This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as "Plumbing Code - The Individual Sewage Disposal System Ordinance
of the Town of Clay." This chapter shall apply solely to new individual
sewage disposal systems to serve new dwellings and dwelling units
constructed after December 21, 1957.
No person shall locate or construct any individual sewage disposal system until a permit for the location and construction of said sewage disposal system shall have been issued by the Inspector of the Town of Clay, hereinafter referred to as the "Inspector" pursuant to the provisions of §§
182-22 and
182-23.
New individual disposal systems shall not be
placed in operation, nor shall new dwellings or buildings be occupied,
which must rely on such a system for sewage disposal, until the Inspector
shall have issued a certificate of compliance, hereinafter called
a "certificate," indicating that said disposal system has been located
and constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit issued
and the requirements of this chapter.
This chapter shall not apply to any farm dwellings
or to any dwellings located or to be located on a plot of land of
one acre or more. This chapter shall not apply to commercial or industrial
buildings. This chapter shall not apply to alterations, repairs or
replacement of individual sewage disposal systems in existence on
December 21, 1957.
The Inspector may order all further work in
and about any individual sewage disposal system, which is being erected
or installed in violation of this chapter, to be stopped forthwith,
except such work as shall be necessary to remedy such violation and,
thereafter, the work continued without any violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter, and after issuance of any such stop-work
order and the service of a copy thereof upon any person connected
with or working in and about the erection or installation of any such
disposal system, or any part thereof, no further work shall be done
thereon except as aforesaid.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Inspector
designated by the Town Board to be the enforcement officer of this
chapter.