[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township
of Ocean by Ord. No. 1-75 (§§ BH:8-1
to BH:8-6 of the 1972 Ocean Codified Ordinances); amended in its entirety 3-4-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-7; subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The requirements for connection to the sewer system shall be as stated in Chapter 400 of the Township of Ocean Code.
Every connection required for this chapter shall be made in
accordance with the ordinances and amendments of the Board of Health
as well as with the rules and regulations of the Township of Ocean
Water and Sewer Utility Department.
Upon receipt of notice that any sewer is available to serve
buildings on any property in the Township, each owner of property
shall be directed by the Township of Ocean Water and Sewer Utility
Department to connect such building on his/her property with the sewer
in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
The notice to be given shall be given by the Township of Ocean
Water and Sewer Utility Department. All notices shall be addressed
to the owners of such property as the name of the owner appears in
the last tax duplicate of the Township, shall describe the property
by lot and block as it appears on the Tax Map of the Township, and
by street address if street address exists. All notices shall state
that by order of the Township of Ocean Water and Sewer Utility Department,
the owner is required to connect each building on such property with
the sewer in accordance with the terms of this chapter on or before
90 days from the date such notice was first given. The notice may
be served on the owner personally or by leaving it at his/her usual
place of abode with a member of his/her family above the age of 18
years. Such notice may also be served within or without the limits
of the Township by mailing it by registered mail to the last known
post office address of the owner as the address appears on the last
tax duplicate of the Township.
Any person who shall not comply with any order issued in accordance
with the provisions within 90 days of the notice thereof by the property
officer of the Township of Ocean Water and Sewer Utility Department
hereinabove described shall, upon complaint by such officer or any
other person, and upon conviction, forfeit and pay a fine of $25 and
may also forfeit and pay an additional fine of $10 for each day of
delay after the expiration of the ninety-day period in which the provisions
of the order or notice are not complied with. Penalties under this
chapter may be enforced in the Municipal Court of the Township in
the manner prescribed by law.
In addition to the aforesaid penalties as set forth in § 445-5, if the owner of any property in the Township shall fail to make any connection or installation required by this chapter within the time herein prescribed, the Township of Ocean Water and Sewer Utility Department may proceed to make such connection or installation or cause the same to be made and charge and assess the costs thereof against such property with interest at the current legal rate.
