As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears
from the context, the following words shall have the following meanings:
BUILDING
Any building or structure heretofore or hereafter constructed and
designed or used for dwelling, commercial and/or industrial purposes, either
temporary or permanent, or other use or occupancy by persons.
CONNECTION DATE
When used with respect to a building constructed prior to the date
of the initial operation, as part of any sanitary sewage treatment and disposal
system in the Township owned or operated by the Township, the Little Egg Harbor
Municipal Utilities Authority or any other public authority, of a sewer available
to serve said building, the 60th day, next ensuing after the date of initial
operation, and when used with respect to a building constructed after the
date of initial operation, as a part of any sanitary sewage treatment and
disposal system owned or operated by the Township, the Little Egg Harbor Municipal
Utilities Authority or any other public authority, of a sewer available to
serve said building, the 60th day after the date of completion of construction
or the date of initial occupancy of said building, whichever of said dates
shall be earlier in point of time.
SEWER
Any sewer or main designed or used for collection or disposal of
sanitary sewage within the Township.
The owner of each property along the line of any sewer now or hereafter
constructed in the Township shall connect each building on such property with
a sewer prior to the connection date with respect to said building. No such
connections shall be required or permitted within the Pinelands Area of Little
Egg Harbor Township unless expressly permitted pursuant the Land Development
Chapter of this Code.
Every connection required by this chapter shall be made in conformance
with the plumbing subcode of the State Uniform Construction Code and shall
comply with all requirements of the plumbing subcode official of the Township.
Any owner may apply to the Township for a waiver or extension of time
of such connection and the Township may grant such waiver or extension of
time if the owner can demonstrate compelling reasons for such waiver or extension
of time or that an extreme hardship exists and that the granting of the waiver
or extension of time will not have an adverse effect upon the water quality
or environment of the immediate area.
Any person or corporation who shall not comply with any order issued
in accordance with the provisions hereof within 30 days after notice by the
proper officer of the Township as hereinabove provided shall, upon complaint
by the Township of Little Egg Harbor and upon conviction, forfeit and pay
a fine of $25 and shall also forfeit and pay an additional fine of $10 for
each day of delay, after the expiration of said period of 60 days, in which
the provisions of the order or notice are not complied with. Penalties under
this chapter may be enforced in the Municipal Court of the Township of Little
Egg Harbor in the manner provided by law.