It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit
to be deposited upon public or private property within this district,
or in any area under the jurisdiction of said district, any human
or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, either
directly or through any storm drain, within this district, or in any
area under the jurisdiction of this district, any sanitary sewage,
industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this chapter. Use of separate storm drains and sanitary sewers
is mandatory. Construction of new facilities on streets not presently
served by sewers shall be separate storm and sanitary systems. No
combined sewers shall be allowed.
Within the limits of the established sewer district, the use
of a privy, privy vault, septic tanks or cesspools is prohibited except
by permit issued by the Commissioner upon finding that it would be
physically impossible or would place an undue hardship upon the owner
or owners of the property in question to establish a connection to
a sewer main. If and when such a permit is issued by the Commissioner
for a septic tank, the installation of such a septic tank shall be
accomplished as prescribed by the Albany County Department of Health
and shall continue in use only so long as an established sewer main
is not accessible.
The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation, commerce, industry, or other purpose,
situated within this district 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 sanitary sewer of this district, is hereby required
at his or her expense to install suitable plumbing facilities therein,
and to connect such facilities directly to the proper public sewer
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, provided that said
public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
Connections for existing structures shall be made within one
year from date of notice, given by publication in the official newspaper
of the Town, of the completion of the sewer system within any sewer
district. New buildings shall be so connected before a certificate
of occupancy shall be issued. 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.
Where it shall appear that no sewer connection has been made
by a property owner into the public sewer system as required by this
chapter or that a connection which does not comply herewith has been
made, then the Commissioner, when authorized by a resolution of the
Town Board, shall serve notice, in writing, requiring compliance within
not less than 30 days. The notice will be sent certified mail, return
receipt requested, to the address shown on the latest completed assessment
role. The notice shall state that, upon failure to comply, the Town
will enter upon the property owner's property and make the connection,
or retain a contractor of its choice to make the connection required
under this chapter, and which notice shall state that the total cost,
together with such penalty and interest as the Town Board may by resolution
provide, shall constitute a lien and charge upon the parcel of real
property benefited by the connection, which lien and charge will be
assessed and levied upon said parcel and, until paid or otherwise
satisfied or discharged, shall be collected in the same manner as
other Town taxes and charges.
The connection to be made shall run from the public sewer to
the most convenient point, in the discretion of the Commissioner,
where a connection complying with this chapter may be made.
The Town shall not be liable for any damage to the property
owner's property, except for failure to use ordinary care.
Penalty and interest charge:
This chapter shall provide for the mandatory cleaning and video
inspection or inspection by similar electronic means of all new sanitary
sewer mains proposed to be connected to an existing Town sanitary
sewer main as part of the public sewer. The intention of this chapter
is to deny sanitary sewer pipe connections to the existing public
sewer until the Commissioner or the Town Engineer shall have reviewed
and approved the videotape or similar electronic device and determined
that the new sanitary sewer main has been correctly constructed.
