[Added 11-7-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-32]
Whenever new water and sewer lines and facilities are installed in Florence Township, the Township shall ensure that the systems are constructed in accordance with the approved plans and rules and regulations of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and the Florence Township Water and Sewer Department. Florence Township requires compliance as follows:
A. 
Upon completion of the new lines and facilities, the Florence Township Water and Sewer Director and the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer shall determine whether all work was installed per the approved plans and that all supporting documents are in order. Both the Water and Sewer Engineer and the Water and Sewer Director shall confirm to the Township Administrator that the new lines and facilities have been constructed and approved per this section.
B. 
The contractor shall be required to submit as-built drawings of the water and sewer system and facilities. Such as-built drawings shall be certified by the applicant's engineer to the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer and the Florence Township Water and Sewer Director. The as-built drawings must be submitted and approved by the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer and the Florence Township Water and Sewer Director prior to the installation of base paving and prior to the charging of water mains. If required by the Township, the contractor or developer shall video the sanitary sewer mains, which video shall be supplied in a DVD format to the Florence Township Water and Sewer Director and Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer for approval prior to installation of base paving.
C. 
All as-built drawings must accurately depict the horizontal and vertical locations of all utilities and substantiate conformance to the approved plans, as well as the Rules and Regulations of the Florence Township Water and Sewer Department. All as-built drawings must be approved by the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer and the Florence Township Water and Sewer Director or the work shall be deemed to be unacceptable and cause for requesting the cessation of building permits until compliance is achieved by the applicant.
D. 
The contractor shall provide verification of all gravity sewer main slopes prior to base paving and confirmed acceptance of said installation by the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer and the Florence Township Water and Sewer Director. Sewer lines installed with less than the NJDEP minimum slopes or with more than the NJDEP maximum slopes will be rejected and must be reinstalled in accordance with the required standards prior to the base paving of the roadway. If sewer lines are installed outside of a surface to be paved, then the contractor shall meet the same requirements for the proper reinstallation of sewer lines prior to the release of any building permits.
E. 
Florence Township shall not accept any water and sewer lines or facilities which are not located in the public right-of-way or in easement areas approved by the Township. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to have all easements prepared and approved by the Township. All costs of the local review and recording shall be borne by the applicant.
F. 
Florence Township shall only accept dedication of new lines and facilities once the installation has been properly approved in accordance with this chapter of the Code of the Township of Florence and the performance bond(s) covering said improvements have been duly released by the Township Council. If the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer and/or the Florence Township Water and Sewer Director determine that newly installed lines warrant a documented video inspection, and/or jetting and cleaning, then the applicant shall be responsible for providing the inspection and cleaning in a manner prescribed by the Township so as to confirm that the installation was done per all requirements stated herein. The responsibility for all construction, maintenance and operations prior to acceptance by Florence Township shall be borne by the applicant. Once the lines and facilities are formally accepted by Florence Township, they shall continue to remain covered under the maintenance bonds per the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL) until their release by the Township Council.[1]
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.