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 Town of Wilna Sewer District or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the said municipality, any human or animal excrement, garbage,
or objectionable waste. Also, no person, shall discharge domestic,
sewage onto the surface of the ground or discharge it in a way that
permits it to come to the surface of the ground.
No person shall connect a private sewage system so that sewage
flows into a storm sewer or into a drain intended exclusively for
stormwater.
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within
Town of Wilna Sewer District or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the said municipality, any wastewater or other polluted waters,
except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with
subsequent provisions of this chapter.
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. Maintenance
and upkeep of any and all private systems permitted for private use
shall be the sole responsibility of the owner.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated
within the Town of Wilna Sewer District 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, 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, within 90 days after official
notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet
(30.5 meters) of the property line.
The use of the Town of Wilna public sewers shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in § 174-12, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage and other wastes generated on or discharged, from real property within the bounds of the service area of the POTW.
A.
The Town Board, on the recommendation of the a professional engineer
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.
B.
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.
C.
If the person is not a municipality the acceptance shall be made
only with the expressed written consent of the Town Board setting
forth the terms and conditions of such a acceptance.
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 Town Board, NYSDEC, USEPA, and/or
other such state or federal agencies, which have enforcement powers.