§ 22-1. Title; scope and purpose.

(a) 

This article shall be known as the "Sanitary Code of the Town of New Milford" (hereinafter "Sanitary Code").

(b) 

The purpose of this Code is to reduce the probability of water pollution and the adverse public health effects that may result by establishing standards for the construction, testing and treatment of individual private water supplies and sewage disposal systems and to promote sewer avoidance outside of the designated sewer service areas identified by the New Milford Sewer Commission, thereby protecting the health and welfare of residents of the Town of New Milford.

(c) 

The Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, Title 19, Health and Safety, Department of Public Health, the Public Health Regulations and Technical Standards for Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, and Parts 1 and 2 of the Design of Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems for Household and Small Commercial Buildings, for the State of Connecticut in their entirety (hereinafter the "Connecticut Public Health Code"), as may be amended from time to time, are hereby made part of this Sanitary Code and shall apply and govern all cases except where such provisions of the Sanitary Code shall have more stringent requirements.

(d) 

The issuance of any approval or permit shall not be construed as a guarantee that the system has been properly constructed or will function satisfactorily. Nor shall it in any way restrict the actions or powers of the duly appointed Director of Health for the Town of New Milford or his/her authority in the enforcement of any law, regulation or ordinance.

(e) 

No dwelling, apartment, boardinghouse, commercial building or other structure or improvement that is outside of the designated sewer service area shall be constructed in the Town of New Milford unless the water supply and sewage disposal facilities are approved by the Director of Health or his/her agent and are in accord with the provisions of the Sanitary Code.

Ord. of 9-24-2007