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 of Oxford or in any area under the jurisdiction of said municipality,
any human or animal excrement, garbage or objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within the
Village of Oxford 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.
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 the 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 of Oxford
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 toilet facilities therein and to
connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter. Connection shall be made 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 of Oxford public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in § 230-12, 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.
The discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes,
generated on or discharged from real property outside the service area of
the POTW, shall be made only with the express consent of the Wastewater Treatment
Operator, and upon the issuance of a permit setting forth terms and conditions
for such discharge.
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 of Oxford Board, NYSDEC, USEPA and/or such other
state or federal agencies having enforcement powers.
