All sanitary extensions to the sanitary sewerage
system owned and maintained by the town and/or district shall be properly
designed in accordance with the latest version of the Recommended
Standards for Wastewater Facilities, as adopted by the Great Lakes-Upper
Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health and
Environmental Managers and in strict conformance with all requirements
of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Plans
and specifications for sewer extensions shall be submitted to and
approval obtained from the Department, the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation and Rensselaer County Department of
Health before construction may proceed. The design of sewers must
anticipate and allow for flows from all possible future extensions
or development.
Sewer extensions, including individual service lines to the property line, may be constructed by the town and/or district under public contract if, in its opinion, the number of properties to be served by such extension warrants the cost. Contractors constructing these sewerage works shall post a completion bond or certified check as set forth in § 174-35.
If the town does not elect to construct a sewer extension under public contract, the applicant may construct the necessary sewer extension if this extension is approved by the Town Board in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the New York Town Law. The applicant must pay for the entire installation, including all expenses incidental thereto, and shall post a completion bond or certified check as set forth in § 174-35. Each extension must be installed and inspected as previously required, and the inspection fees shall be paid by the applicant to the town. The installation of the sewer extension must be subject to inspection by the Department, engineer or representative, and the expense for this inspection shall be paid for by the applicant. The Department's decisions shall be final in matters of quality and methods of construction. The sewer, as constructed, must pass all required testing before any service line is connected thereto. The entire cost of the sewer extension, including inspection, shall be absorbed by the applicant or benefiting property owners.
All sewer extensions constructed at the applicant's
expense, after final approval by the Department and acceptance by
the Town Board, shall become the property of the district and shall
thereafter be maintained by the district. Said sewer extensions, after
their acceptance by the district, shall be guaranteed for one year
by the applicant. The guarantee shall be in such form and contain
such provisions as provided for by the district and town. A completion
bond or certified check in the amount of 10% of the total cost of
the project shall be retained by the town for a period of one year.
Said retainer will be released to the applicant upon certification
by the engineer that all work is in compliance with the approval.
No applicant shall be issued a building permit
for a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities within
the town unless a suitable and approved method of waste disposal is
proposed. All new housing or building developments within a district
shall be provided with an approved system of sanitary sewers. No occupancy
permit shall be issued until the waste disposal system has been completed
and inspected by the Department. "As-built" drawings shall be provided
to the Department by the applicant within 30 days of completion of
the project.
