[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Pawling 7-11-1989 as L.L. No. 2-1989. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
In order to assure the proper disposal of sewage
and wastewaters and proper operations, maintenance and protection
of the public sewers, the sewage treatment plant and all other sewage
works within the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts and to provide an
adequate record of sewers, drains, appurtenances and connections thereto,
this sewer use chapter is hereby enacted by the Town of Pawling.
The sanitary sewer system of the Town of Pawling
Sewer Districts consists of lateral and trunk sewers laid in the streets
and rights-of-way. The locations of these works, including the kinds,
sizes and depths of pipelines, are to be shown on sets of plans on
file at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Pawling and with
the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission. At all points where there are
changes in alignment or grade of the sewers, manholes with cast-iron
frames and covers shall be built for ventilation and cleaning.
A.
AVERAGE CONCENTRATION
BOD (DENOTES "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
FEDERAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
FWPCA
MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (DESIGNATED AS "MG/L")
THE NUMBER OF MILLIGRAMS OF DRY SOLIDS, EITHER DISSOLVED OR
UNDISSOLVED, CONTAINED IN ONE LITER OF WATER, INCLUDING SOLIDS. ONE
MILLIGRAM PER LITER MAY BE EXPRESSED AS 8.345 POUNDS OF DRY SOLIDS
PER 1,000,000 UNITED STATES GALLONS OF WATER, INCLUDING SOLIDS. "MILLIGRAMS
PER LITER" MAY BE EXPRESSED AS PARTS PER MILLION, DESIGNATED AS "PPM,"
MEANING THE NUMBER OF POUNDS OF DRY SOLIDS CONTAINED IN 1,000,000
POUNDS OF WATER, INCLUDING DRY SOLIDS, BY USING THE FOLLOWING FORMULA:
MG/L = PPM
PH
SEWAGE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The concentration of constituents determined by analysis
of a mixture of samples taken over a period of 24 hours at fifteen-minute
intervals and composited in proportion to flow rate.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in mg/l (milligrams per liter) by weight.
Those standards promulgated under Section 307(b) and (c)
of the Clean Water Act. This shall include but is not restricted to
regulations contained in 40 CFR 403.
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment, Public Law
92-500, 92 Congress, S-2770.
The concentration of constituents determined by analysis
of a mixture of samples taken over a period of four hours at fifteen-minute
intervals and composited in proportion to flow rate.
specific gravity of the solution.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter.
Wastewater or water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments. "Sewage" shall
be further classified as follows:
(1)
DOMESTIC OR SANITARY SEWAGE -- The solid and liquid
wastes from toilet and lavatory fixtures, kitchens, laundries, bathtubs,
shower baths or equivalent plumbing fixtures as discharged from dwelling,
business and industrial buildings.
(2)
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE OR WASTES -- Include the water-carried
wastes of any industrial process as distinct from domestic or sanitary
sewage. All substances carried by water shall be considered as wastes.
(3)
STORMWATER -- Includes the runoff or discharge of rain and melted snow or other water from roofs, surfaces of public or private lands or elsewhere. "Stormwater" also shall include "subsoil drainage" as defined in Subsection (4).
(4)
SUBSOIL DRAINAGE -- Includes water from the soil percolating
into subsoil drains and through foundation walls, basement floors
or underground pipes.
(5)
COOLING WATER -- Includes the wastewater from air-conditioning,
industrial cooling, condensing and hydraulically powered equipment
or similar apparatus.
(6)
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER DISTRICT
SEWER OR DRAIN
GARBAGE -- Solid wastes from the preparation of, cooking
and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of
produce. "Properly shredded garbage" shall mean garbage which has
been shredded so that no garbage particles will be greater than one-half
(1/2) inch in any dimension.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
Any sewer improvement area owned, maintained and operated
by the Town of Pawling and/or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission,
commonly referred to in some statutes as "Sewer District Number One,
Two, etc." It is the intent hereinunder that said terminology is used
interchangeably and that any controlling statute or regulation shall
apply equally.
The pipe or conduit, together with manholes and other structures
or equipment appurtenant thereto, provided to carry sewage, waste
liquid, stormwater or other waters. Sewers shall be further classified
as follows:
(7)
PUBLIC SEWER -- A trunk, main or lateral sewer up
to and including the Y-branch or tee provided for connection thereto
and to which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and
which is controlled by public authority. The public sewer does not
include the building or house sewer or the building connection lateral
after it is connected with a building sewer.
(8)
SANITARY SEWER -- A sewer which carries only sanitary
sewage and to which stormwater, subsoil drainage and cooling water
are not intentionally admitted.
(9)
COMBINED SEWER -- A sewer receiving both stormwater
and domestic sewage, including acceptable discharge of industrial
wastes, subsoil drainage and cooling water.
(10)
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN -- A pipeline carrying
stormwater, subsoil drainage, acceptable cooling water or other reasonably
clean waters but excluding domestic and polluted industrial waste.
(11)
BUILDING DRAIN -- That part of the lowest horizontal
piping of a building drainage system that receives the discharge from
the soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building
and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside
the inner face of the building wall.
(12)
BUILDING OR HOUSE SEWER -- The extension from the
building drain to the public sewer.
(13)
SEWER INSPECTOR
SLUG
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
BUILDING CONNECTION LATERAL -- The pipe laid incidental
to the original construction of a public sewer from the public sewer
up to some point at the side of the street, highway or similar location
and there capped, having been provided and intended for extension
and for use at some time thereafter as part of a building or house
sewer connection.
Authorized agent or person(s) representing that agent as
designated by the Town Board or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by filtering
as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater.
B.
Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
The design of the system is based on the collection
of domestic sewage only, and the approval of the New York State Department
of Health was given for the construction and use for this purpose
only. No connections shall be permitted to be made to the sanitary
system which carry or deliver other than domestic sewage or industrial
wastes unless specifically approved by the Town Board and/or the Pawling
Joint Sewer Commission. The best interests of the municipal sewer
system warrant extreme care in the manner of making and laying all
connections to the public system.
A.
The Sewer Inspector, duly appointed by the Town Board
and/or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission, shall be the Board's authorized
agent in matters falling under this chapter and any rules and regulations
issued pursuant hereto and shall exercise the powers stipulated in
this chapter and which are subject to the approval and ratification
of the Board. The Inspector shall report to the Board upon applications
for sewer connections, shall inspect the construction of such sewer
connections and shall report to the Board upon any transgressions
of this chapter and any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto.
B.
No one will be allowed to make connections with the
public sewers nor lay any sewers in connection therewith except under
the supervision of the Sewer Inspector or his authorized agent.
All house sewers or sewer connections shall
be laid and connected in accordance with this chapter and any rules
and regulations issued pursuant hereto, and the repair, maintenance
and extension of the same shall likewise conform to this chapter and
any rules and regulations issued pursuant hereto. The entire expense
and responsibility of all connections from the public sewer to the
house shall be borne by the property owner.
Any discharge of industrial waste and any sewer
connection which carries or discharges an industrial waste to the
public sewer system shall be made conditional based upon the following
limitations:
A.
The quantity and rate of flow of industrial wastes
to be discharged to the public sewers shall not exceed limitations
established by the Sewer Inspector and shall be subject to review
by the Town Board and/or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission.
B.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed
to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances
or possess the characteristics enumerated in this chapter or which,
in the judgment of the Sewer Inspector, may have a deleterious effect
upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or
which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance,
the Sewer Inspector may:
It shall be unlawful for any person(s), firm
or corporation:
A.
To place, deposit, permit or cause to be deposited
in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the
municipality or in any area under the jurisdiction of said municipality
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable or harmful
waste, except as hereinafter provided, except where special permission
of the Village Board is given.
B.
To uncover any portion of the public sewers or connection
thereto or to open any manhole or appurtenance of the sewage system,
except under permit signed by the Sewer Inspector.
C.
To open any highway or public ground for the purpose
of making any sewer connection or to make or cause to be made any
connection with the public sewer, except under permit signed by and
under the supervision of the Sewer Inspector.
D.
To break or to cut or remove any pipe of the public
sewer stem or to make or cause to be made any connection to the public
sewers except through the connection branches provided for that purpose.
The location of said connection branches will be designated by the
Sewer Inspector.
E.
To discharge or cause to be discharged into any public
sewer, directly or indirectly, any overflow or drainage from manure
pits, cesspools or other receptacles storing or constructed to store
organic waste.
F.
To connect or cause to be connected with any public
sewer, either directly or indirectly, any sediment traps or any pipes
carrying or constructed to carry hot circulating water, acid germicides,
grease, brewery or distillery washwater, gasoline, naphtha, benzene
or similar liquid, oil or other industrial or trade waste or any other
substance detrimental to or deemed by the Sewer Inspector to be detrimental
to the municipal sewers or to the operation of the sewage system or
the sewage treatment works, unless adequate and proper preliminary
treatment appurtenances and apparatus are installed and maintained
at the owner's expense so that the spent water delivered to the public
sewers will be neutral in character, as determined by the standard
acid-alkalinity tests, and be free from excess suspended matter or
excess bacterial agents, as may be approved by the Town Board and/or
the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission. Steam engine exhaust or blowoff
from steam boilers shall not be connected to the public sewers.
G.
To drain from washstands of public or private garages,
automobile washing stations, cleaning or dyeing works, laundries or
similar establishments where gasoline, oils or any flammable materials
are used or stored, unless equipped with an oil separator of a size
and design approved by the Sewer Inspector.
H.
To throw or deposit or to cause or allow to be thrown
or deposited in any fixture, vessel, receptacle, inlet or opening
connected directly with any public sewer any unground table garbage,
vegetable parings and the like. The use of mechanical garbage grinders
producing a finely divided mass, properly flushed with an ample amount
of water, is permitted under this chapter and any rules and regulations
issued pursuant hereto.
I.
To allow any house sewer connected with the public
sewer to be also connected with any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool
or underground drain and with any channel conveying water or filth,
except such soil pipes and other plumbing works as shall have been
duly inspected and approved by the Sewer Inspector.
J.
To throw or to deposit or cause or allow to be thrown
or deposited in any fixture, vessel, receptacle, inlet or opening
connected directly with any public sewer any ashes, cinders, rags
or similar waste materials of any kind or character other than feces,
urine, necessary toilet paper, liquid house slops or properly ground
table garbage.
A.
General restrictions. No person(s), firm or corporation
shall discharge to a public sewer:
(1)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas which may produce flammable
or explosive gases in the sewer.
(2)
Any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, pressure sand filter
backwash water, water softener backwash water and boiler blowdown
water.
(3)
Any water or wastes containing toxic or poisonous
solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or
by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any
sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals,
create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters
of the sewage treatment plant.
(4)
Any waters having a pH lower than seven point zero
(7.0) or higher than nine point five (9.5).
(5)
Solids or viscous substances in quantities or of a
size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other
interference with the proper operation of the sewage treatment works,
such as but not limited to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage,
paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground
by garbage grinders.
(6)
Any residues or sludges resulting from the purification
of wastes.
(7)
Any mineral or other oil or emulsions thereof measured
such that a settled sample after acidification to pH two and standing
for one hour must not develop a separate layer of mineral or other
oil of measurable depth.
B.
Specific industrial restrictions.
(1)
Industries shall not discharge to the public sewer
an effluent containing greater than the following concentrations of
the stated substances:
|
Concentration
(milligrams per liter)
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Constituent
|
Maximum
|
Average
| |
|
BOD
|
300
|
250
| |
|
COD
|
900
|
750
| |
|
Total suspended matter (suspended solids)
|
300
|
250
| |
|
Boron (as B)
|
3.00
|
2.00
| |
|
Cadmium (as Cd)
|
3.00
|
2.00
| |
|
Chromium (hexavalent as Cr)
|
3.00
|
2.00
| |
|
Copper (as Cu)
|
2.00
|
1.00
| |
|
Cresols (C6H4CH3OH)
|
25.00
|
10.00
| |
|
Cyanide (as CN free titratable
|
0.50
|
0.20
| |
|
Lead (as Pb)
|
0.50
|
0.20
| |
|
Mercuric chloride (as Hg)
|
3.00
|
2.00
| |
|
Nickel (as Ni)
|
2.00
|
1.00
| |
|
Phenols (as C6H5OH)
|
25.00
|
10.00
| |
|
Zinc (as Zn)
|
3.00
|
2.00
| |
(2)
Industries shall not discharge to the public sewer
the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if
it appears likely in the opinion of the Sewer Inspector that such
wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment processes or equipment,
have an adverse effect on the receiving water or can otherwise endanger
life, limb or public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming
an opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Sewer Inspector
will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject
wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials
of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process,
capacity of the sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors.
The prohibited substances are:
(a)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher
than 104° F. (40° C.).
(b)
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease
or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per
liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous
at temperatures between thirty-two degrees and one hundred fifty degrees
Fahrenheit (32° and 150° F.) [zero degrees and sixty-five
degrees centigrade (0° and 65° C.)].
(c)
Any water or waste containing iron, trivalent
chromium, aluminum, sulfates, silicates, formaldehyde and similar
objectionable or toxic substances to such degree that any such materials
received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceed
the limits established by the Sewer Inspector for such materials.
(d)
Any water or waste containing phenols or other
waste or odor-producing substances in such concentrations as may exceed
limits established by the Sewer Inspector as necessary, after treatment
of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal
or other public agencies for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(e)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Sewer Inspector
in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(f)
Materials which exert or cause unusual concentrations
of inert suspended solids, such as but not limited to fuller's earth,
lime slurries and lime residues or of dissolved solids, such as but
not limited to sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
(g)
Materials which exert or cause excessive discoloration,
such as dye wastes, such that the effluent after treatment may exceed
limits established by the Sewer Inspector in compliance with applicable
state and federal regulations.
(h)
Materials which exert or cause unusual volume
of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs, as defined
herein.
(i)
Materials which exert or cause unusual chlorine
requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load
on the sewage treatment works.
(j)
Water or wastes containing substances which
are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment
process employed or are amenable to treatment only to such a degree
that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements
of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving
waters.
C.
Accidental discharge notification. In the event of
a discharge of any of the above-stated prohibited discharges for reasons
of accident or otherwise, the person(s), firm or corporation performing
the prohibited discharge shall immediately notify the Sewer Inspector
of the violation so that necessary precautions may be taken to protect
the sewage works.
A.
[Amended 4-9-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 7-3-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991] Required connections. The owner of any house, building
or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other
purposes, situated within the municipality and abutting on any street,
alley or right-of-way in which there is located a public sanitary
sewer of the municipality, is hereby required at his expense to install
a suitable connection to the public sewer in accordance with this
chapter and any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto within
60 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that
such sewer is within 150 feet of any property line of such premises
and is otherwise accessible.
(1)
Provided that an existing premises contains a properly operating septic system, the Town or Village of Pawling may waive the necessity of an existing residential dwelling connecting to the existing public sewer system upon the finding of extreme financial hardship. Such finding shall be determined by the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission after a hearing with respect thereto. The owner of such premises may make application to the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission for a waiver of the requirement shown in Subsection A herein, provided that the existing sewage disposal system servicing the premises is in compliance with the requirements of the Dutchess County Board of Health and all other municipal authorities or local laws having jurisdiction thereof and is adequately treating the sewage from the residence. The applicant understands and agrees that the finding with respect to hardship is exclusively within the province of the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission and that any decision relating thereto will be binding and final.
(2)
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under
the provisions stated herein, the building sewer shall be connected
to a private disposal system complying with the provisions of this
chapter and all of the state, county and local rules and regulations
regarding operation of sewage disposal systems. Further, a written
permit for such work must be obtained prior to commencement of construction
as stated herein.
(3)
Each building in the area served by a public sewer,
when connected, must be connected separately and independently with
the sewer through the house connection branch directly opposite the
building or nearest in downstream direction. Grouping of buildings
on one house sewer will not be permitted, save by special act of and
by the Town Board.
B.
Notification of Sewer Inspector.
(1)
The Sewer Inspector shall be notified at least 24
hours before the beginning of any work upon sewers or connections
as to the time of the commencement of such work.
(2)
Persons must report to the Sewer Inspector, in writing,
within 24 hours after the completion of any work by them, every connection
or disconnection made between any building and the sewer system or
between any house connection and the sewer system.
C.
Persons authorized to work on sewers. Only persons
herein authorized may work in or on public sewers:
(1)
Connections, alterations or repairs to any public
sewer or manholes or other appurtenances of such sewage system in
the village shall not be made by any person other than a plumber certified
by the town and personnel designated by the town and/or the Pawling
Joint Sewer Commission.
(2)
No unauthorized person shall open the cover of, enter
or alter any manhole or other appurtenance of any public sewer; place
or insert in any public sewer or its appurtenances any foreign material
which such sewer or its appurtenances was not intended to receive;
nor shall any person damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper in
any way with any public sewer or its appurtenances.
D.
House connections.
(1)
No building connection line from the public sewer
to the property line shall be of any internal diameter less than four
inches. Inside the property line, the diameter of the pipe shall not
be less than four inches.
(2)
No public or private building, dwelling or store will
be permitted to make any connection whatsoever to the sanitary sewer
system unless the same has a soil line extended to a point above thereof
and properly vented or otherwise vented in a manner approved by the
Sewer Inspector. In existing public or private buildings, dwellings
or stores which are not properly vented, the use of a house trap shall
be optional with the property owner in all cases where such trap has
already been installed.
(3)
Grease traps must be installed for restaurants, hotels
and apartment houses or wherever the Village Board or its authorized
agent may direct. Grease traps must be kept clean at all times at
the owner's expense. The size and design of the grease trap shall
be approved by the Sewer Inspector. Grease traps should not be preceded
by garbage grinder or disposal units.
(4)
Any pressurized sewer connections shall be subject
to the approval of the town and/or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission
or its authorized agent.
A.
General connection limitations and specifications.
(1)
No connection to the public sewers shall be allowed
at existing public manholes except where provided in the original
system design or as stated by special action of the Town Board and/or
the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission.
(2)
All connections to the public sewers, sewer laterals
and all existing sewer pipe shall be of the tee-type junctions, with
all other type connections prohibited.
(3)
All pipes, fittings and connections to the public
sewers from any sewer or drain shall be permanently sealed against
exfiltration and infiltration and shall be tested to comply with the
prevailing national standard or the set standard of 100 gallons per
day per inch of diameter per mile of length, wherever the Town Board
and/or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission or its duly appointed agent
shall direct.
B.
Sewer pipe and fittings specifications.
(1)
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes and fittings shall
conform to ASTM D-3034 specifications and modifications to this specification
as set forth in Recommended Standard Specifications for PVC Plastic
Gravity Sewer Pipe and Fittings: UNI-B-4-77A, published by the UNI-Bell
Plastic Pipe Association, and any addendums, updates or rewritings
of these specifications.
(2)
Connection fittings for building service lines shall
be molded or fabricated with all gasket connections. Any connection
into an existing line shall use a gasketed fitting in conjunction
with a repair sleeve coupling or gasketed saddle tee with all stainless
steel clamps. Saddle connections shall conform to Figure 1[1] and the following installation requirements:
(a)
Saddles must be mounted on pipes with gasketed
connections and secured by stainless steel banding.
(b)
Holes for saddle connections shall be cleanly
cut, employing either a mechanical hole cutting device, a keyhole
saw or a saber saw.
(c)
Fittings which are prefabricated using pipe
sections, molded saddles and PVC solvent cement may be allowed, provided
that the solvent cement used in fabrication has cured 24 hours.
(d)
Cemented mitered connections without proper
gasket seals and socket reinforcement shall not be permitted.
(e)
Only PVC primer and solvent cement shall be
used in cementing in accordance with the cement manufacturer's recommendations
and ASTM D-2855.
[1]
Editor's Note: Figure 1 is included at the end of this chapter.
(3)
All caps and plugs shall be braced, staked, anchored,
wired or otherwise secured to the pipe to prevent leakage under the
maximum anticipated thrust from internal abnormal operating conditions
or test pressures from water or air.
C.
Sewer line installation.
(1)
Service lines from buildings, structures or dwelling
units to the collection sewer shall have a minimum depth of four feet
at the property line and shall be laid with a straight alignment and
at a uniform slope of not less than one-fourth (1/4) inch per foot
for four-inch-diameter pipe and one-eighth (1/8) inch per foot for
six- and eight-inch-diameter pipe. Where collection sewers are deeper
than seven feet, a vertical standpipe or stack will be permitted.
The standpipe or stack does not require concrete encasement; however,
it shall be uniformly supported by compacted backfill.
(2)
No trench shall be filled or any part of pipe or fittings
covered until at least 24 hours' notice has been given to the Sewer
Inspector that the work is ready for inspection and such inspection
is made. Every such inspection shall be made as soon as possible after
the receipt of notice by the Sewer Inspector, and such Inspector shall
have the power to apply any proper tests to the pipe or fittings,
and the owner or contractor doing the work shall furnish all necessary
tools and labor for such test and shall remove any defective material
or repair any work improperly done, as the Sewer Inspector shall direct,
without expense to the municipality.
(3)
Trench construction.
(a)
The sewer permit applicant shall be responsible
for all conflicting obstructions and shall bear all expenses arising
from obstructions encountered and shall perform all locating, protection,
repair of damage, necessary removal, adjustment or relocation of any
obstruction.
(b)
No blasting shall be done within five feet of
public or private sewers, and utmost care shall be taken to prevent
injury thereto. Reimbursement for any repair or damages done as a
result of blasting shall be borne by the sewer applicant.
(c)
The trench bottom should be constructed to provide
a firm, stable and uniform support along the full length of the pipe.
(d)
Bell holes shall be provided at each joint to
permit proper joint assembly and alignment.
(e)
Any part of the trench bottom excavated below
grade shall be backfilled to grade and compacted as required to provide
firm pipe support.
(f)
When an unsuitable subgrade condition is encountered
which will provide inadequate pipe support, additional trench depth
shall be excavated and refilled with suitable foundation material.
(g)
In situations which have natural materials of
fine grains and in conditions where migration of trench wall material
into bedding material can be anticipated, either wide trench construction
or well graded bedding material without voids shall be used.
(4)
Haunching.
(a)
Material shall be placed and consolidated under
the pipe haunch to provide adequate side support to the pipe while
avoiding both vertical and lateral displacement of the pipe from proper
alignment.
(b)
Where coarse materials with voids have been
used for bedding, the same coarse material shall also be used for
haunching.
(c)
Haunching shall be placed up to the pipe spring
line.
(5)
Initial backfill.
(6)
Final backfill.
(a)
Boulders, debris, frozen earth and rubble which
could damage the pipe shall be excluded from backfill material.
(b)
Special compaction and tamping as specified
by the Board or its duly appointed agents shall be required under
improved surfaces, shoulders of streets, roads, aprons, curbs and
walks.
(c)
Natural compaction accomplished by the loose
placing of material into the trench, rolling of the surface layer,
mounding of the surface and filling and maintaining all sunken trenches
shall be allowed for the top six inches on all neutral grounds which
are free of traffic, lawns, open fields and unimproved rights-of-way.
All other trench materials shall otherwise be compacted as above.
D.
Abandonment of sewage system. When a sewerage system
is no longer to be used, it shall be abandoned, and every tank or
pit in such system shall be opened, emptied of any sewage and placed
in a condition so that it will not cause a nuisance or health hazard
and so as to prevent accidents.
[Added 4-9-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
All measurements, tests and analyses of characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater and shall be determined on samples
collected at suitable points.
A.
The design, installation and operation of pretreatment
and equalization facilities, which the Town Board and/or the Pawling
Joint Sewer Commission or its appointed agent has deemed necessary
for municipal acceptance of industrial waste, shall be subject to
review and approval by the Town Board and/or the Pawling Joint Sewer
Commission or its appointed agents and subject to requirements of
all applicable codes. These facilities shall be maintained at the
industry's expense and shall include:
(1)
A suitable control manhole, channel or flume, together
with such appurtenances in the effluent sewer to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of the untreated, pretreated and equalized
wastes. Such manhole, channel or flume shall be accessibly and safely
located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Sewer Inspector. The manhole shall be installed at the industry's
expense and shall be maintained by it so as to be safe and accessible
at all times.
(2)
Industries shall install a suitable recording flow
meter at the control manhole, channel or flume which will continuously
measure and record the rate of flow of any waters and wastes. The
flow shall be in accordance with plans approved by the Sewer Inspector
and shall be maintained to produce a continuous record of all water
and wastes entering the public sewers. The flow meter shall be installed,
maintained and operated at the industry's expense.
(3)
Industries shall install a sampling device at the
control manhole, channel or flume which will sample the wastewater
at fifteen-minute intervals or less and composite the sample in the
proportion to the rate of flow at the time of sampling. The sampling
device shall have a storage container of sufficient volume to retain
a mixture of samples over 24 hours with refrigeration equipment to
maintain the composited sample at a temperature of four degrees Centigrade
(39.2° F.), plus or minus two degrees Centigrade (3.6° F.),
and in darkness. The sample device shall be selected and installed
in accordance with plans approved by the Sewer Inspector. The sampling
device shall be maintained, cleaned and operated by the industry subject
to the approval of the Sewer Inspector. The sampling device shall
be installed and maintained at the industry's expense.
(4)
Industries, where required by the Town Board and/or
the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission or its authorized agents, shall
install a suitable recording pH meter at the control manhole, channel
or flume which will continuously measure and record the pH of any
water and wastes. The pH information shall be transmitted by any electric
or mechanical system to the control building of the sewage treatment
plant and similarly recorded. An alarm system shall be connected to
the pH meter to notify the industry and the operator of the sewage
treatment plant when the pH exceeds the limit set forth by this chapter.
The pH meter recording and telemetering system and alarm system shall
be selected and installed in accordance with plans approved by the
Sewer Inspector and shall be maintained and operated by the industry,
subject to approval by the Sewer Inspector. The pH meter, recorders,
telemetering system and alarm system shall be installed and maintained
at the industry's expense.
(5)
While performing the necessary work at any industrial
property, the Sewer Inspector or duly authorized agent of the town
and/or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission shall observe all safety
rules applicable to the premises established by the company, and the
company shall be held blameless for any injury or loss to the town
or Commission employees, and the town shall indemnify the company
against loss or damage to its property by employees and against liability
claims and demands for personal injury or property damages asserted
against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation,
except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company
to maintain safe conditions as required above.
B.
If the industry is found to be violating any provision
of this chapter, it shall be served with written notice stating the
nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time for the satisfactory
correction thereof. The industry shall, within the period stated in
such notice, permanently cease all violations.
C.
If the industry violates any provisions of this chapter,
it shall become liable to the town for any expense, loss or damage
occasioned the town by reason of such violation.
D.
If the industry shall continue any violation beyond
the time limit provided herein, the town may, upon recommendation
of the Sewer Inspector, reject the wastes and sever the connection
to the public sewer.
E.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, disposal
into the public sewers is unlawful except in compliance with federal
standards promulgated by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency
in accordance with Section 307 of the FWPCA. Further, each major contributing
industry shall submit a report in compliance with the requirements
of Section 307 on the fifteenth day of the months of March, September
and December or as otherwise prescribed by the Sewer Inspector. A
major contributing industry is described as any of the following:
(1)
An industry that has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more
per average workday.
(2)
An industry that has a flow greater than 5% of the
flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste.
(3)
An industry that has in its waste a toxic pollutant
in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under Section 307a
of the FWPCA.
(4)
An industry that has a significant impact, either
singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the
treatment works or the quality of its effluent.
No persons shall construct any drain or sewer
upon or from any premises in said municipality or use or permit to
be used any sewer or drain without a permit from the Sewer Inspector.
A.
Application for permit. Before any sewage work or
drainage can be done or connected in or on any property or before
any alterations or additions are made to old sewage or drainage work,
when the same is to be connected with the public sewer or private
septic system, plans and descriptions of the proposed work, signed
by an authorized person, shall be filed in the office of the Sewer
Inspector, accomplished by an application for approval of said plan
and the issuance of a permit to do said work. Application shall be
upon a blank form obtained from the Sewer Inspector and shall state
the name of the person who has been engaged by the owner to do the
work. The application fee shall be as set by resolution of the Town
Board;[1] however, said fee amount is subject to change upon the
passage of a resolution of the Town Board. The permit shall, during
construction, be kept at the site of the work and be available for
inspection by any duly authorized agent(s) of the Town Board and/or
the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission.[2]
B.
Disturbing pavements. No permit granted by the Sewer
Inspector shall be constructed to permit any interference or disturbance
of any state or county or town or village highway pavement, as the
case may be, in the municipality or in any excavation in any road,
street or public place, unless the permit shall expressly so provide.
No permit shall be granted for such interference or disturbance of
said pavement or for the excavation for sewer purposes in any public
street or public place unless the application shall have first obtained
approval from the state or county or town highway department having
jurisdiction. Any permit fee, bonding or other expense in connection
with the issuance of a permit for opening any street or pavement shall
be paid by the applicant. No permit shall be deemed to authorize anything
not stated in the application thereof.
C.
Revocation of permit. Whenever, in the opinion of
the Sewer Inspector, any person violates any of the provisions of
this chapter, said Inspector shall report the same, in writing, to
the Town Board, and, if the Town Board shall find the charges are
sustained, it may revoke the permit of such person.
(1)
Any person found to be violating any provision of
this chapter and any rules or regulations issued pursuant hereto shall
be served by the municipality with written notice stating the nature
of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit, not exceeding
30 days, for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall,
within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease
all violations.
(2)
No person, firm or corporation, once having obtained
a permit in the municipality, who shall have violated any of the provisions
and any rules and regulations issued pursuant hereto or shall have
refused or neglected to make good, to the satisfaction of the Town
Board, any defective or imperfect work or shall have refused or neglected
to pay any fees, fines or penalties imposed under the provisions of
this chapter and any rules and regulations issued pursuant hereto,
shall not be eligible to receive any renewal of such permit until
such default on his or their or its part has been removed.
D.
Entry into premises for inspection. The Sewer Inspector
and other duly authorized employees of the Board, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to enter upon all properties at all times for the
purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any rules and
regulations pertaining hereto. The Inspector shall limit his inspection
to the sewage system and the area of the property or structure therein
where the components of the system are located.
A.
The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or
word of this chapter and any rules and regulations issued pursuant
hereto shall not affect the validity of any part thereof which can
be given effect without such invalid part or parts.
B.
All rules, regulations, ordinances and local laws
or parts of said rules, regulations, ordinances and local laws in
conflict herewith are hereby suspended.
C.
This chapter shall take effect and be in force from
and after its approval as required by law.
A.
Any person(s), firm or corporation committing an offense
against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of
New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter
shall constitute, of each 24 hour period in which the offense is continued,
a separate and distinct offense.
B.
Liability for expenses of municipality. Any person
violating any of the provisions of this chapter and any rules and
regulations issued pursuant hereto shall become liable to the municipality
by reason of such violation.
[Amended 3-4-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
The purpose of the Article is to provide for
the fair distribution of costs for operating and maintaining sewage
works serving the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts.
As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
[Repealed 3-4-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
Annual costs incurred by the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts
for the operation, maintenance and replacement of sewage works or
portions thereof serving the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts.
[Amended 3-4-1992 by L.L No. 1-1992]
Properties of land which have been determined to have access
to and thereby benefit from sewage works in the Town of Pawling Sewer
Districts.
An individual, business, corporation or entity which discharges
sewage into the sewage works of the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts.
[Amended 3-4-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A.
Apportionment. Annual charges for operations and maintenance of sewage works within the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts will be apportioned to each property in accordance with the requirements set forth in 40 CFR, Ch. 1 (7-1-1990 Edition), § 35.929 et seq., and Article 14-F of the General Municipal Law.
B.
Determination of charge. The Pawling Town Board and
the Pawling Village Board have decided to combine all annual costs
of operations and maintenance and have authorized the Pawling Joint
Sewer Commission to allocate the costs among the properties in the
village and town using the following model:
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CU = VC x VU
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where:
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CU = A user's charge for operation and maintenance
per unit of time.
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VC = Operations and maintenance cost for transportation
and treatment of one unit of sewage volume.
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VU = Volume contribution of sewage from a user
per unit of time.
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C.
Calculation of flow.
(1)
The owner of any parcel of real property within the
Town of Pawling Sewer Districts may, if he or she desires, purchase
an approved measuring device at his or her cost and expense and install
the same in a manner approved by the Town Board which measures directly
the usage of the sewage system. Thereafter the sewer usage rent shall
be based upon the metered usage of the sewage system. If no such device
is installed, then sewage flow will be calculated based upon a fraction
of metered water usage.
(2)
The Town Board may require the owner of any parcel
of real property who makes use of the sewage system to install a water
meter, at the owner's expense.
D.
Computation of VC. The value
of VC shall be established annually by the
Town Board based on the operation and maintenance expenses incurred
during the past fiscal year. If past date is not available, then the
Village Board or its agents shall compute the value of VC based on data which are deemed to reasonably represent
the projected annual operation and maintenance expenditures for the
year.
E.
Extraneous flow. If extraneous flow is measured, the
cost of treating it shall be borne by the users of the system in direct
proportion to their volume of discharge.
F.
Method of payment. Annual operations and maintenance
charges shall be billed quarterly and will be due on the fifteenth
day of January, April, July and October of each year. Nonpayment shall
be subject to a penalty of 15% per quarter after nonpayment for 30
days.
G.
Operations and maintenance charges to constitute lien.
Operations and maintenance charges shall constitute a lien upon the
real property served by the sewage works of the Town of Pawling Sewer
Districts to the extent set forth in § 452 of the General
Municipal Law.
H.
Method of payment.Operations and maintenance charges
are to be calculated annually for each property in the Village and
Town Sewer Districts and will be billed in quarterly amounts in advance
every three months.
A.
Designation of fiscal officer. The Supervisor or the
Pawling Town Board or its designated representative is hereby authorized
to act on behalf of the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts in the matter
of accounting for revenues and expenditures thereof. The Town Board
has specifically authorized the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission to
bill operations and maintenance charges on a quarterly basis.
[Amended 3-4-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
B.
Recordkeeping. The Supervisor of the Town of Pawling
and/or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission shall be charged with the
responsibility of maintaining neat and accurate records of all revenues
and expenditures of the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts. The records
shall be maintained in the Town Hall of the Town of Pawling and/or
the office of the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission.
C.
Commingling of funds. Separate and independent accounts
shall be maintained for the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts. There
shall be no commingling of funds by and between the Town of Pawling
and the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts except as permitted by law.
D.
Approval of expenditures. All expenditures of the
Town of Pawling Sewer Districts shall require approval of the Town
Board before any disbursement of funds is undertaken. The Town Board
has specifically authorized the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission to
bill combined debt reduction and operations and maintenance charges
and to pay bills upon presentation of vouchers. The Town Board shall
meet on the second Tuesday of each month for purposes of reviewing
and approving disbursements. The Pawling Joint Sewer Commission shall
regularly meet on the third Wednesday of each month. These dates may
be subject to change at the discretion of either Board.
[Amended 3-4-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A.
Development of rate schedules. Prior to the start
of each fiscal year of operation, the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission
and the Town Board of the Town of Pawling shall cause to be prepared
a rate schedule for the upcoming fiscal year. The schedule shall be
based upon the budgeted expenses developed under this chapter.
B.
Notification and publication of rate schedule. Following
the development and prior to the adoption and enactment of a new or
modified rate schedule, the Town Board of the Town of Pawling or the
Pawling Joint Sewer Commission, if so designated by the Town Board,
shall cause to have published in the official newspaper of the Town
of Pawling the proposed rate schedule. The publication shall also
state a time and place for public comments to be reviewed by the Town
Board of the Town of Pawling or the Pawling Joint Sewer Commission,
if so designated by the Town Board. Said meeting shall occur no fewer
than 15 but not longer than 30 days after the date of publication.
C.
Adoption of rate schedule. After notification and publication as set forth in Subsection B of this section, the Town Board of the Town of Pawling may cause to have adopted by majority vote the proposed rate schedules.
D.
At least annually, each user shall be notified of
the rate schedule in conjunction with a regular bill.
[Added 3-4-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to
the contrary, each property in the Town of Pawling which is connected
to the sewerage system shall pay a minimum charge for such property
every three months in an amount equal to the charge which would be
levied hereunder if such property had water meter usage of 8,000 gallons
in such calendar quarter.
A.
Interpretation of Article. Whenever conflicting requirements
shall arise between parts of this Article or between this chapter
and existing regulations of the Town of Pawling, the Town Board shall
be the sole determiner with respect to interpretation of this chapter.
B.
Local agreements. The requirements of this Article
supersede any and all conflicting agreements between the Village of
Pawling and the individuals, businesses, corporations or entities
within the Town of Pawling Sewer Districts.
