[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Holland 3-10-1970. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
BUILDING SEWER
CHLORINE DEMAND
COLLECTION SEWER
CONNECTION UNIT
ENGINEER
FORCE MAIN
GARBAGE
GROUND GARBAGE
ILLICIT CONNECTION
IMPROVED PROPERTY
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MG/L
NORMAL SEWAGE
OWNER
PERSON
pH
SANITARY SEWAGE
SERVICE LATERAL
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWERAGE
SEWERED AREA
SEWER MAIN
SEWER SYSTEM
SLUG
STANDARD METHODS
STORM SEWER
STREET
SURCHARGE
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWNSHIP
TOWNSHIP'S AUTHORIZED AGENT
TOWNSHIP'S ENGINEER
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR LIQUIDS
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Definitions. Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall
be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter,
utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory
procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of Standard Methods.
That portion of the overall sewage collection system located
between the sewage drainage system of any structure and the service
lateral of a collection sewer.
The chlorine, in milligrams per liter, which must be added
to sewage to produce chlorine residual of five-tenths milligrams per
liter after a contact period of 60 minutes, in accordance with procedures
set forth in Standard Methods.
The Township's collection sanitary sewers located under highways,
roads, streets and rights-of-way, or collection sanitary sewers located
in a development approved pursuant to an ordinance of this Township
adopted under the Municipal Land Use Law,[1] the plans and specifications for which have been finally
approved by the approving authority under such ordinance, and approved
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and which
have been properly constructed, made available for use and connected
to the Township's collection sanitary sewers pursuant to such approval,
with branch service laterals that collect and convey sanitary sewage
or industrial wastes or a combination of both and into which stormwater,
surface water and groundwater or unpolluted industrial wastes or liquids
are not intentionally admitted.
[Amended 7-5-1978]
Each individual building or house, whether constructed as a detached unit or as one of a pair or row which is designated or adaptable to separate ownership for use as a family dwelling unit or for commercial or industrial purposes. A school, factory, apartment house, townhouse, office building or other multiple unit structure or complex or development of such structures, whose individual apartments or units are connected to a common internal sewage system, shall be considered as one "connection unit," but where only a section or segment of an overall development whose individual apartments or units are connected to a common internal sewage system (which system may be confined to such section or segment or may be designed to serve other sections or segments of the development or the overall development) has received subdivision, site plan or conditional use approval required under Chapter 100, Part 2, Development Regulations, of the Code of the Township of Holland and as a requirement or condition of such approval is to have the approved development connected to and use the Township's sanitary sewer system, then such approved section or segment shall be considered a "connection unit."
[Amended 6-6-1984]
The Township Engineer.
That pipe or conduit operating under pressure and constituting
a part of the sewer system.
Solid wastes resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from handling, storage and sale of food products and produce.
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers with no particle greater than 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
Any physical or nonphysical connection to the Township sewer
system other than by permit issued by the Township in accordance with
its rules and regulations.
[Added 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-3]
Any property within the sewered area upon which there is
erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage or industrial wastes, or both, shall be or may be
discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted
to flow or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Milligrams per liter.
Sewage with a maximum:
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the sewered area.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions, gram moles per liter of solution, and indicates
the degrees of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from an
improved property.
That part of the sewer system from the sewer main to the
curbline or to a point one foot beyond and outside the edge of the
paved roadway if there is no curbline.
The plant and facilities operated by the Borough of Milford
for the treatment of sewage.
The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
That portion of the Township in which there shall be constructed
a sewer system of the Township in accordance with plans approved by
the Township and as from time to time changed and extended.
Any pipe or conduit constituting part of the Township sewer
system, exclusive of service laterals, building sewers and force main,
used or usable to collect and convey sewage and to which groundwater,
surface water and stormwater is not intentionally admitted.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial
waste, situated in the sewered area and owned or operated, or both,
by or for the Township.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds, for any period of longer duration than 15 minutes, more than
five times its average hourly concentration of flow.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water,
Sewage and Industrial Wastes, published jointly by the American Public
Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water
Pollution Control Federation.
A sewer that carries stormwater, surface water and groundwater
drainage but excludes sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
Includes any street, highway, road, lane or alley.
A charge, in addition to the service charge rental, which
is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than
the concentration values established as representative of normal sewage.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtration. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found
in the latest edition of Standard Methods.
The Township of Holland, in the County of Hunterdon, New
Jersey.
A person employed by the Township who is specifically authorized
to inspect the construction of building sewers and the connection
of building sewers to collection sewers.
The engineer engaged by the Township to advise the Township
on engineering matters.
Any substance (including copper, cyanide and chromium compounds)
in such form or concentration to be toxic or to inhibit the activity
of humans, animals or organisms used in biological sewage treatment.
Any water or liquid containing none of the following:
Emulsified grease or oil.
Substances that may impart taste, odor or color.
Odorous or otherwise obnoxious gases.
Total dissolved solids in excess of 1,000 mg/l.
Suspended solids in excess of five mg/l.
A biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in excess
of five mg/l.
A pH value below 6.0 or greater than 9.0.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
B.
Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
A.
All connection units which are in existence on February
1, 2003, and that are already connected to the facilities of the Township’s
sanitary sewer system shall remain so connected and use the services
and facilities of the Township’s sanitary sewer system to the
exclusion of any other system(s) or method(s) for the collection and
disposal of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes. All potential connection
units that are either not in existence on February 1, 2003, or on
which construction commences subsequent to February 1, 2003, and that
are situated in the sewer service area delineated on the map entitled
“Sewer Service Area, Township of Holland, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey, February, 2003,”[1] shall be connected with and shall use the services and
facilities of the Township’s sanitary sewer system to the exclusion
of any other system(s) or method(s) for the collection and disposal
of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes. No connection units, other
than those described herein as being required to be connected to and
to use the Township’s sanitary sewer system shall be connected
thereto; except that the connection unit situated on Lot 31 in Block
22 on the Township Tax Map may be connected to the facilities of the
Township’s sanitary sewer system and, once so connected, shall
remain connected.
[Amended 12-7-1970; 7-5-1978; 7-15-1986 by Ord. No. 86-10; 11-1-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-14; 2-18-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1; 11-20-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-19]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said map is on file in the
Township offices.
B.
The Township Committee may specifically except any connection unit from the requirements of Subsection A of this section if the Township Committee finds that connection with the sanitary sewer system by such connection unit would be economically unfeasible. The Township Committee may rescind such exception when and if such connection becomes economically feasible.
[Amended 12-7-1970; 7-5-1978]
C.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or the sewer system without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Township. Such permits shall be issued to owners required to connect to a sewer by Subsections A and B of this chapter, subject always to compliance with this chapter. Such permits may be issued by the Township to owners not so required to connect.
D.
If any owner fails to comply with the provisions of Subsections A, B or C above, in addition to the other penalties provided by this chapter, the Township may engage the services of a qualified plumber to make the required connection. Prior to doing so, the Township shall notify the delinquent owner, in writing, of its intention to have such work done at the owner's expense unless such work is completed by the owner within 30 days of the mailing of such notice, or such later date as may be consented to by the Township's authorized agent. If such work is not completed within such period by the owner, the Committee shall proceed to have such work done, and the Township Engineer shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee. The Committee shall then notify the owner when and where the governing body will examine such certification, and any objections thereto will be heard at that time. The Township Committee, after such hearing, shall determine the correctness of such certification and shall cause the cost as shown thereon, or as corrected by the Township Committee, to be added to the sewer bill for the property in question, and the amount of such charge shall thereupon become a lien upon the lands upon filing with the Collector of such sewer rents. Such charge shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the Collector of sewer rents as set forth herein.
[Amended 6-6-84]
Application for a permit required under § 135-2 shall be made by the owner of the property to be served to the Township's authorized agent, or by his authorized representative. Except for instances where a written notice by the Township to the owner requiring connection (referred to in § 135-22 hereof) has been sent, such application shall be made at the time application for a construction permit for the development to be served by the connection is made, and the connection permit shall be issued before such construction permit is issued. In the event that the construction permit is not subsequently issued, the development to be connected is not constructed and no connection is made, the applicant may be granted, upon suitable written request made to the Township's authorized agent within 30 days of the original application for the connection permit, together with a return of the connection permit, if it has issued, recision of the connection permit and a refund of the fee paid for the connection permit.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer, until a permit has been issued
by the Township as required by Subsection C and until such person
shall have been given the Township's authorized agent at least 24
hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made, so that
the Township's authorized agent may supervise and inspect the work
of connection and, when necessary, supervise any necessary testing.
A.
Grouping of more than one connection unit on one building
sewer or on one service lateral shall not be permitted, except under
special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good
cause shown, and then only upon special permission of the Township
Committee upon recommendation of the Township Engineer.
B.
Subject to the foregoing requirements of this section,
a building sewer to serve one improved property may occupy the same
trench as a building sewer to serve the next adjoining improved property;
provided, however, that the common trench is on or immediately adjacent
to the common property line and such joint occupancy is by mutual
agreement of the owners concerned.
All costs and expenses of construction of a
building sewer and costs and expenses of connection of a building
sewer to a collection sewer shall be borne by the owner of the improved
property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save
harmless the Township from all loss or damage that may be occasioned,
directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building
sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a service lateral.
Materials for a building sewer, jointing materials and methods of installation shall be in accordance with requirements of § 135-13 and shall be subject to approval of the Township's authorized agent.
The permit required by § 135-2A shall be displayed prominently upon the improved property to be connected to a sewer at all times during construction of the building sewer and connection of the building sewer to a service lateral.
A.
A building sewer shall be connected to the sewer system
at the end of the service lateral at the curbline point of connection
located in the curb area. No person shall make a connection to, or
in any manner disturb, a service lateral except upon authorization
from the Township and issuance of a permit and in the presence of
the Township's authorized agent.
B.
All joints shall be sealed and made airtight, and
shall be made smooth and clean inside, with all sewers in proper grade,
so as to provide free flow of sewage matter without any obstructions,
in accordance with the Township specifications for sanitary sewers.
All work pertaining to the connection with the Township's sewers shall
be the responsibility of and at the expense of the owner of the property
with which connection is made, subject to the right of supervision
herein reserved by the Township.
A.
All new service laterals will be connected to a then-existing
sewer main with an approved saddle-type fitting properly installed
and incased in an eight-inch envelope of concrete extending completely
around the barrel of the sewer main pipe.
B.
All such service laterals installed after the initial
construction period shall be installed by the owner of the connection
unit served by the service lateral at the owner's expense. All work
of making connection to any of the Township's sewers shall be done
under the personal supervision of the Township Engineer or the Township's
authorized agent and shall conform to the Township's specifications
and the following requirements:
(1)
All joints shall be sealed and made airtight and shall
be made smooth and clean inside, with all sewers in proper alignment
and of proper grade so as to provide free flow of sewage matter without
any obstructions and to be made in accordance with the Township's
specifications for its sanitary sewers and shall be subject to the
right of inspection hereby reserved by the Township.
(2)
All connections to the sewer main must be made by
a person authorized by the Township's authorized agent to do such
work and shall be done under the personal supervision of the Township
Engineer or his authorized agent.
A.
Service laterals and buildings sewers for the same
connections shall be of the same size and shall in no case be less
than four inches in diameter. Where a building sewer is made with
a pipe larger in diameter than the service lateral provided, the service
lateral will be replaced by the owner at his expense with a service
lateral of the same size and material as the building sewer. In every
such case, the sewer main shall be sealed by the owner at the joint
with the preexisting service lateral.
B.
If the building sewer and service laterals or the
building sewer and the house drain consist of unlike materials, the
connection between the two shall be made with a standard adapting
fitting for such materials approved by the Township Engineer. Projecting
the smaller outside diameter pipe into the larger pipe coupling or
bell and sealing will not be permitted.
Within one year following the hookup of any
connection unit with the collection sewer, all existing privies, septic
tanks, cesspools and seepage pits for the treatment of sanitary sewage
from such connection unit, except those with concrete lids at least
four inches thick, shall be emptied and filled with sand, crushed
stone, gravel or shale to prevent said pits from caving in or from
in any way becoming a health or safety hazard. Said privies, septic
tanks, cesspools and seepage pits with acceptable concrete lids may
be used for the disposal of stormwater from roof drains and other
forms of surface drainage or as permitted in writing by the Township
or its authorized agent.
[Added 6-21-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-10]
A.
The purpose of this section is to require all restaurants and other
retail food establishments of any kind or nature which are connected
to the Township sewer system to store all grease which is used or
generated in the preparation of food in the establishment in leakproof,
nonabsorbent containers of durable metal, or other approved types
of material which do not leak or absorb liquids, until removed from
the premises by a licensed grease removal/disposal contractor. No
grease, whatsoever, is to be disposed of into drains or trash containers.
B.
All restaurants and other retail food establishments of any kind
or nature which are connected to the Township sewer system shall have
all grease which is used or generated in the preparation of food in
the restaurant or other retail food establishment stored in such a
manner as to prevent a public health nuisance, including the development
of excessive odors and the attraction of vermin, until removed from
the premises by a licensed grease removal/disposal contractor.
C.
The Township shall have the right to periodically conduct routine inspections of the oil and grease traps at Category 2 and 3 retail food establishments [see § 190-4A(1) of this Code] which are connected to the Township sewer system to ensure compliance with this section.
D.
All Category 2 and 3 retail food establishments which are connected
to the Township sewer system shall employ at their own expense a licensed
New Jersey plumbing inspector to conduct an annual inspection of their
grease traps and connecting lines to ensure that waste oil and grease
are being adequately prevented from being discharged into the sewer
system. Inspection is to include but not be limited to the efficiency
of the grease trap, amount of oil and grease found in the connecting
wastewater lines leading to the sewer system, percentage of oil and
grease being removed from the grease trap, scheduled maintenance and
size of the existing grease trap. It shall also be determined that
the existing grease trap is sized adequately for its existing use
or that it must be increased in grease-separating capacity.
E.
The results of the annual inspection referred to in Subsection D, above, shall be set forth in a report which shall be submitted with the establishment's annual application for a Category 2 and 3 retail food establishment license where the establishment is connected to the Township sewer system. The form of report shall be as provided by the Township. Failure to produce/submit such report in the form prescribed by the Township shall result in denial of the food establishment's license renewal application.
A.
Rules and regulations.
(1)
Building sewers shall be not less than four inches
in diameter.
(2)
All service laterals and building sewers shall be
constructed of one of the following types of pipe:
(a)
Asbestos-cement building sewer pipe at least
four inches in internal diameter (pipe depth of 10 feet or more: Class
3300; pipe depth less than 10 feet: Class 2400).
(b)
Medium-weight cast-iron soil pipe or extra-heavy
iron at least four inches in internal diameter conforming to A.S.T.M.
Designation A-74-42.
(c)
Extra strength V.C. pipe. Jointing materials
for the various types of pipe shall be as follows:
[1]
Asbestos-cement pipe shall have joints consisting
of two rubber rings and an asbestos-cement sleeve.
[2]
Cast-iron pipe shall have leaded joints properly
caulked or an approved rubber joint.
[3]
V.C. pipe shall have a joint of resilient material
having a controlled and calculated shape which will be in an annular
space to form a closing seal.
(3)
Uniform bearing shall be provided along the entire
length of a building sewer, which shall be watertight and rootproof.
No cement mortar joints shall be used.
(4)
Where an improved property, at the time of securing a permit under § 135-2 to connect to a sewer, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the building side of such sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line, as a building sewer, undiminished in inside diameter, but not less than four inches, to the service lateral.
(5)
It shall be the duty of every person constructing
or owning any building sewer, house drain, soil pipe, waste pipe,
vent pipe, plumbing fixtures or any other passage or connections between
a sewer and any ground, building, erection or place of business and
in like manner it shall be the duty of the owners of all grounds,
buildings, erections and all parties interested therein or thereat
to cause and require that such building sewer, house drain, soil pipe,
waste pipe, vent pipe, plumbing fixtures and every other passage or
connection shall be adequate for its purpose, and shall at all times
allow to pass freely all material that enters or should enter the
same. No change of drainage, sewerage or the building sewer of any
building, except for changes in existing systems affecting hookup
of the Township collection sewer as required by this chapter, shall
be permitted unless notice thereof shall have been given to the Township's
authorized agent or the Township Engineer and consent of the Township
thereto obtained in writing.
(6)
Fittings in a building sewer shall conform to the
type of pipe used in construction.
(7)
Changes in direction in a building sewer must be made
by use of Y-branches or of one-eighth, one-sixteenth or one-quarter
bends or of the use of a T. Caulking of lead joints or alignment of
self-sealing joints to angles of less than one-sixteenth-bend equivalent
only shall be permitted.
(8)
Fittings or connections in a building sewer which
have an enlargement chamber or recess with a ledge, shoulder or reduction
of pipe area that shall offer any obstruction to flow shall not be
allowed.
(9)
Joints in cast-iron soil pipe in a building sewer shall be packed with oakum in the bell and spigot terminations and thereafter shall be filled with molten lead to a depth of at least one inch and not to be depressed more than 1/8 inch below the rim of the hub. The lead then must be caulked in place. No paint, varnish or other coating shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the building sewer has been tested and approved as provided in Subsection A(18), (19) and (20). Rubber ring joints of approved design may also be used.
(10)
Floor drains shall not be connected to the building
sewer except where it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Township,
or its authorized agent, that such connection is necessary to the
safety and health of the occupants and will not permit any appreciable
flow of surface drainage into the Township sewer system. Where such
drains are permitted, arrangements shall be made to maintain a permanent
water seal in the traps, and such drains shall be provided with check
or backwater valves where required by the Township Engineer and shall
be properly vented. A permit shall be obtained from the Township Engineer
before any floor drain shall be attached to the building sewer. No
permit for a basement floor drain shall be granted until the owner
of the building and any lessee thereof has executed and signed a written
agreement upon a form furnished by the Township releasing the Township
from any damage that may result from the basement being flooded by
the stoppage or other malfunction of sewers, which agreement shall
be filed with the Township.
(11)
A cleanout shall be installed either just inside
or just outside the building wall near the junction of the building
drain and building sewer. This cleanout shall be brought up to finished
grade or the lowest floor level. Cleanouts shall be provided along
the building sewer at intervals not to exceed 75 feet for four-inch
nominal diameter pipe and not more than 100 feet for larger pipe.
Cleanouts shall be constructed by using a Y-fitting in the run of
pipe with a 45° bend and riser to the ground surface. The riser
pipe must be provided with a standard four-inch screw-type ferrule.
The property owner may provide a Y-fitting with a cap clamped in place
for all building sewers at the curbline at the point of connection
or at any location within the sidewalk area.
[Amended 8-2-1977]
(12)
Wherever, in the opinion of the Township or
the Township's authorized agent, special trenching conditions require
a specific type of pipe or jointing material or encasement in concrete,
such materials as it may direct shall be installed to protect the
property owner or the Township, or both. The following conditions
shall require installation as indicated:
(a)
Where the trench is over 10 feet deep extrastrength
V.C. pipe or Class 3300 A.C. pipe or extra-heavy cast-iron pipe must
be used.
(b)
Where the trench is less than four feet deep
in a traveled roadway, special bedding, consisting of crushed stone
or concrete cradle, as directed by the Township Engineer or the Township's
authorized agent must be used.
(c)
Service laterals and building sewers for all
service stations, garages or other establishments storing, using or
dispensing gasoline, kerosene, benzine or similar solvents shall be
constructed of cast-iron pipe with leaded joints, and rubber ring
joints shall not be permitted.
(d)
Where lines are laid in fill, extra-heavy cast-iron
soil pipe with lead joints shall be used.
(e)
Where foundation conditions are poor due to
groundwater or subsurface materials, a bedding of quarry-blend crushed
stone at least six inches in depth shall be used.
(f)
Where rock is encountered, it shall be excavated
to a depth of four inches below the bottom of the pipe and the trench
refilled to the grade line with clean earth, sand or crushed stone.
(13)
The slope or grade of a building sewer, when
the inside diameter is four inches or more, shall be no less than
1/4 inch per foot of length and shall be downward in the direction
of flow; provided, however, that where approved by the Township Engineer
or the Township's authorized agent, the slope may be reduced but shall
be not less than 1/8 inch per foot of length.
(14)
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected, tested and approved as provided in Subsection A(18), (19) and (20). If any part of a building sewer is covered before being inspected, tested and approved, it shall be uncovered for inspection and testing at the expense of the owner of the improved property to be connected to a sewer. The minimum cover of any building sewer, outside of a building, shall be three feet, unless otherwise permitted by the Township Engineer or the Township's authorized agent.
(15)
When found necessary by the Township's authorized
agent or the Township Engineer, the building sewer shall be tested
by filling the same with water, completely, so that every section
shall be tested with not less than a ten-foot head of water. Water
shall be kept in the building sewer for 15 minutes before inspection
starts, and said sewer shall pass inspection only if no leaks can
be observed at the time of inspection.
(16)
Upon inspection and approval of a building sewer
by the Township, a certificate of approval will be issued to the owner
of the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
(17)
The Township's Engineer, or other authorized agent, shall observe all required testing of a building sewer. All equipment and material required for testing shall be furnished by the owner of the improved property to be connected to a sewer. In the event that a building sewer is not approved by the Township's Engineer or authorized agent, a further test or tests shall be made following completion of necessary corrections. A fee, as established in Chapter 83, Fees, will be charged by the Township for the observation of such test subsequent to the initial test.[1]
(18)
Whenever the Township has reason to believe
any building sewer has become defective, such building sewer shall
be subject to test and inspection by the Township, and the Township's
authorized agent shall have the right to enter onto the premises on
which the building sewer is located for the purpose of such test and
inspection upon reasonable advance notice to such owner by the Township.
Defects found upon such test and inspection, if any, shall be reported
in writing to the owner of the improved property, served through such
building sewer, and said defect shall be corrected at the cost and
expense of said owner.
(19)
Every building sewer of any improved property
shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by
the owner of such improved property.
(20)
Every excavation for a building sewer shall
be guarded adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons
from damage and injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public property
disturbed in the course of installation of a building sewer shall
be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved
property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to the Township.
(21)
Wherever the surface of any public street or
sidewalk is disturbed by construction of the service laterals, the
surfacing material must be restored in kind and maintained to the
satisfaction of the Township. Any and all construction in a public
street of the Township, County or state shall be in compliance with
the ordinances, statutes and regulations of the Township, county or
State of New Jersey, and all necessary permits shall be obtained from
the applicable governmental agency or agencies before construction
is commenced, including the permit required for opening or disturbing
the surface of a street or right-of-way. All permit fees required
by the applicable governmental agency or agencies shall be at the
expense of and paid directly by the owner of the property served by
said service lateral.
(22)
The construction of building sewers shall, at
all times, be subject to supervision and inspection by the Township's
authorized agent and shall conform to the Township specifications.
The building sewer shall not be covered until permitted by the Township
Engineer or the Township's authorized agent, and all backfilling of
trenches shall be under their supervision and shall be thoroughly
compacted by tamping in six-inch layers to a minimum height of 24
inches above the top of the pipe, unless such method is not feasible,
in which case an alternate method, approved by the Engineer or the
Township's authorized agent, shall be used.
(23)
Connections with collection sewers where same
are run through private property shall in all respects be governed
by this chapter.
(24)
No roof, cellar, surface water or swimming pool
drainage, backwash water, waste from hydrants or groundwater from
underground drainage fields shall be permitted to drain into the sewer
system. The sewer system is intended to convey sanitary sewage and
liquid wastes only.
(25)
The Township shall have the right to close up
or disconnect from the collection sewer system any building sewer
used for carrying rain, cellar drainage, surface water, groundwater
or objectionable matter or whenever the owner of property served by
any building sewer commits any violations of this chapter.
B.
Liability.
(1)
The Township shall not be liable for any damage or
expense resulting from leaks, stoppages or defective plumbing or from
any other cause occurring to any premises or within any house or building;
and it is expressly stipulated by and between the Township and the
owner that no claims shall be made against said Township on account
of the breaking or stoppage of, or any damage or expense to, any service
lateral or house connection when the cause thereof is found to be
in the lateral or house connection.
(2)
The Township shall not be liable for a deficiency
or failure of service when occasioned by an emergency, required repairs
or failure from any cause beyond control. The Township reserves the
right to restrict the use of sewer service whenever the public welfare
may require it in consideration of the right to connect to the sewer
system. The Township shall not be liable for any damage or expense
resulting from leaks, stoppages or defective plumbing or from any
other cause occurring to any premises or within any building, and
it is hereby expressly agreed by all persons making connection with
the sewer system that no claims shall be made against the Township
on account of the breaking or stoppage of, or any damage or expense
to, any service lateral or building sewer where the cause thereof
is found to be in such service lateral or building sewer.
A.
Owners, their employees or independent contractors
may do excavation, ditch preparation and plumbing work involved in
the construction of a building sewer and the connection of a building
sewer to a service lateral upon receipt of the connection permit from
the Township and subject to compliance with these regulations and
inspection requirements.
B.
Each contractor, before performing any work involving
the construction of a building sewer of the connection of a building
sewer to a service lateral, shall register with the Township's authorized
agent, giving his name, business and home addresses, telephone numbers
and the amount and nature of his experience.
A.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice from the Township in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building sewer as required under § 135-13A(18), then, within 30 days of receipt of such notice by said person, the Township may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the Township sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of the Township, but nothing hereunder shall prevent the Township from taking such other remedial action or imposing such other penalties as may be provided by this chapter.
B.
The Township reserves the right, in the interest of
the public welfare, to refuse to permit any person to connect any
improved property to the Township sewer system or to compel discontinuance
of the use of the Township sewer system by any person or to compel
the pretreatment of industrial wastes in order to prevent discharge
into the sewer system of waste which may be deemed by the Township
to be harmful to the Township sewer system or to have a deleterious
effect on sewage treatment process.
C.
The Township reserves the right to adopt, from time
to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary
and proper relating to connections with and further constituting reconstruction,
operation, maintenance and repair of the Township sewer system, which
additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall
be considered to be part of this chapter.
A.
Industrial wastes having the following characteristics
may not be discharged into the Township sewer system without specific
approval by the Township:
B.
The Township may require that the owner of improved
property shall provide, at his expense, such facilities for preliminary
treatment and handling of industrial wastes as may be necessary to
do any or all of the following:
C.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed facilities for preliminary treatment and handling
of industrial wastes shall be submitted for approval of the Township,
and no construction of any such facility shall be commenced until
approval thereof first shall have been obtained, in writing, from
the Township, and until written approval thereof shall also have been
obtained from any other governmental regulatory body having jurisdiction
over the facility proposed.
D.
Whenever facilities for preliminary treatment and
handling of industrial wastes shall have been provided by the owner
of such improved property, such facilities shall be maintained continuously,
at the expense of such owner, in satisfactory operating condition;
and the Township shall have access to such facilities at reasonable
times for purposes of inspection and testing.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial or unpolluted commercial
process water into the sewer system.
B.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person
shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
wastes or waters into the sewer system:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
(2)
Any water or waste containing more than 100 mg/l by
weight of fats, oils or greases.
(3)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
inflammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas which, by reason of
its nature or quality, may cause fire or explosion or which, in any
other way, may be injurious to persons or the sewer system or the
sewage treatment plant.
(4)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, shall be capable
of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or of preventing entry
into any sewer or the sewage treatment plant for maintenance and repair.
(5)
Garbage other than ground garbage as herein defined.
(6)
Any matter containing any ashes, cinders, sand, mud,
straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, bones, feathers, tar, plastic,
wood, paunch manure, butchers offal or any other solid or viscous
substance which shall be capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in any sewer or interference with the proper operation of the sewer
system or the sewage treatment plant.
(7)
Any water or waste having a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 8.5
or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures or equipment of the sewer system or the sewage treatment
plant or to personnel engaged in operation and maintenance thereof.
[Amended 6-21-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-10]
(8)
Any water or waste containing any toxic substance
in quantity sufficient to constitute a hazard to humans or animals
or to interfere with the biochemical processes of the sewage treatment
plant so that the effluent exceeds state, federal or other validly
existing standards required for discharge into the receiving stream.
(9)
Any water or waste containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual effort or expense shall be
required to handle such water or waste at the sewage treatment plant.
(10)
Any radioactive substances, except by special
permission by the Township.
C.
Gas stations and garages are required to provide oil
interceptors of the types series GA, GX, GNC and GRC of Josam Manufacturing
Company, Michigan City, Indiana, or equivalent, in the proper location,
where the prohibited liquids are to be intercepted. Restaurants or
other commercial establishments which would discharge grease or other
products into the system are required to provide grease interceptors
of the type Series J of the Josam Manufacturing Company or equivalent.
All such equipment or devices are subject to inspection and approval
by the Township's authorized agent.
D.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed
as prohibiting any special agreement or arrangement between the Township
and any person whereby industrial wastes of unusual strength or character
may be admitted into the sewer system by the Township, either before
or after preliminary treatment, subject to applicable federal, state,
county and local requirements.
A.
Required survey data. Any person desiring to make
a connection to the sewer system through which industrial wastes shall
be discharged into the sewer system shall file with the Township a
completed industrial wastes questionnaire, the form for which shall
be furnished by the Township, and which shall give results of representative
samples of industrial wastes emanating from the industrial facility
for a full working day.
B.
Control manholes. Any person who shall discharge industrial
wastes into the sewer system shall, when required by the Township,
construct and thereafter properly maintain at his own expense a suitable
control manhole to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling
by the Township. Any such control manhole required by the Township
shall be constructed at a location satisfactory to the Township in
accordance with the plans submitted to and approved by the Township
prior to commencement of construction.
C.
Sewage sampling. Industrial wastes being discharged
into the sewer system shall be subject to such periodic sampling,
inspection and determination of character and concentration by the
Township as it may deem necessary, and sewage sampling facilities
shall be accessible to the Township at all times.
D.
Analysis. The Township shall be responsible for analysis
of samples of industrial wastes. Laboratory methods used in the analysis
of samples of industrial wastes shall be those set forth in the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage,
as published by the American Public Health Association; provided,
however, that alternate methods for the analysis of industrial wastes
may be used, subject to mutual agreement between the Township and
the person discharging such wastes into the sewer system.
E.
Changes in type of wastes. Any owner of an improved
property who is discharging industrial wastes into the sewer system
shall notify the Township, in writing, at least 10 days prior to effecting
any change in his operation which will alter the type of industrial
waste which he discharges into said system.
No person shall cause the discharge of slugs
of water or wastes. Each person producing a discharge into the public
sewers in excess of 20,000 gallons in any one day shall, if required
by the Township, construct and maintain at his own expense a suitable
flow-control facility to ensure equalization of discharge over a twenty-four-hour
period. This facility shall have a capacity of at least 50% of the
total normal volume of such person's facility during a twenty-four-hour
production period, and the outlet to the sewer from such facility
shall be equipped by the owner with a rate-discharge controller or
other device approved, regulated and controlled by the Township.
A.
Wastes from a facility with constituents in excess
of normal, as defined herein, shall be subject to a surcharge, which
shall be applied to the subsequent billing period as follows:
(1)
BOD.
Daily excess BOD charge = (mg/l BOD –
250) x 8.345 x (flow of millions of gallons/day) x (BOD surcharge
rate)
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(2)
Suspended solids.
Daily excess suspended solids charge = (mg/l
suspended solids) – 250 x 8.345 x (flow in millions of gallons/day)
x (suspended solids surcharge rate)
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(3)
Chlorine demand.
Daily chlorine demand charge = (mg/l chlorine
demand) – 5 x 8.345 x (flow in millions of gallons/day) demand
surcharge rate)
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B.
Any computation yielding a negative value will be
ignored. The charge for the billing period will be computed by adding
together the surcharges and then multiplying this total by the number
of days in the billing period.
B.
Revision of rates. The rates of surcharge shall be
reviewed annually by the Township in order to determine whether or
not they are sufficient to defray the fixed charges, amortization
costs and annual cost of operation of the sewer system. If the difference
between the revenue derived from the rates of surcharge and the total
annual cost to the Township requires an increase or decrease in the
rates, the Township shall make the appropriate change.
[Amended 2-19-1975; 12-29-1983 by Ord. No. 83-20; 6-6-1984 by Ord. No.
84-5; 12-11-1986 by Ord. No. 86-14; 11-1-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-12; 6-7-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-7[1]]
There is hereby established a connection or hookup fee to be imposed hereafter upon each property owner within the Township to be connected with the sewer system. This connection fee shall be due and payable to the Township from those owners who are required to connect to the sewer system at the time the application for a connection permit referred to in § 135-2 is made or within 30 days of written notice by the Township to such owner requiring such owner to connect, whichever date is earlier, and, with respect to owners not required to connect but who desire so to do, at the time the application for such connection permit is made. In no event shall the connection permit, required by § 135-2, be issued until the connection or hookup fee has been paid. The connection or hookup fee shall be in the amount as established in Chapter 83, Fees.
A.
The sewer rental rates established herein shall become
effective and chargeable to the owner of each connection unit on the
date designated by the Township, following the issuance of the certificate
of completion, on which it shall be prepared to accept sewage into
the Township sewer system for treatment.
B.
There is hereby established a flat-rate sanitary sewer rental, as established in Chapter 83, Fees, for each flat-rate sewer rental unit, effective for the year 2009 and subsequently. Such yearly rental shall be paid in equal quarterly installments in advance.
[Amended 2-19-1975; 8-10-1981 by Ord. No. 81-12; 12-29-1988 by Ord. No.
1988-16; 6-7-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-7; 12-5-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14; 5-6-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-4[1]]
C.
"Flat-rate sewer rental unit" shall be defined as
a family dwelling unit or the equivalent which is connected with the
sewer system and shall be determined in different instances as follows:
Establishment Units
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Number of Units
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---|---|---|---|
Single-family dwelling
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1
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Multiple-family dwelling, per unit apartment
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1
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Boardinghouse, per person
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1/4
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Hotel
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5
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Each rentable room
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1/4
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Business, professional or commercial establishment,
including those within dwellings
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With 3 or less employees
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1
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4 to 9 employees
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2
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10 to 20 employees
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3
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Each additional 10 employees
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1
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Church
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1
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School
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15 gallons per person (typically using showers)
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1/25
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20 gallons per person (not typically using showers)
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1/18
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Service station
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1 1/2
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With car wash
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3
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Tavern
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3
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Country club
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25 gallons per member
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1/14
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Recreation center (with building housing recreation
facilities and having swimming pool and other recreation facilities)
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35
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Beauty shop, per chair
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1/2
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Barbershop, per chair
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1/4
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Restaurant
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Per 10 seats
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2
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Above 20
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1
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Industrial user, per employees
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1
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Funeral home
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2
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Laundromat, per machine
|
3/4
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D.
The owner of each commercial or industrial establishment which shall discharge sanitary sewage or industrial waste into the sewer system shall pay in each quarter, as billed, a minimum charge equal to a flat-rate quarterly sanitary sewer rental, together with any applicable surcharge listed in § 135-20.
E.
Sanitary sewer rentals and surcharges shall be billed
quarterly on the first days of March, June, September and December
and shall be due and payable immediately. If any bill or part thereof
rendered for sewer usage is not paid before the 10th day following
the date the bill is due, such bill or part thereof shall be considered
delinquent and subject to interest at the prevailing rate fixed for
interest for delinquent real estate taxes from the due date until
such time as the bill is paid in full. Whenever service shall commence
after the first day of any quarterly period, sanitary sewer rentals
for the first quarterly period shall be prorated.
[Amended 7-6-2010 by Ord.
No. 2010-12A]
Garbage (food wastes) grinders are permitted. A garbage-grinder permit shall be obtained from the Township for all garbage grinders presently installed or to be installed. There is no charge for the permit. A flat-rate sewer rental charge, as established in Chapter 83, Fees, will be added to the sewer rental charge of any owner of a property in which a garbage grinder is installed.
[Amended 2-19-1975; 7-6-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-12A]
In the event that a customer fails to pay his bill for sewer service for a period of 90 days following the due date, the Township shall have the right to discontinue sewer service to the property sewered. Sewer service shall not be restored until the Township has received payment in full for the bill rendered, together with any interest thereon, together also with a payment, as established in Chapter 83, Fees, to cover the cost of restoring such service. Every unpaid claim of this Township remaining delinquent and unpaid after the date when due, under a bill for sewer service, together with all charges, expenses and fees added thereto for failure to pay promptly, shall, in the manner provided by law, become a lien upon the properties served, and collection shall be enforced in the same manner as liens for real estate taxes.
The aforesaid sewer system shall be operated
as a self-liquidating utility, and charges for the service provided
by said sewer system shall be imposed upon the users thereof. All
moneys derived from the operation of the aforesaid utility and any
other moneys applicable to its support shall be segregated by the
Township and kept in a separate fund which shall be known as the "Utility
Fund" and shall bear a further designation identifying the aforesaid
utility and, except as provided in N.J.S.A. 40A:4-35, shall be applied
only to the payment of the operating and upkeep costs and the interest
and debt redemption charges upon the indebtedness incurred for the
creation of aforesaid utility.
[Amended 9-5-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-9]
A.
For violation of any provision of this chapter, the
penalty, upon conviction, shall be a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum
fine not exceeding $2,000, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or
any combination thereof. Each day on which such violation exists shall
constitute a separate violation. The court before which any person
is convicted of violating this chapter shall have power to impose
any fine or term of imprisonment not exceeding the maximum fixed in
this chapter.
[Amended 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-3]
B.
Any person convicted of the violation of this chapter
may, in the discretion of the court by which he was convicted, and
in default of the payment of any fine imposed therefor, be imprisoned
in the county jail or place of detention provided by the municipality
for any term not exceeding 90 days.
C.
In addition to, or as an alternative to, a penalty under Subsection A or B, above, any violation of § 135-12.1 causing a clogging of or obstruction in a sewer line of the Township which is then cleared by the Township shall result in the following charge to the party convicted of the violation: For the first such offense by said party, an amount which reimburses the time and material cost to the Township of clearing the sewer line. For the second and subsequent such offense by said party, an amount which reimburses the time and material cost to the Township of clearing the sewer line, plus an additional 50% of such cost.
[Added 6-21-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-10]
[Added 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-3]
A person or entity is prohibited to make any connection to the
Township sewer system without a permit issued by the Township in accordance
with its rules or regulations. Such prohibited connection shall include,
but not be limited to, a sump pump connection, roof drain, washer
connection, or any other connection by a customer to the Township
sewer system.
[Added 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-3]
During any certificate of occupancy inspection or home occupation permit inspection, the appropriate inspector shall inspect for illicit connections to the Township sewer system as part of said inspection and shall deny such certificate or permit pursuant to § 115-2 of the Code if an illicit connection is found. The Township reserves the right to use whatever tests are available to determine the existence of illicit connections. It also reserves the right to inspect properties in order to enforce these prohibitions. Such inspections will only be conducted if the Township has reasonable evidence to prove that an illicit connection may exist.
[Added 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-3]
This section shall be enforced by the Zoning Officer, Municipal
Construction Official, Building Subcode Official, or any other duly
authorized or deputized individual.