[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Lopatcong 4-17-1991
as Ord. No. 1991-11. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The regulations promulgated by the State Commissioner
of the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the Realty Improvement
Sewerage and Facilities Act (1954) and subsequent amendments thereto[1] and known as "Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal
Systems (1989)" and subsequent amendments thereto are hereby adopted and are
of full force and effect in the Township of Lopatcong, except for the regulations
and higher standards prescribed by this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: see N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 et seq.
B.
Copies of said Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage
Disposal Systems (1989) are on file in the office of the Administrative Authority
for use and examination by the public.
No individual sewage disposal system shall be installed upon a property
served by a sanitary sewer system. A property shall be deemed to be served
by a sanitary sewer system whenever a sanitary sewer system is available within
two hundred (200) feet of a property line or whenever a building upon the
property can be directly connected by a house connection to an existing sewer
main of such system without the need for any extension of the sewer main,
provided that there is available capacity in the system.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of or any order promulgated under this chapter or the
Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal System (1989) made a part
hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five
dollars ($25.) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.) for each violation,
at the discretion of the court.
B.
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
