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 City or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said municipality, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable
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 exclusively
for stormwater. No connection shall be made to an intercepting sewer
system in a location as to cause flow to the receiving stream rather
than the sewage treatment plant.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet, within incorporated City boundaries, 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 Part 3.
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 Part 3, is available. All housing construction
or building development which takes place after this Part 3 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.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes,
situated within the City, and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may, in the future, be located a
public sewer, 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 Part 3 within 360 days after official notice to do so, provided
that said public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property
line.
The use of the City public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in §
139-23, 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 of the POTW.
The City Common Council, on the recommendation
of the City Engineer, 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 service area of the POTW.
A. 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 Part
3.
B. If the person is not a municipality the acceptance
shall be made only with the expressed written consent of the City
Engineer (the issuance of a permit) setting forth the terms and conditions
of such an acceptance.
All requirements, directives, and orders calling
for mandatory use of the sewers, within the service area of the POTW,
for the proper discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial
wastes, shall be established and given by the Common Council, NYSDEC,
USEPA, and/or other such state or federal agencies, which have enforcement
powers.