TOWN OF SAUGUS
Essex, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Saugus
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town affairs for the Special Town Meeting at the Saugus Town Hall located at 298 Central Street on August 27, 2007 at 7:30 PM to hear and act on the following articles: viz;
Article 1. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following:
I. Compliance With Administrative Consent Order
1. In order to comply with an Administrative Consent Order issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on April 15, 2005, the Town of Saugus must correct deficiencies in its sanitary sewer system. In order to avoid fines levied by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the Town of Saugus is required to ensure that no unauthorized connections and private inflow sources to the sanitary sewer system exist, such as roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps, or other sources of surface water or groundwater, as prohibited by Article III. Section 8 of the Town of Saugus Sewer Use
Regulations (the “Prohibited Uses”).
2. All Prohibited Uses in the Town of Saugus must cease on a timeline approved by the Department of Environmental Protection over a ten-year period. The Town of Saugus will notify every property owner with a Prohibited Use on its property 90 days prior to the time when the Prohibited Use must cease.
3. All entities seeking to discharge new flow to the sanitary sewer system must adhere to the Inflow and Infiltration Reduction Program Sewer Connection and Extension Policy, established pursuant to the Administrative Consent Order.
4. This by-law will expire at the time when the Town of Saugus’s commitments pursuant to the Administrative Consent Order are completed.
II. Penalties
1. Any person violating any provision of these by-laws shall be fined in the amount of $50 per violation. Each day that a violation continues shall be considered a new violation.
2. Any person violating any provision of these by-laws shall become liable to the Town of Saugus for any expense, loss, and/or damage occasioned the Town of Saugus by reason of such violation.
III. Validity
1. All prior by-laws or parts of prior by-laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
2. The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence, or provision of this by-law shall not affect the validity of any other part of this by-law which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts. (Board of Selectmen)
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to supplement certain appropriations made under Article 2 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting. (Town Manager)
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