[Adopted 4-18-1966 by L.L. No. 1-1966 (Ch. 54, Art. I, of
the 1971 Code)]
A.
ASTM
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
BUILDER
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COMBINED SEWER
CONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
ENGINEER
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
NYSDOT
OWNER
PERSON
pH
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PROPERTY LINE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
VILLAGE
VILLAGE BOARD or BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
Any person, persons or corporation who or which undertakes
to construct, either under contract or for resale, any habitable building.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Any person, firm or corporation approved by the Village Board
to do work in the Village.
Any person, persons or corporation who or which undertakes
to construct simultaneously more than one housing unit on a given
tract or land subdivision.
The Village Engineer or a professional engineer retained
as Village Engineer for the Village of Baldwinsville.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from
sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
The New York State Department of Transportation.
[Added 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991][1]
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, person
or group having the title to real property.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions in grams-ionic weights per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
Curbline if the building sewer is to connect with the public
sewer in a public street. "Property line" shall mean the edge of a
sewer right-of-way in those instances where the building sewer connects
to the public sewer in a right-of-way.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by the Village of Baldwinsville.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be present.[2]
All facilities for the collecting and pumping of sewage.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
A pipe or conduit which carries stormwater and surface water
and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes.
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Baldwinsville
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
The Village of Baldwinsville, New York.
The duly elected Board of Trustees of the Village of Baldwinsville
or its authorized deputy or representative.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
B.
Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in any insanitary manner upon public or private property
within the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
Exceptions may be granted by the Village Board to an owner or lessee
acting in, the normal course of farm or garden operations but only
after specific application by such owner or lessee and upon such conditions
as the Village Board may impose.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any watercourse, either
directly or through any storm sewer, within the Village or in any
area under the jurisdiction of the Village, any sewage, industrial
wastes or other polluted waters. Use of separate storm sewers and
sanitary sewers is mandatory for all future construction in the Village.
No combined sewers will be allowed to be constructed in the future.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
[Amended 10-5-1987 by L.L. No. 9-1987]
The owner of any house, building or property used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose, situated within
the Village 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 sanitary
sewer of the Village, is hereby required, at his expense, to install
suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities
directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions
of this article within 90 days after the date of official notice to
do so, provided that said public sewer is located within 100 feet
of the property line. Properties where private septic systems have
been installed up to a period of 24 months prior to the commencement
of construction of new public sewer facilities will have an additional
period of 24 months within which to make the proper connection to
said public sewer facilities.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 261-5, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the requirements of the Onondaga County Department of Health dealing with septic tank installations.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in § 261-5, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this article, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
No statement contained in this article shall be construed to
interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by
the authorized representative of the New York State Department of
Health or the Onondaga County Department of Health.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof
without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
[Amended 2-6-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984; 8-7-1989 by L.L. No.
2-1989; 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991; 12-7-2006 by L.L. No.
6-2006]
There shall be three classes of building sewer permits: single
residential, development residential and commercial, industrial or
other nonresidential. In any case, the owner or his agent shall make
application to the Superintendent of Public Works for the sewer connection
permit. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans,
specifications, designated uses or other information pertinent to
the property deemed necessary as determined by the Superintendent
of Public Works.
A.
Single residential.
(1)
Inside the Village the charge for a single residential sewer permit
shall be in the amount of the cost incurred by the Village for equipment,
materials and labor at the then-current union rate and/or the costs
incurred by the Village for contracted services for such work. Outside
the Village the single residential permit fee shall be for equipment,
materials and labor at the rate set by resolution of the Village Board
of Trustees at the annual organizational meeting, or at any other
duly called and held meeting of said Board and/or the costs incurred
by the Village for contracted services for such work.
(2)
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of the building sewer from the main to the property line shall be
borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Village from any
loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the
connection of the sewer lateral from the building to the sewer main.
B.
Development — residential.
(1)
In a subdivision where the developer provides all labor, equipment
and material, the development-residential sewer permit, tap-in and
inspection fee shall be the amount set by resolution of the Village
Board of Trustees, and as may be from time to time amended by resolution.
(2)
In the case of a multiple residential building where the developer
provides all labor, equipment and material, the development-residential
sewer permit, tap-in and inspection fee shall be the amount set by
resolution of the Village Board of Trustees, and as may be from time
to time amended by resolution. The Village Board of Trustees may set
by resolution a different permit fee for the first multiple residential
unit compared to each additional living unit incorporated in the same
residential structure.
C.
Commercial, industrial, or other nonresidential.
(1)
The Village Board of Trustees shall establish by resolution a sewer
permit, tap-in and inspection fee for each commercial, industrial
or other nonresidential building, upon recommendation of the Superintendent
of Public Works, which shall be based on the size and nature of the
proposed use and/or operation as compared to the demands of a single
residential structure.
(2)
Should the Village replace or repair a public main-line sewer to
which a property owner has been properly previously connected and
where a new or replacement connection is required, no sewer permit
fee shall be charged to the owner.
D.
Payment of fees. All sewer permit fees shall be paid by the builder
before any building permit is issued.
[Amended 12-7-2006 by L.L. No. 6-2006]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except that where one building stands at the rear
of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or
can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley,
court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
building sewer. Where building sewers are to serve multiple dwelling
units, there shall be provided at least one separate building sewer
for each group of 12 living units or portions thereof.
Existing building sewers may be used in connection with new
buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the
Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this article.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
The building sewer shall be tarcoated, extra-heavy cast-iron
soil pipe conforming to ASTM Specification A74 and American Standards
Association (ASA) Specification A-40.1; or PVC SDR 35 which conforms
to ASTM Specification D3034-SDR-35. Joints shall be tight and waterproof.
Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of water
service pipe shall be constructed of cast-iron soil pipe with leaded
joints. Cast-iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Superintendent
where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed
in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast-iron
soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted if laid
on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent.
Building sewer pipes shall have a maximum length of 10 feet between
joints.
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to
the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter
be less than four inches, nor shall the slope of the pipe be less
than 1/8 inch per foot.
Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer
shall be laid parallel to and within three feet of any bearing wall
which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to
afford protection from frost, but in no event shall be less than three
feet. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight
alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made
only with properly curved pipe and fittings. The ends of building
sewers which are not connected to the building drain of the structure
for any reason shall be sealed against infiltration by a suitable
stopper, plug or other approved means.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage or industrial wastes carried
by such drain shall be lifted by approved mechanical means and discharged
to the building sewer.
All excavations required for the installation of a building
sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent.
Pipelaying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with Sections
3 through 6 of ASTM Specifications C12, except that no backfill shall
be placed until the work has been inspected, and except that the trench
width measured at the top of the installed pipe shall not exceed 24
inches.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
No cement joints will be permitted.
A.
Premolded gasket joints for hub and plain end cast-iron pipe may
be used if approved by the Superintendent and shall be a neoprene
compression-type gasket which provides a positive double seal in the
assembled joint. The gasket shall be a premolded, one-piece unit,
designed for joining the cast-iron hub and plain end soil pipe and
fittings. The assembled joints shall be sealed by compression of the
gasket between the exterior surface of the spigot and the interior
surface of the hub. The joints shall be assembled, following the manufacturer's
recommendations, using acceptable lubricant and special pipe-coupling
tools designed for that purpose. The plain spigot end shall be forced
into the hub end of the pipe for the full depth of the hub itself.
B.
Premolded reinforced rubber ring gaskets shall be used on all joint
connections of PVC pipe. The gasket shall be used between the premolded
hub and the spigot end of the pipes as recommended by the pipe manufacturer
and approved by the Superintendent and shall conform to the requirements
of ASTM D3212. The completed joint shall create a hydraulic seal capable
of withstanding an internal hydrostatic pressure of 25 feet 10.8 pounds
per square inch for one hour without leakage.
The connection of the building sewer into an existing public sewer shall be made at the property line. Except as provided under §§ 261-24 and 261-25, if the portion of the building sewer located in the street or right-of-way has not previously been provided, such will be constructed from the existing public sewer to the property line by the Village Department of Public Works upon submittal of a proper request by the property owner and upon deposit of the estimated cost thereof. All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the entire length of building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. The method of connection of the building sewer to the public sewer at the property line will be dependent upon the type of pipe material used, and in all cases shall be approved by the Superintendent of Public Works.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and
connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative. When
trenches are opened for the laying of building sewer pipes, such trenches
shall be inspected by the Superintendent before the trenches are filled;
and the person performing such work shall notify the Superintendent
when the installation of the building sewer is completed. The filling
of a trench before inspection is made will subject the person to whom
a permit is issued to a penalty of $25 for each offense or to the
repair or replacement of the building sewer as determined by the Superintendent.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the Superintendent.
When any building sewer is to serve a school, hospital or similar institution or public building, or is to serve a complex of industrial or commercial buildings, or which, in the opinion of the Superintendent, will receive sewage or industrial wastes of such volume or character that frequent maintenance of said building sewer is anticipated, then such building sewer shall be connected to the public sewer through a manhole. The Superintendent shall determine if and where this type of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Superintendent. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to § 261-26, and the building sewer connection made thereto as directed by the Superintendent.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
All extensions to the sanitary sewer system owned and maintained
by the Village shall be properly designed in accordance with the recommended
standards for sewage works as adopted by the Great Lakes Upper Mississippi
River Board of State Sanitary Engineers and in strict conformance
with all requirements of the Onondaga County Department of Health.
Plans and specifications for sewer extensions shall be submitted to,
and approval obtained from, the Engineer and the New York State Department
of Health before construction may proceed. The design of sewers must
anticipate and allow for flows from all possible future extensions
or developments within the immediate drainage area.
Sewer extensions, including individual building sewers from the public sewer to the property line, may be constructed by the Village under public contract if, in the opinion of the Village Board, the number of properties to be served by extension warrants its cost. Under this arrangement the property owner shall pay for and install the building sewer from the property line to his residence or place of business in accordance with the requirements of §§ 261-9 through 261-22. Property owners may propose sewer extensions within the incorporated Village by drafting a written petition, signed by a majority of the benefiting property owners, and filing it with the Village Board. The cost of such extensions may be assessed to the benefited property owners in any manner determined by the Village Board.
If the Village does not elect to construct a sewer extension under public contract, the property owner, builder or developer may construct the necessary sewer extension if such extension is approved by the Village Board in accordance with the requirements of § 261-23. He or they must pay for the entire installation, including all expenses incidental thereto. Each building sewer installed must be installed and inspected as previously required, and the inspection fees shall be paid. Design of sewers shall be as specified in § 261-26. The installation of the sewer extension must be subject to periodic inspection by the Engineer, and the expenses for this inspection shall be paid for by the owner, builder or developer. The Engineer's decision shall be final in matters of quality and methods of construction. The sewer, as constructed, must pass the exfiltration test required in § 261-27 before it is to be used. The cost of sewer extension thus made shall be absorbed by the developers or the property owners, including all building sewers.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
Sewer designs shall be in accordance with the following provisions:
A.
Pipe materials; trench widths; pipe thickness and field strength.
(1)
Pipe materials shall be either PVC SDR-35 ASTM Specification D3034-SDR-35 or reinforced concrete conforming to ASTM Specification C-76. No standard strength clay pipe or nonreinforced concrete pipe shall be used. Minimum internal pipe diameter shall be eight inches. Joints for each kind of pipe shall be designed and manufactured such that O-ring gaskets of the snap-on type are employed. Gaskets shall be continuous, solid, natural or synthetic rubber and shall provide a positive compression seal in the assembled joint such that requirements of § 261-27 are met. Joint preparation and assembly shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. Wye branch fittings shall be installed for connection to building sewers in accordance with § 261-11.
(2)
Trench widths.
(a)
Trench widths, as measured just above the crown of the pipes,
shall not exceed the following:
|
Pipe Diameter
(inches)
|
Trench Width
| |
|---|---|---|
|
8
|
3 feet 3 inches
| |
|
10
|
3 feet 6 inches
| |
|
12
|
3 feet 9 inches
| |
|
14
|
4 feet 0 inches
|
(b)
If the trench widths are found, during field inspection, to
exceed the limits in the above table, the sewer pipes shall be encased
with a minimum of six inches of concrete. Pipes shall be firmly and
evenly bedded on a minimum of three inches of No. 1A or No. 1 crushed
stone (NYSDOT Specification).
B.
Utilizing the above information, design shall then be made as outlined
in Chapter IX of the Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of
Practice No. 9, Design and Construction of Sanitary and Storm Sewers.
C.
Manholes shall be constructed at all changes in slope or alignment
or at intervals not exceeding 400 linear feet. The manholes shall
be constructed with a poured three-thousand-pound-per-square-inch
concrete base 12 inches thick, steel-troweled concrete or mortar bench
walls and inverts and precast four-foot-diameter concrete manhole
barrel sections with tapered top section, as specified by ASTM C-478.
The manhole frame and cover shall be the standard design of the Village
and shall be set with no fewer than two courses of brick underneath
to allow for later adjustment in elevation. All joints shall be sealed
against infiltration. No manholes shall be constructed with steps
or ladder rungs.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
A.
All sewers shall satisfy requirements of a final exfiltration test
before they will be approved and sewage flow accepted from them by
the Village. This test consists of filling the pipe with water to
provide a head of at least five feet above the top of the pipe or
five feet above groundwater, whichever is higher, at the highest point
of the pipeline under test, and then measuring the loss of water from
the line by the amount which must be added to maintain the original
level. Exfiltration shall be measured by the drop of water level in
a standpipe with closed bottom end or in one of the sewer manholes
available for convenient measuring.
B.
When a standpipe and plug arrangement is used in the upper manhole
of a line under test, there must be some positive method of releasing
entrapped air in the sewer prior to taking measurements. The test
length intervals for either type of test shall be as ordered or approved,
but in no event shall they exceed 1,000 feet. In the case of sewers
laid on steep grades, the length of line to be tested by exfiltration
at any one time may be limited by the maximum allowable internal pressure
on the pipe and joints at the lower end of the line. The test period,
wherein the measurements are taken, shall not be less than one hour
in either type of test.
C.
The total leakage of any section tested shall not exceed the rate
of 100 gallons per mile of pipe per 24 hours per inch of nominal pipe
diameter. For purposes of determining the maximum allowable leakage,
manholes shall be considered as sections of forty-eight-inch-diameter
pipe five feet long. The equivalent leakage allowance shall be 4.5
gallons per manhole per 24 hours for forty-eight-inch-diameter manholes.
If leakage exceeds the specified amount, the necessary repairs or
replacements required shall be made to permanently reduce the leakage
to within the specified limit, and the tests shall be repeated until
the leakage requirement is met.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
All sewer extensions, except building laterals constructed at
the property owner's, builder's or developer's expense, after final
approval and acceptance by the Engineer and Village Board, shall become
the property of the Village and shall thereafter be maintained by
the Village. Said sewers, after their acceptance by the Village, shall
be guaranteed against defects in materials or workmanship for 18 months.
The guaranty shall be in a form provided for by the Village. At the
sole discretion of the Village, a completion bond or certified check
may be demanded as part of the guaranty.
No builder or developer shall be issued a building permit for
a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities within the
Village unless a suitable and approved method of waste disposal is
proposed. All new developments shall be provided with an approved
system of sanitary sewers.
[Amended 2-20-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, sump
pump discharge, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters
to any sanitary sewer.
[Amended 7-20-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
The discharge of any stormwater into the Village's storm drainage system shall be restricted, regulated and subject to the requirements and provisions, including penalties, of Chapter 282 of the Village Code. The discharge of any nonstormwater or pollutant into the storm drainage system of the Village of Baldwinsville is prohibited.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or
cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes
to any public sewer:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(65° C.).
B.
Any waters or wastes which contain grease or oil or other substance
that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between
32° F. and 150° F.
C.
Any waters or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, exceeding an average of 50 parts per million (417
pounds per million gallons) ether soluble matter.
D.
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or mineral oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
E.
Any noxious or malodorous gas, such as hydrogen sulfide, sulfer dioxide
or nitrous oxide or other substance, which, either singly or by interaction
with other wastes, is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard
to life or of preventing entry into sewers for their maintenance and
repair.
F.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Superintendent.
G.
Any ashes, cinder, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastic, cardboard, wood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings,
entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, beer or distillery slops, whey,
chemical residues, paint residues, cannery waste, bulk solids or any
other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to
the flow of the sewers or other interference with the proper operation
of the sewage works.
H.
Any waters or wastes, acid and alkaline in reaction, having corrosive
properties capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment
and personnel of the sewage works. Free acids and alkalies must be
neutralized, at all times, within a permissible pH range of 6.0 to
9.5.
I.
Any cyanides in excess of two parts per million by weight as CN.
J.
Any long half-life (over 100 days) of toxic radioactive isotopes,
without a special permit.
K.
Any waters or wastes which, for a duration of 15 minutes, have a
concentration greater than five times that of normal sewage as measured
by suspended solids and BOD and/or which are discharged continuously
at a rate exceeding 1,000 gallons per minute, except by special permit.
Normal sewage shall be construed to fall within the following ranges:
|
Constituents
|
Permissible Range
(parts per million)
|
|---|---|
|
Suspended solids
|
180 to 350
|
|
BOD
|
140 to 300
|
|
Chlorine requirements
|
5 to 15
|
L.
Any stormwater, roof drains, springwater, cistern or tank overflow,
footing drain, floor drain, discharge from any vehicle wash rack or
car wash or the contents of any privy vault, septic tank or cesspool
or the discharge or effluent from any air-conditioning machine or
refrigeration unit.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
M.
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance, a
high chlorine demand or suspended solids in sufficient quantity to
injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving
waters or the effluent of the sewer system. Such toxic substances
shall be limited to the average concentrations listed hereinafter
(and such toxics and limits as may be required by the Onondaga County
Department of Health and other governmental agencies) in the sewage
as it arrives at the Onondaga County Treatment Plant, and at no time
shall the hourly concentration at the Onondaga County Sewage Treatment
Plant exceed three times the average concentration. If concentrations
listed are exceeded, individual establishments will be subject to
control by the Engineer in volume and concentration of wastes discharged.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
|
Limits of Toxic Substances in Sewage
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Substance
|
Limit
(parts per million)
| |
|
Iron, as Fe
|
5.0
| |
|
Chromium, as Cr (hexavalent)
|
3.0
| |
|
Copper, as Cu
|
0.2
| |
|
Chlorine requirements
|
15.0
| |
|
Phenol
|
10.0
| |
|
Cyanide, as CN
|
0.6
| |
|
Cadmium, as Cd
|
1.9
| |
|
Zinc, as Zn
|
1.9
| |
|
Nickel
|
12.6
| |
N.
Any food-canning wastes, except after approved pretreatment by the
owner to remove all bulk solids and particles greater than one-eighth-inch
size in any dimension.
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when the above
set limits for those substances are exceeded or when, in the opinion
of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling
of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable
wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors
shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units.
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent
and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
B.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials
capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped
with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be
gastight and watertight.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall
be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient
operation at all times and shall be readily accessible and open to
inspection by the Superintendent of Public Works at any time.
A.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million, or containing more than 350 parts per million of suspended solids, or containing more than 15 parts per million of chlorine requirement, or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 261-32, or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Village, shall be subject to the review and approval of the Engineer.
B.
Where necessary in the opinion of the Engineer, the owner shall provide,
at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:
(1)
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million and
the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight;
(2)
Reduce the chlorine requirements to 15 parts per million by weight;
(3)
Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 261-32; or
(4)
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
C.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for
the approval of the Engineer and of the Health Department of the State
of New York and of the Onondaga County Department of Health, and no
construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals
are obtained in writing. Failure to comply with one or more of the
remedial procedures as required by the Engineer will constitute a
violation of this article.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Engineer, the owner of any property served
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling
and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall
be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the Engineer. The manhole shall be installed
by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to
be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§ 261-32 and 261-35 shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage, upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole provided for in § 261-37. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village
and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual
strength or character may be accepted by the Village for treatment,
subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
All of the preceding standards are to apply at the point where
the industrial wastes are discharged into the public sanitary sewerage
system, and any chemical or mechanical corrective treatment required
must be accomplished to practical completion before the wastes reach
that point. The laboratory methods used in the examination of all
industrial wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage, published
by the American Public Health Association. However, alternate methods
for the analysis of industrial wastes may be used, subject to mutual
agreement between the Village Board and the producer of such wastes.
The frequency and duration of the sampling of any industrial waste
shall not be less than once every three months for a twenty-four-hour
period. However, more frequent and longer periods may be required
at the discretion of the Village Board.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the Village sewerage works. Any person
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
charge of disorderly conduct.
Each applicant must present a certificate of insurance showing
suitable liability insurance before a permit will be issued for construction
of building sewers, sewer extensions or private sewage disposal.
The Superintendent, the Engineer and other duly authorized employees
of the Village, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall
be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with
the provisions of this article and other applicable laws.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article, except § 261-41, shall be served by the Village with a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the time period stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
[Amended 3-4-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991[1]]
Any person, individual, firm, corporation or partnership who
or which fails to comply with the provisions of this article, other
than those provisions pertaining to the payment of charges for services
established herein, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $250
or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both, for each offense.
The continued violation of any provision of any section of this article,
other than those pertaining to the payment of charges for services
established herein, shall constitute a separate offense for each and
every day such violation of any provision hereof shall continue.
As an alternative, upon violation of this article, the proper
authorities of the Village, in addition to other remedies, may institute
any appropriate action or proceedings, including an injunction to
prevent such unlawful use, construction or maintenance of cesspools,
septic tanks, sewage disposal system, pipes or drains, to restrain,
correct or abate such violation and to prevent the occupancy of any
building, structure or land where said violations of this article
are found.
[Amended 8-2-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993]
A.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
become liable to the Village for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
by the Village by reason of such violation.
B.
The Village of Baldwinsville, its employees or agents shall not be responsible or liable for damages caused by sewer line backups, surcharges or the cleaning of sewer lines where discharges are from improper connections as listed in § 261-32L. The owner of the property where such improper connection exists shall be responsible and liable for any damages and any necessary remedial repairs or cleanup.
