[Adopted 8-12-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
A. 
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. 
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:
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The New York State Health Department or the Orange County Health Department.
OWNER
The owner of a site on which a one- or two-family residence is to be constructed.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
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.
SEVERE LIMITATIONS
Those soils so designated by the Soil Conservation Service as having the greatest number of limitations which are most difficult to overcome.
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
The United States Department of Agriculture for the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District.
VILLAGE
The Village of Woodbury.
Lot classifications shall be as follows:
A. 
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. 
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) 
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) 
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) 
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) 
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. 
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) 
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) 
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.