As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20º C., expressed
in parts per million by weight.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Stanhope, New Jersey.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food
and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
HOUSE CONNECTION
That part of the sewerage system which receives the sewage from the
house plumbing system and conveys it to the nearest end of the sewer extension,
unless a sewer extension is not available, whereby the house connection shall
be extended to the nearest available Y. No house connection shall be made
to a manhole of the public sewer system without the express written consent
and special permission of the Superintendent and the governing body of the
Borough of Stanhope.
HOUSE PLUMBING SYSTEM
All the plumbing work within the building and to a point five feet
outside of the building, which plumbing work conveys sewage from within the
building to the house connection outside of the building.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
INSPECTOR
The Plumbing Inspector of the Borough of Stanhope, or his authorized
deputy, agent or representative. The "Inspector" shall be responsible for
house plumbing systems and house connections.
MAIN SEWER
The sewers laid longitudinally along the center line or other part
of the streets, easements or other rights-of-way, and which sewer is owned
and controlled by the Borough of Stanhope.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of
surface or ground water.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in
grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes 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 one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer which is owned and controlled by the Borough of Stanhope.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface and ground
waters are not admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such
ground- , surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWERAGE WORKS
All facilities for collection, pumping and disposing of sewage.
SEWER EXTENSION
That part of the sewerage system that runs from the sewer main to
the curbline, and includes all necessary fittings.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Sewers of the Borough of Stanhope, or his authorized
deputy, agent or representative. The "Superintendent" shall be responsible
for all parts of the sewerage system except house plumbing systems and house
connections.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in
water, sewage or other liquids and which are removed by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or
intermittently.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection 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 house connection.
A separate and independent house connection 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, courtyard or driveway, in which case the house
connection from the front building may be extended to the rear building.
Where house plumbing systems exist, a portion of the outside piping
may be used in connection with the house connection only when it is found,
on examination and test by the Inspector, to meet all requirements of this
chapter.
The connection of the house connection to the main sewer shall be made
at the sewer extension at the curbline or, if no sewer extension exists, connection
shall be made at the nearest available Y connection on the main sewer. The
Superintendent will designate the position of the end of the sewer extension
at the curbline or the Y connection on the main sewer, whichever is appropriate.
If it becomes necessary to cut into the main sewer, since no other source
of connection is available, then such connection shall be made as directed
by and under the supervision of the Superintendent. The dead ends of all pipes
not immediately connected with the house plumbing system must be securely
closed by a watertight cover of imperishable material. Prior to any connection
to the sewer extension or to the main sewer, the Superintendent must be given
at least forty-eight-hours notice in advance so that he may supervise such
work. If the Superintendent has not been given such notice, he may require
the completed work to be uncovered for examination at the owners own expense.
Before any portion of the existing plumbing system outside of the building
is connected to the house connection, the owner shall prove, to the satisfaction
of the Inspector, that it is clean and conforms in every respect to these
rules and regulations and any amendments and supplements thereto.
All work on house connections shall be made by either the owner of the
premises personally doing the work or by a plumber licensed by the Borough
of Stanhope, and all of said work shall be approved by the Plumbing Inspector
of the borough; provided, however, that any connections to or opening into
a main sewer must be made by a plumber licensed by the Borough of Stanhope
and said work must be approved by the Plumbing Inspector of the borough.
The Superintendent or Inspector may apply any appropriate test to the
pipes, and the plumber and contractor, at his own expense, shall furnish all
necessary tools, labor, materials and assistants for such tests and shall
remove any defective materials when so ordered by the Superintendent or Inspector.
Each contractor or other person performing work on borough public property
for the purpose of installing house connections shall post a bond, acceptable
to the borough, in accordance with the provisions of the Street Opening Ordinance
of the borough and any other applicable ordinance of the borough. All work shall
be adequately guarded with barricades, lights and other measures for protection
to the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, curbs and other public property
disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the borough.
The owner of any property served by a 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 manhole shall be
accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with
plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the
owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible
at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§
116-18B and
116-20A and
B shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water, published by the American Public Health Association, 1960 Edition, and all subsequent revised editions and amendments and supplements thereto, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in §
116-21 above, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. The cost and expense incident to the measurements, tests and analyses shall be borne by the owner.
No statements contained in this section shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement between the borough and any industrial concern whereby
an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the
borough for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment
which is part of the borough's sewerage works.
The Superintendent or Inspector and other duly authorized employees
of the borough, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted
to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspections, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this
article.
[Amended 9-28-1999 by Ord.
No. 1999-20]
In the event that an owner of any property in the borough shall fail to make connection or installation as provided for in §
116-2 of this article, within the time required therein, the borough may proceed to make such installation or connection, or cause the same to be made, as provided for in N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-5 et seq., and charge and assess the cost thereof against such property.
[Amended 5-31-1978 by Ord.
No. 1978-9; 6-30-1998 by Ord.
No. 1998-8]
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction,
be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days,
or any combination thereof. Each violation of any of the provisions of this
article and each day that such offense shall continue shall be deemed to be
a separate and distinct offense.