[[1]HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Franklin 10-24-2023 by Ord. No. 16-2023. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Ch. 215, Sex Offender Residency Restrictions,
adopted 3-28-2006 by Ord. No. 4-2006, was repealed 11-25-2008 by Ord.
No. 18-2008.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Borough of Franklin, unless that discharge
is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier A Municipal
Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852). Nonphysical
connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, or
overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Nondomestic waste, including, but not limited to, those pollutant
regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), or (c)]
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by Borough of Franklin and is designed and used for collecting and
conveying stormwater.
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling.
Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material,
intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product. Noncontact
cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
An opening in a storm drain used to collect stormwater runoff
and includes, but is not limited to, a grate inlet, curb-opening inlet,
slotted inlet, and combination inlet.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies
of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the
boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
A.
The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater
to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by Borough of
Franklin is prohibited. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials
other than stormwater in such a manner as to cause the discharge of
pollutants to the municipal separate storm sewer system is also prohibited.
B.
Exceptions to prohibition:
(1)
Water line flushing and discharges from potable water sources.
(2)
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement
sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwaters).
(3)
Air conditioning condensate (excluding contact and noncontact cooling
water).
(4)
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).
(5)
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir
discharges and diverted stream flows.
(6)
Residential car washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges.
(7)
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
(8)
Flows from firefighting activities.
(9)
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:
(a)
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following their use
for their intended purposes; and
(b)
Equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing materials
immediately following salt and de-icing material applications. Prior
to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and de-icing materials
must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent
practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and sweeping).
Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse or properly
discarded.
Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation is limited
to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does not apply to
engines or other enclosed machinery.
No person in control of private property (except a residential lot with one single-family house) shall authorize the repaving, repairing (excluding the repair of individual potholes), resurfacing (including top coating or chip sealing with asphalt emulsion or a thin base of hot bitumen), reconstructing or altering any surface that is in direct contact with an existing storm drain inlet on that property unless the storm drain inlet either: 1) already meets the design standard below to control passage of solid and floatable materials; or 2) is retrofitted or replaced to meet the standard in § 215-4 below prior to the completion of the project.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through an illicit
connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by
the Borough of Franklin any domestic sewage, noncontact cooling water,
process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other than stormwater).
Storm drain inlets referenced in this section above shall comply with
the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials
through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this subsection, "solid
and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other
floating, suspended, or settleable solids.
B.
Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever
they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect
stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body
under that grate:
(1)
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle safe
grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible
Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines (April 1996);
or
(2)
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate has
an area of no more than seven square inches, or is no greater than
0.5 inch across the smallest dimension. Examples of grates subject
to this standard include grates in grate inlets, the grate portion
(non- curb-opening portion) of combination inlets, grates on storm
sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates, and grates of spacer
bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces include surfaces
of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking areas, bikeways,
plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels, and stormwater basin
floors.
C.
Whenever design engineers use a curb-opening inlet, the clear space
in that curb opening (or each individual clear space, if the curb
opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have an area of no more
than seven square inches, or be no greater than two inches across
the smallest dimension.
D.
This standard does not apply:
(1)
Where the municipal engineer agrees that this standard would cause
inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably be overcome
by using additional or larger storm drain inlets that meet these standards;
(2)
Where flows are conveyed through any device (e.g., end of pipe netting
facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that
is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable
materials that could not pass through one of the following:
(3)
Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars
with one-inch spacing between the bars; or
(4)
Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines,
pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C.
7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that
constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey
Register listed historic property.
This ordinance shall be enforced by the Police Department, Zoning
Official, Municipal Engineer, or DPW Superintendent of the Borough
of Franklin.
Any person(s) who continues to be in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 1-15.
