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.
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.