Where a public sewer is not available, under the provisions of § 120-10, the building lateral shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the NYSDOH to be enforced by the Putnam County Health Department and the Rules and Regulations for the Protection From Contamination, Degradation and Pollution of the New York City Water Supply and its Sources of the NYCDEP.
No two separate permanent buildings, where the intended use for either
is for a distinct and separate business or a dwelling place for a private
family or families, shall be connected to the same individual septic tank
and tile absorption field.
A completed application form, containing results of percolation tests,
computations, and a plot plan, including the design and cross-section of the
wastewater disposal system in relation to lot lines, adjacent and on-site
well or water supply and buildings, shall be submitted to the Putnam County
Health Department and to NYCDEP or to NYCDEP's designated. agent. The
wastewater disposal system shall be designed by a professional engineer, licensed
surveyor, or architect, and shall be in accordance with the NYSDOH Standards
for Waste Treatment Works, or NYSDEC Standards for Commercial and Institutional
Facilities, as appropriate.
A written construction permit shall be obtained from the Superintendent
before construction commencement. The Putnam County Health Department or his
designated representative shall be permitted to inspect the construction work
at any stage, without prior notice.
When the liquid, or liquid-borne effluent from a private wastewater
disposal system enters any watercourse, ditch, storm sewer, or water supply
system located in the Town in such a manner, volume, and concentration so
as to create a hazardous, offensive, or objectionable condition, in the opinion
of the Superintendent, the Putnam County Health Department, or the NYSDOH,
the owner of the premises upon which such wastewater disposal system is located,
upon receiving written notice from the Superintendent to do so shall, within
90 days after receipt of such notice, repair, rebuild, or relocate such wastewater
disposal system for the purpose of eliminating such hazardous, offensive,
or objectionable conditions. The repair, rebuilding, or relocation of the
system shall be accomplished in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the NYSDOH and the Putnam County Health Department, at the owner's
expense.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal
system in a satisfactory manner at all times, at the owner's expense.
Where a private wastewater disposal system utilizes a cesspool or a
septic tank, septage shall be removed from the cesspool or septic tank, by
a licensed hauler of trucked and hauled wastes, at three-year intervals or
more frequently.
At such time that a public sewer becomes available to a property, a
direct connection shall be made to the public sewer, in compliance with this
chapter, and any cesspool, septic tank, and similar wastewater disposal facilities
shall be cleaned of septage, by a licensed septage hauler, and finally either
filled with clean sand, bank-run gravel or dirt or removed and properly disposed.
When the connection is made to the public sewer, the connection to the private
wastewater disposal facility shall be broken and both ends of the break shall
be plugged, as appropriate. Alternatively, the septic tank effluent may be
piped or pumped to the sewer; the owner shall provide an easement to the septic
tank for septage removal.
No statement in this article shall be construed to prevent, or interfere
with, any additional requirements that may be deemed necessary by the Putnam
County Department of Health to protect public health and public welfare.
