Notwithstanding the provisions of Article III, the owner(s) of structures where a public sewer is not available shall connect the building lateral to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the NYSDOH, to be enforced by the Wastewater Treatment Operator.
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, well or water supply and buildings) shall be submitted to the Village of Oxford. A fee, established by § 230-75, shall accompany the application. The wastewater disposal system, as designed by a professional engineer, licensed surveyor or architect, shall be in accordance with the NYSDOH Standards for Waste Treatment Works.
A written construction permit shall be obtained from the Wastewater
Treatment Operator before construction commencement. The Wastewater Treatment
Operator, or his designated representative, shall be permitted to inspect
the construction work at any stage.
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 Village of Oxford, in such a manner, volume and concentration so as
to create a hazardous, offensive or objectionable condition in the opinion
of the Wastewater Treatment Operator or the NYSDOH, the owner of the premises
upon which such wastewater disposal system is located, upon receiving written
notice from the Wastewater Treatment Operator 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, 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, that cesspool or septic tank shall be pumped out by a licensed
hauler of scavenger wastes at three-year intervals as a minimum.
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.
