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.
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.