Any person making a connection with the sewerage system shall
execute, in addition to the normal road opening bond, an additional
bond in the amount of $1,000 with sufficient surety to be approved
by the Business Administrator, conditioned upon that person indemnifying
and saving the City harmless against all damages and costs occasioned
by any injury or obstructions that the person may do or cause to be
done to the sewerage system in any manner whatsoever.
It shall be mandatory for the owner of any property abutting
a street having a sewer main to connect the property to the sewer
main.
Grease traps or other appliances necessary to protect the sewer system from stoppage shall be installed by the owner of the property at the owner's expense within 30 days of written notice from the Director of Public Works requiring that the appliance be installed. Failure to cause the installation to be made may result in the imposition of penalties pursuant to §
277-18 or disconnection of the property from the City's sewerage system.
The Division of Sewer shall have the right of access at all
reasonable times to all parts of any premises connected with the sewer
system for the purpose of examining and inspecting the sewer connections
and fixtures draining into sewer mains.
The taking up of the streets for the purposes of making sewer connections or repairs to sewers shall be in compliance with the provisions of Chapter
306, Streets and Sidewalks, Article
III, Excavations.
The sanitary sewer system shall be used only for the discharge
of fluid refuse from sinks, bath and house laundry tubs, shower baths,
urinals and waste from toilets, all of which shall hereafter be referred
to as "domestic waste," and such other waste as the Council may, by
special permission, allow to enter the sewer system as hereinafter
provided.
No person, either owner, user or tenant, of any lands and premises
shall cause to be drained, permit to flow or be deposited into any
part of the sewer system, the following matter:
A. Gasoline, naphtha or other explosive matter, acids, matter having
antiseptic properties, garbage, offal, animals, vegetable parings,
ashes, cinders, rags, wax, oils or other articles or things which
are liable to injure the sewer system or any part thereof, or obstruct
the flow of sewerage therein.
B. The exhaust from any steam engine boiler.
C. Any storm, roof or surface water drainage.
D. Car wash water from car wash facilities.
[Amended by Ord. No. 10-1997]
A. Cleaning drains and sewers.
(1) Property owners shall keep all laterals leading to the sewer mains
in good condition and order. Failure to properly maintain sewer laterals
in good condition which results in the discharge of raw sewage into
any portion of a public street or throughfare, or upon private property
must be remediated within 24 hours of any such discharge occurring.
Failure to remediate any such condition within 24 hours shall be a
violation of this section and shall result in the imposition of a
$500 fine. Upon the expiration of 24 hours period from any such discharge,
if the property owner has failed to remediate same, the City may take
all necessary and appropriate actions to remediate the issue which
resulted in the discharge of raw sewage as necessary to abate the
hazard created. All costs of remediation incurred by the City shall
be assessed against the property owner.
[Amended 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 06-2022]
(2) The Superintendent of the Division of Sewer shall be responsible
for keeping all sewer mains clean and free to permit laterals to empty
into mains.
B. Garbage grinder or garbage disposal unit. The use of a garbage grinder
or garbage disposal unit connected to the City's sewerage system is
permitted.
C. Privies and outhouses prohibited. The use of privy wells, outhouses
and cesspools in the City shall be prohibited. The installation of
septic tanks shall be required, in accordance with the Plumbing Code
currently in effect in the City, in areas where the City's sewer service
is not available.
Any senior citizen who is qualified for the real estate senior citizen's tax deduction and who is a resident and user at the time of the September billing shall be eligible annually for the credit set forth in Chapter
146, Fee Schedule, to be taken against the last billing of the year.
The connection fee shall be recomputed at the end of each budget
year, after a public hearing is held, pursuant to the standards set
forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11. The revised connection fee shall be
imposed upon users who subsequently connect to the system.
Any person violating any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to penalties as provided in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty. Each day that the violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.