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City of Port Jervis, NY
Orange County
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Where a public sewer is not available, under the provisions of § 445-11, the building lateral shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of the Rules and Regulations of the NYSDOH, to be enforced by the Director and/or the Orange County Health Department.
No two separate permanent buildings, where the intended use for either is for a distinct and separate business or a dwelling place for a private family or families, shall be connected to the same individual septic tank and tile absorption field.
A completed application form, in compliance with the requirements of the City's Building Code, the City's Sewers and Sewage Disposal Code and this Sewer Use Law, as well as the appropriate application fees and escrow deposits (if any), shall be submitted to the City Clerk-Treasurer, 20 Hammond Street. At a minimum, to meet the requirements of this chapter, the application shall contain the results of percolation tests, computations, and a plot plan, including the design and cross section of the wastewater disposal system, in relation to lot lines, adjacent and on-site well or water supply, and buildings. Any fee, established by Article XII, shall accompany the application. The wastewater disposal system shall be designed by a professional engineer and shall be in accordance with the NYSDOH "Standards for Waste Treatment Works," Orange County Department of Health Design Policy and Standards, or 2014 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation "Design Standards for Intermediate-Sized Wastewater Treatment Systems," as appropriate.
A written construction permit shall be obtained from the Director before construction commencement. The Director and Building Official, or his designated representative, shall be permitted to inspect the construction work at any stage, without prior notice. The professional engineer shall inspect the installation of the wastewater disposal system and prepare a letter certifying to the City of Port Jervis that the system has been installed in accordance with the design plans.
When the liquid or liquid-borne effluent from a private wastewater disposal system enters any watercourse, ditch, storm sewer, or water supply system, located in the City of Port Jervis, in such a manner, volume, and concentration so as to create a hazardous, offensive, or objectionable condition, in the opinion of the Director, the Orange County Health Department, or the NYSDOH, the owner of the premises upon which such wastewater disposal system is located, upon receiving written notice from the Director to do so, shall, within 90 days, after receipt of such notice, repair, rebuild, or relocate such wastewater disposal system for the purpose of eliminating such hazardous, offensive, or objectionable conditions. The repair, rebuilding, or relocation of the system shall be accomplished in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NYSDOH and the Orange County Health Department, at the owner's expense.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal system in a satisfactory manner at all times, at the owner's expense.
Where a private wastewater disposal system utilizes a seepage pit, cesspool or a septic tank, septage shall be removed from the seepage pit, cesspool or septic tank, by a licensed hauler of trucked and hauled wastes, at three-year intervals or more frequently.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available to a property, 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. When the connection is made to the public sewer, the connection to the private wastewater disposal facility shall be broken, and both ends of the break shall be plugged, as appropriate. If at any time, in the opinion of the Director, and upon the Director's notice to the owner(s), that a private septic tank, cesspool or other alternative waste disposal system has failed and when the public sewer line is within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property so affected, the owner(s) of said property shall be required to connect to the public sewer system in compliance with § 445-14.
No statement in this article shall be construed to prevent, or interfere with, any additional requirements that may be deemed necessary by the Director to protect public health and public welfare.