[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Niagara 3-15-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town of Niagara, pursuant to directives from the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation, requires any new sewer
extension applicant to reduce inflow and infiltration ("I&I")
on a minimum of a 4:1 offset (four gallons per day I&I to one
gallon per day peak sewage flow) into the Town's sanitary sewer
system. Said I&I reduction plans have historically consisted of
numerous small-scale projects and were completed prior to a sewer
extension being connected to the Town's system. The Town now
desires a more flexible I&I reduction program which would enable
it to utilize dedicated funds on future larger-scale I&I reduction
projects. Accordingly, the Town is establishing a Sewer Remediation
Dedicated Fund into which an applicant of a new sewer extension may
pay a fee (said fee to be considered "I&I work") which will be
held in a dedicated fund to be used on Town I&I reduction projects.
There is hereby established the Town of Niagara Sewer Remediation
Dedicated Fund. All funds of the Town of Niagara Sewer Remediation
Dedicated Fund shall be dedicated for use on I&I reduction projects.
Prior to establishing a new connection to the Town sewer system,
any applicant of a newly constructed or proposed new sewer extension,
designed to serve more than one sewer connection and/or intended to
convey 2,500 gallons per day or more of residential sewage, shall
commit to projects reducing I&I on a 4:1 ratio and pay into the
Town of Niagara Sewer Remediation Dedicated Fund.
Credit for remediation efforts shall be based on the Town of
Niagara Sewer Remediation Dedicated Fund Fee Schedule, which the Town
Board may amend by resolution.
Payment into the Town of Niagara Sewer Remediation Dedicated
Fund shall be at a rate established in the Fee Schedule for new projects,
based on the Town's cost to remediate. The Town Board may establish
and amend said Fee Schedule by resolution from time to time.
The Town Water and Sewer Superintendent of the Town of Niagara
shall administer the policies and procedures relative to this dedicated
fund.
