§ 1115-a. Remedy for purchaser of one parcel of unapproved realty\nsubdivision.
1.The owner of a parcel of land acquired as one parcel\nfor residential purposes may apply to the local or state health\ndepartment having jurisdiction for a certificate approving the water\nsupply for said parcel as adequate and satisfactory. The application\nshall include the description of the parcel as specified in the\ninstrument, by which owner acquired title.\n 2. The proper department shall entertain said application and issue\nsaid certificate providing that the water supply shall, in the opinion\nof such department, be adequate in quality and potable and\nunobjectionable in physical and chemical quality and not be or become so\npolluted or subject to such pollution as to constitute a menace or\np
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§ 1115-a. Remedy for purchaser of one parcel of unapproved realty\nsubdivision. 1. The owner of a parcel of land acquired as one parcel\nfor residential purposes may apply to the local or state health\ndepartment having jurisdiction for a certificate approving the water\nsupply for said parcel as adequate and satisfactory. The application\nshall include the description of the parcel as specified in the\ninstrument, by which owner acquired title.\n 2. The proper department shall entertain said application and issue\nsaid certificate providing that the water supply shall, in the opinion\nof such department, be adequate in quality and potable and\nunobjectionable in physical and chemical quality and not be or become so\npolluted or subject to such pollution as to constitute a menace or\npotential menace to the public health or the health of persons using or\nwho may use the water thereby supplied.\n 3. The certificate approving the water supply for said parcel shall\ncontain the name of the owner-applicant and the description of the\nproperty set forth in the application. The owner shall append the\ncertificate of approval to a verified petition directed to the county\nclerk of the county wherein the property is located, praying that the\npetition and certificate of approval annexed be recorded and indexed\nagainst the owner-petitioner.\n 4. The county clerk upon receiving the petition with annexed\ncertificate of approval, and upon tender of the lawful recording fees,\nshall record the same in his office and index it against the\nowner-petitioner. The recording of the petition with annexed certificate\nof approval shall be deemed compliance with section eleven hundred\nsixteen of this title, for the parcel described.\n 5. This section shall apply only to a single residential lot which was\nacquired May third, nineteen hundred sixty-six without having complied\nwith the provisions of former section eighty-nine of the public health\nlaw or section eleven hundred sixteen of this title but was:\n (a) acquired by the owner-applicant prior to January first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-one; or\n (b) acquired by the owner-applicant through devise or intestate\nsuccession; or\n (c) not at the time of acquisition of title by the owner-applicant, a\npart of a subdivision, as such term is defined in section eleven hundred\nfifteen of this title.\n In addition, this section shall apply to a single residential lot\nwhich the appropriate department deems proper for approval because of\nhardship or other special circumstances established to its satisfaction\nby the owner-applicant.\n