[Adopted 11-8-1973 by Ord. No. 700]
The purpose of this Article is to provide regulations
for the construction, installation, connection and use of all new
or additional sewer connections, laterals or sewer connections to
the main lines of the sanitary sewer system now in existence in the
Township of Saddle Brook.
A.
The owners of all property upon which there is erected
a house, building or other structure for human occupancy, employment,
recreation or any other purpose, situate within the Township of Saddle
Brook and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way, or located
in the rear of other properties so abutting and having access to such
street, alley or right-of-way, in which street, alley or right-of-way
there is now located or may in the future be located a portion of
the public sanitary sewer system of the Township, are hereby required
at their own cost and expense to connect any new building or existing
structure or any additional building or structure to the sanitary
sewer system after the effective date of this Article.
B.
The connection to the sanitary sewer system shall
be performed in accordance with the provisions of this Article and
any other ordinances of the Township that are not inconsistent with
the requirements of the Building Code, Plumbing Code and Health Code
of the municipality.[1]
C.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued under
any circumstances for the use of any building for any purpose until
the building or structure shall be connected to the sanitary sewer
system and until the connection has been approved by all of the proper
municipal officials and pursuant to all municipal ordinances and regulations.
D.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of the new or additional building or structure to the
sanitary sewer system shall be borne by the property owner, and the
owner shall indemnify the municipality for any loss or damage that
may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the construction, installation,
connection or extension.
No authorized person shall uncover, make any
connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer, house sewer lateral or any commercial or industrial sewer lateral
and the appurtenances thereof unless authorized by the proper officials
of the municipality. In the absence of said authorization the Department
of Public Works of the municipality, under the guidance of the Township
Engineer, shall make all connections, alterations and repairs upon
the public sewer.
[Amended 9-8-2006 by Ord. No. 1346]
A.
All properties in the Township shall be connected
to the system. The owner of every property from the date hereof to
be connected to the system, shall pay to the Township a one-time fee
therefor which shall be $1,500 in 2008 and $2,000 in 2009, which shall
be put into a separate revenue account, per equivalent domestic unit
(EDU).
[Amended 11-13-2008 by Ord. No. 1452]
B.
Definitions of EDU shall be as follows:
(1)
For the purposes of this Part, one EDU is equivalent
to 225 gallons per day ("gpd") of wastewater flow;
(2)
Residential uses. Each apartment, townhouse, condominium,
single-family dwelling, or similar type of housing unit shall be assigned
one EDU;
(3)
Other uses:
(a)
Each commercial, industrial, professional, public
or institutional user shall be assigned a wastewater flow using the
criteria established in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3;
(b)
Each commercial, industrial, professional, public
or institutional user shall then be assigned one EDU for every 225
gpd or portion thereof calculated. The total connection fee shall
be based upon the total number of EDUs calculated.
Each contractor or any other person authorized
to perform work on the Township's public property or on the streets
for the purposes set forth in this Article shall post a bond or cash
in an amount acceptable to the Township Engineer, and all work shall
be adequately guarded with barricades, lights and other measures for
protection of the public from any and all hazards. All streets, sidewalks,
curbs and any other public property distributed in any way in the
course of the work shall be fully restored by the owner or contractor
in a manner satisfactory to and acceptable by the Township Engineer.
[Amended 9-8-2006 by Ord. No. 1346]
A.
Any person requesting a new or additional sewer connection,
lateral or extension shall make application to the proper person authorized
by the municipality.
B.
The connection fee as described in § 161-72 above shall be paid to the Township within 90 days of the issuance of a building permit for any property.
C.
The issuance of a building permit or any other municipal
approval shall not reserve or preserve to any person or property a
connection to the system, or gallonage in the system, which reservation
and preservation shall only be effected upon the payment, in full,
of the connection fee.
D.
The payment of a connection fee to the Township shall
not serve to nor act to satisfy any requirements of the Passaic Valley
Sewer Authority and its rules and regulations.
E.
The fee to connect to the system shall be exclusive
of any usage charge therefor.
F.
The fee to connect to the system shall be exclusive
of any charge levied by the Passaic Valley Sewer Authority.
G.
Neither this Part, nor the payment of any fee hereunder,
shall require or obligate the Township to issue a connection permit
in the event that it is prohibited to do so by law or by its inability
to accept and/or handle additional gallonage as determined by its
Engineer or any governmental or quasi-governmental agency or authority,
nor shall there be any obligation upon the Township to physically
install any connection to the system which shall be undertaken by
the property owner or his/her/their representatives.
H.
The Township shall prepare such application and other
forms as are necessary and required to implement the provisions of
this Part.
Prior to final approval and acceptance of the
work performed pursuant to this Article, a plan showing the location,
depth, elevations or other information as determined by the Township
Engineer shall be furnished and placed on file at the Township Clerk's
office by the property owner at his cost and expense.
Any person found to be violating any provision
of this Article shall be served by the municipality with written notice
stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time
for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within
the period of time stated in this notice, permanently cease all such
violations.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided in § 161-76 above or shall not make the correction as required shall, upon conviction thereof in the Municipal Court or any other court, be fined in an amount not exceeding $200 for each such violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense for which the penalty may be levied. In default of the payment of the fine, the person convicted may, in the discretion of the Judge, be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 10 days.
