A.
Waste disposal unlawful. 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 POTW service area or in any area under
the jurisdiction of the municipality, any human or animal 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 to the surface of the ground.
B.
Connecting private sewage system to storm drain unlawful. No person
shall connect a private sewage system so that sewage flows into a
storm drain intended exclusively for stormwater. The direct connection
of any household or commercial stormwater and/or groundwater conveyance
system to a municipal stormwater catch basin is prohibited unless
the property owner obtains written approval from the municipality
that owns the stormwater collection system.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any stormwater (including
from within or outside of a private residence or other structures)
into the POTW. Stormwater connections existing at the effective date
of this chapter will be required to disconnect in accordance with
a schedule developed by the Town Board.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well unless such discharge
is authorized and permitted under state or federal law.
It shall be unlawful to discharge sewage to any natural outlet
within the service area of the POTW, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with state and federal law.
A.
Building permit allowed only when approved wastewater disposal available. No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building permit for a new, modified, or expansion of existing dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities unless a suitable and approved method of wastewater disposal 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 or other approved system for wastewater treatment. Each new connection to the sewage collection system or expanded discharge is subject to the requirements of Article 13 herein.
B.
Private wastewater disposal unlawful. Connection to the sanitary
sewers for new construction to be located with the service area of
the POTW will be required unless exempted and/or otherwise agreed
to by the Town Board.
Unless specifically exempted by a resolution of the Town Board,
the owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within
the service area of the POTW, which generate sewage and which have
access to a public sewer, is hereby required to connect such facilities
directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter, within the time period specified by the Board after
official notice to do so, except as otherwise provided in accordance
with § 305B or § 307 hereof. Any new or existing
building within 100 feet of any accessible sewer main will be required
to connect to the system. The Town Board will notify the owners of
record of all facilities required to connect to the system of their
obligation to connect and the schedule for such connection.
Unless an exemption is granted by the Town Board, within the
POTW service area at such time that a public sewer becomes available
to a property and within the time period specified by the Board, 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 of. At or about the time
that a person connects to a public sewer, the connection to the private
wastewater disposal facility shall be broken and both ends of the
break shall be plugged, as appropriate.
The use of public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted,
except as provided in § 307 above, 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 or such other locations as approved by
the Town Board.
The Town Board exclusively 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. Subject to applicable law and the terms of any sewer
connection agreement entered into between the Shokan Sewer District
and the Boiceville Sewer District, the Town Board shall, in its sole
and absolute discretion, after consultation with the Town Engineer
or consulting engineer, determine the requirements for any proposed
out-of-district connection user, including requirements for pretreatment
of waste.
If the Town Board determines that: (1) one or more segments
of the POTW or wastewater treatment plant is exceeding its hydraulic
capacity at any time; (2) any specific purpose of this chapter as
set forth in § 103 is being violated; and/or (3) there are
other capacity concerns at the wastewater treatment plant, the Town
Board shall have the authority to limit or deny new connections to
the POTW or treatment plant until the conditions leading to the moratorium
are corrected. Such corrections may be, but are not limited to:
