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Timestamp: 2020-07-02 19:49:43
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60']

Town of Kent, NY Sewage Disposal Systems, Separate
§ 60-3 Inspection requirements.
§ 60-4 Waivers/variance.
§ 60-5 Enforcement; penalties for offenses.
§ 60-6 Compliance with other laws.
§ 60-7 Severability.
§ 60-8 When effective.
Chapter 60 Sewage Disposal Systems, Separate
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Kent 4-19-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
Illicit discharges to storm sewers — See Ch. 43.
Sewer use, connections and rents — See Ch. 61.
Editor's Note: This local law was adopted as Ch. 48A but was renumbered to preserve the alphabetical sequence of the Code.
The Town of Kent hereby finds that it is necessary to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Kent that on-site sanitary systems operate and be maintained in a manner that will prevent, to the extent possible, hazards to the public health, to minimize their potential for failure and to protect the drinking water supply of the Town of Kent and drinking water supplies which pass through the Town of Kent.
This chapter is intended to implement the provisions of Part IX.A.3.b of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation SPDES General Permit GP-0-10-002 ("Permit") for Stormwater Discharge from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4), effective May 1, 2010, which requires that the Town implement and enforce a program to ensure that on-site sanitary systems are inspected and, where necessary, maintained or rehabilitated as required by Part IX.A.3.b of the Permit and/or similar provisions in successor Permits.
The evacuation and removal of septage as necessary from a separate sewage disposal system/on-site sanitary system and subsequent reporting by a septage collector that is licensed by the Putnam County Department of Health.
SEPARATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM/ON-SITE SANITARY SYSTEM
The combination of human and household waste with water which is discharged to the home plumbing system including the waste from a flush toilet, bath, sink, lavatory, dishwashing or laundry machine, or the water-carried waste from any other fixture, equipment or machine.
Beginning on May 1, 2011, the owner of any parcel located within the Town of Kent which relies upon a separate sewage disposal system/on-site sanitary system shall cause an inspection to be performed on said separate sewage disposal system/on-site sanitary system at a minimum frequency of once every five years.
The septage collector shall furnish one copy of the record of inspection to the Municipal Code Enforcement Officer in the town/village in which the separate sewage disposal system/on-site sanitary system is located and one copy of the record of inspection to the Putnam County Health Department.
[Amended 7-19-2011 by L.L. No. 3-2011]
Any owner of a parcel which is located in the Town of Kent and is served by a separate sewage disposal system/on-site sanitary system that fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a violation, and shall be subject to a penalty as follows:
Any person or corporation, whether as owner, lessee, principal, agent, employee or otherwise, which violates any of the provisions of this chapter or permits any such violation or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof shall be guilty of a violation, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250, for conviction of a first offense; for conviction of a second offense, both of which were committed within a period of five years, punishable by a fine of not less than $350 nor more than $700 and, upon conviction for a third or subsequent offense, all of which were committed within a period of five years, punishable by a fine not less than $700 nor more than $1,000. For the purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon courts and judicial officers generally, violations of this chapter or any part thereof or any condition or requirement of subdivision approval shall be deemed misdemeanors. Each fourteen-day period of continued violation shall constitute a separate additional violation.
Compliance with this chapter shall not be deemed compliance or approval of the municipality under any other rules, regulations, codes or laws.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and filing in the office of the Secretary of State.