[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Peekskill as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 462.
[Adopted 7-27-1964 (Ch. 245, Art. I of the 1984 Code)]
No person, firm, corporation, association or
copartnership shall conduct the business of septic tank cleaning or
like business in the City of Peekskill without first having registered
each vehicle used in said business with the City Clerk, City of Peekskill,
on the form to be provided by him.
No person, firm, corporation, association or
copartnership shall introduce, deposit or dispose of any septic tank
sludge, deposit or cleanings or other such waste in any sewer or appurtenances
forming part of the sewage collection and disposal system of the City
of Peekskill, except sludge, deposits or cleanings from septic tanks
serving premises situate within the City of Peekskill which have been
approved by the Health Department of the County of Westchester, and
then only upon the following terms and conditions:
A.
The owner of any premises situate in the City of Peekskill
served by a septic tank which has been approved by the Health Department
of the County of Westchester shall be permitted to have the sludge
deposits or cleanings of a septic tank deposited in the sanitary sewer
system of the City of Peekskill in the following manner:
(1)
The owner shall obtain a permit from the Director
of Public Works in a form and manner prescribed by the Director of
Public Works.
[Amended 6-24-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
(2)
The owner shall employ a scavenger or person, firm,
corporation, association or copartnership licensed by the Health Department
of the County of Westchester to clean his septic tank.
(3)
The said licensed scavenger, person, firm, corporation,
association or copartnership shall present the permit obtained by
the owner to the Director of Public Works, who shall designate the
time and place for disposal of said sludge or other such waste. Said
permit shall be surrendered to the Director of Public Works by the
scavenger, person, firm, corporation, association or copartnership
upon deposit of said sludge or other waste in said sewer system of
the City of Peekskill.
[Amended 6-24-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
(4)
No fee shall be charged to or collected from the owner
of the premises from which the sludge is removed.
[Amended 6-24-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
The Director of Public Works of the City of
Peekskill is hereby authorized and empowered to formulate and prescribe
rules and regulations regarding the form and content of the permit
to be issued under this article and regarding the time and place of
disposal of septic tank sludge and other waste under the permits issued
to residents of this City whose premises are served by septic tanks.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes a person, firm, corporation, association or copartnership engaged in the business set forth in § 457-1 of this article.
A.
Any person, firm, corporation, association or copartnership
violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be liable to a fine of $50 for the first offense or 30 days'
imprisonment, or both, and a mandatory fine of $100 or 30 days' imprisonment,
or both, for the second offense, and $250 for each subsequent offense
or 60 days' imprisonment, and shall stand committed to the Westchester
County Jail until such fine shall be paid, not exceeding one day for
each dollar of fine.
B.
Any violation of this article shall constitute a misdemeanor.
C.
The City Clerk shall send a certificate of each such
conviction to the Health Department of the County of Westchester within
10 days after each conviction.
