Where a public sanitary sewer is not available, under the provisions of § 345-13, the building lateral shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of Rockland County laws and regulations as administered by the Rockland County Department of Health.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal system in a satisfactory manner at all times, at the owner's expense.
A. 
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 scavenger wastes and disposed of in accordance with Article VIII of this chapter.
B. 
The district may remove and dispose of septage once every one to three years, as required, from properties, located within the district's sewer benefit area, which are more than 100 feet from an available sewer. Those owners shall pay annual sewer rent in accordance with § 345-165. Where a system must be pumped more frequently than once per year, the owner shall pay for the additional pumping and take the necessary corrective action to make the system function properly.
Within 90 days of such time that a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, 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.
No statement in this article shall be construed to prevent, or interfere with, any additional requirements that may be deemed necessary by the Executive Director, to protect public health and public welfare.
[Added 1-16-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001]
A. 
The district will reimburse lot owners within the district for repair, upgrades and/or replacement of existing failing on-site wastewater systems with a grant of up to $2,500, plus will make low-interest loans available up to $3,000 or limits as otherwise established by the district's Board of Commissioners. This financial assistance will be subject to the following conditions:
(1) 
The owner must apply to the district for financial assistance to repair, upgrade and/or repair their system.
(2) 
The lot must be greater than 100 feet from any existing sewers or any extensions to the sewer system proposed within the next two years, unless the Executive Director determines that it would be too great of a financial hardship for the owner to connect to the sewers.
(3) 
A representative of the district must verify that the system is failing and that it is in need of repair, upgrade and/or replacement.
(4) 
The repair, upgrade and/or replacement must be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with rules and regulations established by the district, the Rockland County Health Department and New York State.
(5) 
The district and the Rockland County Health Department must have the right to enter the property to inspect the septic system prior to, during and following the improvements in order to implement the inspection plan which shall be specified in the rules and regulations of the district.
(6) 
The owner must substantiate the price paid for the septic system improvements. The total grant for the improvements shall not exceed 50% of the actual cost of the repair, upgrade and/or replacement.
B. 
In new areas of the district which are incorporated by extending the district boundaries, this reimbursement shall be phased in over a five-year period from the date that properties in the extended area of the district begin paying the sewer district's area benefit charges, at the maximum rate of 20% of the grant amount allowed per year that the lot has been in the district and area benefit charges have been paid on the property.