[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Glen Rock: Art. I, 8-11-1975 by Ord. No. 821; Art.
II, 5-23-1977 by Ord. No. 857 (Ch. XVIII of the 1971 Revised General
Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-11-1975 by Ord. No. 821]
The provisions of the within article are intended
to affect the following purposes:
A.
To require use of public sewers.
B.
To prohibit the discharge of sewage and waste into
the sewerage system in excess of its carrying capacity.
C.
To prohibit or regulate the discharge of sewage, industrial
waste or other wastes which may cause maintenance and/or operating
difficulties of the sewers or other structures and equipment appurtenant
to the sewerage system.
D.
To require the treatment before introduction to the
sewerage system of such waste as may otherwise impair the strength
and/or the durability of structures appurtenant to the system by direct
or indirect chemical action or which may adversely affect normal treatment
processes at sewage treatment plants.
E.
To establish the characteristics of the sewage and
industrial wastes that are prohibited from discharge into the public
sewers.
F.
To establish the design standards, materials and methods
of construction for connecting to the public sewer.
G.
To establish the fees for permit application and connection
to the public sewer.
A.
AUTHORITY
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
BOARD OF HEALTH
BOROUGH
BOROUGH ENGINEER
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
BUILDING SEWER LATERAL
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
GARBAGE
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
HOUSE LATERAL
ILLICIT CONNECTION
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INTERCEPTOR or TRAP
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORMWATER SYSTEM (MS4)
NATURAL OUTLET
NJPDES PERMIT
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER
PERSON
pH
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
PROCESS WASTEWATER
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SAND INTERCEPTOR
SANITARY SEWER
(1)
(2)
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWER
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
STORMWATER
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
WASTE
WATERCOURSE
For the purpose of this article, 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. 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.
[Amended 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
The Passaic Valley Sewer Authority or its duly authorized
representative or agent.
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.
The Board of Health of the Borough of Glen Rock.
The Borough of Glen Rock, New Jersey.
A registered professional engineer licensed in the State
of New Jersey and employed by the Borough or its authorized representative.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five peripheral feet outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the building drain to the building sewer
lateral or other place of disposal.
That part of the sewer system extending between the public
sewer and the curbline.
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
Solid waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
A receptacle designed to collect and retain grease and fatty
substances normally found in kitchen or similar wastes. It is installed
in the drainage system between the kitchen or other point of production
of the waste and the building sewer.
A pipe connection extending from the foundation of the building
to the building sewer lateral at the curbline and/or edge of pavement
and shall be used solely for the conveyance of sewage.
[Added 4-11-2012 by Ord. No. 1658]
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 Glen Rock, unless that discharge
is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier A Municipal
Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit No. NJ0141852). Nonphysical
connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, or
overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
Nondomestic waste, including but not limited to those pollutants
regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), (c)].
[Amended 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
A receptacle designed and constructed to intercept or separate
and prevent the passage of oil, grease, sand or similar materials
into the drainage system to which it is directly or indirectly connected.
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 Borough of Glen Rock or other public body and is designated
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
A permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
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.
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
[Amended 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
A person licensed and authorized to inspect plumbing pursuant
to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:1A-38 through 26:1A-44 and N.J.S.A.
26:3-20 and in the employment or agent of the Glen Rock Board of Health.
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, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
The waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by the Borough.
An interceptor designed primarily for sand.
(Domestic or home sewage) Wash water, water-carried
animal waste, culinary waste and liquid waste containing human excrete
and other matter flowing in or from a building drainage system or
sewer originating in a dwelling, business, building, factory or institution.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater,
surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried waste from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
A pipe or enclosed conduit for carrying sewage.
A system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sewage and industrial waste.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial waste.
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 sewage or drainage facilities,
or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
Sanitary sewage, garbage or properly shredded garbage as
defined in this section, respectively.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
B.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
A.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet
within the Borough or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Borough
any sanitary sewage, industrial waste or other polluted waters except
where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this article.
B.
Duties of property owners.
(1)
The owner of every house, building or property used
for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose situated
within the Borough and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way
or located in the rear of other properties so abutting and having
access to such street in which there is now located or may in the
future be located a public sanitary sewer of the Borough is hereby
required, at his or her 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 article and the requirements
of the Board of Health within six months after the date of completion
of the sanitary sewer system and after official notification from
the Borough.
(2)
The owner of any such house, building or property used for human occupancy which is located more than 300 feet from any existing or future public sanitary sewer who feels aggrieved by reason of the foregoing provisions shall be entitled to make written appeal to the Board of Health for an exemption from the mandatory sewer connection requirements of Subsection B(1) herein, which exemption may be granted by the Board of Health in such instances where it is determined by said Board that the exemption applied for will not adversely affect the public health.
C.
As public sewers become available to property presently
being served by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection
shall be made to the public sewer pursuant to the terms of this section,
and any septic tanks, cesspools and/or similar private sewage disposal
systems shall be abandoned and disconnected from all pipes discharging
or receiving sewage. Abandoned septic tanks, cesspools and/or similar
private sewage disposal systems may be used for disposal or subsurface
and/or surface water from sump pumps and house leaders.
A.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
drains or storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Borough
Engineer. Where this may not be feasible, the deactivated individual
disposal system may be used for this purpose, upon approval of the
Board of Health. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters
may be discharged, upon approval of the Borough Engineer and the Board
of Health, to a storm drain or natural outlet.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
to any public sewer:
(1)
Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, lubricating
oils and greases, inflammable or explosive liquids, solid or gases,
paint and lacquers or other combustible materials.
(2)
Improperly shredded garbage.
(3)
Abrasives, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood or paunch manure.
(4)
Solid or viscous substances which are capable of causing
obstructions in sewers or interference with the proper functioning
of the treatment processes.
(5)
Waste containing viable pathogenic bacteria other
than those normal to domestic sewage.
(6)
All waste containing corrosive matters or toxic or
poisonous substances or chemicals in sufficient quantity to injure
or interfere with the sewage treatment process or create any hazard
to sewers, structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works.
(7)
Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids or gases
which either singly or by interaction with other substances are capable
of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or preventing entry
into sewers for their maintenance and repair.
(8)
All waters, waste or deleterious substances which
shall be excluded from discharge to intercepting or trunk sewers of
the Passaic Valley Sewer Authority as defined by existing or future
regulations of the Authority and existing or future agreements between
the Borough and the Authority.
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described water or
waste to any public sewers:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
(2)
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease.
(3)
Any water or waste having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher
than 9.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage
works.
(4)
Any water or waste having a five-day biochemical oxygen
demand greater than 350 parts per million by weight.
(5)
Any water or waste containing more than 350 parts
per million by weight of suspended solids.
(6)
Any water, waste or deleterious substances which require
pretreatment or dilution before introduction to intercepting or trunk
sewers of the Passaic Valley Sewer Authority as defined by existing
or future regulations of the Authority and existing or future agreements
between the Borough and the Authority.
D.
The admission into the public sewers of any water or waste having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 350 parts per million by weight or containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Subsection C or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Borough shall be subject to the review and approval of the Borough Engineer. Where necessary, in the opinion of the Borough Engineer, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 350 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the acceptance limits provided for in Subsection C or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such water or waste. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Borough Engineer, the Board of Health and of the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy of the State of New Jersey, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained, in writing.
E.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any water or waste, they shall be maintained continuously by satisfactory
and effective operation, and facilities for sampling shall be installed
by the owner at his or her own expense.
F.
Building sewers carrying industrial waste.
(1)
When required by the Borough Engineer, the owner of
any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial waste
shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to
facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste. Such
manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, available
for inspection and shall be constructed under the supervision of the
Borough Engineer in accordance with plans approved by the Borough.
The manhole shall be maintained by said owner so as to be safe and
accessible at all times.
(2)
The owner of any property served by a building sewer
carrying industrial waste, excepting such buildings served by a force
main, shall be further required to install in said building sewer
a compound water meter as manufactured by Gamon Meter Division, Worthington
Pump Company, or approved equal, in a size as shall be determined
by the Borough Engineer. The Borough Engineer, however, shall be authorized
to approve a substitute for a compound water meter in such instances
where small service sizes render the use of said compound meter unsuitable
or impracticable. Said water meter shall be made available at all
times to the employees of the Borough for the purpose of determining
the quantities of water and waste from said property being discharged
into the public sewers. The owner of said property shall be billed
by the Borough on the first day of January, April, July and October
of each year for all such water and waste discharged from said property
into the public sewers at a rate fixed at double the rate charged
to the Borough by the Passaic Valley Sewer Authority for all waste
discharged by the Borough into the sewage system operated by said
Authority. All such charges, if unpaid by said property owner for
a period in excess of 30 days after said billing date, shall be charged
against said property, which said charge shall become a lien upon
said lands and shall be added to and become and form a part of the
taxes next to be assessed and levied upon said lands, the same to
bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and
enforced in the same manner as taxes.
G.
Measurements, tests and analyses.
(1)
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and waste to which reference is made in Subsections B, C and D hereof shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste-Water, published by the American Public Health Association, Inc., a copy of which is hereby adopted, is annexed hereto and made a part hereof and incorporated herein as fully as if set forth at length.
(2)
Two copies of said Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Waste-Water have been placed on file in the office of
the Borough Clerk of the Borough upon the introduction of this article
and will remain on file there until final action is taken on this
article, for the use and examination by the public. Upon adoption
of this article, said copies shall remain on file in said office so
long as said article is in effect; and in addition, two copies shall
be placed on file and remain on file in the office of the Board of
Health of the Borough so long as said ordinance is in effect, for
the use and examination by the public.
(3)
All such measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and waste shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in § 171-4F(1) hereof or upon suitable samples 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.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed
as prohibiting any special agreement or arrangement between the Borough,
the Board of Health and any person whereby an industrial waste system,
either before or after pretreatment, provided that there is no impairment
of the functioning of the sewerage system or any sewage treatment
plant by reason of the admission of such waste and no extra costs
are incurred by the Borough without recompense by the person.
I.
Illicit connections.
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 1510]
(1)
Prohibited conduct: No person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged through an illicit connection to the municipal separate
storm sewer operated by the Borough of Glen Rock any domestic sewage,
noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater).
(2)
Enforcement: This chapter shall be enforced by the
Department of Public Works of the Borough of Glen Rock and/or the
Police Department.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1497, adopted 4-13-2005,
amended this section by adding the adoption of the "Municipal Stormwater
Management Plan" compiled by Vollmer Associates, dated March 2005,
and approved by the County of Bergen.
A.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections
with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any building sewer lateral
or any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining
a written permit from the Board of Health.
B.
Building sewer connections.
(1)
There shall be two classes of building sewer connection
permits: for residential and commercial service and for service to
establishments producing industrial waste. In either case, the owner
or his or her agent shall make application on forms furnished by the
Board of Health. In the event that any unusual situations should arise,
the matter will be referred by the Board of Health to the Borough
Engineer for his or her technical advice and counsel. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Board of Health. A permit
and inspection fee for any building sewer permit shall be paid to
the Board of Health at the time the application is filed in accordance
with the current schedule of fees listed in the Plumbing Code of the
Borough.[1]
(2)
The permit and inspection fee for a building sewer lateral in an amount as provided in Chapter 101, Fees, shall be paid to the Borough Clerk at the time the application is filed. The permit application shall be supplemented by such necessary plans and specifications as shall be required by the Borough Engineer.
[Amended 9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291]
C.
All costs and expense incident to the installation
and connection of the building sewer and building sewer lateral shall
be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Borough from
any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by
the installation of the building sewer.
D.
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 no private sewer is available
or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley,
court, yard or driveway, the building sewer may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
E.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with
new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by
the Board of Health, to meet all requirements of this article.
F.
The diameter of the building sewer shall not be less
than four inches, and the diameter of the building sewer lateral shall
not be less than six inches. The slope of such pipes shall not be
less than 1/4 inch per foot. Where necessary, in the opinion of the
Borough Engineer, if the above sizes and slope are not adequate, he
or she shall have the right to require a larger diameter pipe or an
increased slope that is adequate. Under special circumstances, lesser
slopes that will provide a minimum velocity of two feet per second
will be permitted upon approval of the Borough Engineer.
G.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought
to a new building at an elevation below the basement floor. Building
sewers for existing buildings shall be brought to the building at
an elevation not exceeding that of the existing building drain. If
the building sewer is brought to the existing building at a lower
elevation than the existing building drain, suitable fittings and
cleanouts shall be installed subject to inspection and approval of
the Board of Health. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to and
within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened,
except under special circumstances and only with the approval of the
Borough Engineer. The depth of cover over the pipe shall be a minimum
of four inches to afford protection from frost. The building sewer
shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as
possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with proper fittings
as specified in the Plumbing Code and shall be subject to the approval
of the Board of Health.
H.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too
low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried
by such drains shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged
to the building sewer.
I.
Building sewers and building sewer laterals shall
be one of the following:
(1)
Asbestos cement nonpressure sewer pipe, including
fittings, conforming to ASTM Designation C428-59T, of a class of 2400
or as required by the Mayor and Council or Borough Engineer. Rubber
sealing gaskets shall conform to the requirements of ASTM-D-1869 latest
issues and consist of a vulcanized rubber compound as specified by
the manufacturer.
(2)
Extra-heavy cast-iron pipe with lead joints shall
be used where any part of the building sewer is located within 10
feet of a water service pipe, where the building sewer is exposed
to damage by tree roots, if so directed by the Plumbing Inspector,
and is filled or unstable ground, except that nonmetallic pipe may
be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed, cradle or bedding
as approved by the Mayor and Council or Borough Engineer.
J.
All joints and connections shall be made gastight
and watertight as follows:
(1)
Joints in asbestos-cement pipe shall be formed of
a sleeve-type coupling and rubber rings or gaskets and shall be made
in accordance with the standards and specifications which are current
at the time of passage of this article or as may be approved, subsequently,
by the Borough.
(2)
Joints in asbestos-cement pipe shall be formed of
a sleeve-type coupling and rubber rings or gaskets and shall be made
in accordance with the standards and specifications which are current
at the time of passage of this article or as may be approved, subsequently,
by the Borough.
(3)
Joints in cast-iron soil pipe shall be firmly packed
with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification
QQ-L-156, not less than one inch deep after calking. Lead shall be
run in one pouring and calked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings
shall be applied to the jointing materials until after the joint has
been tested and approved.
K.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when in the opinion of the Plumbing Inspector they are necessary as
called for in the Plumbing Code for the proper handling of liquid
waste containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable waste,
sand and other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors
shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units.
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity as called for in
the Plumbing Code 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.
L.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously
efficient operation at all times.
M.
Before any portion of the building drain outside of
the house is connected to the building sewer, the owner shall prove
to the satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspector that the building drain
is clean and conforms in every respect to the requirements of the
Plumbing Code. Before any portion of the building sewer is connected
to the building sewer lateral, the Plumbing Inspector shall be satisfied
that the building sewer is in good order and conforms in every respect
to the requirements of the Plumbing Code.
N.
Where there is no existing building sewer or building
sewer lateral available that connects to a public sewer, the property
owner shall, prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy,
apply to the Plumbing Inspector for a building sewer permit for the
installation of a building sewer lateral and/or building sewer for
connection to the public sewer.
O.
Maintenance responsibility.
[Amended 4-11-2012 by Ord. No. 1658]
(1)
Maintenance
of the public sewer shall be performed by the Borough.
(2)
The
property owner, at his/her expense, is responsible for maintaining,
cleaning and servicing the house lateral and building sewer laterals
leading from the house or building to the connection at the public
sewer. This includes the portion of the lateral on private property
(house lateral) and the portion in the right-of-way or easement (building
sewer lateral).
(3)
All
new/replaced house laterals shall have a cleanout cap installed at
the curb/edge of pavement as directed by the Superintendent of Public
Works, or his/her designee.
P.
No person shall open, grade or pave any public street
(or other public thoroughfare) nor construct or install therein any
sanitary sewer, storm drain or other type of street improvement without
first having obtained permission from the Director of Public Works.
Any person making application as provided herein shall submit a certified
or bank check made payable to the Borough in a sum estimated by the
Borough Engineer to be sufficient to cover his/her fees for services
in examining the plans, together with the cost for inspecting and
supervising the proposed work. In addition, the applicant shall also
make a cash deposit or furnish a corporate/individual surety bond,
approved by the Borough Attorney, conditioned upon the completion
of the improvement in question, together with any other Borough ordinance
pertaining to the improvement/work, to the satisfaction of and within
the time designated by the Director of Public Works. The cash deposit
or bond shall be in double the amount of the estimated cost of the
improvement, with a minium amount of $2,500, as determined by the
Borough Engineer.
[Amended 4-11-2012 by Ord. No. 1658]
Q.
The connection of the building sewer lateral into
the public sewer shall be made at the Y-branch, if such branch is
available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is 12 inches
in diameter or less and no properly located Y-branch is available,
the owner shall, at his or her own expense, install a Y-branch in
the public sewer at the location specified by the Borough Engineer.
Where the public sewer is greater than 12 inches in diameter and no
properly located Y-branch is available, the owner shall, at his or
her own expense, have a neat hole cut into the public sewer to receive
the building sewer lateral with entry in the downstream direction
at an angle of about 45°. A forty-five-degree ell may be used
to make such connection, with the spigot and cut so as not to extend
past the inner surface of the public sewer. The invert of the building
sewer lateral at the point of connection shall be at the same or at
a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth,
neat joint shall be made and the connection made secure and watertight
by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection
only when approved by the Borough Engineer.
R.
Each sewer pipe shall be laid so as to have a continuous
bearing on the bedding material, true to line and grade and in such
manner as to form a close concentric joint with the adjoining pipe
and to prevent sudden offsets of the flow line. As the work progresses,
the interior of the pipe shall be cleared of all dirt and superfluous
materials of every description. A suitable swob or drag shall be kept
in the pipe and pulled forward past each joint immediately after the
jointing has been completed. Trenches shall be kept free from water
and pipe shall not be laid when the condition of the trench or the
weather is unsuitable for such work. At times, when work is not in
progress, open ends of pipe and fittings shall be securely and satisfactorily
closed so that no trench water, earth or other substance will enter
the pipe or fittings.
S.
Excavations and trenches.
(1)
Excavation for building sewers and building sewer
laterals shall follow lines parallel to and equidistant from the location
of the pipe center line. Trenches shall be excavated to the depths
and widths required to accommodate the construction of the sewers.
Excavation shall not be carried below the approved grade. Any excavation
made below grade for any reason shall be backfilled with the granular
material specified hereinafter. Excavation and trenches in rock shall
extend to a depth of five inches below the outside bottom of the pipe
barrel and brought to required elevation with granular bedding material
consisting of pea gravel or broken stone graded as required by the
Borough Engineer.
(2)
Excavation and trenches in earth shall extend to a
depth of four inches below the outside bottom of the pipe barrel and
be brought to required elevation with the above-specified granular
bedding material. When unsatisfactory foundation material is found
in earth trenches, such material shall be removed to the extent directed
by the Borough Engineer. In backfilling trenches, loose fine earth
free of frozen clods, stones larger than two inches in greatest dimension
and debris shall be used to a depth of two feet over the top of the
pipe. The backfill material shall be carefully tamped under the pipe
haunches, on the sides and above the pipe in layers not more than
six inches deep before completion. The remainder of the trench shall
contain not more than 20% stone by volume, and no one stone shall
be more than six inches in greatest dimension. This material shall
be thoroughly tamped on layers not to exceed 10 inches in thickness
after compaction. Backfilling and compaction up to two feet over the
pipe shall be done by hand.
(3)
Compaction of each layer of backfill shall be to a
density at least equal to that of the surrounding earth and to a degree
which will prevent settlement of restored or proposed future pavement.
The surface shall be mounded over and left in a uniform and neat condition
satisfactory to the Borough Engineer.
(4)
Excavated materials shall be piled in compact heaps,
so placed as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the public.
Extreme care shall be taken to prevent any dirt, stones or other undesirable
material from entering the public sewer system through the building
sewer during these operations.
T.
Blasting operations for excavation shall be subject
to the approval of the Borough Council on recommendation of the Borough
Engineer and shall conform to the requirements of all laws, ordinances
and regulations having jurisdiction over such work.
(1)
Trenches shall be protected by such sheeting, shoring,
bracing and the like as may be required to perform the excavations,
for safety, including the protection of persons, structures, utilities,
etc., and to conform to existing laws. All sheeting, shoring and bracing
shall be removed after the completion of backfill to the extent directed
by the Borough Engineer.
(2)
All excavations for building sewers and building sewer
laterals shall be adequately graded with barricades and lights so
as to protect the public from hazards. Sidewalks and other public
property disturbed in the course of installing building sewers shall
be backfilled within 48 hours from the beginning of excavation. Streets,
parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of installing
building sewer laterals shall be backfilled within such reasonable
period of time as may be determined by the Borough Engineer in each
particular case.
U.
Dryhouse connection installations may be permitted
subject to the following steps to be taken by the property owner:
(1)
Application shall be made to the Board of Health for
the dryhouse connection.
(2)
Both ends of the dryhouse connection shall be provided
for expandable blocks.
(3)
Prior to backfilling any trenches or covering any
sewer pipes, the applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify
the Plumbing Inspector when the dryhouse connection sewer is ready
for inspection.
V.
Upon official notice requiring connection with the
public sanitary sewer, in accordance with the local ordinance of the
Board of Health, final connection of the dryhouse connection with
the building sewer lateral shall be made and the following steps shall
be taken:
(1)
Application shall be made to the Plumbing Inspector
for a house connection permit as listed below.
(2)
Prior to the final connection of the dryhouse connection
with the house drain at one end and the house sewer lateral at the
other end, the expandable plugs heretofore installed shall be removed
and the entire length of the dryhouse connection shall be completely
flushed and cleaned in the presence of the Plumbing Inspector.
(3)
Reasonable notice of the date and time when such flushing
will be performed shall be given to the Plumbing Inspector, and no
flushing shall be done except in the presence of the Plumbing Inspector.
(4)
After completion of final connection with the house
drain at one end and the house sewer lateral at the other end, both
connections shall be inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
W.
The connection to the public sewers shall be made
under the supervision of a duly qualified representative.
X.
Building sewers and building sewer laterals shall
be subject to all tests set forth by the Board of Health.
Y.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any water or waste through any building sewer during construction
of the building sewer without written approval of the Board of Health.
Z.
Prior to final approval and acceptance of a building
sewer lateral by the Borough, a plan showing the location, depths,
elevations or other information as determined by the Borough Engineer
shall be furnished and placed on file at the Board of Health's office
by the applicant.
AA.
Restoration of pavements. All sidewalk and roadway
pavements and curbs directly or indirectly affected, disturbed or
injured in connection with the construction of building sewers or
building sewer laterals shall be restored in accordance with Borough
standards to a condition at least equal to that which existed prior
to the start of the installation work. Pavements and curbs so restored
shall be of the same type as that existing and shall match and line
up with existing adjacent construction to the satisfaction of the
Borough Engineer or his or her representative.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Glen Rock sewerage system. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter set forth under § 171-8 hereof.
The Borough Engineer or his or her representative,
the Plumbing Inspector and duly authorized employees of the Borough,
the Passaic Valley Sewer Authority or the Board of Health or their
representatives, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall
be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with
the provisions of this article.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article, except § 171-6, which requires immediate arrest, shall be served by the Borough with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all such violations.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable
by any combination of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,000,
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days.
[Added 9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291]
[Adopted 5-23-1977 by Ord. No. 857 (Ch.
XVIII of the 1971 Revised General Ordinances)]
[Amended 2-24-1992 by Ord. No. 1191]
Whenever used in this article, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of flotable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
A charge to industrial users based on their use of PVSC facilities
to repay the capital cost outlay of the federal share given PVSC under
the provisions of applicable federal law allocable to the treatment
of the wastes from the industrial user.
Any nongovernmental user of PVSC facilities identified in
the Standard Industrial Classification Manual 1972, as amended and
supplemented, under Divisions A, B, D, E or 1. A user may be excluded
if it is determined that it introduces primarily segregated sanitary
wastes.
A device designed and installed so as to separate and retain
harmful, hazardous or undesirable matter from normal wastes while
permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the drainage
system by gravity.
An industrial user of PVSC facilities that:
Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average
workday.
Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic
amounts.
Is found by USEPA, NJDEP or PVSC to have significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
in the PVSC treatment works or upon the quality of the effluent from
the PVSC treatment works.
An outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water
or groundwater, including the Passaic River or any of its tributaries.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System.
Any individual, firm, company, society, association, corporation,
public or private, or group.
The reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter
of solution. Neutral water has a pH value of 7.0 (a hydrogen concentration
of 10-7). Lower pH's are acid; higher pH's
are alkaline.
Treatment given to industrial waste prior to its discharge,
directly or indirectly, to the PVSC facilities by the industry in
order to remove illegal and/or undesirable constituents or to reduce
the strength of the waste.
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency, public
utility or the municipality.
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater and surface
water that are not admitted intentionally.
Waste derived principally from dwellings, office buildings
and sanitary conveniences; when segregated from industrial wastes,
sanitary waste may come from industrial plants or commercial enterprises.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
A measurement of suspended solids and/or biochemical oxygen
demand and/or chemical oxygen demand and/or any other parameter determined
by PVSC as a fair indicator of the relative use, other than volumetric,
of PVSC facilities by industrial wastes.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that
is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue."
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect, or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
A charge to users consisting of two parts. The first part
is established by PVSC based on volume and, where applicable, on strength
and/or flow rate to pay for the use of the PVSC facilities. The second
part is established by the Borough to pay for the use of the local
sewer system and to pay for administration of the billing and collection
of the funds.
As defined by USEPA in 40 CFR 129 (38 F.R. 24342, 9-7-1973)
and any superseding revisions.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid- and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present.
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
The PVSC facilities.
[Amended 8-26-1985 by Ord. No. 1048]
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural
outlet within the municipality any wastewater or other polluted waters,
except where suitable treatment has been provided and where a National
Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit has been obtained from
the appropriate governmental authority, where required.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a permit from
the appropriate Borough official.
A.
Application to Borough. Application for sanitary connections
for a dwelling, groups of dwellings or industrial or commercial establishments
with only sanitary waste shall be made directly to the Borough. A
fee shall be paid to the Borough to process the application as otherwise
provided by ordinances of the Borough.[1]
B.
Record; report of sanitary applications and connections.
The Borough Council shall designate some suitable person to maintain
a record of the number of sanitary applications and connections that
are added and removed from the system and shall make an annual report
to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners no later than February
1 of each year.
C.
Borough Council endorsement required for connection
to a PVSC sewer. When a direct connection to a PVSC sewer is requested
by the applicant, the request shall first be endorsed with the approval
of the Borough Council and then submitted to the PVSC for its action.
A.
Application procedure. Each existing industrial user
presently connected, directly or indirectly, to the wastewater facilities
of the Borough shall make application for a permit no later than July
1, 1977, whether the connection is for industrial waste or stormwater.
Applications for future connections shall be made and approved before
a certificate of occupancy may be issued. The application shall be
made to the Borough by the industry that generates the waste. However,
the application shall be signed by the owner of the property whereon
the industry is located. After approval of the application by the
Borough, the application shall be forwarded to the PVSC for classification
and issuance of the permit by the PVSC.
B.
Industrial sewer waste revision application required
for change in facility or processing. Any existing industrial user
proposing to make any change in its facility or its processing which
significantly affects the quality or quantity of its discharge into
the system shall submit to the Borough an industrial sewer waste revision
application showing the contemplated changes. Any new tenant or occupant
of an existing industrial user shall submit an industrial sewer waste
revision application. The application, if approved by the Borough,
shall be sent to the PVSC, accompanied by the written approval of
the Borough. Existing industrial users that have applied for permits
may continue their discharge until their application has been processed
by the PVSC, except for prohibited waste as otherwise provided within
this article or unless notified by the PVSC to cease and desist their
discharge. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for an industrial
use until an industrial permit has been issued by the PVSC, and no
person shall occupy any building or structure for the purpose of a
new industrial use until an industrial permit has been issued by the
PVSC.
Industrial users shall be classified by PVSC
as follows:
A.
Category I.
(1)
A Class 1-A permit shall not be issued to an industry
defined as a major industry and when issued shall allow the industry
to discharge with no modification or pretreatment of flow.
(2)
A Class 1-B permit is one issued to an industry classified
as a major industry. This permit shall allow the industry to discharge
with no modifications or pretreatment of flow. However, PVSC may require
the installation of monitoring equipment.
B.
Category II.
(1)
A Class II-A permit shall allow an industry to discharge
pretreated wastes in accordance with standards established in the
permit.
(2)
A Class II-B permit shall allow an industry to continue
to discharge subject to change of characteristics of its waste by
pretreatment or other means in accordance with a schedule as established
by the PVSC in the permit.
C.
Category III. The permit shall be denied and the discharge
of prohibited materials shall be halted or modified by a date established
by the PVSC and in accordance with conditions contained in the permit
denial.
The PVSC classification of an application shall
be subject to change by the PVSC upon written notification from the
PVSC to the applicant by certified mail. Any change shall be accompanied
by a detailed explanation of the reason for the change.
A.
Right to appeal. Any industry aggrieved by a permit
classification by the PVSC shall have a right to appeal to the PVSC.
Such an administrative appeal shall be taken within 30 days of notification
by the PVSC to the industry of its decision. The notice of appeal
shall be delivered personally to the offices of the PVSC at 600 Wilson
Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, or shall be sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested. The taking of an appeal shall not stay the provisions
of a Class III denial. During the time of appeal, however, the Class
II permits shall be stayed. However, the staying shall not release
any industry from meeting any requirements of any schedule set by
the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy or
the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
B.
Filing of appeal. Upon the filing of an appeal, the
PVSC shall set the date and time for a hearing before the Commissioners.
The applicant shall have the right to present evidence, shall have
the right to be represented by counsel and shall have the right of
cross-examination. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the Commissioners
shall make findings of fact and conclusions.
All applications for industrial permits shall
be submitted on forms to be supplied by the PVSC and shall comply
with the instructions on such forms.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the applicant,
and the applicant shall indemnify the Borough or the PVSC from any
loss or damage that may be occasioned by the installation of the building
sewer. All sewer connections shall be in accordance with the requirements
of the Borough unless otherwise provided by ordinance in the case
of the connection into the PVSC sewer. The connection shall be in
accordance with the conditions contained in the approval of the PVSC.
[Amended 8-26-1985 by Ord. No. 1048]
No person shall make connection on roof downspouts,
foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or drain which in turn is connected,
directly or indirectly, to a public sanitary sewer unless approved
by the municipality for the purpose of disposal of polluted surface
drainage.
In addition to the application for the permit
as hereinabove provided, each industrial user shall complete an industrial
survey form which will be supplied by the PVSC and from time to time
shall update the form when required by the PVSC.
Whenever an industry is classified as a major
industry, it shall install an approved, sealed, automatic monitoring
system if required by the PVSC.
No uncontaminated water shall be discharged
into the PVSC system except with the prior written consent of the
Borough and the PVSC. There will be two separate provisions, one for
municipalities with separate systems and one for municipalities with
combined systems.
When pretreatment standards are adopted by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency for any given class
of industries, then any industry within that class shall conform to
the United States Environmental Protection Agency timetable for adherence
to pretreatment requirements as well as all other applicable requirements
promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in
accordance with the provisions of the law. Additionally, such industries
shall comply with such more stringent standards necessitated by local
conditions as determined from time to time by the PVSC.
All industrial users shall provide immediate
access to their facilities at any time during normal working hours
or at any other time that there is a discharge under the jurisdiction
of the PVSC. Access shall be for the purpose of checking the quality
of the discharge, taking samples and making tests of the discharge
or for the purpose of permitting enforcement of this article. The
access shall be made available to the employees of the PVSC, the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, the United
States Environmental Agency and/or the Borough. All users shall provide
access to property and premises for inspection for the purpose of
determining if there is any violation of the terms or provisions of
this article.
A.
Prohibited wastes. The following wastes shall be prohibited
and shall never be discharged into the wastewater facilities of the
Borough and the PVSC:
(1)
Wastes that may create a fire or explosion hazard
in the sewer or wastewater facility, such as gasoline, fuel oil and
cleaning solvents.
(2)
Wastes that may impair or cause to impair by hydraulic
capacity of the sewer system, such as ashes, sand, metal and precipitates.
(3)
Wastes that may create a hazard to people, the sewer
system, the treatment process or the receiving water, such as dangerous
levels of toxic materials.
(4)
Wastes of a flow rate which is excessive over a relatively
short time period so that there is a treatment process upset and substantial
loss of treatment efficiency.
(5)
Wastes below a pH of 5.0 unless the line is designed
to accommodate such waste.
(6)
Any discharge of radioactive wastes or isotopes of
such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by
the PVSC, in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
B.
Wastes requiring special permission of discharge.
The following wastes may not be discharged without special permission
from the PVSC, upon a determination by the PVSC that the discharge
would not be detrimental to the system.
(1)
Any discharge in excess of 150° F. (65° C.)
(2)
Any discharge containing more than 100 milligrams
per liter of mineral oil or grease.
(3)
Any discharge containing flotable oil or grease.
(4)
Any discharge of heavy metals or any other toxic materials
in toxic amounts, which amounts shall be established by the PVSC.
(5)
Any discharge quantities of flow or concentration
which shall constitute a slug.
(6)
Wastes with pH outside the limits of 5.0 to 9.0.
C.
Interceptors.
[Amended 8-26-1985 by Ord. No. 1048; 2-24-1992 by Ord. No.
1191; 9-14-1992 by Ord. No. 1203]
(1)
Installation. Interceptors shall be required in each
facility, business, building or commercial establishment generating
liquid waste containing grease, oil, flammable waste, sand, solids
and other ingredients harmful to the building drainage system, the
public sewer or sewerage treatment plant or processing plant. Residential
premises are exempt from this requirement.
(2)
Design. The type and size of each interceptor shall
be in compliance with the Uniform Construction Code regulation, N.J.A.C.
5:23-1 et seq., as amended. The appropriate construction permit shall
be obtained before the installation of any device pursuant to and
in accordance with this subsection.
(3)
Accessibility. Each interceptor shall be so installed
that it is readily accessible for inspection by the appropriate municipal
department responsible for the enforcement of this subsection of this
article.
(4)
Maintenance. Interceptors shall be maintained in an
efficient operating condition by periodic removal of accumulated grease,
scum, oil or other floating substance and solids deposited in the
interceptor. In any event, periodic removal shall be no less often
than every six months, and a written record must be kept of each such
maintenance procedure.
(5)
Enforcement.
(a)
Enforcement officer. The Plumbing Inspector,
the Board of Health of the Borough and/or its agents are hereby designated
to administer the provision of this subsection and are hereinafter
referred to as the "enforcement officer."
(b)
Enforcement procedure. Whenever the enforcement
officer determines that there is a violation of any provision of this
subsection, he or she shall give notice of such violation to the person,
persons or entities responsible therefor under this subsection. Such
notice shall be in writing and shall include a concise statement of
the reasons for its issuance. Such notice shall be deemed to be properly
and sufficiently served if a copy thereof is sent by registered or
certified mail to the last-known address of the person or entity upon
which the same is served, as shown by the most recent tax lists of
the municipality or a copy thereof handed to such a person or persons
or a copy thereof left at the usual place of abode or office of such
person or entities. Notice shall be given as aforesaid within or without
the municipality. The notice shall also state that unless the violation
is abated, removed, cured, prevented or desisted from within 10 days
of the date of service of such notice (exclusive of the date of service),
a summons shall be issued for such violation. The enforcement officer
may, at the time he or she issues the notice, extend the period for
compliance of the violation stated in the notice for a period in excess
of the aforesaid 10 days if, in his or her judgment, the abatement,
removal, prevention, cessation of or cure of the condition violated
cannot reasonably be effected within the ten-day period; and, in such
cases, the enforcement officer shall state such reasonably required
extended period in the notice, which shall then be applicable instead
of the aforesaid 10 days. In the event that the violation is not abated,
removed, cured, prevented or desisted from or otherwise fully remedied
within the ten-day period or within such extended period as set forth
in the notice, pursuant to the foregoing, a summons shall then be
issued against the persons, entity or entities so notified.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 18.17.3F, Violations
and Penalties, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted
9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291.
Each major industrial user shall construct or
otherwise have available a sampling point for sampling wastewater
before it enters the Borough sewer system. Other industrial users
may be required to construct such sampling point if ordered so to
do by the Borough or the PVSC.
No discharge into the wastewater facilities
of the PVSC shall be permitted from any source which causes physical
damage, interferes with the treatment process or results in a violation
of effluent limitations or other conditions contained in the National
Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit to Discharge issued
to the PVSC by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
When required by the Borough, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection and Energy or the PVSC, the owner of any property serviced
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
structure, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances,
to the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such structure, when required, shall be accessibly
and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans
approved by the governmental agency requiring it. The structure shall
be installed by the applicant at his or her expense and shall be maintained
by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
A.
Information to be provided to the Borough and the
PVSC. All persons subject to this article shall be required to provide
information to the Borough and the PVSC, as needed, to determine compliance
with this article.
B.
Requirements. These requirements may include:
(1)
The wastewaters' discharge peak rate and volume over
a specified time period.
(2)
Chemical analysis of wastewaters.
(3)
Information on raw materials, processes and products
affecting wastewater volume and quality.
(4)
Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge,
oil solvent or other materials important to sewer use control.
(5)
A plot plan of sewers of the user's property showing
sewer and pretreatment facility location.
(6)
Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
(7)
Details of systems to prevent and control the losses
of materials through spills to the Borough sewer.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
this article shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
by the American Public Health Association, or other method or procedure
as may be approved by the PVSC. Sampling methods, location, times,
durations and frequencies shall be determined on an individual basis
subject to the approval of the Borough and/or the PVSC.
All users shall be required to comply with the
requirement of user charges regulations and industrial costs recovery
system regulations to be adopted by the PVSC in accordance with the
requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The effective date for the implementation of user costs regulations
and industrial cost regulations and industrial costs recovery system
regulations shall be established by resolution of the PVSC. The effective
date shall be certified by the PVSC, and the written certification
shall be filed in the office of the Borough Clerk.
No person shall intentionally break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is part of the wastewater facilities.
The Borough Council shall appoint or designate
some suitable person to administer the provisions of this article.
[Amended 8-26-1985 by Ord. No. 1048]
All users of the wastewater facilities shall
comply with the requirements of the written rules and regulations
of the PVSC which have been adopted and which from time to time shall
have been adopted. Such regulations shall become effective upon the
filing of certified copies in the office of the Borough Clerk after
the effective dates of this article.
[Amended 8-26-1985 by Ord. No. 1048]
A.
Violations of any of the provisions of this article
or any permit issued under the authority of this article may result
in the termination of the permit and/or the termination of the authority
to discharge into the system.
B.
Any person violating any of the provision of this
article shall, upon conviction, be punishable by any combination of
the following: a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days.
[Amended 9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291]
[Amended 8-26-1985 by Ord. No. 1048]
No ordinance heretofore adopted by the Borough
shall be affected by this article, except that if any provisions of
any prior ordinance are in conflict with the provisions of this article,
the provisions of this article shall control.