[Amended 3-21-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3]
A.
The purpose of this article is to prohibit the spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) operated by the Township of Cinnaminson so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
B.
A notice of violation shall be served on the owner, lessor or agent, and the notice shall be posted upon the premises in a conspicuous place when the owner, lessor, or agent cannot be found at the address in the registration or in the Township tax records. Notice may be served by regular and certified mail, national overnight courier service and/or personal service. Said enforcement and abatement notice shall specify the enforcement official's findings and determinations and a date for correction and abatement.
C.
If any owner or tenant of lands lying within the Township of Cinnaminson shall, within 36 hours after service of such notice, fail or neglect to correct, cure, or abate a violation in accordance with said notice, enforcement officials (listed in §§ 446-22, 446-27, and 446-28) shall issue a summons for the owner's or tenant's appearance in Municipal Court. If notice of violation is served on a Friday or a day preceding a holiday recognized by the Township, the owner or tenant shall have until Monday or the day immediately following the holiday to correct, cure, or abate a violation before a summons can be issued.
A.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
B. MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) PERSON STORMWATER
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates a different meaning:
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 the Township of Cinnaminson, and is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
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 spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials, other than stormwater, to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Township of Cinnaminson 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.
The following activities are exempt from the prohibitions in § 446-3:
A.
Waterline flushing and discharges from potable water sources;
B.
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwaters);
C.
Air-conditioning condensation (excluding contact and noncontact cooling water);
D.
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff);
E.
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir discharges and diverted stream flows;
F.
Residential car washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges;
G.
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water;
H.
Flows from fire-fighting activities;
I.
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:
(1)
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following their use for their intended purposes;
(2)
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; and
(3)
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.
