A.
Except as otherwise provided by this section, it shall
be unlawful to place, deposit or discharge or to cause, suffer or
permit to be placed, deposited or discharged, either directly or indirectly,
into any public sewer of this town or into any house sewer connection
therewith in said town, or on or upon any street, alley or public
place, or on or upon any private property or any other place in said
town, in such manner that the same will be permitted to run into any
such public sewer or house sewer, any of the following substances:
(1)
Any oil, petroleum, naphtha, liquid asphaltum or per
petroleum product, or any fatty matter, rags, sand, earth or stone
dust.
(2)
Dead animals, fish, fruit or vegetable matter in any
form, except garbage deposited into the sanitary sewer system by means
of acceptable garbage grinders as provided for in this chapter.
(3)
Any refuse or industrial liquid waste other than domestic
sewage that will not readily disintegrate in the sewage treatment
plant or that will cause to or tend to cause obstructions in the sewer
system of the sewage treatment plant or interfere or tend to interfere
with the efficient and successful operation of said system or said
plant or cause a potential hazard or objectionable odor.
(4)
Any chemicals or waste destructive to masonry.
(5)
Grease, except in quantities commonly contained in
domestic sewage.
(6)
Any effluent of a temperature exceeding one hundred
forty degrees Fahrenheit (140º F.).
(7)
Any radioactive waste.
(8)
Any industrial waste, including but not limited to
mineral salts, molds or wastes resulting from their manufacture and
other products which will tend to sterilize activated sludge, trickling
filter slimes or slime growth on artificial or natural slow sand filters.
B.
Before any person may discharge alkalis, acids or
other corrosive or harmful water into the public sewer, he shall reduce
the biochemical oxygen demand, and the pH shall not be in excess of
eleven (11) or less than six (6). Control shall be to the extent which
the Engineer finds adequate, taking all circumstances into consideration.
C.
Except as provided in Subsection D of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to make or maintain any connection with any part of the public sewer for the purpose of discharging sewage or waste which contains any of such objectionable substances mentioned in this section.
D.
Permit to discharge objectionable materials.
(1)
Whenever any person desires to make or maintain any
connection with any part of the public sewer for the purpose of discharging
sewage or waste which contains any of such objectionable substances,
such person shall apply to the Town Clerk for a permit for said purpose.
Said permit shall be issued only when the Engineer is satisfied that
an adequate intercepting appliance has been provided to prevent such
objectionable substances or substance from entering the public sewer.
Said permit shall be issued only upon payment to the Town Clerk of
the sum as set by resolution of the Town Board from time to time and
shall expire on one (1) year after the date of its issuance.[1]
(2)
Said permit shall be revocable whenever it shall appear
to the Engineer that the holder thereof has violated any provision
of this chapter or when such intercepting appliance does not prevent
such objectionable substance or substances from entering the public
sewer. Said permit shall be revoked by registered mail to the permittee
at the address set forth in said permit. Said permit shall be deemed
revoked as of the fifth day after receipt of said notice.
(3)
It shall be unlawful for the holder of any permit
issued pursuant to this chapter to fail to maintain such appliance
in satisfactory working condition.
(4)
Permits issued under this chapter shall be nontransferable.
(5)
Before granting a permit to any applicant to discharge
any industrial liquid waste or industrial sewage into the public sewer,
the Engineer shall determine either that the waste is one which will
not damage or destroy the public sewer or cause an unwarranted increase
in the cost of maintenance of the public sewer or retard or inhibit
the treatment of the sewage or that the waste is one that can be made
acceptable by pretreatment.
E.
The provisions of this chapter requiring the installation
of adequate intercepting appliances and the obtaining of permits shall
not apply to any person, firm or corporation maintaining a connection
with the public sewer upon the effective date of this chapter until
the expiration of sixty (60) days from said effective date.
No person shall connect or cause or permit to
be connected any roof drain, yard drain or other conduit used for
carrying off rain or surface water with any public sewer or house
connection sewer leading thereto. No person shall cause or permit
any indirect connection to the public sewer or house connection sewer
leading thereto by means of which rain or surface waters are permitted
to enter said public sewer.
B.
Unpolluted waters from swimming pools shall be discharged
into a storm sewer, where such sewer is available, or into a dry well
where space and soil conditions permit the installation of a dry well.
C.
Before any unpolluted waters may be discharged into
any storm sewer drain, a permit must be obtained from the Town Superintendent
of Highways for said purpose, and all such waters so discharged shall
meet the requirements of the Water Pollution Control Board of the
State of New York.
A.
Garbage resulting from the preparation of any food
or drink prepared and served or proposed to be served on the premises
may be ground and discharged into the public sewer only prior to approval
of the Engineer and Building Inspector as to the fitness of content
determined by an analysis made with United States Standard Sieves
and based on wet-drained weights in accordance with the following:
B.
The method of discharge permitted under this section
shall be by flushing with water directly into a trapped outlet into
the house plumbing leading to the public sewer.
C.
The Engineer may limit the permissible quantity or
quality of garbage to be disposed of through garbage grinders.
No person engaged in washing motor vehicles
or other equipment exclusive or incidental to any other business shall
permit any water or effluent from such operation to flow into any
public sewer or house connection sewer unless the washing area is
equipped with an approved interceptor. Such washing area shall be
roofed over and shall be so constructed as to prevent any water from
flowing over any street or public property or any storm or surface
water from entering any public sewer.
Cellar drains and showers in basements or yards
shall be protected to prevent the admission of sand, detritus and
storm or surface water into the public sewer or into any house connection
sewer leading thereto. When necessary, in the opinion of the Engineer
or the Building Inspector, such appurtenances shall be equipped with
an approved interceptor.
No person shall cause or permit the exhaust
from any steam engine or the blowoff from any boiler to be discharged
directly into any public sewer or into any house connection sewer
leading thereto. Such exhaust or blowoff shall first be discharged
into a watertight sump which may in turn be connected to the public
sewer.
It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it
shall be unlawful for any person to use or suffer or permit to be
used in the Town of Cortlandt for the purpose of a laundry or wash
house any building or premises unless the same shall be connected
to a public sewer, or to convey or suffer or permit to be conveyed
any slops, wash water or refuse substance from any laundry or wash
house within said town into any sink, cesspool or pit or onto the
ground, or in any manner to dispose of the same except by conducting
the same into a public sewer, provided that such sewer is available
as stated in this chapter. Where no such public sewer is available,
such wastes shall be discharged into a cesspool constructed according
to the Plumbing Code.[1]
