Where a public sewer is not available, under the provisions
of § 304 the Act, the building lateral shall be connected
to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions
of the rules and regulations of the NYSDOH, to be enforced by the
Superintendent and/or the Village or County Health Departments.
No two separate permanent buildings, where the intended use
for either is for a distinct and separate business or a dwelling place
for a private family or families, shall be connected to the same individual
septic tank and tile absorption field.
A completed application form, containing results of percolation tests, computations, and a plot plan, including the design and cross section of the wastewater disposal system, in relation to lot lines, adjacent and on-site well or water supply, and buildings, shall be submitted to the Village. A fee, established by Article
XII, shall accompany the application. The wastewater disposal system shall be designed by a professional engineer, licensed surveyor or architect, and shall be in accordance with the NYSDOH's Standards for Waste Treatment Works, or NYSDEC's Standards for Commercial and Institutional Facilities, as appropriate.
A written construction permit shall be obtained from the Superintendent
before construction commencement. The Superintendent, or his designated
representative, shall be permitted to inspect the construction work
at any stage, without prior notice.
When the liquid or liquid-borne effluent from a private wastewater
disposal system enters any watercourse, ditch, storm sewer or water
supply system located in the Village in such a manner, volume and
concentration so as to create a hazardous, offensive or objectionable
condition, in the opinion of the Superintendent, the Village County
Health Department or the NYSDOH the owner of the premises upon which
such wastewater disposal system is located, upon receiving written
notice from the Superintendent to do so, shall, within 90 days after
receipt of such notice, repair, rebuild or relocate such wastewater
disposal system for the purpose of eliminating such hazardous, offensive
or objectionable conditions. The repair, rebuilding or relocation
of the system shall be accomplished in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the NYSDOH and the Village County Health Department,
at the owner's expense.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater
disposal system in a satisfactory manner at all times, at the owner's
expense.
Where a private wastewater disposal system utilizes a cesspool
or a septic tank, septage shall be removed from the cesspool or septic
tank by a licensed hauler of trucked and hauled wastes at three-year
intervals or more frequently.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available to a property,
a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer, in compliance
with this chapter, and any cesspool, septic tank and similar wastewater
disposal facilities shall be cleaned of septage by a licensed septage
hauler and finally either filled with clean sand, bank-run gravel
or dirt or removed and properly disposed. When the connection is made
to the public sewer, the connection to the private wastewater disposal
facility shall be broken and both ends of the break shall be plugged,
as appropriate. Alternatively, the septic tank effluent may be piped
or pumped to the sewer; the owner shall provide an easement to the
septic tank for septage removal.
No statement in this article shall be construed to prevent or
interfere with any additional requirements that may be deemed necessary
by the Superintendent to protect public health and public welfare.