[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Brick as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Water connections — See Ch. 479.
[Adopted 12-15-1970 by Ord. No. 93-70 (Ch.
252 of the 1989 Code)]
Whenever there has been or shall have been established
within the municipal limits of the Township of Brick a public system
of sewage disposal operated and maintained by the Township or by any
public agency lawfully created for such purpose by the governing body
thereof, and in pursuance thereof sewage disposal lines have been
installed in the bed of any street, public or private, the owners
of any and all buildings fronting or located upon such street or streets
shall be required, at their own expense, to make connections from
such buildings to said sewage disposal lines.
The Township Engineer or his authorized agent
is hereby empowered to inspect and examine any such proposed connection
and to approve or disapprove the manner, method and materials utilized
in making such connection.
If, after notice given as hereinafter provided,
the owner of any property affected hereby shall neglect to make any
such sewer connection, the Township Council may cause such connection
to be made under the direction of the Township Engineer or his authorized
agent or award a contract for the making of such connection.
Before proceeding to make any such connection
or awarding any contract for the making thereof, the Township Council
shall cause notice of such proposed connection to be given to the
owner of any properties affected thereby in the manner provided by
law.
When any such sewer connection shall be made,
either by the Township or by contract awarded thereby, a true and
accurate account of the cost and expense shall be kept and apportioned
to the property or properties thereby connected, and a true statement
of such costs under oath shall be forthwith filed by the Township
Engineer with the Township Clerk. The Township Council shall examine
the same and, if properly made, shall confirm it and file such statement
with the Tax Collector of the Township, who shall thereupon file said
charge as a special assessment.
Every such sewer connection charge shall bear
interest and penalties from the same time and at the same rate as
assessments for local improvements, and from the time of confirmation
shall be a first and paramount lien against the respective property
or properties so connected to the sewerage system, to the same extent
as assessments for local improvements, and shall be collected and
enforced in the same manner.[1]
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Editor’s Note: Former Arts. II, Illicit Storm Sewer Connections, adopted 11-29-2005 by Ord. No. 354-2G-05; III, Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting, adopted 3-15-2011 by Ord. No. 6-11; and IV, Refuse Containers and Dumpsters, adopted 3-15-2011 by Ord. No. 6-11, which followed this article, were repealed 7-21-2015 by Ord. No. 19-15. See now Ch. 396, Arts. II, III, and IV.
