It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited, in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property within the City of Norwich or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where such discharge is in accordance with requirements of regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over wastewater discharges into the watercourse.
No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building permit for a new 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.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, or other facility intended or used for disposal of wastewater.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the City, and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may, in the future, be located a public sewer within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property line, is hereby required, at the owner's expense, to install suitable sanitary facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and with any applicable requirements of the City plumbing code,[1] within 90 days after official notice to do so.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 392, Plumbing and Heating Standards.
The use of the City public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in § 456-13, 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 POTW.
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The City, on the recommendation of the Superintendent, 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 POTW.
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If the person is a municipality, that municipality shall have enacted a sewer use law as restrictive on the discharge of sewage and other wastes as the restrictions contained in this chapter.
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If the person is not a municipality the discharge shall be made only with the expressed written consent of the Superintendent (the issuance of a permit) setting forth the terms and conditions of such a discharge.
At the recommendation of the Superintendent, who determines that one or more segments of the POTW is exceeding its hydraulic capacity at any time or any specific purpose of this chapter is being violated, the City shall have the authority to limit or deny new connections to the POTW until the conditions leading to the moratorium are corrected. Such correction may be by:
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Construction of new facilities.
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Enlarging existing facilities.
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Correction of inflow and infiltration.
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Cleaning and repairing of existing facilities.
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory use of the sewers, within the service area of the POTW, for the proper discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes, shall be established and given by the City, NYSDEC, USEPA and/or other such state or federal agencies which have enforcement powers.