[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Redding
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-8-1962]
No dwellings, apartments, boardinghouses, hotels,
or commercial buildings, or additions thereto, shall be constructed
in the Town of Redding unless the sewage facilities required in connection
with the same have been approved by the Health Officer of the Town
or any inspector appointed by him. The Health Officer or any inspector
approved by him shall approve of such sewage facilities when such
facilities meet the requirements of the Public Health Code of the
State of Connecticut.
All applications for the approval of the sewage
facilities shall be filed with the Health Officer or any inspector
appointed by him. All applications for approval shall be accompanied
by a plan of the proposed sewage facilities. The fee, which shall
accompany said application, shall be as set by the Board of Selectmen,
payable to the Town of Redding.
The owner or agent of any building who shall
violate any provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a
violation punishable by a fine of not to exceed $250 for each and
every day that such violation shall continue.
[Adopted 12-11-1987]
This article governs the removal, transportation,
and disposal of all materials removed from any septic tank, cesspool,
privy and/or subsurface sewage disposal system, hereafter known as
"septage," generated in the Town of Redding. This article provides
minimum operating and administrative standards for the removal and
disposal of septage per Sections 19-13-B104b through 19-13-B104c of
the Connecticut Public Health Code.
In accordance with Section 19-13-B104C(b)(2)(B)
of the Connecticut Public Health Code, all organizations pumping septage
within Redding shall first obtain a permit from the Health Officer
or his agent. Application for the permit shall require presentation
of a valid license to transport septage issued by the State of Connecticut
in accordance with C.G.S. § 20-341d; application for the
permit shall also require presentation of a valid permit for transport
and disposal of septage issued by the City of Danbury Health Department.
Renewal of permits shall be on a yearly calendar basis and applications
shall be made on a form furnished by the Town.
A.
The Town shall issue a sticker which shall be displayed
by the vehicles of each pumper permitted by the Town. The sticker
shall include the name of the Town of Redding, the name of the permittee,
the date of expiration of the permit, the number of the permit, and
the current State of Connecticut motor vehicle registration number
of the permittee's vehicle.
B.
All vehicles used for the collecting and transporting
of septage shall bear the name of the organization conducting such
activities. Such vehicles shall be maintained in a clean exterior
condition at all times.
C.
Disposal of all septage shall be approved by the Redding
Health Officer of his/her agent. Disposal of material other than domestic
septage will require joint approval of the Health Officer and the
Danbury Public Utilities Department. All permittees are required to
allow spot sampling and inspection of truck tank contents by employees
or agents of the City of Danbury.[1]
D.
Organizations authorized to pump septic systems in
Redding and use the Danbury disposal facility shall first obtain septage
discharge permits from the Redding Health Officer or his/her agent.
All permits shall be numbered and bear the name of the Town of Redding.
Two of the four copies of each permit shall be turned in to the operator
of the disposal facility in Danbury prior to discharge.[2]
A.
Upon completion of pumping, the pumper shall sign
the septage discharge permit and certify the number of gallons pumped.
A copy of the permit is retained by the pumper, a copy is forwarded
by the pumper to the property owner pumped, and two copies are turned
in to the operator of the disposal facility in Danbury. At the end
of each calendar month, copies of all permits issued by Redding for
septage pumped in Redding will be returned by Danbury to Redding.
B.
Pumpers shall be billed monthly by Danbury for their
use of the Danbury disposal facility to dispose of septage generated
in Redding.
C.
Fees charged to pumpers by Danbury for their use of
the Danbury disposal facility shall be based upon permit copies documenting
Redding septage processed at the Danbury disposal facility and a formula
used to calculate Danbury's cost to process septage as agreed to by
Redding in Schedule A of the Interlocal Agreement for Disposal of
Septage Waste dated November 6, 1984.
A.
The owner of any organization which pumps or disposes
of septage without obtaining permits as described in this article
and by instruction of the Health Officer is in violation of this article
and shall be subject to a fine of $50 for the first violation. Owners
holding annual permits to pump who violate this article after the
first violation shall be subject to termination of their permit for
one year.[1]
B.
If a pumper licensed by the Town of Redding delivers
to the Danbury disposal facility any discharge of material collected
in the Town of Redding prohibited by Section 2.2 of the Interlocal
Agreement for Disposal of Septage Waste, then the Town of Redding
shall hold harmless and indemnify the City of Danbury from any and
all claims, damages, losses, expenses, or enforcement actions, including
reasonable attorney fees, which may arise from said discharge.
C.
Any septage pumping organization that fails to pay
within 30 days invoices for septage disposed of at the Danbury disposal
facility shall have its permit to pump septage in Redding revoked.
