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Town of Tusten, NY
Sullivan County
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It shall be unlawful to discharge into any receiving waters within the sewer districts, either directly or indirectly, any sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters.
The person owning any property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, commerce, industry, or other public or private purpose, situated within the sewer districts which abuts on any street or right-of-way in which, or adjacent to which, there is located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required at his own cost and expense to connect the sanitary sewage discharge from his property directly with the public sewer, provided that said public sewer is within 150 feet of the property line, and the building for which service shall be extended is not further than 150 feet from the property line in accordance with this chapter.
Connection from existing structures to the public sewer shall be made within 90 days from the date of notice given by publication in the official newspaper of the Town of the completion of the sewage system within any sewer district. The Town reserves the right to extend said period an additional period of time. New buildings constructed within any sewer district after the completion of the sewage system shall be connected with the sewage system before the use or occupancy thereof.
It shall be illegal for any property owner to connect his building to the collection system without the prior approval of the Administrator. If there is any unauthorized taking of sewer service without the approval of the Administrator, then such individual shall be subject to the penalties and fine as hereinafter provided.