Where a public sewer is not available under §§ 51.35 through 51.44, the owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, business, recreation or other purpose, situated within the town, shall connect all drains thereon to a private sewage disposal system, complying with the provisions of this subchapter.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or permit to be discharged, in any natural outlet within the town or under the jurisdiction of the town, any sewage.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or maintain any septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for disposal of sewage, except under the provisions of this section.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to hereafter construct, erect or install any privy, privy vault or other facility intended or used for the disposal of human or animal excrement or other objectionable waste.
(D) No private sewage disposal system shall be constructed or maintained except in compliance with all requirements and standards as to type, capacities, locations, layout, construction, operation and care as prescribed and recommended by the State Department of Environmental Management.
(E) No private sewage disposal system, including effluent therefrom, shall be permitted to discharge into any natural outlet.
(F) (1) No private sewage disposal system shall be constructed by any owner or person without first obtaining a permit from the town. The application for such permit shall be in writing; upon a form to be provided by the town; submitted to the Building Commissioner; and shall include location, description and specifications of the proposed system, the nature of the improvement to be served thereby and such other information deemed necessary by the Building Commissioner. The Building Commissioner shall approve or reject such application as the proposed system conforms or fails to conform to the provisions of this section. Approval of such application shall permit construction and installation in accordance therewith. No permit for such system shall be issued until construction and installation is completed in accordance with the terms of this section and to the satisfaction of the Building Commissioner. The Building Commissioner shall be permitted to inspect the installation at any stage of construction, and the applicant for such permit shall notify the Building Commissioner when the work is ready for final inspection, before any underground portions are covered. The Building Commissioner upon final inspection shall issue such permit as such system conforms or fails to conform to the provisions of this section. A refusal to issue such permit shall be accompanied by written reasons therefor.
(2) Any owner feeling aggrieved by such action of the Building Commissioner may appeal such action to the Town Board of Zoning Appeals. The Board of Zoning Appeals may confirm, amend or reverse the action of the Building Commissioner in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(G) When a public sewer becomes available as provided in §§ 51.35 through 51.44 to a property not previously served, the drains of such property shall be connected to such sewer and all provisions of §§ 51.35 through 51.44 complied with, within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so, and the private sewage disposal system or other facility intended or used for disposal of sewage or human or animal excrement shall be forthwith abandoned and filled with clean bank-run gravel, dirt or suitable material.
(Am. Ord. 4, 2018, passed 5-21-2019) Penalty, see § 50.99