It shall be unlawful to discharge into any receiving waters within the district, either directly or indirectly, any sewage, industrial wastes or other pollution.
A. 
The person owning any property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, commerce, industry or other public or private purpose, situated within the district which abuts on the street or right-of-way in which, or adjacent to which, there is located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required at the owner's own cost and expense to connect the sanitary sewage discharge from said user's property to that segment of the public sewer controlled by the Town in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within 90 days after official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 500 feet of the property line for the Briscoe Road Sewer District, Loomis Sewer District and Loomis Extension Sewer District, Infirmary Road, Swan Lake No. 1, Swan Lake No. 2, Youngs Hill or within 500 feet of the property line. The Town reserves the right to extend said period an additional amount of time.
[Amended 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
B. 
Connections to the public sewer within public streets or rights-of-way shall be done by the Town at the expense of the aforementioned person. The building sewer shall be extended by the Town to the edge of the right-of-way or property line, capped and marked for extension by the property owner. This shall not apply for sewer extensions by a developer.
It shall be illegal for any property owner to connect his or her building to the sewage system without the prior approval of the Administrator. If there is any unauthorized taking of sewer service without the approval of the Administrator, then such individual shall be subject to the remedies and fines as hereinafter provided.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Article V, Private Sewage Disposal and Sewage Systems, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996.
[Added 9-19-2016 by L.L. No. 3-2016]
An owner of property that is located outside of an established sewer district of the Town may request that the Town Board of the Town of Liberty authorize connection to a district's sewage system. The determination whether or not to approve such request and authorize such connection shall be at the sole discretion of the Town Board and, in any event, shall only be considered if the district has adequate capacity available to accommodate and treat the proposed quantity of flow for the period of time requested. If approved, no such connection shall occur until a written agreement is entered into between the nondistrict property owner and the Town Board acting on behalf of the relevant sewer district, which agreement must contain the following provisions:
A. 
The term of the agreement, including dates of commencement and termination and whether the agreement is renewable.
B. 
The average daily flow per month to be received by the district for the term of the agreement.
C. 
The location of the district's manhole where the property owner's nondistrict sewer line shall connect to the district's system.
D. 
The property owner's agreement to install, prior to connection, at his, her or its sole cost and expense (inclusive of Town engineering and professional expenses), a manhole and flowmeter acceptable to the Town Board, the Administrator and the Town's Engineer, in order to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of waste as well as inspection by the Town. The manhole shall be located and the meter installed so as to be safe and accessible by Town personnel and constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Administrator. All maintenance, repairs and replacements thereof, and annual calibration of meters, shall be at the property owner's sole expense and performed by contractors approved in advance by the Town Board.
E. 
A description of the type and nature of flow that is to be discharged into the district's system.
F. 
The minimum amount of advance notice of early termination of the agreement by the Town in the event the limit of the district's capacity shall be reached prior to the end of the term of the agreement.
G. 
The charge to the property owner per 1,000 gallons of flow received by the district shall not exceed the average residential rate charged to in-district users, which includes maintenance and operation (M&O) and capital charges.
H. 
The property owner shall be billed quarterly based on the actual flow recorded by the meter as read by the Town's personnel.
I. 
In the event any amount billed by the Town remains unpaid after 30 days of the date of the invoice, the property owner shall be charged a ten-percent penalty. Any unpaid balance remaining after 60 days of the date of the invoice (inclusive of the aforesaid penalty) shall be subject to an additional ten-percent penalty.
J. 
Any unpaid balance remaining as of November 1 of each year shall be relevied on the property owner's next tax bill.
K. 
If any balance is not paid in full within 90 days of the date of invoice, the agreement shall terminate upon notification of the property owner by the Town.