[Adopted 8-27-1985 as Ch. 256, Art. I, amended 9-26-1995 by Ord. No. BH:1995-3]
A code regulating the location, construction, use, and issuance of permits to locate, construct, alter or repair individual sewage disposal systems and fixing penalties for the violation thereof is hereby adopted pursuant to Chapter 188, Laws of 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 26:3-69.6). A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
Said code established and adopted by this article
is described and commonly known as the "Standards for Individual Subsurface
Sewage Disposal Systems" (N.J.A.C. 7:9A et seq.), hereinafter, the
"Sewage Disposal Code."
Three copies of said Standards for Individual
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems (N.J.A.C. 7:9A), have been placed
on file in the office of the Board of Health, upon the introduction
of this article and will remain on file in said office for the use
and examination by the public.
No person shall locate, construct, alter or
repair any individual subsurface sewage disposal system until a permit
for the location, construction, alteration or repair of said sewage
disposal system shall have been issued by the Board of Health.
A.
No new, altered or repaired individual subsurface
sewage disposal systems shall be placed in operation 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.
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 the said disposal system has been located and constructed in
accordance with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements
of the aforesaid code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, regarding a notification
system, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 8-30-2022
by Ord. No. BH:2022-01.
In case any permit or certification required
by this article 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 subsurface 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, such work as may be continued without any violation of any of
the provisions of the code. 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.
[Amended 12-10-1997 by Ord. No. BH:1997-3; 10-28-2008 by Ord. No. BH:2008-06; 4-26-2011 by Ord. No. BH:2011-01; 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. BH:2013-03; 8-30-2022 by Ord. No. BH:2022-01]
A.
The fee for the review of plans and the issuance of
a permit to locate, construct or alter an individual sewage disposal
system shall be $350. Any permit granted hereunder shall be valid
for a period of two years.
B.
The fee for the application and review of plans, permit and inspection
of an existing Individual subsurface sewage disposal system that does
not require the services of a licensed professional engineer shall
be $100. Any permit granted hereunder shall be valid for two years
unless otherwise extended pursuant to § 269-8H.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original.
