Township of Berlin, NJ
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2023-10-16
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 64 Abandoned Wells and Septic Tanks
- Act of Incorporation
- Ch AI Act of Incorporation
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 4 Third-Party Payroll Distribution
- Ch 7 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 11 Claims Approval and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25 Fire District
- Ch 33 Officers and Employees
- Ch 40 Police Department
- Ch 53 Seal
- Ch 58 Tax Map
- Ch 60 Violations and Penalties
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 61 Abatement, Tax
- Ch 62 Abandoned and Vacant Properties
- Ch 64 Abandoned Wells and Septic Tanks
- § 64-1 Purpose.
- § 64-2 Definitions.
- § 64-3 Duty of owner.
- § 64-4 Time limit for performance.
- § 64-5 Cessation of use.
- § 64-6 Designation of enforcing officer.
- § 64-7 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 69 Aerial Spraying of Pesticides
- Ch 75 Alarms
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Amusement Devices
- Ch 87 Animals
- Ch 93 Background Checks
- Ch 99 Boardinghomes and Rooming Houses
- Ch 103 Building Construction
- Ch 107 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 109 Buildings, Public
- Ch 112 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 122 Business Licensing and Registration
- Ch 128 Cannabis and Cannabis Products
- Ch 137 Curfew
- Ch 145 Drug-Free and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones
- Ch 150 Dumping
- Ch 156 Fees
- Ch 161 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 165 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 170 Fire Prevention
- Ch 176 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 182 Garage Sales
- Ch 188 Hazardous Substance Cleanup
- Ch 192 Imitation Weapons
- Ch 195 Junkyards
- Ch 200 Land Use and Development
- Ch 205 Littering
- Ch 210 Massage Businesses
- Ch 216 Motor Vehicle Service Stations
- Ch 220 Nuisances
- Ch 226 Parking in Front Yards
- Ch 231 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 235 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 239 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 244 Pawnbrokers and Dealers in Secondhand Goods
- Ch 249 Property Maintenance
- Ch 253 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 258 Rental Housing
- Ch 262 Resource Extraction
- Ch 268 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 275 Soil Removal
- Ch 280 Solid Waste
- Ch 285 Stormwater Management
- Ch 289 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 294 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 299 Taxicabs
- Ch 304 Towing and Storage
- Ch 308 Traffic Control Monitoring System
- Ch 312 Trailer Camps
- Ch 316 Used Car Dealers
- Ch 320 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 322 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 333 Water and Sewer
- Ch 340 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health
- Ch 345 General Provisions
- Ch 352 Food Establishments and Vending Machines
- Ch 357 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 363 Plumbing
- Ch 370 Water Supplies
- Ch 373 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A378 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A379 Communications Facilities Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township
of Berlin 8-10-1981 by Ord. No. 81:13 (Ch. 31 of the 1976 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Mayor and Township Council hereby find there now exists
and may hereafter exist a need to require the mandatory filling of
all abandoned wells, cesspools and septic tanks within the Township
of Berlin in the interest of the public health and safety of the residents
and general public of the Township of Berlin.
The following definitions shall apply to terms used within this
chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
To discontinue the use of a well, cesspool or septic tank.
A tank, well, or pit for retaining the sediments of a drain,
or for receiving the sewerage from sinks and toilets and like facilities.
Clean fill which shall be any noncombustible or nonorganically
decomposed material.
The holder or holders of the title in fee simple.
The officer who is authorized by this chapter to exercise
the powers prescribed by this chapter.
A tank in which solid organic sewerage is decomposed and
purified by anaerobic bacteria.
A hole drilled into the ground to obtain water or any other
liquid or gas.
The owner of each parcel of property in the Township of Berlin
shall be required to fill any well, cesspool or septic tank which
becomes abandoned.
The owner of any parcel of property where an abandoned well,
cesspool or septic tank exist shall have 30 days from the date of
said abandonment to fill said well, cesspool or septic tank.
The present existence of any land in violation of this chapter
shall cease 90 days from the effective date of this chapter.
The Building Subcode Official of the Township of Berlin shall
be charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter
and shall make inspection to ensure compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
[Amended 7-24-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-10]
Any person as defined above who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $2,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both, within the discretion of the Municipal Judge. A separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a
violation occurs or continues.
