[Adopted 8-12-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
A.Â
It is the intent of this Part 1 to promote the general
welfare of the people of the Village of Woodbury by providing regulations
supplementing the New York State Department of Health rules and regulations
for the installation of septic systems for one- and two-family residences.
B.Â
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Village
of Woodbury to regulate septic systems for one- and two-family houses
to be constructed in the Village of Woodbury. Such regulations shall
also reduce the possibility of health problems arising as a result
of defective systems. It is the further intent of the Village Board
that, through such additional controls, the question of septic system
breakdowns will no longer be a burden to individual homeowners.
In an effort to alleviate problems relating
to septic systems, the Village believes that it is necessary to supplement
the New York State Department of Health rules and regulations for
individual household waste treatment facilities. These supplementary
rules and regulations have been recommended by the Village's consulting
engineers.
Whenever used in this Part 1, unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context or unless a different meaning
is stated in a definition applicable to only a portion of this Part
1, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The New York State Health Department or the Orange County
Health Department.
The owner of a site on which a one- or two-family residence
is to be constructed.
Any individual, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.
Any building designed or occupied in whole or in part as
a dwelling for one or two families not under the jurisdiction of the
Orange County Health Department and not to be installed upon a lot
shown on a map approved by the Orange County Health Department since
January 1, 1970.
Those soils so designated by the Soil Conservation Service
as having the greatest number of limitations which are most difficult
to overcome.
The United States Department of Agriculture for the Orange
County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The Village of Woodbury.
Lot classifications shall be as follows:
A.Â
Classification A: all lots having a minimum size of
one acre where community water is not available, or a minimum size
of 20,000 square feet where community water is available. All lots
which are classified under this subsection shall contain soils classified
as having either slight or moderate limitations as to the instability
of subsurface sewage disposal systems as defined by the Soils Interpretation
Report for Orange County, published by the Soil Conservation Service
in January 1972. In addition to the limitations imposed by this report,
all lots shall comply with the New York State Department of Health
regulations for individual household waste treatment systems. A representative
of the Village Building Department shall be required to witness soil
percolation tests conducted by the owner or builder.
B.Â
Classification B: all lots having a minimum size of
one acre if community water is not available, or a minimum lot size
of 20,000 square feet if community water is available, where the soil
classifications are listed as severe in the Soils Interpretation Report
for Orange County.
(1)Â
All lots in this classification shall be required
to follow the review and inspection procedure as shown for Classification
A. In addition to those procedures, all lots with severe limitations
for sewage disposal systems because of depth of seasonal high water
table or soil permeability shall have the soil percolation test witnessed
by a representative of the Building Department in the wet season of
the year where the extent of the high water table can be ascertained.
Where such tests cannot be witnessed by the representative of the
Building Department in the wet season of the year, then percolation
test results in the dry season of the year shall be related to seasonal
high groundwater table fluctuations as shown in the appendix to the
Soils Interpretation Report for Orange County.
(2)Â
The owner or builder shall also be required to dig
deep test pits in the presence of a representative of the Building
Department to ensure that all installations will be made with a minimum
of two-foot differential in depth beneath the underside of the proposed
tile field trench and groundwater table.
(3)Â
Where soils have been classified as having severe
limitations because of depth to bedrock, the owner shall be required
to dig a deep test pit which shall be witnessed by a representative
of the Building Department to ascertain the existence of two feet
of permeable material above bedrock beneath the proposed tile field
trench.
(4)Â
Where lots require prepreparation of the soil prior
to the installation of the tile field, such as removal of unsuitable
soil with an addition of compacted run-of-bank gravel fill or blind
cutoff ditches to lower the water table, all such lots shall have
this work completed prior to submission of plans for the proposed
septic system for approval. When the work has been completed and the
plans have been submitted to the Building Department, a representative
of the Building Department will then witness soil percolation tests
and deep test pits on this preprepared ground before preparation and
review of final sewage disposal plans.
C.Â
Classification C: all lots having a minimum size of
less than one acre if community water is not available, or less than
20,000 square feet if community water is available.
(1)Â
All such lots shall be required to follow the procedures
shown under Classification A if soil classifications are slight or
moderate, but if the soil classifications are severe, then such lots
shall be subject to the procedure outlined in both Classification
A and Classification B.
(2)Â
In addition to the approval of the Village Building
Department, the owner or builder shall be required to obtain Orange
County Department of Health approval for all lots in Classification
C.
All septic systems to be installed in the Village
of Woodbury shall be designed by a licensed professional engineer
licensed by the State of New York. Upon completing the design of any
septic system, after the appropriate percolation test has been taken,
the engineer shall submit the plans to the Building Department for
approval. No building permit shall be issued for any building requiring
a septic system until the plans for the septic system have been filed
with the Building Department and approved by the Village Engineer
or Code Enforcement Officer.
When the septic system has been installed, such
system will not be covered or backfilled until such time as a representative
of the Building Department has made a final inspection of the installed
system. Such inspection shall either be undertaken by the Village
Engineer or the representative of the Building Department who shall
ascertain whether or not the installed system complies in all respects
with the final plans as submitted.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued
by the Building Department until such time as the engineer who designed
the septic system certifies, in writing, that the septic system, as
designed and installed, fully complies with the Orange County Health
Department's regulations. Simultaneously with the engineer's certification,
an as-built set of plans of the septic system shall be filed with
the Building Department.
This Part 1 shall apply to all one- and two-family
dwellings not under the jurisdiction of the Orange County Health Department.
