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 or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said municipality, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or waste. Also, no person shall discharge domestic sewage onto the surface of the ground or discharge it in a way that permits it to come to the surface of the ground.
No person shall connect a private sewage system so that sewage flows into a storm sewer or into a drain intended for stormwater.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, stream, river, wetland or drinking water source, within the service area, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said municipality, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building permit for a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities unless a suitable and approved method of wastewater disposal, conforming to this chapter is available. All housing construction or building development which takes place after this chapter is enacted shall provide for an approved system of sanitary sewers.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, or other facility intended or used for disposal of wastewater.
[Amended 6-3-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013]
The owner of each house, building, or property used for human occupancy, employment or recreation, situated within the service area, and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which a public sewer is located, is hereby required, at the owner's expense, to install suitable sanitary facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property line. In the event such house, building or property is already served by a cesspool, septic tank or similar wastewater disposal facility, such facility may remain in service until and unless it shall fail and cannot be or is not repaired, in which case the owner shall abandon the same in accordance with § 127-26 and connect said sanitary facilities directly with the proper public sewer within 90 days of notice to the owner by the Town of Malta Planning Department.
[Amended 6-3-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013]
The use of the Town public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in § 127-16, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes generated on or discharged from real property within the bounds of the service area served by the POTW treatment plant.
A. 
The Town Board shall have the authority to enter into agreements to accept sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes, generated by or discharged from persons outside the sewer district boundaries, providing SCSD No. 1 also agrees to accept the same.
B. 
If the person is a municipality, that municipality shall have enacted a sewer use law as restrictive on the discharge of sewage and other wastes as the restrictions contained in this chapter.
C. 
If the person is not a municipality, the acceptance shall be made only with the expressed written consent of the Town Board (the issuance of a permit) setting forth the terms and conditions of such a acceptance.
A. 
The Town Board, on its own volition, or at the recommendation of the Town's engineer or other appropriate individual or agency, may enact a moratorium on the issuance of permits to connect to the sewer system by Town Board resolution, if it determines that:
(1) 
One or more segments of the public sewer is exceeding its hydraulic capacity at any time.
(2) 
Any specific purpose of this chapter is being violated.
B. 
The Town Board shall have the authority to limit or deny new connections to the public sewer until the conditions leading to the moratorium are corrected. Such correction may be by:
(1) 
Construction of new facilities.
(2) 
Enlarging existing facilities.
(3) 
Correction of inflow and infiltration.
(4) 
Cleaning and repairing of existing facilities.
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory use of the sewers, within the POTW treatment plant, for the proper discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes, shall be established and given by the Town Board, SCSD No. 1, NYSDEC, USEPA, and/or other such state or federal agencies, which have enforcement powers.