Prior to the issuance of a certificate of compliance as to an individual
subsurface sewage disposal system, the licensed professional engineer who
designed the new system, or the alteration of an existing system, and the
Borough Sanitarian First Grade who inspected the system shall both execute
the appropriate form certifying that the system has been constructed and installed
or altered in compliance with the state standards, any applicable higher standards
of this code and the engineering design approved by the Board of Health.
In the event that a realty improvement is to be served by both a new individual subsurface sewage disposal system and a new individual water supply system, then a permit for the construction of the individual subsurface sewage disposal system shall not be issued by the Board of Health until the individual water supply system has been installed and tests establish that the system meets the requirements of §
262-9C of Chapter
262, Individual Water Supply System Code of the Borough of Chester, as to yield (based upon tests performed by the well driller) and as to quality (based upon water sample tests performed by the Board of Health).
In the event that connection with a Borough water pollution control
system is not permitted by reason of a sewer connection ban imposed by the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Board of Health approval
for a new individual subsurface sewage disposal system within an existing
Borough sanitary sewer service area shall be conditioned upon an assurance
that the realty improvement will, upon notice from the Borough, be connected
with the Borough water pollution control system within one year after the
sewer connection ban has been lifted and sewer service becomes available to
the realty improvement. The assurance may take the form of a deed covenant
approved by the Board of Health and recorded prior to the issuance of the
permit to construct the individual subsurface sewage disposal system.
In the event that a lot upon which an individual subsurface sewage disposal
system is to be constructed lies within a proposed future Borough sanitary
sewer service area as shown upon a Borough wastewater management plan approved
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Board of Health
approval for a new individual subsurface sewage disposal system shall be conditioned
upon an assurance that the realty improvement will, upon notice from the Borough,
be connected with the municipal water pollution control system within one
year after sewer service becomes available to the realty improvement. The
assurance may take the form of a deed covenant approved by the Board of Health
and recorded prior to the issuance of the permit to construct the individual
subsurface sewage disposal system.
[Amended by Ord. No. BH-1-93]
A. Persons qualified to perform flow tests upon individual
subsurface sewage disposal system.
(1) Only a professional engineer or a sanitarian first grade
licensed by the State of New Jersey shall perform any test upon an individual
subsurface sewage disposal system located within the Borough which involves
the discharge of water or any other liquid into the system.
(2) Neither the Borough Engineer, nor any professional engineer
associated with his firm, nor any sanitarian first grade affiliated with the
Health Officer serving the Borough shall be engaged by any property owner
or other private party to make any test or furnish any report upon the performance
of an individual subsurface sewage disposal system located within the Borough.
B. Conduct of flow tests.
(1) General. No water or other liquid shall be discharged
into any individual subsurface sewage disposal system in a volume or manner
that will result in a hydraulic overloading of the system or which will otherwise
adversely affect the functioning of the system.
(2) Flow tests of systems serving single-family dwellings.
The discharge of water or other liquid into an individual subsurface sewage
disposal system serving a single-family dwelling for purposes of determining
the condition of the system shall be made in accordance with the following
standards:
(a) The total discharge of water or other liquid into the
system for any one flow test shall not exceed an amount calculated as follows:
50 gallons for the first bedroom plus 35 gallons for each additional bedroom,
provided that the total volume of water or other liquid discharged into the
system shall be no less than 100 gallons nor more than 200 gallons, with the
discharge being made within a period not exceeding one hour. No more than
one such flow test shall be made on a system within in any twenty-four-hour
period.
[Amended by Ord. No. BH-1-93; Ord. No. 96-06]
The fees and charges are as established in Chapter
127, Fees.
Every application shall be submitted to the Board of Health at least
10 days prior to the meeting of the Board at which consideration is desired.
[Added 12-21-2000 by Ord. No. BH-4-00]
A. Definition. For purposes of this section the term "individual
subsurface sewage disposal system" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1
and following.
B. Fee for Board of Health inspection and approval of the
abandonment of an individual subsurface sewage disposal system or any component
thereof; exceptions. The owner of a property desiring to abandon an individual
subsurface sewage disposal system or any component of such a system shall
pay to the Board of Health a fee of $100. This fee shall not be required in
the event that the abandonment is:
(1) Related to a concurrent connection with a public sanitary
sewer system, in which event inspection and approval shall be the responsibility
of the municipal plumbing inspector; or
(2) Related to an alteration of an existing individual subsurface
sewage disposal system, in which event the owner shall have paid application
fees to the Board for inspection and approval of all aspects of the alteration,
including abandonment and removal of any existing facilities not required
for the alteration.
C. Notice of intended abandonment work and payment of required fee. The payment of the fee required by Subsection
B of this section shall be made at the time that the property owner gives notice to the Board of Health of the intention to perform work for the abandonment an individual subsurface sewage disposal system or any component part thereof subject of the fee required by Subsection
B, which notice shall be given at least 10 calendar days prior to the commencement of work for the abandonment.
D. Other ordinances not affected. No provision of this section
shall the affect the provisions of any other ordinance adopted by the Board
of Health, and any fee required by this section shall be in addition to any
other fee required by any other ordinance.
[Added 12-9-2002 by Ord. No. BH-1-02]
A. Any application fix a permit to construct, alter, or
repair an individual subsurface sewage disposal system serving a retail food
establishment on the premises of which cooking is permitted to be conducted
Shall provide for the installation of a grease trap designed in accordance
with N.J.A.C. 7:9A-8.1, or its successor provisions.
B. Any application for a permit to construct, alter, or repair an individual subsurface sewage disposal system subject to the requirements of Subsection
A hereof shall include a maintenance plan which shall provide a schedule for the regular cleaning of the grease trap.
C. No permit to construct, alter, or repair an individual subsurface sewage disposal system subject to the requirements of Subsection
A hereof shall be approved by the Board of Health unless the Board:
(1) Determines that the system incorporates a grease trap
designed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7.9A-8.1, or its successor provisions;
and
(2) Finds the maintenance plan submitted pursuant to Subsection
B hereof to be adequate in view of the quantity of grease generated, or reasonably anticipated to be generated, by the retail food establishment.
D. Any permit to construct, alter, or repair an individual subsurface sewage disposal system subject to the requirements of Subsection
A hereof shall require that the grease trap to be installed in such system be cleaned and maintained in accordance with the maintenance plan approved by the Board pursuant to Subsection
C hereof. Such a permit shall further require that records of cleaning and/or maintenance of the grease trap be periodically submitted to the Board of Health to enable the Board to confirm compliance. Such a permit shall empower the Board to revoke the permit in the event that the Board finds that either:
(1) A grease trap conforming to the plans approved by the Board pursuant to Subsection
C hereof has not been installed; or
(2) The grease trap has not been cleaned and/or maintained in accordance with the maintenance plan approved by the Board pursuant to Subsection
C hereof.
E. Grease traps required to be installed in
individual subsurface sewage disposal systems hereunder shall be subject to
quarterly inspections by the Board of Health. The owner of the property on
which the retail food establishment is located shall pay to the Board of Health
a fee of $100 for each such inspection conducted.