[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit
to be deposited, in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property,
within the Town-wide Sewer District or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the Town-wide Sewer District, any human excrement, garbage, or
objectionable waste. Also, no person shall discharge domestic sewage
onto the surface of the ground or discharge it in a way that permits
it to come onto the surface of the ground.
No person shall connect a private sewage system so that sewage
flows into a storm sewer or into a drain intended exclusively for
stormwater.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the Town-wide Sewer District, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the said municipality, any wastewater or other polluted waters,
except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with
subsequent provisions of this chapter.
No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building
permit for a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities
unless a suitable and approved method of wastewater disposal, conforming
to this chapter, is available. All housing construction or building
development which takes place after this chapter is enacted shall
provide for an approved system of sanitary sewers.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The owners of all houses, buildings, or properties used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated
within the Town-wide Sewer District and abutting on any street, alley,
or right-of-way in which there are now located public sewers, may
not fix their septic systems in any way, and connection to the public
sewer is hereby required, at the owner's expense; owners are required
to install suitable sanitary facilities therein and to connect such
facilities directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter, provided that said public sewer is
within 500 feet of the property line.
The use of the Town-wide Sewer District's public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in §§ 257-15 and 257-17, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes, generated on or discharged from real property within the bounds of the service area of the POTW and/or any other additional sewer disposal districts or facilities subject to the approval of the Webster Town Board and/or any body designated pursuant to the laws of the State of New York.
A.
The Webster Town Board, on the
recommendation of the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of
Sewers, shall have the authority to enter into agreements to accept
sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes, generated by
or discharged from persons outside the service area of the POTW.
B.
If this person is a municipality,
that municipality shall have enacted a Sewer Use Law as restrictive
on the discharge of sewage and other wastes as the restrictions contained
in this chapter.
C.
If the person is not a municipality,
the acceptance shall be made only with the expressed written consent
of the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers (by the
issuance of a permit) setting forth the terms and conditions of such
a discharge.
At the recommendation of the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent
of Sewers, who determines that one of more segments of the POTW is
exceeding its hydraulic capacity at any time or that any specific
purpose of this chapter is being violated, the Webster Town Board
shall have the authority to limit or deny new connections to the POTW
until the conditions leading to the moratorium are corrected. Such
correction may be by:
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory
use of sewers within the service area of the Town-wide Sewer District
of the Town of Webster, for proper discharge of sewage and other wastes,
including industrial wastes, shall be established and given by the
local municipality having jurisdiction, the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation, the Monroe County Health Department,
the United States Environmental Protection Agency and/or other such
state or federal agencies which have enforcement powers.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to:
A.
Uncover any portion of the public
sewers or connections thereto or open any manhole or appurtenance
of the sewage system, except under permit signed by the Chief Plant
Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers.
B.
Open any highway or public ground
for the purpose of making any sewer connection or make or cause to
be made any connection with the public sewer, except under permit
signed by and under the supervision of the Superintendent of Highways.
C.
Break or cut or remove any pipe
of the public sewer system or make or cause to be made any connection
to said public sewers, except through the sewer laterals provided
for that purpose. Approval of the proposed location of said sewer
laterals shall be issued by the Commissioner of Public Works or Superintendent
or his/her duly authorized agent.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
