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]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
(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.
A. 
Unpolluted waters from refrigeration systems, air-conditioning systems or industrial cooling operations shall be discharged into a storm sewer, where such sewer is available, or dry well, except as provided in the Plumbing Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 219, Plumbing.
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:
(1) 
Not less than forty percent (40%) shall pass a No. 8 sieve.
(2) 
Not less than sixty-five percent (65%) shall pass a No. 3 sieve.
(3) 
Not less than one hundred percent (100%) shall pass a one-fourth-inch screen.
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]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 219, Plumbing.