[Adopted 11-8-1972 by Ord. No. 219[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This Ordinance was amended 9-13-1982 by Ord. No. 302 to bring it into conformity with the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority Treatment System Rules. Specifically, Section 2 provides that “All present provisions of the Sewer Ordinance with reference to connections are amended to incorporate by reference Article IV, Connections to the Regional or Local Sewerage Systems of the RVRSA Rules; provided, however, that, where the requirements of the Sewer Ordinance are more stringent than the RVRSA Rules are available for inspection at the Township offices.”
A.
APPLICANT
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BRANCH CONNECTION
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COD (denoting "chemical oxygen demand")
COMBINED SEWER
COMMERCIAL USER
CURBLINE
GARBAGE
HOUSE CONNECTION
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INTERCEPTOR
LATERAL
OWNER
PERSON
pH
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SEWER
RESIDENTIAL USER
RVRSA
SANITARIAN
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OR SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SEWER CHAIRMAN
SEWER CLERK
SEWER INSPECTOR
STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms used in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
A person or persons, firm or corporation or agent authorized
to act for property owner.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
A T or Y attached to or built in a public sewer to receive
a building sewer.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil and waste pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning
five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the house connection.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation
of matter under standard laboratory procedures as described in the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Sewage.
A sewer in which both surface run-off and sewage are received.
Each building or each part thereof designed or used for any
one or different professional, business, industrial, religious or
charitable use or purpose, without regard to the number of house connections
from such buildings to the system.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing
of foods and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
That part of the pipe or conduit which collects sewage from
an individual structure or group of structures lying between the curbline
and the main sewer.
The liquid wastes from industrial and laboratory processes,
as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any pipes or conduits and appurtenances which are primarily
designed to collect sewage from all the main sewers within a drainage
area.
See "building sewer."
The owner of the legal title of the property in question.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The duly appointed Plumbing Inspector of the Township of
Boonton.
Any septic tanks, cesspools, sewage disposal devices or subsurface
drainage system.
A sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal right and which is controlled by public authority.
A building or each part thereof designed for or used as a
residence or abode by a single family without regard to the number
of house connections from such building to the system.
The Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority.
The Sanitarian appointed by the Board of Health of the Township
of Boonton.
All pipes, conduits, manholes, siphons, pumping and ejecting
facilities, force mains, treatment plants and other appurtenances
installed on public roads or private property by consent of the owner,
within the boundaries of the Township of Boonton, for the express
purpose of collecting sewage, and maintained by the Township of Boonton
or its authorized agents, through which storm-, surface and ground
waters shall not be permitted to flow.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from any buildings
or structures.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit.
The Chairman of the Sanitary Sewer Committee, as appointed
by the Boonton Township Committee, or his authorized agent or representative.
The Collector of Sewer Fees, as appointed by the Township
Committee of the Township of Boonton, or his authorized deputy, agent
or representative.
The Sewer Inspector as duly appointed by the Township Committee
of the Township of Boonton.
A sewer which carries stormwaters, surface waters or ground
drainage.
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
The duly appointed Attorney of the Township of Boonton.
The Engineer as duly appointed by the Township Committee
of the Township of Boonton.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 1 of Ord. No. 302, adopted 9-13-1982, provides that "Article I, Section 1.1, of the Sewer Ordinance, entitled 'Definitions for sewer facilities and personnel' (now this section), is amended to incorporate by reference the definitions set forth in Article III, Definitions, of the RVRSA Rules. The RVRSA Rules definitions shall supersede any Sewer Ordinance definitions to the extent that there is any conflict between them." Copies of the RVRSA Rules are available for inspection in the Township offices.
[Amended 11-13-2006 by Ord. No. 730]
The owners of all houses, buildings, public
buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment or recreation
or other purposes, situated within the Township and abutting on or
having a permanent right of access to any street, alley or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
sanitary sewer of the Township, are hereby required, at their expense,
to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such
facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with
the provisions of this Part 1, within 180 days after the date of official
notice from the Township of Boonton to do so, provided that said public
sewer is within 200 feet of any property line or right-of-access.
A.
It shall be unlawful to install any building sewer
or to make any connection to the public sewer without first obtaining
a building sewer permit, and such installations and connections shall
be made under the direction and supervision of the Sewer Inspector
in the manner hereinafter set forth.
B.
Permits.
(1)
For residential, public buildings and commercial service, the fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 82, Fees.
[Amended 5-8-1989 by Ord. No. 405]
(2)
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes and/or laboratory wastes, the fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 82, Fees.
[Amended 5-8-1989 by Ord. No. 405]
(3)
The above charges shall be in addition to whatever
charges may be made by the RVRSA.
C.
The owner or his agent shall make application for
a permit on a form furnished by the Township. The permit applications
shall be supplemented by plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Sewer Inspector and/or
required by state law and/or local ordinances and/or as required by
the RVRSA.
D.
Permits will expire four weeks after the date of issue
but will be subject to renewal for a further period of four weeks.
E.
Where the building sewer has been extended by the
Township from the main to the curb or property line, the following
rules shall apply:
(1)
The applicant, after securing the building sewer permit,
shall notify the Sewer Inspector when the excavation is made and the
pipe is installed and connected. No backfill is to be placed without
the written permission of the Sewer Inspector.
(2)
All backfilling shall be by clean fill without rocks
or boulders, both in road or private property area.
F.
The Township shall make all house connections. The
maintenance of the building sewer and house connection, whether constructed
by the Township or otherwise, and building drain shall be the responsibility
of the owner of the premises served.
G.
The joint made between the building sewer and the
building drain shall be secure and watertight. Standard fittings,
approved by the Sewer Inspector and/or Plumbing Inspector, shall be
used for this joint. All building drains and building sewers shall
be of extra-heavy cast-iron pipe with leaded or neoprene joints.
H.
All excavations for building sewer installations shall
be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazard.
I.
It shall be the duty of the Sewer Inspector, who must
be notified by the applicant, to inspect the installation of any branch
connection or building sewer to determine whether the same complies
with all the provisions hereof and any other ordinances. When he is
satisfied that the installation complies with the aforesaid requirements,
he shall evidence his written approval on the permit.
J.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection from the building drain to the house connection shall be borne by the property owner and shall include the cost of all inspections required under § 121-11.
[Amended 10-27-1986 by Ord. No. 363]
K.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be
provided for every building, except where one building stands at the
rear of another on an interior lot and the rear building is an accessory
use as established under the Zoning Ordinance,[1] and while both buildings remain under the same ownership.
L.
Existing building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Sewer Inspector and/or the Plumbing Inspector, to meet all
the requirements of this Part 1.
M.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too
low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage carried by
such drain shall be lifted by screenless, nonclog duplex sewage ejectors
of a type approved by the Sewer Inspector and discharged into the
building sewer. The duplex sewage ejectors shall be properly sized
for the total dynamic head required for each individual condition.
N.
It shall be unlawful for any person to connect with
any public sewer, directly or indirectly, any cesspool, privy vault,
garage floor drain, pit drain, downspout or any other thing excepting
only the sanitary plumbing system of the house or structure.
O.
No person shall connect to the laterals or main sewer
at other than properly placed Y- and T-fittings unless given permission
in writing by the Sewer Inspector and/or Plumbing Inspector after
special authorization by the Sewer Committee of the Township of Boonton.
[Added 9-23-2002 by Ord. No. 656]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any property
located in the Township to connect such property to the public sewer
system of another municipality without first having obtained approval
from the Board of Health of the Township of Boonton in accordance
with any ordinance requiring such approval duly adopted by the Board
of Health.
All nonresidential users shall be required to
be metered. All meters or other measuring devices installed or required
to be used under the provisions of this Part 1 shall be under the
control of the Township and of a type specified by the Township and
shall be installed by the Township. The owner of the property upon
which any such measuring device is installed shall be responsible
for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all repairs thereto shall
be made by the Township at the owner's cost, whether such repairs
are made necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other causes. Costs
for such repairs or maintenance done by the Township shall be due
and payable at the same time, collected in the same manner and be
subject to the same penalties as are the charges for sewer use. In
the event that there is no sewer meter to be installed, the owner
shall permit the installation of a water meter for purposes of computing
the sewage usage.
No person shall break, damage, destroy, uncover,
deface or tamper with any structures, appurtenance or equipment which
is part of the Township of Boonton sewage disposal system.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, swimming pool or pond water, cooling water, unpolluted industrial
process waters, water from air-conditioning units, sump pumps, cellar
drains or refrigeration units into any sanitary sewer.
B.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described waste or
wastes to any public sewer:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
(2)
Any garbage.
(3)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in sewers or other interferences with the proper operation of the
sewage works.
(4)
Any mineral acidity with a pH less than 4.5.
(5)
Any caustic alkalinity with a pH greater than 9.4.
(6)
Any explosive or flammable substance, gases or vapors,
either free or occluded in concentration, toxic or dangerous to humans,
animals or aquatic life in streams or to the sewer system.
(7)
Any excessive amount of grease or oil that will solidify
or become viscous at temperatures between 32° and 150° F.
(8)
Any insoluble substances exceeding a daily average
of 500 parts per million.
(9)
Any total solids (soluble and insoluble) exceeding
a daily average of 5,000 parts per million.
(10)
A chlorine demand exceeding an average greater than
20 parts per million.
(11)
A five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) exceeding
an average greater than 500 parts per million and the chemical oxygen
demand (COD), by the dichromate method, exceeding an average greater
than 700 parts per million.
(12)
Any sulfides exceeding two parts per million.
(13)
Any toxic or irritating substances which will create
conditions hazardous to public health and safety.
(14)
An excessive quantity of any grease or oily substances.
(15)
Any poisons in sufficient quantities to endanger man
or interfere with biological processes.
(16)
Any substance which the municipality now or hereafter
finds to be harmful.
(17)
Any phenols and/or orthocreosols in excess of 0.01
parts per million.
(18)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
(19)
Any gasoline, naphtha, petroleum products or any other
substance which may create an explosion hazard in the system.
(20)
Any oils, fats or grease, except as may result from
household, hotel or restaurant operation.
(21)
Surface or rain water from yards, areas, courts, cellars,
drains, roofs or parking lots.
(22)
Any rubbish or garbage, including such kitchen wastes
as have been ground or chopped by mechanical devices or appliances,
including but not by way of limitation home garbage disposal units
or garbage grinders.
(23)
Milk, brewery or distillery waste in any form.
(24)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes.
(25)
Any waste or substance which shall cause or result
in:
(a)
Chemical reaction, either directly or indirectly,
with the materials of construction to impair the strength or durability
of any sewer structure.
(b)
Mechanical action that will destroy or damage
the sewer structure.
(c)
Restriction of hydraulic capacity of sewer structures.
(d)
Restriction of normal inspection or maintenance
of sewer structure.
(e)
Placing of unusual demands of quantity or quality
on the sewage treatment equipment or process, plant or sewers.
(f)
Limitation of effectiveness of the sewage treatment
process.
(g)
Danger to public health and safety.
(h)
Obnoxious conditions inimical to the public
interest.
C.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Township Committee.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged,
on approval of the Township Committee, into a storm sewer or natural
outlet.
D.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when necessary, in the opinion of the Sewer Inspector, for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or
any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients. All interceptors
shall be equal to those manufactured by the Josam Manufacturing Company
and shall be of the type and capacity required to remove the grease,
oil or sand and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be
constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt
and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction,
watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted
in place, shall be gastight and watertight. Where installed, all grease,
oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his
expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
E.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Subsection B or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Township of Boonton shall be prohibited unless approved by the Township Committee. Where necessary, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary, as determined by the Township Engineer, to reduce the quality and quantity of such wastes to these limits. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Township Engineer and of the State Department of Environmental Protection, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
F.
Where necessary, in the opinion of the Township Engineer,
Township Committee and the RVRSA, the owner of any building sewer
carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such manholes, when required, shall be accessible and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Township Engineer. The manhole shall be installed by the owner
of the premises at his own expense and shall be maintained by him
so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
G.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Subsection B and § 121-3N shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in Subsection F or upon suitable sample taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
H.
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged, into the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection B and which, in the judgment of the Township Committee, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Township Committee shall reject the wastes or require preliminary treatment of waters or wastes to an acceptable condition for discharge into the public sewers. The owner of the premises served shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary as determined by the Township Engineer to reduce the quality and quantity of such waste to approved limits. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Township Engineer, the Department of Environmental Protection and the RVRSA, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
(1)
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner of the premises
served at his expense.
(2)
Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewerage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
The particular analysis involved will determine whether a 24-hour
composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether
a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always,
BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites
of all outfalls whereas pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.
I.
No statement contained in this section shall be construed
as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Township
and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual
strength or character may be accepted by the Township, subject to
approval by the RVRSA, for treatment at an additional charge, provided
that the Township has been advised in writing by a qualified consulting
sanitary engineer retained by the Township, at the expense of the
industrial applicant, that the industrial waste of the applicant can
be adequately treated by the then existing sewage treatment plant
at additional cost to the applicant for the treatment.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 3 of Ord. No. 302, adopted 9-13-1982, provides that, "Article I, Section 1.6, of the Sewer Ordinance entitled 'Use restrictions,' including particularly, but not by way of limitation, Sections 1.6B.4, 1.6B.7, 1.6B.9 and 1.6B.17, (now this section) is amended to incorporate by reference Article V, Prohibition and Limitations on Wastewater Discharges, and Article VI, Pretreatment, of the RVRSA Rules and to repeal any provisions of the Sewer Ordinance less stringent than the requirements of RVRSA Rules." Copies of the RVRSA Rules are available for inspection in the Township offices.
A.
Any person extending a public sewer main in an existing public road or right-of-way shall bear all expenses of the extension and shall submit complete plans and specifications, prepared by a qualified licensed professional engineer, of the extension that is contemplated, to the Sewer Committee, along with an application for a sewer extension permit, the fee for which shall be as set forth in Chapter 82, Fees, to be paid to the Township of Boonton when the application is made. The signing of said application signifies assent to all of the rules, regulations, fees and charges of the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection, the RVRSA and the Township of Boonton, which shall include the inspection fees provided for in § 121-11.
[Amended 10-27-1986 by Ord. No. 363; 5-8-1989 by Ord. No. 405]
B.
When the Sewer Committee is satisfied that all of
the requirements of the Township of Boonton have been met and when
the approval of the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection
and the RVRSA have been obtained, the Chairman will issue a permit
for said sewer extension.
C.
The applicant shall proceed with the construction
of the sewer extension as shown on the approved plans, and all of
his work shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the Township
Engineer. No work shall be covered or backfilled without the approval
of the Township Engineer.
D.
In addition to the sewer extension permit fee provided for in this section, the applicant or the user of the sewer shall secure a building sewer permit for each connection to the extension and shall pay the fee provided under § 121-3B.
E.
Any permit for a sewer extension shall expire at the
end of six months from the date of issue. Such permit may be extended
by the Sewer Committee for an additional six months if, in its opinion,
such an extension is in the interest of the Township.
The Sewer Committee and the other duly authorized
employees of the Township bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to enter in and upon all buildings, structures
and properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Part
1.
Where a building is to be connected to a public
sanitary sewer and in the opening replacement, relocation or relaying
of any existing connection to a public sanitary sewer, a T shall be
installed in such connection at the property line, to which T shall
be connected a sandpipe capped by an all-brass body, cleanout plug,
which sandpipe shall be brought from the T to the surface of the ground,
and in no such case should said cap be covered by earth or other obstruction.
[Amended 9-13-1982 by Ord. No. 302; 10-27-1986 by Ord. No.
363; 5-8-1989 by Ord. No. 405; 7-10-1989 by Ord. No. 412; 3-24-2003 by Ord. No. 663; 11-13-2007 by Ord.
No. 747; 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 869]
A.
Sewerage connection fee.
(1)
In addition to any fee or charges which may be imposed by the RVRSA, the following schedule of fees shall be applicable as established from time to time by the Township Committee of the Township of Boonton: A connection charge as set forth in Chapter 82, Fees, shall be paid for each house or building connection, payment to be made by the owner of the house or building to be connected upon issuance of a certificate of occupancy or prior to issuance of a permit for said house or building connection.
(2)
No connection fee shall be charged in cases where connections are
to be made to the Township's public sanitary sewer system where an
assessment under a local improvement ordinance adopted to finance
the cost of said sanitary sewer was made and levied against the property
to be served by such connection to the sewer system.
B.
Sewerage service charges. The price to be charged to property owners for sewerage service shall be as set forth in Chapter 82, Fees.
C.
Beginning on January 1, 2019, the Township Committee may increase
the sewer service charges at a rate not to exceed 2% per year as deemed
necessary from time to time, by resolution. Any increase over 2% must
be authorized by ordinance.
[Amended 10-27-1986 by Ord. No. 363]
A.
Building sewers. In addition to any fees imposed by the RVRSA, there shall be paid to the Township of Boonton, for inspection of the installation of building sewers or branch connections, the fee set forth in Chapter 82, Fees.
[Amended 5-8-1989 by Ord. No. 405]
B.
Sewer extensions. In addition to any fees imposed
by the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection and/or
the RVRSA, there shall be paid to the Township of Boonton, for inspection
of the installation of sewer extensions by the Township Engineer,
a sum equal to 5% of the construction cost of said sewer extension.
A.
The effective date for new buildings for the beginning
of the annual service charge shall be the date of the issuance of
the certificate of occupancy, and, for existing buildings, the service
charge shall begin 30 days after the date of official notice to connect
the sewer.
B.
The payment of the annual service charge is required
even though the building may be vacant.
C.
The sewer service charge hereby imposed shall be payable
quarterly to the Township on a calendar-year basis. All sewer service
charges overdue more than 30 days shall bear interest at the same
rate as uncollected taxes of the Township and shall become a lien
upon the premises connected to the sanitary sewer system until paid,
and the Township shall have the same rights for the collection thereof,
together with interest and costs, and penalties as it has by law for
the collection of taxes upon real estate.
[Amended 12-8-2014 by Ord. No. 835]
All house connections shall be installed by
the authorized representatives of the Township Committee and pursuant
to rules and regulations established by the Township Committee.
A.
Materials. Building sewer pipe shall be extra-heavy
cast-iron pipe laid with lengths not in excess of five feet The joints
shall be neoprene or leaded, caulked with oakum. Poured joints shall
be made in conformance with the best current standard practice.
B.
Watertight construction. In all cases, the connection
from the main sewer to the building sewer and to the house plumbing
system shall be of watertight and gastight construction. All pipe
joints shall be made watertight and shall be protected against damage
by roots.
C.
Poor subsoil conditions. Where subsoil conditions
are poor, such special precaution must be taken to secure a watertight
job as may be directed by the Sewer Inspector. In quicksand or where
the trench is wet, all pipes shall be laid on sufficient broken stone
to adequately stabilize the trench.
D.
Size. Building sewers for single- or double-family
occupancies shall be not less than four inches in diameter. Building
sewers for other multifamily occupancies, commercial occupancies and
industrial occupancies shall be of a diameter determined by the Sewer
Committee, but shall be in any case not less than four inches in diameter.
Each individual, residential or commercial structure shall have an
individual connection, except that duplex dwellings shall have a connection
for each dwelling unit.
E.
Grade. The pipes shall be laid on a uniform grade
wherever practicable, but the grade shall not be less than 1/4 inch
to one foot, unless a lesser grade is authorized, in writing, by the
Sewer Committee, in which case special provisions shall be made for
sufficient flushing.
F.
Depth. Building sewers shall be placed at a depth
of not less than three feet below grade unless physical conditions
prohibit such a depth and specific permission is given by the Sewer
Committee to place the building sewer at a lesser depth.
G.
Location and depth of house connection near curb.
The Township Committee, through its authorized representative, will
designate the location of the end of the house connection at the curb.
Where house connections are installed in new sewer projects at properties
occupied by or about to be occupied by structure, and where connection
to the sewer system is mandatory, the Township Committee may, at its
discretion, designate the location of all such house connections at
one time by means of wooded stakes, iron rods or other suitable semipermanent
markers after giving written notice to each affected property owner
that the designation is to be made in this manner. If the Township
Committee elects to make the designation in this manner, it shall
be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain the markers,
and, if moved or destroyed, responsibility for replacement of the
markers from data and records furnished by the Township Committee
shall lie with the property owner.
H.
Terraced installation. On a terraced installation
where a 45° or more angle on the rise is necessary, the foot of
such rise shall rest on a concrete pad.
I.
Trench excavation and backfill.
(1)
Trenches shall be excavated so as to provide a uniform
and continuous bearing on solid and undisturbed earth for the entire
length of each pipe except at bell holes, which are required. When
the trench has been excavated below the required grade, it shall be
backfilled with sand or thoroughly compacted soil free of rock or
other hard substances to the satisfaction of the Township Sewer Inspector.
Rocks, boulders or any other type of hard material in the location
of the trench shall be removed to a depth of six inches and the trench
brought up to the required subgrade with sand or thoroughly compacted
soil satisfactory to the Sewer Inspector. Laying pipes on props or
shims of any kind is prohibited.
(2)
Backfill material up to one foot above the pipe shall
be free from cinders, ashes, refuse, vegetable or organic material,
boulders, rocks, stones or any other material which, in the opinion
of the Sewer Inspector, is unsatisfactory. Such backfill shall be
placed by hand evenly on both sides of the pipe and to a depth of
one foot above the pipe, and, if the material is other than sand,
it shall be thoroughly compacted. From one foot above the pipe, backfill
may contain rocks up to six inches in diameter and may be placed by
machinery.
(3)
The backfilling around a building sewer shall be so
executed as not to injure the joints of the pipes.
(4)
Every open excavation shall be adequately barricaded
and lighted.
J.
Inspection port or peephole. All building connections
shall include an inspection port or peephole installed at a distance
of approximately 28 feet from the center line of the road or at a
location approved by the Township Engineer. This inspection port shall
be a vertical cast-iron pipe four inches in diameter with a screw-type
brass plug at ground level. The vertical cast-iron pipe shall be connected
to a cast-iron T. The T shall be connected between five-foot lengths
of cast-iron pipe.
K.
Cleanouts. Cleanouts shall be constructed at all changes
in horizontal direction of the building sewer greater than a 45°
angle, and, when building sewers are more than 50 feet in length,
a cleanout shall be installed at each interval of 50 feet. Cleanouts
shall be placed at an angle of 45° and shall be supported in a
manner approved by the Sewer Inspector. All cleanouts shall extend
to the surface of the ground and shall be of cast-iron construction
four inches in diameter with brass ferrule and brass plug having American
standard tapered pipe thread. A cleanout shall be provided within
five feet of the structure unless an approved cleanout exists inside.
L.
Clearing of house connection. Prior to connecting
any building sewer with any house connection, the person making the
building sewer installation shall, by means of a plumber's snake and
by flushing thoroughly with clean water, determine that the house-connection
pipe is clear and unobstructed between the curb and the main sewer
and shall certify to the same on forms provided by the Sewer Committee.
The person making the connection shall also certify that the connection
is clear from the structure to the house connection.
M.
Minimum distance between house connection or building
sewer and water service pipe. Underground water service pipes and
house connections or building sewers shall not be less than five feet
apart horizontally and shall be separated by undisturbed or compacted
earth, except that water service pipes may be placed in the same trench
with a house connection or building sewer, provided that the following
additional conditions are met:
(1)
The bottom of the water service pipe, at all points,
shall be at least 12 inches above the top of the adjacent house connection
of the building sewer.
(2)
The water service pipe shall be placed on a firm foundation
at one side of the common trench and shall be not less than two feet
horizontally from the house connection or building sewer and a minimum
of 54 inches below grade or as authorized by the Sanitary Sewer Committee.
(3)
The number of joints in the water service pipe shall
be kept to a minimum.
(4)
The materials and joints of a house connection and
building sewer shall be installed in such manner and shall possess
the necessary strength and durability to prevent escape of solids,
liquids and gases therefrom under all known adverse conditions such
as corrosion, strains due to temperature changes, settlement, vibrations
and superimposed loads.
N.
Separate and independent building sewer. A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building,
except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior
lot and the rear building is an accessory use as established under
the Zoning Ordinance[1] and while both buildings remain under the same ownership
in the discretion of the Sewer Committee.
O.
Height of building cleanouts above basement floor.
Inside building cleanouts shall be located a minimum distance of one
foot above the basement floor.
P.
Dead ends. The dead end of all pipes not immediately
connecting the building drainage system with the main sewer must be
securely closed by a watertight cover of imperishable material as
approved by the Sewer Inspector.
At such time as a public sewerage system becomes
available to a property served by an existing sewage disposal system,
old facilities shall be pumped out, abandoned and filled with suitable
material within 60 days from the date of connection to the sewer main.
The same shall be inspected by the Sewer Inspector.
The location of each house connection and each
building sewer, along with other pertinent data, shall be recorded
on cards furnished by the Township and on additional cards which will
be furnished by the RVRSA.
Dry sewer lines, where required by the Land
Subdivision Ordinance of the Township of Boonton,[1] shall follow the specifications and conditions outlined
in this Part 1 and subsequent ordinances.