[Adopted 7-15-1974 by Ord. No. 5-74 as
Ch. 119, Art. II, of the 1973 Code]
Any owner of property along the line of any
sewer in Toms River Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, shall connect
his house or other building therewith.
Any building located on a street in this municipality,
in which sewer is now or shall be hereafter constructed, shall be
connected to said sewer promptly after the said sewer is available
to serve said building.
Such connections shall be made in the manner
and under the conditions provided in regulations adopted or to be
adopted by the Toms River Sewerage Authority.
Notice is hereby given to the owners of all
properties affected thereby to have such buildings connected with
said sewerage system when the same shall have been completed and placed
in operation in the manner provided for herein.
Said notice may otherwise be served on any property
owner by the Secretary of this Board, the Health Officer of this Board
or any other properly designated representative of this Board. Such
representative or representatives of the Board may be designated by
resolution of this Board.
Any person violating any provisions of this
article shall be subject to each or both of the following penalties:
A. A fine of $25 to be imposed upon any person who shall
not comply with any order issued under the authority of this article
and N.J.S.A. 26:3-31, to have his property connected with the said
sewer, within 30 days after notice by the proper officer of the Board
to make the required connection;
B. An additional fine of $10 for each day of delay after
the expiration of the 30 days in which the provisions of the order
or notice are not complied with.
The Secretary of the Board of Health of this
municipality shall send a certified copy of this article to the Secretary
of the Toms River Sewerage Authority as soon as this article has become
effective, and shall attend to the publication of this article as
required by law.
[Adopted 7-15-1974 by Ord. No. 5-74 as
Ch. 119, Art. I, of the 1973 Code]
The responsibility of the making of each of
said house or structure connections with the Authority sewerage system
shall be that of the respective property owner. It is likewise the
responsibility of each property owner to engage a competent plumber
to make said connection for the owner of each house or structure and
to check all plumbing facilities in the property owner's premises.
The property owner shall assume all responsibility
for the proper and adequate venting and trapping of his house or other
structure.
This Board shall have each and every connection
between the Authority's sewerage system and a house or structure inspected.
The fees to be charged for each of said inspections of each connection
between the street sewer line and the house or other structure are:
A. Ten dollars for the first inspection.
B. Five dollars for each subsequent inspection made necessary
by improper work or materials requiring reinspection.
The Toms River Sewerage Authority will grant
permission to connect the plumbing of the buildings to the Authority
sewers, provided the following points are met:
A. The building connection outlet is above groundwater
elevation.
B. The sewer in the street has been inspected and approved
by said Sewer Authority or its representative.
This Board shall engage all necessary inspectors
and is hereby authorized to do so.
All fees referred to herein shall be the property
of said municipality.