[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Putnam Valley
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-19-1974 by L.L. No. 4-1974
as Chapter 64 of the 1974 Code]
[Amended 2-19-1975 by L.L. No. 2-1975; 5-17-1978
by L.L. No. 1-1978; 4-15-1998 by L.L.
No. 5-1998]
No well permit shall be issued except upon the application signed by
the property owner or well driller, upon forms supplied by the Code Enforcement
Officer and accompanied by the required fee. A well driller's log and
report, together with a laboratory bacteria sample report from a recognized
testing laboratory, shall be filed with the Building Department upon completion
of the well.
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Editor's Note: Former § 64-1, Treatment, which immediately
preceded this section, was deleted 4-15-1998 by L.L. No. 5-1998.
No person or group of persons owning or having the control of any potable
water supply furnished to any hotel, boardinghouse, eating establishment,
group of bungalows or dwelling, or to a commercially operated camp, shall
permit any physical connection between the distribution system of such supply
and that of any other water supply, unless such other water supply is regularly
examined as to its quality by those in charge of the potable supply to which
the connection is made and is also found to be potable. If a potable water
supply is used as an auxiliary supply delivered to an elevated tank or to
a suction tank, which tank is also supplied with water from a source with
which cross-connections are not permitted by this regulation, such tank shall
be open to atmospheric pressure, and the potable water supply shall be discharged
at an elevation above the high-water line of the tank.
[Added 2-27-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985]
A.
Water supplied by a public water district shall not be
used unless payment is made for said water. If a water meter, connection or
seal installed by the district is tampered with or altered, or if an unauthorized
outlet or "water jumper" is found, a presumption shall arise against the owner
of the premises that the water is being used unlawfully and in violation of
this article of the Putnam Valley Code.
B.
In any public water district, a user of district water
may not, under any circumstances, maintain an unprotected cross connection
with any other water supply. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to
install and maintain a backflow-protection device to eliminate any such unprotected
cross connection.
[Amended 2-27-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985; 4-15-1998
by L.L. No. 5-1998]
The violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be punishable
by a maximum fine of $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 6-26-2002 by L.L. No. 9-2002[1]]
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Editor's Note: This article was originally adopted as Ch. 280
but has been redesignated to reflect the organization of the Code.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Water Conservation
Law of the Town of Putnam Valley."
The Town of Putnam Valley, through its water districts and through individual
water supplies generated from local groundwater, sometimes experiences shortages
of water relative to the demands of its residents during peak periods of water
consumption. Both Putnam County, as well as the Town of Putnam Valley, are
currently reexamining the available water data, and in lieu of imposing more
drastic measures such as a moratorium, the Town desires to adopt and implement
water conservation. It is, therefore, the intent of this article to restrict
the inefficient or nonessential use of water and to provide for the enforcement
of water conservation measures in the Town of Putnam Valley for the protection
of the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town. This article
is initially required to be adopted for, and is limited in its application
to, the Mill Ponds Water District, in accordance with intermunicipal agreement
with the Town of Yorktown and the City of New York.
A.
Commencing on the effective date of this article, the
following restrictions on water consumption shall apply within the Town of
Putnam Valley, Mill Ponds Water District:
(1)
Upon a declared water emergency; persons or businesses
located at even-numbered addresses may water their lawns, shrubs, plants,
gardens and grounds only on even-numbered days. Persons or businesses located
at odd-numbered addresses may water their lawns, shrubs, plants, gardens and
grounds only on odd-numbered days. Persons or businesses located at addresses
that are neither odd- nor even-numbered may water lawns, shrubs, plants and
gardens only on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. This provision shall not apply
to plant nurseries and other commercial water users engaged in the business
of growing, distributing and/or selling plants, shrubs or trees, only with
respect to the use of water on their business premises for watering such plants,
shrubs or trees.
(2)
Swimming pools more than 300 cubic feet in capacity (approximately
a four-foot-high pool 10 feet in diameter) shall not be filled from District-supplied
water or well water but, rather, shall be filled from other sources such as
pool water supply firms.
(3)
The use of water hoses for street cleaning is prohibited.
(4)
Residential and nonresidential water users shall install
water conservation devices in all shower heads, sink faucets, urinals and
toilets, regardless of whether such shower head, sink faucet, urinal or toilet
was installed prior to the effective date of this article. The Code Enforcement
Officer shall, prior to the issuance of any certificate of occupancy, verify
that the subject premises complies with this article.
(5)
All other excessive or wasteful uses of water are prohibited,
including but not limited to washing vehicles using more than 10 gallons of
water per vehicle, allowing hoses or outlets to run unattended and failing
to repair leaks in interior or exterior plumbing.
B.
The water-saving performance standards for shower heads,
sink faucets, urinals and toilets shall be as follows:
(1)
For shower heads, at a constant water pressure of 60
pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed three gallons of water
per minute.
(2)
For sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of 60
pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed three gallons of water
per minute.
(3)
For urinals and associated flush-valve devices, each
flush shall not exceed 1 1/2 gallons of water per flush.
(4)
For toilets and associated flush-valve devices, each
flush shall not exceed 3 1/2 gallons of water per flush.
(5)
All building water service line breaks and other plumbing
leaks shall be immediately repaired by the owner or person in control of the
premises.
This article shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer of the
Town of Putnam Valley.
A.
Any violation of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be an offense punishable by a fine of not less than
$25 nor exceeding $100 for the first offense, not less than $100 nor exceeding
$250 for the second offense and every subsequent offense and/or imprisonment
for a maximum of 15 days for each offense after the first offense.
B.
Whenever any person, firm or corporation shall have been
notified, in writing, by the Code Enforcement Officer that such person, firm
or corporation is violating the provisions of this article or served with
a summons or appearance ticket accusing such person, firm or corporation of
same, each day that such violation continues after such notification or service
shall constitute a separate offense.
This article shall take effect after enactment and filing with the Office
of the Secretary of State.
