No person shall connect a private sewage system
so that sewage flows into a storm drain intended exclusively for stormwater.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any stormwater
(including from within or outside of a private residence or other
structures) into the municipal WWTP sewer system.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well
unless such discharge is authorized and permitted under state and
federal law.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within the Town or any area under the jurisdiction of the said
municipality, any wastewater or other polluted water, except where
suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this chapter or where specifically permitted under state
and federal law.
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, conforming to this chapter, 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 XII herein.
A.
Private wastewater disposal unlawful. Connection to
the sanitary sewers will be required unless exempted and/or otherwise
agreed to by the Town Board.
B.
Connection to public sewer required. 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, 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 90 days after official notice to do so, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Subsection A or C hereof.
C.
Direct connection to new public sewers required. Unless
an exemption is granted by the Town Board, 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 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.
A.
The use of public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in § 103-13C 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 Shandaken WWTP sewer System or such other locations as approved by the Shandaken Town Board.
B.
Wastewater from outside the municipal WWTP sewer system
service area and intermunicipal agreements. The Shandaken Town Board
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 municipal WWTP sewer
system. Subject to applicable law, 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 one or more
segments of the municipal WWTP sewer system or treatment plant is
exceeding its hydraulic capacity at any time, any specific purpose
of this chapter is being violated, and/or there are capacity concerns
at the sewage treatment plant, the Town Board shall have the authority
to limit or deny new connections to the municipal WWTP sewer system
or treatment plant until the conditions leading to the moratorium
are corrected. Such corrections may be, but are not limited to:
