[Adopted 8-6-1975 by Ord. No. 10-1975]
As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the service lateral of a collection sewer.
The Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department
of Public Works' collection sanitary sewers located under highways,
roads, streets and rights-of-way with branch service laterals that
collect and convey sanitary sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both and into which storm-, surface and ground waters or unpolluted
industrial waters or liquids are not intentionally admitted.
[Amended 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
Shall be considered as described in the schedule of sewer
connection charges.
The Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department
of Public Works Engineer, who is engaged at the time to serve the
Division for the design, inspection of construction and operation
of the Division's sanitary sewerage system.
[Amended 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted
to flow or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the sewered area.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Water-carried household and toilet wastes from an improved
property.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, situated in the sewered area and owned and/or operated by
the Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public
Works.
[Amended 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
That part of the sanitary sewer system which extends from
a collection sewer to a point just beyond the curbline or to a point
approximately one foot beyond the edge of the paved roadway if there
is no curbline and to which a building is to be connected.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sanitary sewer
system, used or usable to collect and convey sewage and to which groundwaters
or unpolluted industrial waters, surface and storm water or liquids
are not admitted intentionally.
The person appointed and designated by the Township to inspect
said installations.
[Amended 9-3-1975 by Ord. No. 12-1975]
The owner of every existing house, building
or structure, and the owner of every house, building or structure
hereafter to be constructed or acquired, which may be occupied or
used by human beings located on a property along the line of any public
sewer created by the provisions of the Municipal Utilities Authorities
Law, P.L. 1957, c. 183, as amended and supplemented, or Title 40,
Chapter 14B, of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey,[1] now or hereafter constructed or acquired in the Township
of Pemberton, shall, within 120 days after the date on which notice
has been given to connect and hook up, connect and hook up the sewerage
facilities emanating from such house, building or structure to such
sewerage system.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq.
[Amended 9-3-1975 by Ord. No. 12-1975; 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
If any such house, building or structure referred to in § 150-6 above shall be used for industrial or commercial purposes, the owner thereof shall, within 120 days after the date on which notice has been given to connect and hook up, connect and hook up the sewerage facilities emanating from such house, building or structure to the sewerage system under and pursuant to rules and regulations which are on file in the offices of the Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works.
[Amended 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
No person shall uncover, make any connection
with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from such official
as may be designated by the Pemberton Township Sewage Division of
the Department of Public Works. There shall be a fee set by the Sewage
Division of the Department of Public Works to be paid for the issuance
of said permit.
Each contractor or other person performing work
on township or public property for the purpose of installing sanitary
sewer connections shall post a bond acceptable to the township. All
work shall be adequately guarded with barricades, lights and other
measures for protection to the public from hazards. Streets, sidewalks,
curbs and other public property disturbed in the course of the work
shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Township.
[Amended 10-7-1981 by Ord. No. 18-1981; 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
Present privies, cesspools, seep/leaching pits
and septic tanks must be completely detached from all plumbing or
must be filled in with suitable material such as gravel, shale or
excavated earth. All cesspools, seep/leaching pits and septic tanks
must be pumped out prior to being filled. This work must be completed
within 180 days after the sanitary sewer system is operative. Time
extensions may be granted where hardship is proven to the Township
by the owner. No further use of the privies, cesspools, seep/leaching
pits and septic tanks for sewage will be permitted after sanitary
sewage treatment facilities are available. All connections to the
sanitary sewer system must be inspected and approved by the Pemberton
Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works and must
be made in accordance with the Pemberton Township Sewage Division
of the Department of Public Works' rules and regulations.
[Amended 11-2-1984 by Ord. No. 26-1984]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this Article shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for a period not
to exceed 30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, and each violation
of any of the provisions of this Article and each day the same is
violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
