Whenever a public sanitary sewer is not available within any Sewer District as described under the provisions of Article IV, § 77-8, the building sewer shall be connected, either directly or through a private sewage system, to a private sewage disposal complying with the requirements of the Department of Health and the provisions of this article.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system and the pipe sizes, slopes and design criteria of a private sewage system within a sewer district shall comply with all requirements of the Health Department, and no statement in this article shall be construed to interfere with these or any other additional requirements or recommendations that may be imposed by the Department of Health. Any additional requirements imposed by this Part 1 are for the purpose of implementing the intent of this Part 1 and providing for the proper development of the sewer districts.
Before approval by a federal, state or county
agency of a project within any sewer district, the Administrator shall
have the right to require a submittal of a review application, plans
and specifications of the proposed private sewage disposal and/or
sewage system to determine its conformity to the comprehensive plan
of the Town sewer districts. The Administrator shall have the right
to require additional information as deemed necessary for the purpose
of ensuring compliance with the provisions of this Part 1. All information
required shall become a part of the application. Construction shall
not commence until approved by the Administrator. Any revisions to
the approved application without the written approval of the Administrator
are prohibited.
The methods, practices and materials used in
the construction of a private sewage system located in any sewer district
shall be in accordance with the provisions of the approved application
and any specifications and requirements adopted by the Town Board
in fulfilling the Administrator's duties and the provisions of this
Part 1, as provided herein. In the absence of any particular provisions,
or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM) and the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF),
Manual of Practice No. 9, shall apply.
The Administrator shall be allowed to inspect
the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant
shall notify the Administrator when the work, or separate portions
of it, is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions
are covered. The inspection shall be made within 48 hours of receipt
of notice by the Administrator. Prior to final approval, the applicant
shall provide the Administrator with two complete sets of as-built
drawings of the system and, in the case of a sewage infiltration test,
results certified by a professional engineer licensed in the State
of New York. The maximum allowable rate of infiltration into any section
of a sewage system shall not exceed 200 gallons per inch of pipe diameter
per mile of sewer per day.
The owner of a private sewage disposal or sewage
system shall operate and maintain such facilities in a satisfactory
manner at all times, at no expense to any sewer district.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal and/or sewage system, as provided for in Article IV, § 77-8, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Part 1. Any person obtaining a permit to connect to the public sewer shall be required to abandon the existing private septic tank or cesspool or other private sewage disposal facilities as hereinafter prescribed in Article VI, and said facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and removed or filled with suitable material, or as directed by the Administrator.
A.
Where service through a public sewer becomes available
to an existing private sewage system, whether or not such system was
constructed prior to the adoption of this Part 1, the Administrator
shall, before issuing a permit for connection to the public sewer,
have the right to perform such tests and inspections as may be required
to ascertain the completeness and integrity of the private sewage
systems and to require all necessary repairs to be made by the owner,
at no expense to any sewer district, to make the private sewage system
acceptable for connection to the public sewer as required by this
Part 1 or such additional rules, regulations and specifications as
may be adopted by the Town Board. In addition, in those instances
where the collecting sewers, forming a part of the public sewage system
within any sewer district to which the private sewage system is to
connect are owned and maintained by that sewer district, the owner
of the private sewage system shall transfer, without reimbursement,
ownership of the private sewage system to that sewer district, together
with all easements on private property in which any portion of the
private sewage system is located, as a condition of the connection
permit.
B.
Upon the connection and transfer of the private sewage
system to any sewer district, future maintenance and operation of
the system will be accomplished by that sewer district.
[Added 7-11-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
A.
No septic system shall be installed in the absence
of an approved design by the Orange County Board of Health or an engineer
employed by the Town of Chester.
B.
Any septic system design submitted to the Town Building
Department for review and or approval shall be referred to an engineer
employed by the Town who shall review and approve same.
C.
Fees.
(1)
A fee of $500 shall be payable for the review of the
design, which fee shall accompany the submission of the septic system
design or redesign.
(2)
A fee of $500 shall be payable for the on-site inspection
of soil tests should same be required in the judgment of the Building
Inspector or Town Engineer.
