[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Chelmsford 5-23-1983 by Arts. 52 and 53. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Health regulations — See Ch. 201.
To ensure compliance with the requirements of
the Board of Health, every owner, agent or occupant of premises on
which there is a private wastewater or sewage disposal system shall
keep such system in proper operational order and shall provide a reasonable
means of access for inspection and pumping. Residential properties
shall have such system pumped when necessary. All commercial, industrial
and other nonresidential establishments shall have their systems pumped
every two years. Such pumping shall be made by private operators duly
licensed by the Board of Health. More frequent pumpings may be ordered
as deemed necessary by the Board of Health for the proper operation
of the subsurface septic system.
The owners of all dwellings, buildings and other
structures used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other
related use abutting on any public or private way, alley or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may be located a public sanitary
sewer of the town shall be required, at their expense, to install
suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities
directly with the public sewer in accordance with the Sewer Commission
regulations within one year from the date of official notice by the
Sewer Commission; provided, however, that the Board of Health may
order any person to connect with the public sewer at any time if it
is deemed to be in the best interest of the town, upon giving 30 days'
notice to do so.
[Added 4-28-2014 ATM by Art. 25]
A.
The preferred method of discharge of sewage from an individual building
or group of buildings to the Town's sewer system is gravity flow.
Grinder pumps shall be approved only after alternatives for gravity
service connections have been thoroughly considered and, in the opinion
of the Town of Chelmsford Department of Public Works, such alternatives
cannot reasonably discharge to the Town's sewer system by gravity
flow. Grinder pumps shall only be used in accordance with regulations
established by the Town of Chelmsford Department of Public Works.
[Amended 10-19-2015 ATM
by Art. 7]
B.
Licensed drain layers shall submit required documentation to the
Department of Public Works, apply for a sewer connection permit and
install the grinder system. The owner shall be responsible for all
of the costs related to the connection to the Town's sewer system.
[Amended 10-19-2015 ATM
by Art. 7]
C.
Grinder pumps remain the private property of the homeowner. Existing
single- or two-family residential grinder pumps, installed controls
and new single- or two-family DPW-approved residential grinder pumps
and installed controls shall be maintained, repaired or replaced by
the Town of Chelmsford at the election of the Department of Public
Works. The Town of Chelmsford shall not be responsible for the maintenance
or repair of grinder pumps or systems servicing commercial properties
and residential properties comprised of three or more units.
[Amended 10-19-2015 ATM
by Art. 7]
D.
Items that may cause damage to the Town's sewer system or grinder
pump system shall not be introduced into any sewer system either directly
or through a drain or waste disposal, including:
[Amended 10-19-2015 ATM
by Art. 7]
E.
The property owner shall be responsible for any and all costs to
repair and/or replace a grinder pump as a result of improper disposal
of materials into the sewer system.
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