A code regulating the location, construction,
use, maintenance and method of emptying or cleaning individual sewage
disposal systems, the issuance of permits to locate, construct, empty
or clean said systems and fixing penalties for the violation thereof
is hereby adopted pursuant to Chapter 188, P.L. 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
to 26:369.6). A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part
hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The code established and adopted by this chapter
is described and commonly known as the "Individual Sewage Disposal
System Code of New Jersey (1963)."
Three copies of the Individual Sewage Disposal
System Code of New Jersey (1963) have been placed on file in the office
of the Secretary, Clerk or other similar officer of this Board of
Health upon the introduction of this chapter, and will remain on file
in said office for use and examination by the public.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any
portable or other temporary above-ground-surface disposal unit or
other receptacle designed to receive human excrement or other putrescible
matter until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of the same shall have been issued by the Board of Health.
In case any permit or certification required
by this chapter is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall
be held thereon before the Board within 15 days after request therefor
is made by the applicant, and upon such hearing the Board of Health
shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination and take
action accordingly within 15 days after the date of such hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work
in and about any individual sewage disposal system, which is being
erected or installed in violation of the code, to be stopped forthwith,
except such work as shall be necessary to remedy such violation, and,
thereafter, the work continued without any violation of any of the
provisions of the code, and after issuance of any such order and the
service of a copy thereof upon any person connected with or working
in and about the erection or installation of any such disposal system,
or any part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon except
as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges are herewith
established:
A. For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to locate and construct an individual sewage disposal system, $1.
B. For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to alter an existing individual sewage disposal system, $1.
C. For the issuance of a permit to locate and construct
or alter an individual sewage disposal system, $5.
D. For the issuance of a permit to locate, construct or later a portable or other temporary above-ground-surface disposal unit as described in §
477-7 of this chapter, $5, which permit shall only be valid during the calendar year in which issued.
E. For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal
system or part thereof caused by the failure of the permittee to locate
and construct or alter the same in accordance with the terms of the
permit issued or the terms of the aforesaid code, an inspection fee
of $5 shall be charged.
F. For the issuance or renewal of a license to a person
or corporation engaged in the business of cleaning or emptying receptacle
for the reception and storage of human excrement or other putrescible
matter, $20 for each vehicle or conveyance.
G. For the issuance of a permit to clean or empty any
receptacle used for the reception or storage of human excrement or
other putrescible matter, $5.