[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Township of Carneys Point 3-20-1978 as Ord. No. 318. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the location, construction,
use, maintenance and method of emptying or cleaning individual sewage
disposal systems, the issuance of permits to locate, construct, empty
or clean said systems and fixing penalties for the violation thereof
is hereby adopted pursuant to P.L. 1950, c. 188 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
to 3-69.6). A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part
hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
Said code established and adopted by this chapter
is described and commonly known as the "Individual Sewage Disposal
System Code of New Jersey (1963)."
Three copies of said Individual Sewage Disposal
System Code of New Jersey (1963) have been placed on file in the office
of the Secretary of this local Board of Health upon the introduction
of this chapter and will remain on file in said office for the use
and examination of the public until final action is taken on this
chapter.
A.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual
sewage disposal system until a permit for the location, construction
or alteration of said sewage disposal system shall have been issued
by the Board of Health.
B.
The Board of Health may issue a permit if an application
for the same is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey, stating that the
design of the individual sewage disposal system as proposed is in
compliance with the code.
A.
New individual systems shall not be placed in operation,
nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions thereto be sold
or occupied, which must rely on such a system for sewage disposal,
until the Board of Health shall have issued a certificate indicating
that said disposal system has been located and constructed in compliance
with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the aforesaid
code. Issuance of such certificate shall not be required for alterations
to an existing individual sewage disposal system.
B.
The Board of Health may issue such a certificate if
an engineer licensed to practice professional engineering in New Jersey
submits a statement in writing signed by him to the Board of Health
that said disposal system has been located and constructed in accordance
with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the aforesaid
code.
A.
Persons shall not engage in the business of emptying
or cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or any place used for
the reception or storage of human excrement who do not hold a license
to engage in such business issued by the Board of Health. Such licenses
shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance
but may be renewed by the Board of Health. Said license may be revoked
for failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions of the code
or any rule or ordinance of the Board of Health.
B.
The contents of any septic tank, cesspool, privy or
other receptacle containing human excrement shall not be removed until
a permit for such removal has been obtained from the Board of Health.
In case any permit or certification required
by this chapter is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall
be held thereon before the Board within 15 days after request therefor
is made by the applicant, and upon such hearing the Board of Health
shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination and take
action accordingly within 15 days after the date of such hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work
in and about any individual sewage disposal system which is being
erected or installed in violation of the code to be stopped forthwith,
except such work as shall be necessary to remedy such violation, and,
thereafter, the work continued without any violation of any of the
provisions of the code, and after issuance of any such order and the
service of a copy thereof upon any person connected with or working
in and about the erection or installation of any such disposal system,
or any part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon except
as aforesaid.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of or any order promulgated under this chapter
or the Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New Jersey (1963)
made a part hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of
not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each violation.
B.
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
