Pearl Leather Finishers, Inc. v. Gloversville-Johnstown Joint Sewer Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent Pearl Leather Finishers is a leather finishing and painting business located in the City of Johnstown. Pursuant to General Municipal Law § 452, the City of Johnstown has enacted a sewer use law, which is contained at article 17 of the Johnstown City Code. Johnstown’s sewer use law requires that each significant industrial user and each major contributing industry obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit from the appellant Gloversville-Johnstown Joint Sewer Board. Effective November 25, 1985, the respondent, a major contributing industry as defined at…