Where a public sewer is not available, under the provisions of § 149-11 and 149-14, the building lateral shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the Onondaga County Department of Health, New York State Department of Health, and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations.
No two separate permanent buildings, where the
intended use for either is for a distinct and separate business or
a dwelling place for a private family or families, shall be connected
to the same individual septic tank and tile absorption field.
A.
The wastewater disposal system shall be designed by
a professional engineer, and shall be in accordance with the NYSDOH
Standards for Waste Treatment Works or NYSDEC Standards for Commercial
and Institutional Facilities and Onondaga County Department of Health
requirements, as appropriate.
B.
Application shall be submitted and a construction
permit obtained as required by the Onondaga County Department of Health.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may
be imposed by the Onondaga County Department of Health, NYSDOH or
NYSDEC.
When the liquid or liquid-borne effluent from
a private wastewater disposal system enters any watercourse, ditch,
storm sewer or water supply system located in the Town of Van Buren
in such a manner, volume and concentration so as to create a hazardous,
offensive or objectionable condition, in the opinion of the Onondaga
County Department of Health or the NYSDOH the owner of the premises
upon which such wastewater disposal system is located, upon receiving
written notice from the Onondaga County Department of Health to do
so, shall, within the time frame specified by the Department of Health,
but in no instance greater than 90 days after receipt of such notice,
repair, rebuild or relocate such wastewater disposal system for the
purpose of eliminating such hazardous, offensive or objectionable
conditions. The repair, rebuilding or relocation of the system shall
be accomplished in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
NYSDOH, NYSDEC and the Onondaga County Department of Health, at the
owner's expense.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private
wastewater disposal system in a satisfactory manner at all times,
at the owner's expense.
A.
Not withstanding any other provision of local or state
laws, no discharge of sewage, wastewater or septage shall be permitted
upon the surface of the ground anywhere within the Town of Van Buren,
or into natural or artificial surface drainageways.
B.
Where a private wastewater disposal system utilizes
a cesspool or a septic tank, septage shall be removed from the cesspool
or septic tank by a licensed hauler of trucked and hauled wastes at
three-year intervals or more frequently.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available
to a property, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer,
in compliance with this chapter, and any cesspool, septic tank and
similar wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of septage
by a licensed septage hauler and finally either filled with clean
sand, bank-run gravel or dirt or removed and properly disposed. When
the connection is made to the public sewer, the connection to the
private wastewater disposal facility shall be broken and both ends
of the break shall be plugged, as appropriate.
No statement in this article shall be construed
to prevent or interfere with any additional requirements that may
be deemed necessary by the Superintendent or the Onondaga County Department
of Health to protect public health and public welfare.
