[Adopted 8-11-1958]
[Amended 9-22-1958]
This article is adopted pursuant to authority conferred by the laws of the State of New York to provide for and regulate the orderly and safe planning, financing, construction, location and use of sewers and connections thereto within the Village, to prevent installation of private sewers and connections as well as other sewage disposal devices injurious to the public interest, and to promote the public welfare by protecting the property, safety and health of the inhabitants of the Village that use the water supply and watershed of Skaneateles Lake by preventing the pollution thereof or the further pollution of Skaneateles Creek within said Village.
[Amended 9-22-1958]
A. 
When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any liquid, gaseous, solid or waste substance or a combination thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business, or from the development or recovery of any natural resources, which may cause or might reasonably be expected to cause pollution of the waters of this state.
LATERAL
Any means employed or intended to be employed for conducting sewage, industrial waste or other waste as defined herein from its source from a single location into a public sewer. "Connection" is synonymous in meaning with "lateral."
OTHER WASTES
Garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dyestuffs, acids, chemicals, and all other discarded matter not sewage or industrial waste which may cause or might reasonably be expected to cause pollution of the waters of this state.
PRIVATE
When used to characterize any sewer, sewer system, pipe, drain, sewer treatment plant, land, ditch, stream, or any other device, equipment or inanimate object mentioned herein, means that any such object is owned or controlled by a person other than the Village.
SANITARY SEWER
Any sewer, drain, pipe or other means of conveyance constructed and/or maintained for or devoted either in whole or in part to the disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, or any admixture thereof.
SEWAGE
The water-carried human or animal wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments and other places, together with such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be present. The admixture with sewage as above defined of industrial wastes or other wastes as hereafter defined shall also be considered sewage within the meaning of this article.
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
The Village Board of Trustees unless a separate Board of Village Sewer Commissioners shall have been duly constituted to act pursuant to law.
SEWER, DRAIN or PIPE
If not otherwise qualified herein as to its use, includes in its meaning that used for sewage, industrial waste, other wastes, and storm-, surface and ground waters.
SEWER SYSTEM or SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and force mains, and all other construction, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for conducting sewage, industrial waste or other wastes, and storm- or surface water, to a point of ultimate disposal.
STORM- or SURFACE WATER
Any water not admixed with and reasonably clear from the presence of or contaminated by sewage, industrial waste and other wastes as herein defined.
SURFACE WATER OR STORM SEWER
Any sewer, pipe or drain, or other means of conveyance, constructed and maintained for and devoted to the disposal of storm-, surface and ground waters.
TREATMENT WORKS
Any plant, disposal field, lagoon, pumping station, constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch, incinerator, area devoted to sanitary landfills, or other works not specifically mentioned herein installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing, stabilizing or disposing of sewage, industrial waste or wastes.
B. 
All other words or terms used herein shall be construed according to their generally accepted, ordinary and usual meaning. The word "owner" also means "owners" and the word "occupant" also means "occupants."
The following acts, practices and conduct, or any of them, are and shall be unlawful and are therefore prohibited:[1]
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Prohibited connections. The connecting of any sanitary sewer with any surface water or storm sewer and the connecting of any surface water or storm sewer with any sanitary sewer or with any extension or extensions of either or both of them in any manner whatsoever, except any connection made by the Village in its sewer system to relieve the overloading thereof from extraordinary and unusually heavy rains and floods.
B. 
Other acts. All other acts or conduct pertaining to the construction, extension and use of sewers or drains, sewer or sewerage systems and treatment works within the Village not otherwise expressly permitted under the authority of this article.
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Editor's Note: Original § 11-3(a), Prohibited deposits, which appeared in this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Unless expressly permitted as herein provided, the following acts, practices and conduct, or any of them, are and shall be unlawful and are prohibited:
A. 
Deposits. The dumping, discharge or depositing of any sewage, industrial waste or other wastes, whether diluted or undiluted, either directly or indirectly, through any intervening conveyance or agency, including tile, pipes, sewers or sewer systems, treatment works, ditches or streams, or otherwise, into Skaneateles Creek within the Village.
B. 
Construction, extension, alteration, etc. The construction, extension, alteration, improvement, repair and/or use of any private sewer, sewer system, treatment works, drain, sink, vault or other device pertaining to the disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, other waste, or storm- or surface waters.
C. 
Connection; use. The connecting (or use of any such connection) of any premises or any sewer facilities or disposal system pertaining thereto with any other sewer or sewer system or treatment works or with any watercourse, stream or open ditch flowing into or through the Village.
D. 
Extension; use. The extension or use of any sewer connection to serve any purpose, site, property or building, other than shall have been expressly permitted by the Village, or any other deviation from such approval.
E. 
Tampering; interference. The tapping, opening, disturbing or tampering with any sewer or sewer system or treatment works of the Village, or interfering with or obstructing the flow therein, or the efficiency thereof, in any manner whatsoever.
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No person shall undertake, begin, continue, complete or use any facility or engage in any practice or activity conditionally prohibited by § 167-4 hereof unless the Village Clerk/Treasurer or other duly authorized representative of said Village shall have issued a valid permit expressly approving the same.
B. 
Said permit shall be written and signed by said Village representative but shall not be issued unless and until a written application, signed by the real party or parties in interest, shall have been received by the Village Clerk/Treasurer and said application, together with all accompanying instruments and information, shall have been duly considered and approved in accordance with and shall comply with § 167-6 hereof.
No Village official, agent, consultant, employee or board shall have the power to authorize or issue and shall not authorize or issue a permit to engage in any activity to which this article pertains contrary to or which shall transgress the standards and regulations prescribed in this article compliance with which is mandatory.
A. 
Every application for a permit submitted pursuant to this article shall be accompanied by maps, plans and specifications, in triplicate, prepared by a duly licensed professional engineer or licensed land surveyor, if required by the laws of the state, showing complete and full details of the work proposed in said application, as shall be prescribed or recommended by the Sewer Commissioners, as approved by the Village Engineer.
B. 
The applicant shall submit all such maps, plans, specifications and any other information required pertaining to any application made under § 167-4A and B hereof, or which may otherwise be required by law, and shall secure the approval thereof from the City of Syracuse, the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Conservation of the state, and such other governmental agency or authority whose approval is also required by law.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
A. 
Any construction or use made under this article as herein permitted shall otherwise comply with all laws pertaining thereto and shall promote the general welfare, public health and interest of the Village and be in accordance with all reasonable rules and regulations which shall be promulgated by the Sewer Commissioners.
B. 
All permits issued pursuant to § 167-5 hereof shall state that they are issued subject to full compliance by the applicant with all executory standards and conditions of this article which are applicable, who shall be bound thereby in the performance of the work so permitted.
A. 
Standards. All construction work done or proposed to be done under this article shall be made of materials of good quality and shall be installed and completed in a good, satisfactory and workmanlike manner, free from all defects, and in accordance with standard construction, engineering and sanitary practices, as approved by the Village Engineer.
B. 
Supervision. At all times such construction shall be supervised by competent technically qualified personnel.
C. 
Security for performance. The Village may require a performance bond or other security from the applicant in such amount, containing such terms and conditions and with such surety as shall be prescribed by the Village Attorney to insure compliance herewith.
The construction or extension of any private sewer, sewer system or treatment works intended to discharge any sewage, industrial waste, other wastes, or storm- or surface waters into the Village sewer system may be permitted if not otherwise objectionable, provided that the same shall be so located that it may be connected to a readily accessible Village sewer, either preexisting or planned and under construction, with sufficient capacity to accommodate the additional flow anticipated from said private sewer facilities without requiring the Village to extend, relocate, rebuild or enlarge the latter, if not otherwise required by law.
The discharge of effluent from any sewage, industrial waste or other wastes into Skaneateles Creek may be permitted, if not otherwise objectionable, if produced by the proper neutralization and processing thereof in treatment works and properly conducted to the point of discharge into said creek by a sewer or sewer system designed, located, constructed or maintained in accordance with generally accepted engineering and sanitary practices and standards as shall be required and approved by the Village Engineer.
Any connections made under § 167-4C hereof, or any tappings made under § 167-4E hereof, may be permitted, if not otherwise objectionable, provided they are made under the supervision and direction and subject to the inspection of the Village officials, employees or agents legally charged with the responsibility thereof.
The Village shall be authorized and empowered to inspect and investigate any and all conduits, mains, valves, plant, buildings, structures, machinery, appliances, and all other equipment used in connection with the delivery and disposal of sewage and to make any and all tests in connection with such investigation and inspection deemed advisable to ascertain the condition thereof.
The Village shall be authorized and empowered to issue and enforce orders for removal, replacement or repair of any of the items specified in § 167-13 as shall be deemed proper for the best interests of the Village and for the protection of property and preservation of the safety, health and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof; provided, however, that the person to whom such order is directed shall be afforded 10 days in which to comply with such order, and provided further that the Village shall be authorized to grant extensions of 10 days each to such person, in order to secure compliance, when deemed advisable and proper.
In the event any person shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with an order issued as provided in § 167-14, the Village shall be authorized and empowered to enter upon the property of such person, perform the ordered work, and assess the owner for the cost thereof.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 11-15.1, Sewer rents, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004. See now Art. IV, Sewer Rents, of this chapter.
[Amended 9-22-1958; 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
Obedience to this article may be enforced by injunction pursuant to § 20-2006 of the Village Law, as amended.
[Amended 9-22-1958]
Any violation of any provision or requirement of this article or the terms, conditions or specifications of any directive or order issued under the authority of and pursuant to this article shall be prohibited and is unlawful and shall constitute an offense, and any person who shall commit or participate in the commission of any such offense shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-5 for each offense committed.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 11-17(b), regarding disorderly conduct, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004.