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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176', '§ 176']

Village of Lawrence, NY Storm Sewers
Ch 176 Art I
§ 176-1
§ 176-2
§ 176-3
§ 176-5
§ 176-6
§ 176-7
Failing individual sewage treatment systems prohibited.
§ 176-8
§ 176-9
Use of best management practices to prevent, control, and reduce stormwater pollutants.
§ 176-10
§ 176-12
§ 176-13
§ 176-14
§ 176-15
§ 176-16
§ 176-17
§ 176-18
§ 176-19
of the Village of Lawrence as indicated in article histories. Amendments
Freshwater wetlands — See Ch. 98.
Chapter 176: Storm Sewers
[Adopted 12-13-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]
A. The purpose of this article is to provide for the
health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the Village
of Lawrence through the regulation of nonstormwater discharges to
practicable as required by federal and state law. This article establishes
B. The objectives of this article are:
(1) To meet the requirements of the SPDES General Permit
(2) To regulate the contribution of pollutants to the
(3) To prohibit illicit connections, activities and discharges
(4) To establish legal authority to carry out all inspection,
with this article; and
(5) To promote public awareness of the hazards involved
Whenever used in this article, unless a different
this article, the following terms will have meanings set forth below:
A New York State licensed professional engineer or licensed
which allows an illegal discharge to enter the MS4, including, but
discharge including treated or untreated sewage, process wastewater,
Any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the MS4, except as exempted in § 176-6 of this article.
A. Owned or operated by the Village of Lawrence;
Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether
A. Discharge compliance with water quality standards:
condition, the municipality must take all necessary actions to ensure
C. Total maximum daily load (TMDL) strategy: the
condition in the municipality's MS4 permit where a TMDL including
requirements for control of stormwater discharges has been approved
by the EPA for a water body or watershed into which the MS4 discharges.
that applies if a TMDL is approved in the future by the EPA for any
water body or watershed into which an MS4 discharges. Under this condition,
designated by the Village of Lawrence to enforce this article. The
This article shall apply to all water entering
shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this article.
official may be delegated in writing by the SMO as may be authorized
The provisions of this article are hereby declared
of this article or the application thereof to any person, establishment,
affect the other provisions or application of this article.
prohibitions established by this article, unless the Department or
life or property from imminent harm or damage, provided that such
while reasonably maintaining the purpose and intent of this article.
article if the person connects a line conveying sewage to the municipality's
No persons shall operate a failing individual
sewage treatment system in areas tributary to the municipality's MS4.
A failing individual sewage treatment system is one which has one
B. Discharges of treated or untreated sewage onto the
sewage treatment system that could lead to any of the other failure
conditions as noted in this section.
(2) Cause or contribute to the municipality being subject to the special conditions as defined in § 176-2, Definitions, of this article.
B. Such activities include failing individual sewage treatment systems as defined in § 176-7, improper management of pet waste or any other activity that causes or contributes to violations of the municipality's MS4 SPDES permit authorization.
A. Best management practices. Where the SMO has identified illicit discharges as defined in § 176-2 or activities contaminating stormwater as defined in § 176-8, the municipality may require implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to control those illicit discharges and activities.
(1) The owner or operator of a commercial or industrial
(2) Any person responsible for a property or premises, which is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge as defined in § 176-2 or an activity contaminating stormwater as defined in § 176-8, may be required to implement, at said person's expense, additional structural and nonstructural BMPs to reduce or eliminate the source of pollutant(s) to the MS4.
(3) Compliance with all terms and conditions of a valid
B. Individual sewage treatment systems; response to special conditions requiring no increase of pollutants or requiring a reduction of pollutants. Where individual sewage treatment systems are contributing to the municipality's being subject to the special conditions as defined in § 176-2 of this article, the owner or operator of such individual sewage treatment systems shall be required to:
(a) Inspect the septic tank annually to determine
scum and sludge accumulation. Septic tanks must be pumped out whenever
the bottom of the scum layer is within three inches of the bottom
of the outlet baffle or sanitary tee or the top of the sludge is within
10 inches of the bottom of the outlet baffle or sanitary tee;
(c) Avoid the disposal of excessive quantities of
detergents, kitchen wastes, laundry wastes, and household chemicals;
(d) Avoid the disposal of cigarette butts, disposable
diapers, sanitary napkins, trash and other such items.
(a) In accordance with 10 NYCRR Appendix 75A to
(b) A design professional licensed to practice in
New York State shall prepare design plans for any type of absorption
field that involves:
[1] Relocating or extending an absorption area to
a location not previously approved for such.
[2] Installation of a new subsurface treatment system
[3] Use of alternate system or innovative system
(c) A written certificate of compliance shall be
submitted by the design professional to the municipality at the completion
of construction of the repair or replacement system.
access to a person when such suspension is necessary to stop an actual
or threatened discharge which presents or may present imminent and
substantial danger to the environment, to the health or welfare of
persons, or to the MS4. The SMO shall notify the person of such suspension
within a reasonable time thereafter, in writing, including the reasons
for the suspension. If the violator fails to comply with a suspension
order issued in an emergency, the SMO may take such steps as deemed
necessary to prevent or minimize damage to the MS4 or to minimize
article may have his or her MS4 access terminated if such termination
violator in writing of the proposed termination of its MS4 access
that the SMO must inspect to enforce any provision of this article,
subject to regulation under this article as often as may be necessary
to determine compliance with this article. If a discharger has security
(3) The municipality shall have the right to set up on
any facility subject to this article such devices as are necessary
the facility's stormwater discharge.
subject to this article to install monitoring equipment as is reasonably
necessary to determine compliance with this article. The facility's
to a facility subject to this article are a violation of this article.
A person who is the operator of a facility subject to this article
authorized or required by this article.
(6) If the SMO has been refused access to any part of
of this article, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample
compliance with this article or any order issued hereunder, then the
of any known or suspected release of materials which is resulting
of such a release of hazardous materials, said person shall immediately
(1) When the municipality's SMO finds that a person has
violated a prohibition or failed to meet a requirement of this article,
he/she may order compliance by written notice of violation to the
(b) That violating discharges, practices, or operations
(d) The performance of monitoring, analyses, and
(f) The implementation of source control or treatment
(2) If abatement of a violation and/or restoration of
notice shall further advise that, should the violator fail to remediate
or restore within the established deadline, the work will be done
by a designated governmental agency or a contractor and the expense
B. Penalties. In addition to or as an alternative to
any penalty provided herein or by law, any person who violates the
provisions of this article shall be guilty of a violation punishable
of this article shall be deemed misdemeanors and for such purpose
the requirements set forth in the notice of violation, then the SMO
article. If a person has violated or continues to violate the provisions
of this article, the SMO may petition for a preliminary or permanent
violation of any of the provisions of this article is a threat to
The remedies listed in this article are not
state or local law, and it is within the discretion of the authorized