[HISTORY: Adopted 6-9-1975 by the Board of Selectmen of
the Town of Somers, effective 6-9-1975. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
In order to protect, preserve and ensure the public
health of the residents of the Town of Somers, it shall be unlawful
for any person to place, deposit or permit to be placed or deposited
upon public or private property or to discharge into any natural outlet
within the Town of Somers or in any area under the jurisdiction of
the Town of Somers any human excrement, garbage, sanitary sewage,
industrial or commercial waste or any polluted waters except in places
designated for such purposes by the Town of Somers and where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with the subsequent provisions
of this chapter.
B.
In furtherance of the above purposes and in order
to ensure proper removal and disposal of sewage wastes and sewage
waters within the Town of Somers and to ensure the proper operation
and maintenance of public sanitary sewers, sewage treatment facilities,
private septic disposal systems and appurtenances and connections
thereto, the following chapter regulating the construction, use, repair,
alteration and discontinuance or abandonment of sewers and appurtenances
and connection thereto, including pipes discharging directly or indirectly
into and through the sewers and appurtenances of the public sanitary
sewer system of the Town of Somers, as provided in Section 7-246 et
seq. of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, is hereby enacted.
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996]
A.
BUILDING SEWER
COMMERCIAL WASTES
COOLING WATER
DESIGNATED AGENT
DRAIN or BUILDING DRAIN
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
ON-PREMISES RESTAURANT KITCHEN
PERSON
pH
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER
REASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME
SANITARY SEWER
SEPTIC TANK or PRIVATE SEPTIC DISPOSAL SYSTEM
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES
SEWER
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
SUBSOIL DRAINAGE
SUITABLE FACILITIES
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
WATERCOURSE
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The liquid wastes from commercial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
Includes clean wastewater from air-conditioning, industrial
cooling, condensing and similar apparatus and from hydraulically powered
equipment. In general, "cooling water" will include only water which
is sufficiently clean and unpolluted to admit of being discharged,
without treatment or purification, into any natural open stream or
watercourse without offense.
That person designated by the Water Pollution Control Authority to implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative, in addition to the authority conferred upon such designated agent by the Public Health Code, Building Code, Chapter 214, Zoning, and other laws and ordinances of the Town of Somers and/or the State of Connecticut.
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996; 3-15-2018 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
that receives only sanitary waste discharged from pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning
five (5) feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
Rivers, streams, brooks, waterways, lakes, ponds, marshes,
swamps, bogs and other bodies of water, natural or artificial, public
or private, which are contained within, flow through or border upon
the boundaries of the Town of Somers.
Kitchen facilities situated in a commercial restaurant open
to the public where the food prepared therein is consumed on the premises.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
[Added 6-23-1980 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 7-14-1980]
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food, which have been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in
any dimension.
Refers to the provisions and requirements of this chapter, the Public Health Code, Building Code, Chapter 214, Zoning, planning regulations, Chapter 213, Subdivision of Land, Chapter 211, Inland Wetlands and Watercourses, and any other statute, ordinance or regulation of the Town of Somers and/or the State of Connecticut.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
Ninety (90) days, weather permitting.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
An on-site, subsurface waste disposal system constructed and maintained in accordance with all requirements of the Public Health Code, Building Code, Chapter 214, Zoning, this chapter and any other regulations, laws or ordinances of the Town of Somers and/or the State of Connecticut.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, excluding,
however, all those industrial and commercial wastes other than from
toilets, normal bathroom use or on-premises restaurant kitchens.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage.
Includes water from the soil percolating into subsoil drains
and through foundation walls, basement floors or from underground
pipes or from similar sources.
Public sanitary sewer or septic tank.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which is
removable by laboratory filtering.
[Added 6-23-1980 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 7-14-1980]
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
As defined in Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General Statutes,
as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Connecticut General Statutes
Section 7-245 et seq.
B.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
[Amended 6-23-1980 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 7-14-1980; 4-29-1996 by the Board
of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996]
The owner of all existing or subsequently constructed
houses, buildings or properties used or to be used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation or other purpose situated within the Town and
abutting on any public street in which there is located an adjoining
public sanitary sewer of the Town is hereby required at his expense
to install suitable toilet, bathroom and kitchen facilities therein,
as appropriate to its use, and to connect such facilities directly
with the public sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.
A.
No industrial or commercial wastes shall be introduced into the system, except as hereinafter provided in § 155-9A, other than on-premises restaurant kitchens.
B.
Any other provision of this chapter inconsistent herewith
notwithstanding, any use or occupancy of property subsequent to the
effective date of this chapter, which said use or occupancy would
cause an increase in quantity of flow into the sewage treatment facility,
is prohibited unless a permit is obtained from the Water Pollution
Control Authority authorizing the connection to and discharge into
said system.
A.
All existing or subsequently constructed homes, businesses,
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments not abutting
on a street in which there is an adjoining public sanitary sewer shall
have a suitable private septic disposal system, the installation,
operation and/or repair of which shall be subject to the inspection
and approval of the designated agent, his deputy or agent in accordance
with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996; 3-15-2018 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
B.
Except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful to
construct or maintain any private septic disposal system or other
facilities intended or used for the disposal of sewage unless such
construction or maintenance is accomplished in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
A.
No person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sanitary sewer or
appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from
the designated agent.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
B.
Any person proposing a new discharge into the system
or a substantial change in the volume or character of pollutants that
are being discharged into the system shall notify the Water Pollution
Control Authority at least forty-five (45) days prior to the proposed
change or connection.
[Added 6-23-1980 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 7-14-1980]
C.
There shall be two (2) classes of building permits
for sewers, for residential service and for commercial service. In
either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a form
furnished by the Town. The permit application shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent
in the judgment of the Water Pollution Control Authority and designated
agent. A permit and inspection fee, as amended by the Board of Selectmen,
for a sewer permit for a residential or commercial building, its use
or occupancy shall be paid to the designated agent at the time the
application is filed.
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996; 3-15-2018 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
D.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may
directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building
sewer.
A.
The Water Pollution Control Authority and/or the designated
agent shall from time to time establish minimum standards and specifications
to regulate the sizes, materials, methods and workmanship to be used
in the construction of sewers, building drains, building sewers and
other similar work and appurtenances thereto connected or intended
to be connected or to discharge, directly or indirectly, into any
public sanitary sewer or drain. Such standards shall provide minimum
requirements as to size, depth, slope or rate of grade for such pipes,
shall regulate the kinds of pipe, fittings, methods of laying, jointing,
materials used, manner of connecting to preexisting sanitary sewers
and drains and general considerations as to location and other pertinent
features.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
B.
The requirements of Town building and plumbing codes
shall be observed with respect to piping and fixtures inside or immediately
adjacent to buildings and within the areas of jurisdiction of said
several codes, subject only to the general requirements of this chapter.
Pipe more than five (5) feet outside the inner walls of any building
or similar structure shall conform to the requirements of this chapter
as to permits, materials and workmanship.
A.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall
notify the designated agent, reasonably in advance, when the building
sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sanitary
sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the designated
agent or his deputy or agent.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
B.
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 Authority.
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996]
When any building or other structure previously
served by a connection to any public sanitary sewer is demolished,
destroyed, abandoned or altered so that any sewer or portion of a
plumbing system which is directly or indirectly connected to any public
sanitary sewer is no longer used and is no longer connected to the
sewer system which discharged, directly or indirectly, into a public
sanitary sewer, the abandoned sewer or portion of a plumbing system
shall be promptly closed and sealed off at the property line so that
no water or wastes not otherwise permitted to enter the public sanitary
sewer shall be so discharged thereinto.
A.
The designated agent shall be notified of such abandonment
or discontinuance and of the closing and sealing of such sewer and
shall be afforded an opportunity to see such work performed.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
B.
All of said work shall be done by the person or party
who demolishes the building or structure or who alters the sewage
of the premises so as to make such closing and sealing necessary,
and, in the event of the failure of such person or party to do so,
shall be done by the owner, lessee or tenant of the premises in a
satisfactory manner all without expense to the Town.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or industrial or commercial process waters
to any public sanitary sewer except for acceptable industrial/commercial
process waste in existence at the time of the adoption of this chapter.
[Amended 6-23-1980 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 7-14-1980]
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage, or uncontaminated
process water in excessive quantities, shall be discharged to such
sewers as are specifically designed as storm sewers or to a natural
outlet approved by the Water Pollution Control Authority and the Conservation
Commission. Industrial or commercial cooling water or unpolluted process
waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Water Pollution Control
Authority and the State Department of Environmental Protection, to
a storm sewer or natural outlet.
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996]
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or
wastes to any public sanitary sewer:
[Added 6-23-1980 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 7-14-1980]
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.).
(2)
Any water or waste which may contain more than one
hundred (100) parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease.
(3)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(4)
Any garbage unless it has been properly shredded in
a garbage grinder.
(5)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage
works.
(6)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and
zero-tenths (5.0) or higher than nine and zero-tenths (9.0), or waters
or wastes having any corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
(7)
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic, poisonous
or radioactive substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or
animals or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage
treatment plant. Such toxic or poisonous substances shall include
but are not limited to cyanides, copper, zinc, nickel, iron, chromium,
lead, tin, silver, mercury or salts thereof.
(8)
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(9)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
D.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Water Pollution Control Authority, they
are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other
harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by the Water Pollution Control
Authority and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection.
[Added 6-23-1980 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 7-14-1980]
A.
The Town of Somers may license as a drain layer any person, firm or corporation found to be suitable and competent who or which shall have applied to it on a form to be provided for that purpose and who or which shall have furnished the surety bond and insurance required by §§ 155-13 and 155-14 hereof.
B.
No person other than those described in Subsection A shall construct, repair, alter or remove any sewer, building drain, building sewer or sewer line connected to or with or discharging directly or indirectly to or into any public sanitary sewer of said Town or intended to discharge thus at some future time, regardless of whether said work is located in a public street or on public or private land.
C.
The following may, as indicated, construct, repair,
alter or remove sewers, subject to supervision and approval by the
Water Pollution Control Authority:
(1)
Regular forces of a contractor employed by the Town
operating under orders of the Water Pollution Control Authority and
in the performance of work for said Town.
(2)
Regular forces of the Town and/or the State Highway
Department operating under and subject to permit for the particular
job to be issued by said Water Pollution Control Authority or the
designated agent and while engaged in the regular work and operations
of said Town or State Highway Department.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
(3)
Regular forces of any public utility corporation authorized
by state law to construct, maintain and operate pipes or ducts within
public highways within said Town, while engaged in work incidental
to the regular structures of said utility company and operating under
and subject to the conditions of a permit for the particular job issued
by said Water Pollution Control Authority or the designated agent.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
D.
The limitations as to persons who may construct, alter or repair building drains and building sewers as provided in Subsection A shall not restrict the usual work of plumbers or others when operating in accordance with local plumbing and building codes of the Town when they are working on pipes within or not more than five (5) feet outside the walls of a building or similar structure, provided that no plumber or other person shall make any connection to a public sewer of said Town without a permit therefor, even if said sewer is located under or immediately adjacent to any building or similar structure, and provided that all fixtures within said building or structure and all use made of them shall conform to the requirements of this chapter as to what may and may not be permitted to be discharged into public sanitary sewers.
E.
Owner performance. Nothing herein contained shall
prohibit the owner of a building or structure from personally installing
the building sewer on his own property under the conditions herein
specified:
(1)
Approval of plans and final approval by the designated
agent shall be obtained.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
(2)
A permit shall be secured as herein provided before
the work is performed.
(3)
Permit fees shall be paid and application made for
inspections.
(4)
All work shall be performed by the owner himself in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A.
No person, other than those working for and under the direction of the Town, shall make any excavation for or construct, install, lay, repair, alter or remove any sewer, building drain, building sewer, sewer connection or appurtenance thereof or connect to such sewer within the Town which is in any way connected to or discharges directly or indirectly to or into any public sanitary sewer of said Town or is intended at some future time to be so connected or so discharged until said person or party shall have applied for and secured from the designated agent a permit for doing such work. Such permits may be issued only to those qualified to perform such work as provided in § 155-10A of this chapter.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
B.
Every application for a permit shall be made in writing
on forms to be provided by the Town for that purpose and shall be
signed by the drain layer or other qualified person or party or an
authorized agent thereof.
(1)
The application shall state the location and ownership of the property to be served by the sewer in question, the post office address of said property owner and a brief description of the work to be done and shall contain an agreement that the permittee will do the work in accordance with the requirements of Town and local laws, ordinances, regulations and permits as those laws, etc., may apply to the particular locations or work and will save said Town and others harmless from damages, loss, damage claims, etc., in accordance with the terms of the drain layer's surety bond provided for in § 155-14 hereof.
(2)
The designated agent shall require as a prerequisite
to the issuance of any permit that he be furnished:
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
(a)
Evidence that any and all necessary permits,
etc., to open public streets, public or private grounds or property
have been or will be issued.
(b)
Evidence that the agent of the applicant is
properly authorized to sign the application in question.
(d)
Any other information or proof pertinent to
the particular job in question.
C.
Any person who applies for a permit to connect into
a public sanitary sewer or sewer line shall pay the prescribed fee
for each such permit. Permits shall not be transferable or assignable
by the permittee. Permits shall be kept on the premises where and
at all times when work is in progress and shall be shown to any proper
person asking to see the same. All persons operating under such permits
shall be held responsible for conformity with the requirements thereof
and of this chapter.
D.
Any permit, in whole or in part, may be suspended,
canceled or terminated by the Water Pollution Control Authority or
the designated agent on written notice to the permittee for violation
of the conditions thereof or for the violation of the requirements
of this chapter.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
Each drain layer licensed in accordance with § 155-10A hereof shall be responsible for the proper performance of all work performed under the permits issued to him and for the conduct of all work and all materials furnished on work by his employees or agents. No work shall be sublet by a drain layer under any permit issued in any manner to divest said drain layer of full control and responsibility for all parts of said work.
Each drain layer shall save the Town of Somers,
its agents and servants harmless from all loss or claims of loss,
damage or injury arising from the operations of said drain layer under
any permits issued to him by reason of his negligence in performing
the work in which he has been issued a permit. He shall furnish the
Town a public liability policy in the amount of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.), in which the Town is a named insured, protecting it against
such loss or claims of loss.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
Every person making application for permit shall
file with the Town a satisfactory bond of a surety company authorized
to transact such business in the State of Connecticut and having an
agent within the limits of Tolland County, in a form satisfactory
to the Water Pollution Control Authority or the designated agent.
The bond shall be in an amount not less than $1,500, to be determined
by the designated agent, conditioned upon the applicant:
A.
Substantially and properly performing all work to
be done under the permits issued to him in a workmanlike manner and
upon his using proper materials.
B.
Restoring that portion of any street or public place
which he has excavated in accordance with the rules contained in the
permit issued him and maintaining the same for a period of one (1)
year.
C.
Reimbursing the Town for any expense for repairs to
such street or public place made necessary by reason of the excavation.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
A.
If any person shall construct, install, alter or repair
any sewer, building drain, building sewer or connection to any public
sanitary sewer of the Town in violation of the requirements of this
chapter or, having obtained a permit as provided in this chapter,
shall construct, install, alter or repair any sewer, building drain,
building sewer or connection thereto without having given the designated
agent or his authorized representative adequate notice, time, opportunity
and assistance, during regular working hours, to inspect such sewer,
connection and the work and materials used thereon, said designated
agent shall order or direct the person who constructed, installed,
altered or repaired such sewer, etc., and/or the owner of any property
in which such sewer, etc., may be located or which may be served thereby
or in whose interest and employ said work was done to uncover and
fully expose any or all portions of such sewer, etc., and afford said
designated agent and his authorized representatives adequate opportunity
to examine and inspect such sewer, etc., and to secure such records
thereof as may be proper.
B.
If such sewer, etc., and the appurtenances thereof
shall be found not to be in full accord with the requirements of this
chapter and the standards established under its provisions, then said
designated agent shall order and direct such person, owner or lessee
to make such changes in or additions to or remove portions of appurtenances
of such sewer, etc., as may be necessary to ensure that such sewer,
etc., will conform to the requirements of this chapter and of the
standards established under its provisions. All of such work shall
be performed by said person, owner or lessee without delay and without
expense to the Town.
C.
If any person, after proper order or direction from
the designated agent, fails to take the remedial steps or perform
the acts required by this chapter or fails thereafter to use, operate
and maintain any connection with the public sanitary sewers of the
Town or appurtenances thereof, as required by this chapter, the Water
Pollution Control Authority or the designated agent, by such agents
and/or facilities as it or he may choose, may disconnect the sewer,
etc., which was wrongfully connected, altered, repaired or used or
through which improper wastes were discharged into the public sanitary
sewer system of the Town.
Within sixty (60) days after a public sanitary
sewer in a public street becomes operational, the Water Pollution
Control Authority shall notify abutting property owners that they
must connect with said sewer within six (6) months after such notification.
Failure to obtain a permit to make such connection shall be prima
facie evidence that no connection has been made.
A.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 155-3, the building sewer shall be connected to a private septic disposal system complying with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Before commencement of construction of or repair to
a private septic disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written
permit signed by the designated agent. The application for such permit
shall be made on a form furnished by the Water Pollution Control Authority,
which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications
and other information as are deemed necessary by the designated agent.
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996; 3-15-2018 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
C.
A permit for construction of or repairs to a private
septic disposal system shall not become effective until the construction,
installation or repair is completed to the satisfaction of the designated
agent. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction,
installation or repair, and, in any event, the applicant for the permit
shall notify the designated agent when the work is ready for final
inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection
shall be made within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt of notice
by the designated agent.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
D.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private
septic disposal system shall comply with all regulations of the Department
of Public Health of the State of Connecticut and the provisions of
this chapter. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge
to any natural outlet.
E.
Upon connection to the public sanitary sewer in compliance with § 155-3 of this chapter, any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private septic disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
F.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private septic
disposal system in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to
the Town.
G.
No statement contained in this section shall be construed
to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed
by the Health Officer, designated agent and the provisions of this
chapter.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996]
Any person who willfully breaks, damages, destroys
or injures any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part
of the public sanitary sewer system shall be subject to the penalties
imposed under Section 53a-117a of the Connecticut General Statutes,
as amended.
[Amended 3-15-2018 by
the Board of Selectmen, effective 4-5-2018]
The Water Pollution Control Authority and the
designated agent and other duly authorized employees of the Town bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter except § 155-18 shall be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this
chapter may be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.). Each
day that any violation of this chapter continues and each day that
person continues to discharge prohibited wastes or substances into
any public sanitary sewer shall be deemed a separate offense for the
purpose of applying the above penalty.
