A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the Town of Cortlandville, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Town, any human or animal excrement, garbage or objectionable waste.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Town of Cortlandville, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Town, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Part 2.
C. 
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
D. 
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the Town and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is not located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the Town, is hereby required at the owner's (owners') expense to install suitable toilet facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Part 2 within 90 days after date of official notices to do so, provided that said sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.
A. 
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of previous section, the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.
B. 
Before commencement of construction of a private wastewater disposal system, the owner(s) shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Public Health Administrator of the Cortland County Health Department. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the Health Department, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary by the Administrator. The permit and inspection are subject to a fee which shall be paid to the Health Department at the time the application is filed.
C. 
At such time as a public sanitary sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, as provided in § 171-17, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within 60 days in compliance with this Part 2, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with suitable material.
D. 
The owner(s) shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the Town of Cortlandville.
E. 
No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Cortland County Health Department.
A. 
No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any connections with, or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Administrator.
B. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential and commercial service, and for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner(s) or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Town of Cortlandville. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Administrator. Applicable permit and inspection fees shall be paid to the Town at the time the application is filed.
C. 
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D. 
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but the Town does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
E. 
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Administrator, to meet all requirements of this Part 2.
F. 
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town of Cortlandville.
G. 
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
H. 
No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which, in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer unless such connection is approved by the Administrator for the purpose of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
I. 
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedure and materials must be approved by the Administrator before installation.
J. 
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Administrator when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Administrator or his representative. Plumbers shall be approved, in writing, by the Administrator.
K. 
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town of Cortlandville.
[Added 8-5-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
Specifications for installations of residential sewer laterals are as follows:
A. 
All person(s) wishing to connect to public sewer shall, prior to beginning work, make application at the Town of Cortlandville Water and Sewer Department on the appropriate form and pay the appropriate fee(s).
B. 
All applicants must select a contractor approved by the Town.
C. 
A twenty-four-hour notice shall be given to the Town prior to beginning work.
D. 
All sewer laterals shall have a minimum cover of four feet to a point just before it enters the building.
E. 
Slope shall be no less than 1/4 inch per foot.
F. 
Pipe shall be four-inch SDR 35, except that where the pipe extends through the foundation wall that pipe shall be Schedule 40 or cast iron.
G. 
Bedding shall consist of six inches of No. 1 stone all around the pipe.
H. 
Cleanout shall be installed every 75 feet and at any bend greater than 45°.
I. 
If no traps, vents or cleanouts are provided in the building, then they must be provided. (See Figure 3 for typical installations.[1])
J. 
All work must be inspected prior to backfilling.
K. 
The property owner is responsible for the sewer lateral from the building to the street.
L. 
Grease traps/oil separators.
(1) 
All restaurants or food facilities are required to install and maintain, at the owner's expense, a grease trap approved by the Town.
(2) 
All garages and or facilities that have floor drains and the like hooked to public sewer shall be required to install and maintain an approved grease trap/oil separator. (See Figure 4.[2]) All water entering said floor drains must be metered.
[2]
Editor's Note: Figure 4, Grease Trap/Oil Separator and Grit Trap for Automotive Garages, Etc., is included as an attachment to this chapter.
No person shall discharge wastes to a community sewer which cause, threaten to cause, or are capable of causing, either alone or by interaction with other substances:
A. 
A fire or explosion.
B. 
Obstruction of flow or injury to the treatment works.
C. 
Danger to life or safety of personnel.
D. 
A strong offensive odor or prevention of the effective maintenance or operation of the treatment works.
E. 
Air pollution by the release of toxic or malodorous gases or malodorous gas-producing substances.
F. 
Interference with the wastewater treatment process.
G. 
The agency's effluent or any other product of the treatment process, residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
H. 
A detrimental environmental impact or a nuisance in the waters of the state or a condition unacceptable to any public agency having regulatory jurisdiction over the agency.
I. 
Discoloration or any other condition in the quality of the agency's treatment works effluent such that receiving water quality requirements established by law cannot be met.
J. 
The agency's treatment works to be overloaded or cause excessive agency collection or treatment costs, or may use a disproportionate share of the agency facilities.
K. 
Any constituent posing a corrosive threat to the treatment works.
Unpolluted water, including but not limited to cooling water, process water or blowdown from cooling towers or evaporative coolers, shall not be discharged through direct or indirect connection to a community sewer.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any radioactive waste into a community sewer except:
A. 
When the person is authorized to use radioactive materials by the State Department of Health or other governmental agency empowered to regulate the use of radioactive materials.
B. 
When the waste is discharged in direct conformity with current New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations and the Atomic Energy Commission regulations and recommendations for safe disposal.
C. 
When the person is in compliance with all rules and regulations of all other applicable regulatory agencies.
Waste from garbage grinders shall not be discharged into a community sewer except:
A. 
Wastes generated in preparation of food normally consumed on the premises.
B. 
Where the user has obtained a permit for that specific use from the agency, and agrees to undertake whatever self-monitoring is required to enable the agency to equitably determine the charges and fees based on the waste constituents and characteristics. Such grinders must shred the waste to a degree that all particles will be carried freely under normal flow conditions prevailing in the community sewer. Garbage grinders shall not be used for grinding plastic, paper products, inert materials or garden refuse.
No person shall discharge any substances directly into a manhole or other opening in a community sewer other than through an approved building sewer, unless he has been issued a permit by the Administrator. If a permit is issued for such direct discharge, the user shall pay the applicable charges and fees and shall meet such other conditions as required by the Administrator and the Cortlandville Town Board by rule, regulation or resolution.
No person shall discharge any holding tank waste into a community sewer unless he has been issued a permit by the Administrator. Unless otherwise allowed by the Administrator under the terms and conditions of the permit, a separate permit must be secured for each separate discharge. This permit will state the specific location of discharge, the time of day the discharge is to occur, the volume of the discharge, and the wastewater constituents and characteristics. If a permit is granted for discharge of such waste into a community sewer, the user shall pay the applicable charges and fees and shall meet such other conditions as required by the Administrator and the Cortlandville Town Board. An exception to the above is that no permit will be required for discharge of domestic wastes from mobile holding tanks, provided that such discharges are made into an agency-approved facility designed to receive such wastes. Issuance of a permit to a person does not in any manner alleviate said person from any responsibilities stated herein.
A. 
No person shall discharge wastewater containing in excess of the following concentrations into any portion of the public sewer system:
30-Day Average
(mg/l)
24-Hour Average
(mg/l)
Cadmium
0.2
0.4
Total chromium
2.5
7.0
Copper
0.4
0.8
Lead
0.1
0.2
Mercury
0.1
0.2
Nickel
2.0
4.0
Zinc
1.8
4.2
Arsenic
0.1
0.2
Available chlorine
50.0
50.0
Cyanide - free
0.2
0.4
Cyanide - complex
0.8
1.6
Selenium
0.1
0.2
Sulfide
3.0
6.0
Barium
2.0
4.0
Gold
0.1
0.2
Silver
0.1
0.2
Fluorides
1.0
1.0
Phenol
2.0
4.0
B. 
No person shall discharge any wastewater:
(1) 
Having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65.5° C.), nor having such a temperature as to cause the temperature of the treatment plant influent to exceed 104° F. (40° C.).
(2) 
Containing waxes, fats, oil or grease, emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter (mg/l), as determined by standard oil or grease estimates.
(3) 
Having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5.
(4) 
Containing in excess of 0.02 mg/l total identifiable chlorinated hydrocarbons which cannot be removed by the agency's wastewater treatment process.
(5) 
Containing more than 20 mg/l of the following gases:
(a) 
Hydrogen sulfide.
(b) 
Sulfur dioxide.
(c) 
Oxides of nitrogen.
(6) 
Containing in excess of 1.0 mg/l phenolic compounds which cannot be removed by the agency's wastewater treatment process.
(7) 
Containing garbage that has not been properly shredded.
C. 
No person shall augment his use of process water or otherwise intentionally dilute his discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with any effluent limitations specified or referenced herein.
D. 
Effluent limitations promulgated under § 307 of the Federal Act shall apply in any instance where they are more stringent than the limitations incorporated herein. Discharges regulated by Categorical Standards and Requirements covered under 40 CFR 403.6 and 403.12(b) are required by this article to comply with such applicable standards and requirements.
E. 
Limitations on wastewater strength contained in Subsections A and B of this section may be supplemented by more stringent limitations under the following conditions:
(1) 
If the agency determines that the limitation in Subsections A and B of this section may not be sufficient to protect the operation of the agency's treatment works; or
(2) 
If the agency determines that the limitations in Subsections A and B of this section may not be sufficient to enable the agency's treatment works to comply with water quality standards or effluent limitation specifications in the agency's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit.
Waste not permitted to be discharged into the community sewer must be transported to a state-approved disposal site. The required waste hauler's report must be completed and a copy furnished within 30 days to the agency by the discharger.
[Added 7-9-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
Any business wishing to be considered a significant industrial user shall:
A. 
Complete an industrial water rate application and submit the completed form and all required paper work to the Town of Cortlandville Water/Sewer Department. The Department’s representative will review the application to ensure that the facility meets the NACIS and EPA requirements for an industry.
B. 
Once the application has been reviewed and approved, the consumption of the business will be monitored for one billing quarter (90 days), during which time the standard water rate will apply. If after such monitoring it has been demonstrated that the facility uses an average of 25,000 GPD, the industrial water rate will then be applied to the account for future billings. The Town will continue to monitor the account and if the average of 25,000 GPD is not maintained for two consecutive quarters, the billing rate will return to the standard water rate and a new or amended application for recognition shall be required.