This Chapter 130 shall be known and cited as the "Sewers and Sewage Disposal Law" of the Town of Cazenovia.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the maximum beneficial
public use of the Town of Cazenovia's public and private sewers
and facilities through the regulation of the Town of Cazenovia Water
Pollution Control Facility, the Town's public and private sewer
system, the installation and connection of new sewers, the discharges
of waters and wastes in the public sewer system, the quantity and
quality of discharge wastes, pretreatment standards, equitable distribution
of costs, issuance of discharge permits and penalties and procedures
in cases of violation of this chapter.
The specific purposes of this chapter are the following:
A.
To prevent the introduction of substances into the publicly owned
treated works ("POTW") that will:
(1)
Interfere with the POTW in any way;
(2)
Pass through the POTW to the state's waters and cause contravention
of standards for those waters or cause violation of the POTW's
SPDES permit;
(3)
Increase the cost or otherwise hamper the disposal of POTW sludge
and/or residuals;
(4)
Endanger municipal employees;
(5)
Cause air pollution or groundwater pollution, directly or indirectly;
(6)
Cause, directly or indirectly, any public nuisance condition.
B.
To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow and, as much as
possible, eliminate existing sources of infiltration and inflow.
C.
To assure that new sewers and connections are properly constructed.
D.
To provide for the fair and equitable distribution to all users of
the POTW of all costs associated with sewage transmission, treatment,
and residuals disposal and to provide for the collection of such costs.
A.
Over the course of approximately four decades, the Town of Cazenovia
formed, in accordance with New York State law, over 21 sewer districts
and extensions to prevent contamination of water supplies within the
Town and to provide for the health, safety and general welfare of
the Town of Cazenovia and adjacent communities by collecting and transporting
wastewater from the community's neighborhoods to the Madison
County Wastewater Treatment Facility.
B.
Due to the proliferation of sewer districts and extensions thereof
within the Town, it was recognized that the Town would benefit from
the creation of a single unified consolidated sewer district encompassing
all of the previous 21 sewer districts and extensions. Accordingly,
through the attainment and administration of a local government efficiency
grant, the Town effectively consolidated the various sewer districts
into a single consolidated sewer district known as the "Town of Cazenovia
Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District."
C.
It was determined by the Madison County Board of Supervisors that
the County of Madison should transfer the ownership, administration
and operation of the Madison County Wastewater Treatment Facility
and the corresponding sewer system. The County of Madison sought an
appropriate governmental entity to which the county could transfer
the entirety of the assets, property, dedicated funds and other financial
interests of the sewer district as well as the responsibility of ownership,
management, operation and maintenance of the treatment facility and
main trunk line interceptor sewers. After careful thought and consideration,
it was determined by the County of Madison, Town of Cazenovia, Village
of Cazenovia, and Town of Nelson that the assets of the Madison County
Sewer District, including the treatment facility, main trunk lines
and appurtenances, should be transferred to the Town of Cazenovia.
D.
In order to accomplish the lawful and efficient dissolution and transfer
of the Madison County Sewer District, the County of Madison, Town
of Cazenovia, Village of Cazenovia and Town of Nelson sought the passage
of special legislation from the New York State Legislature to effectuate
the dissolution and transfer. Special legislation was drafted and
thereafter duly introduced and passed by the New York State Senate
on May 25, 2016, and the New York State Assembly on June 14, 2016,
and signed by the Governor on November 14, 2016.
E.
The special legislation dissolved the Madison County Sewer District
in its entirety effective upon the execution of an intermunicipal
agreement for the management, maintenance, operation, billing, financing
and future infrastructure and capital improvements of the Town of
Cazenovia Water Pollution Control Facility and corresponding sewer
system formerly known as the "Madison County Sewer District." Said
intermunicipal agreement was executed by all the necessary parties,
thereby effectuating the dissolution of the Madison County Sewer District
and the transfer of its assets and liabilities to the Town of Cazenovia.
As the owner and operator of the Town of Cazenovia Water Pollution
Control Facility and corresponding sewer system, the Town of Cazenovia
is enacting this chapter to ensure the protection of the control facility,
the corresponding sewer system and the health, safety and welfare
of the public.
