[Adopted 11-5-1979 as §§ 30-13
to 30-16 of the 1979 Revised General Ordinances]
[Amended 12-1-2014 by Ord. No. 19-2014; 10-9-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017]
A.
No person
shall tap a water main or make any water connection therewith prior
to the issuance of a water connection permit by the Water Department
of the Township of Livingston.
[Amended 2-24-2020 by Ord. No. 4-2020]
B.
Prior
to the issuance of a water connection permit; the applicant shall
pay to the Township a water connection fee as hereinafter provided:
[Amended 12-6-2021 by Ord. No. 46-2021]
(2)
For
purposes of this section, each individual residential dwelling unit
shall be deemed to constitute a single connection unit. In the case
of any other types of structures or uses, the Township Engineer shall
determine the number of units, or fraction thereof, to be connected
or added to an existing connection by dividing the proposed total
average water demand for the structure by the annual average daily
flow of 300 gallons per unit; $1,359.40 per unit. The minimum number
of connection units shall be one.
(3)
The
Township shall provide credit for a property's past water usage by
calculating the average water usage based on the property's prior
annual water billings over the past three calendar years. This amount
shall be deducted from the proposed regular demand for the structure
to calculate the number of connection units.
C.
For the
reconstruction of an existing water connection where there is no change
in the average daily flow, the connection fee shall be $90.
[Amended 12-6-2021 by Ord. No. 46-2021]
D.
The fee
shall, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:31-11, be recalculated at the end
of each budget year and may be reset by ordinance of the Township
Council after public hearing, on a yearly basis. The water connection
fee is based upon the usage of a single-family dwelling unit or equivalent
discharge. The water connection fee shall be payable in full to the
Township of Livingston at the time a building water connection permit
is issued for connection to the municipal water system of the Township
of Livingston.
[Amended 2-24-2020 by Ord. No. 4-2020]
A.
Service laterals.
(1)
All
service laterals from the curb stop or shut-off valve in the Township
right-of-way to the meter shall be the sole responsibility of the
property owner. Repairs of service laterals from the curb stop or
shut-off valve in the Township right-of-way to the meter shall be
completed under the direction of the Township Engineer's office in
accordance with current Township standards. All costs shall be borne
by the property owner.
(2)
In
the case of a leaking service lateral, the property owner shall be
required to repair said service lateral leak within 48 hours. If no
arrangements have been made to repair leakage within the time prescribed
herein, the Township shall be permitted to retain a contractor to
complete the work for a cost of time and materials, which cost shall
be the responsibility of the property owner and shall be collected
as permitted by law. Restoration of lawn areas, shrubs, fences, walkways,
driveways, steps, etc., shall be the sole responsibility of the property
owner and not considered as part of the contractor's time and material
costs.
(3)
The
installation of a service lateral, either new construction or replacement
of the existing lateral shall be the responsibility of the property
owner and shall be completed under the direction of the Township Engineer's
office in accordance with current Township standards. All costs for
service lateral installation from the meter to the water main wet
tap shall be borne by the property owner. When the plumbing code requires
a change in the size of a service lateral, the property owner is responsible
for upgrading the service lateral from the meter up to, and including,
the water main wet tap and abandoning the old service at the corporation.
B.
Excavations.
(1)
Whenever
it shall be necessary to excavate any road under the jurisdiction
of the Township for the purpose of making a connection with a water
main, such excavation and the backfilling thereof, as well as the
temporary and permanent patching of the roadway, shall be done and
performed by the property owner, at the cost and expense of such property
owner, and in accordance with applicable ordinances and regulations
of the Township.
(2)
Whenever
it shall be necessary to excavate any road under the jurisdiction
of the County of Essex or the State of New Jersey, application shall
be made by the property owner to the appropriate county or state agency
for that purpose.
A.
Requirement. Any person who shall be required, by
virtue of any ordinance of the Township or by virtue of any contract,
agreement or undertaking entered into between such person and the
Township, to lay or construct any water main, pipe or conduit for
the supplying of water for domestic or manufacturing or other uses,
and who shall lay or construct any such water main, pipe or conduit,
shall, before connecting the same, or causing the same to be connected,
with the potable water system of the Township, disinfect such water
main, pipe or conduit, at his own cost and expense, in accordance
with, and in the manner described in the Standard Specifications of
the Township of Livingston.[1]
B.
Supervision and inspection. The process of disinfection of any such water main, pipe or conduit, as required by Subsection A, shall be done under the supervision of, and subject to the inspection by, the Health Officer.
C.
Testing laboratory report. Upon completion of the
process of disinfection, and before any such water main, pipe or conduit
shall be connected with the potable water system of the Township,
there shall be furnished and delivered to the Health Officer, by the
person who laid or constructed such water main, pipe or conduit, a
report of an independent testing laboratory, approved by the Department
of Health of the State of New Jersey, certifying that samples of the
water in such water main, pipe or conduit have been duly tested and
analyzed, the results of such tests and analyses, and the conclusion
of the person signing such certificate as to the purity and potability
of the samples.
[Amended 2-24-2020 by Ord. No. 4-2020]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $2,000, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
