherwise endanger life, limb or public property or constitute
a nuisance. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these
wastes, the Superintendent will give consideration to such factors
as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities
in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of
the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant,
degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant and
other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150º F. (65º C.).
(2)
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or
oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter
or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between 32º and 150º F. (0º and 65º C.).
(3)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The
installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipment with a
motor of 3/4 horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Superintendent.
(4)
Any waters or wastes containing strong-acid iron-pickling
wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(5)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, copper, zinc
and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting
an excessive chlorine requirement to such degree that any such material
received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds
the limits established by the Superintendent for such materials.
(6)
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-
or odor-producing substances in such concentrations exceeding limits
which may be established by the Superintendent as necessary, after
treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the
state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge
to the receiving waters.
(7)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent
in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(8)
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
(9)
Materials which exert or cause:
(a)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids
(such as but not limited to fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime
residues) or dissolved solids (such as but not limited to sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate).
(b)
Excessive discoloration (such as but not limited
to dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
(c)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine
requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load
on the sewage treatment works.
(d)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes
constituting "slugs" as defined in this article.
(10)
Waters or wastes containing substances which
are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment
process employed or are amenable to treatment only to such degree
that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements
of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving
waters.
C.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in this section and which, in the judgment of the Village, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewerage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may reject the wastes, require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers, require control over the quantities and rates of discharge and/or require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of § 164-20. If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for
the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients,
except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living
quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to
be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing
facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained
continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner
at his expense.
When required by the Superintendent, the owner
of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary
meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole,
when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be
constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent.
The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall
be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
this article shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined
at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at
such control manhole. In the event that no special manhole had been
required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest
downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building
sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewerage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
The particular analysis involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour
composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether
a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always,
BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour
composites of all outfalls, whereas pH's are determined from periodic
grab samples.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between
the Village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste
of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village for
treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person
to maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover,
deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which
is a part of the sewerage works. Any person violating this provision
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in the Penal Law.
A.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees
of the Village bearing proper credentials and identification shall
be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with
the provisions of this article. The Superintendent or his representatives
shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, paper or other industries, beyond that point
having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the
sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection A, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the Village shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company.
C.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees
of the Village bearing proper credentials identification shall be
permitted to enter all private properties through which the Village
holds a duly negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited
to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance
of any portion of the sewerage works lying within such easement. All
entry and subsequent work, if any, on such easement shall be done
in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement
pertaining to the private property involved.
A.
No private sanitary sewer, sewer drain, sink, vault,
or privy nor any private cesspool, septic tank, disposal field or
other means of accumulating and/or disposing of sewage shall be constructed
and/or maintained within the corporated limits of the Village, except
that where any residential lot in an existing subdivision lies partially
within the Town of Pittsford and partially within the Village, the
owner of such lot may comply with the requirements of either the Village
or the Town of Pittsford insofar as the disposition of sewage and
waste material is concerned.
[Amended 5-12-2009 by L.L. No. 12-2009]
B.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Board of
Trustees of the Village from refusing to authorize the granting of
such a permit by the Village Clerk where it appears that access to
the Village sanitary sewer system is readily available or where the
granting of such permit would be detrimental to the health and general
welfare of the Village.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article, except § 164-21, shall be served by the Village with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person violating any provision of this article
shall be responsible in money damages for any injury to the sewer
system of for any expense, loss or damage caused the Village by such
violation. This money may be collected by civil action, and obedience
to the Article may also be enforced by injunction.
C.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any
person who violates any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $250 or to imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.
This article shall be known as the "Sewer Rent
Ordinance" and is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-F
of the General Municipal Law of the state and any and all amendments
thereto.
For the purposes of this article, the following
definitions shall apply:
Includes any liquid, gaseous, solid or other waste substance,
or a combination thereof, resulting from any process of industry,
manufacturing, trade or business, or from the development or recovery
of any natural resources.
Includes garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings,
bark, sand, lime, cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dyestuffs, acids,
chemicals and all other discarded matter in sewage or industrial waste.
Includes all lateral sewers, branch sewers, interceptor sewers
or trunk sewers and any sewage treatment and disposal works, each
part with necessary appurtenances, including sewage pumping stations
and also including all channels, streams or watercourses into which
is introduced stormwater.
Includes all water-carried human or animal wastes or body
wastes, normal culinary, laundry and washing wastes and the like from
residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places,
together with water from roof leads or wall drains or other stormwater
connections and such groundwater infiltration and surface water as
may be present. The admixture, with sewage of industrial waste or
other wastes, also shall be considered "sewage" within the meaning
of this article.
Includes all sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are
used or useful in whole or in part in connection with the collection,
treatment or disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes
and which are owned, operated or maintained by the Village, including
sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal works.
Sewer rent shall constitute charges established
and imposed pursuant to this article and any and all amendments thereto
for the use of the sewer system operated and maintained by the Village
or any part or parts thereof.
The sewer rents established in this article
shall be imposed on the owners of all premises located within or without
the corporate limits of the Village connected with and served by the
Village sewer system. Such sewer rents shall be based upon the consumption
of water upon such premises.
A.
The sewer rent charged to each premises to which this article is applicable shall be based on the amount of water, in gallons, used at each premises as computed semiannually by the Village of Pittsford or by an entity authorized by the Village of Pittsford to control, maintain and operate the water supply and distribution systems in the Village of Pittsford. Said use of water on each premises shall be calculated for the water rental semiannual period next preceding each sewer rent due date, as specified in § 164-30.
[Amended 3-8-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
B.
The scale of sewer rents charged to each premises
for each semiannual billing shall be established by the Board of Trustees
at the annual organizational meeting held in the month of April of
each year.
[Amended 6-25-1997 by L.L. No. 6-1997; 3-10-1998 by L.L. No. 4-1998; 4-9-2002 by L.L. No. 2-2002; 4-8-2003 by L.L. No. 5-2003; 4-13-2004 by L.L. No. 6-2004; 4-11-2006 by L.L. No. 4-2006]
[Amended 3-8-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
Sewer rents for the use of the sewer system
shall be paid semiannually in advance for sewer rent semiannual periods
commencing July 1 and January 1 in each year. Sewer rents shall be
due and payable on the first day of each of the two aforesaid periods
and shall be paid within 30 days after each such semiannual due date.
In the event that payment is not made within the thirty-day period,
then a penalty of 10% shall be added to the sewer rent.
Sewer rents, together with the amount of any penalty, which shall become due and owing as provided in this article shall constitute a lien upon the real property served by the sewer system or such part or parts thereof for which sewer rents shall have been established and imposed. Such rents and/or penalties due may be included in the Village tax levy, accounted for and collected pursuant to Article 14 of the Village Law of the state or such rents and/or penalties due may be collected pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-F of the General Municipal Law of the state.
