NY Vill L § 14-1400 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 14 - Sewers 14-1400 - Establishment of Sewerage System.

§  14-1400  Establishment of sewerage system. The board of trustees of   any village may, upon its own motion  or  shall  upon  the  petition  of   twenty five owners of real property within the village, according to the   last  completed  village  assessment  roll,  cause  a map and plan to be   prepared for a complete sewerage system for the village.  The  board  of   trustees may establish, extend and maintain a sewerage system, including   laterals, therein in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and   may,  as  provided  by  this  chapter,  abolish  an  existing  sewer  or   wastewater disposal district created under the town, county  or  general   district  law,  coterminous with or wholly included in the limits of the   village, and use the sewerage system of such  abolished  district  as  a   complete  village  sewerage  system  or  as  a  part or extension of any   existing village sewerage system. Before taking any proceeding  for  the   construction  of a sewerage system or any part thereof the board, at the   expense of the village, shall,  unless  such  map  and  plan  have  been   heretofore  officially  approved by the state commissioner of health and   copies filed in the state department of health and in the office of  the   village  clerk,  cause a map and plan of a permanent sewerage system for   such village to be  made,  with  plans  and  specifications  for  sewage   treatment  or  disposal works. It may also include any existing sewerage   or private on-site wastewater disposal system in the village,  which  on   examination  by  the village engineer shall be found feasible and proper   to incorporate or include in the proposed  system.  Such  map  and  plan   shall  be comprehensive and shall cover all portions of the village, but   the  village  may  construct  the  whole  of  the  said  system  or  may   temporarily  omit  any  portion  thereof  until  such  portions  may  be   necessary, subject to  the  approval  of  such  omission  by  the  state   commissioner  of health as hereinafter provided. Such map and plan shall   be submitted to the state commissioner of health for his  approval,  and   if  approved  shall  be filed in the office of the state commissioner of   health. A copy thereof shall also be filed in the office of the  village   clerk.  The  map and plan may be amended, with the approval of the state   commissioner of health, and when so amended and approved shall be  filed   in  the  same offices as the original. No work of any kind shall be done   on or  for  the  construction,  extension,  reconstruction,  removal  or   modification  of  any  system of sewerage or of any part thereof until a   map and plan covering the entire  system  shall  first  have  been  duly   approved  and  filed  as  above  provided,  and  in the execution of the   construction, extension, reconstruction, removal or modification of  any   system  of sewerage or of any part thereof, no deviations from the plans   as finally approved and filed shall be made until plans or  descriptions   adequately showing such deviations are first approved and filed as above   provided.  Whenever  the  board of trustees of the village shall deem it   desirable to the  interests  of  the  village  that  a  portion  of  the   permanent  general system of sewers, private on-site wastewater disposal   systems and sewage  disposal  thereof  may  be  temporarily  omitted  or   deferred,   it   shall  certify  that  fact  in  writing  to  the  state   commissioner of health, designating by a map or otherwise  the  portions   of  the  system  to be omitted, or the portion not to be omitted, and on   receipt of the same the state commissioner of health may approve of such   temporary omission and shall certify his determination to the  board  of   trustees  of  the  village.  The  term "sewerage system" as used in this   article shall be understood to mean a complete system for  the  removal,   treatment or disposal of sewage or wastewater, including private on-site   wastewater disposal systems. The village board of trustees is authorized   to  establish  and  impose  sewer  rents  pursuant  to the provisions of   article fourteen-f of the general municipal law.