For the purpose of this chapter, the following
definitions are hereby established:
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The Director of the Department of Health and Welfare, the
Administrator or their authorized representative assigned to enforce
this chapter.
[Amended 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73]
APPROVED SEWER SYSTEM
Includes a sanitary sewer system which has been designed
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Department
and Senior Services, pursuant to Title 58 of the Revised Statutes
of New Jersey and intended to provide sewerage facilities for realty
improvements.
DIVISION
A division within the Department of Health and Welfare, as established by Chapter
7, Article
IX of the Jefferson Township Administrative Code, having all of the functions, powers and duties of a local Board under Title 26 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
[Added 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73]
PERSON
Includes the singular and plural, and shall mean and include
any person, firm or partnership, corporation, association, club, society
or any other form of association or organization.
PREFABRICATED SEWAGE TREATMENT DEVICES
A sewage treatment device using any known or proposed method
of treating domestic sewage or other waste and manufactured completely
or substantially prefabricated to the extent that it may be shipped
as a unit that, when installed, is practically ready for operation,
with the exception of minor appurtenances.
REALTY IMPROVEMENT
Includes any residence or other building, the useful occupancy
of which will require the installation or erection of sewerage facilities.
[Amended 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73]
No person shall locate, construct, alter or
put into use an approved sewer system, until a permit for the location,
construction or alteration of said system shall have been issued by
the Division . No certificate of compliance shall be issued until
and unless such system complies with the standards and regulations
herein stated.
[Amended 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73]
The Director of the Department of Health and
Welfare and the Administrator shall administer and enforce the provisions
of this chapter through their offices or designated agents or representatives.
[Amended 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73]
A. The Division shall issue or deny certification within
30 days after receiving an application for certification, except that
in case the Division finds the data submitted by an applicant incomplete,
the time for acting thereon shall be extended by 20 days beyond the
date of submission of adequate supplementary or amendatory data. Denial
of certification shall be supported by a statement of the reasons
for such action.
B. Copies of all certifications by the Division shall
be mailed by the administrative officer to the State Department and
Senior Services on the date of issue.
[Added 12-3-1986 by Ord. No. 22-86]
A. No person shall engage in the business of constructing,
reconstructing or extending sewage disposal systems or parts thereof
in the Township of Jefferson without first having obtained a license
to do so from the Department of Health and Welfare. The applicant
must show proof of his knowledge and experience in the installation
of sewage disposal systems. Such licenses shall be valid for a period
of one calendar year, expiring on December 31, but may be renewed
by the Department of Health and Welfare. Said license may be revoked
for failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions of the Township
or state codes or any rule or ordinances of the Township.
B. No person shall engage in the business of emptying
or cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or any place used for
the reception or storage of human excrement unless he has obtained
a license to engage in such business, issued by the Department of
Health and Welfare of the Township of Jefferson. Such licenses shall
be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance, but may
be renewed by the Department of Health and Welfare. Said license may
be revoked for failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions
of any of the Township or state codes or any ordinance or rule of
the Department of Health and Welfare.
C. The contents of any septic tank, cesspool or privy
or other receptacle containing human excrement shall not be removed
until a permit for such removal has been obtained from the Department
of Health and Welfare.
[Amended 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73]
All works performed under this chapter shall
be inspected by the Division of Health after receipt of a twenty-four-hour
notice from the person requiring such inspection. The Division of
Health shall have power to make or cause to be made such inspections
and tests as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter,
and its authorized representatives shall at all times have the right
to enter upon the lands served by the sewerage system and/or the realty
improvements for said purposes.
[Amended 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73; 9-1-2004 by Ord. No.
28-04]
The administrative officer shall have the right
to order all further work in and about any sewerage facilities which
are being erected or installed in violation of this act to be stopped
forthwith, except such work as shall be necessary to remedy such violation
and, thereafter, to continue such work without 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 sewerage facilities,
or any part thereof, that no further work shall be done thereon except
as aforesaid, and any person or corporation who, after having been
served with a copy of such an order, shall do any work or cause or
permit any work to be done in or about the same, except as is hereinbefore
provided, shall be liable to a penalty of $200 to be collected and
enforced by summary proceeding for the collection of penalties pursuant
to the Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999 (N.J.S.A. 2A:58-10 et seq.).
[Amended 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73]
A. The following fees and charges are herewith established:
[Amended 9-19-1990 by Ord. No. 17-90; 12-5-2001 by Ord. No.
35-01; 5-2-2007 by Ord. No. 9-07; 12-18-2019 by Ord. No. 19-30]
(1) For a septic permit for new construction of an individual
septic disposal system: $150.
(2) For the issuance of a permit for the alteration or
repair of an existing septic system: $100.
(3) For repair of an existing septic system: $100.
(4) For the refiling of plans for a new septic system:
$75.
(5) For the refiling of plans for the alteration of an
existing septic system: $75.
(6) For the witnessing of various tests as follows:
(a)
Soil log and permeability tests for alterations
only: $100.
(b)
Soil logs and permeability tests for new construction:
$200.
(c)
Percolation test and/or basin flood test only:
$200.
(7) For
sewer constructor license: $100.
(8) For septic cleaner's license: $50.
(9) For septic cleaning permit: $10.
B. A person who has been issued a license to engage in
the installation, maintenance, repair and control of the sewerage
system of a building and the connection thereof shall execute and
deposit with the Division of Health and/or its administrative officer
a surety bond of a reliable surety company acceptable to the administrative
officer and doing business in the State of New Jersey, provided that
the bond shall be in the amount of $10,000 and in a form acceptable
to the administrative officer and Municipal Attorney. Such bond shall
be conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this code and
the person or persons so bonded being obliged to pay all fines and
penalties as may be imposed upon him or them pursuant to the law for
violation of the provisions of this code and chapter. A license or
permit issued under this chapter shall not be valid unless such a
bond has been executed and deposited as herein provided.
[Amended 8-12-1998 by Ord. No. 19-98]
This chapter is for the purpose of regulation
and shall in no way affect any of the fees as now provided for or
to be hereafter provided for in any other ordinance of the Township
of Jefferson, but shall be in addition thereto.
[Amended 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 3-73]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the
discretion of the Municipal Court Judge before whom such conviction
shall be had. Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense for which no new summons need necessarily issue.