[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Totowa 12-16-1964 (Ch. 183 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the location, construction,
use, maintenance and method of emptying or cleaning individual sewage
disposal systems, the issuance of permits to locate, construct, empty
or clean said systems and fixing penalties for the violation thereof
is hereby adopted pursuant to Chapter 188, P.L. 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
to 26:369.6). A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part
hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The code established and adopted by this chapter
is described and commonly known as the "Individual Sewage Disposal
System Code of New Jersey (1963)."
Three copies of the Individual Sewage Disposal
System Code of New Jersey (1963) have been placed on file in the office
of the Secretary, Clerk or other similar officer of this Board of
Health upon the introduction of this chapter, and will remain on file
in said office for use and examination by the public.
A.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual
sewage disposal system until a permit for the location, construction
or alteration of said sewage disposal system shall have been issued
by the Board of Health.
B.
The Board of Health may issue a permit if an application
for the same is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey stating that the
design of the individual sewage disposal system as proposed is in
compliance with the code.
A.
New individual disposal systems shall not be placed
in operation, nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions thereto
be sold or occupied which must rely on such a system for sewage disposal,
unless the Board of Health shall have issued a certificate indicating
that said disposal system has been located and constructed in compliance
with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the aforesaid
code. Issuance of such certificate shall not be required for alterations
to an existing individual sewage disposal system.
B.
The Board of Health may issue such a certificate if
an engineer licensed to practice professional engineering in New Jersey
submits a statement in writing signed by him to the Board of Health
that the disposal system has been located and constructed in accordance
with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the aforesaid
code.
A.
Persons shall not engage in the business of emptying
or cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or any place used for
the reception or storage of human excrement who do not hold a license
to engage in such business issued by the Board of Health. Such licenses
shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance
but may be renewed by the Board of Health. Said license may be revoked
for failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions of the code
or any rule or ordinance of the Board of Health.
B.
The contents of any septic tank, cesspool, privy or other receptacle containing human excrement shall not be removed until a permit for such removal has been obtained from the Board of Health, except that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the removal of the contents of any portable or other temporary above-ground-surface disposal unit or other receptacle as described in § 477-7 of this chapter.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any
portable or other temporary above-ground-surface disposal unit or
other receptacle designed to receive human excrement or other putrescible
matter until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of the same shall have been issued by the Board of Health.
In case any permit or certification required
by this chapter is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall
be held thereon before the Board within 15 days after request therefor
is made by the applicant, and upon such hearing the Board of Health
shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination and take
action accordingly within 15 days after the date of such hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work
in and about any individual sewage disposal system, which is being
erected or installed in violation of the code, to be stopped forthwith,
except such work as shall be necessary to remedy such violation, and,
thereafter, the work continued without any violation of any of the
provisions of the code, and after issuance of 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 disposal system,
or any part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon except
as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges are herewith
established:
A.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to locate and construct an individual sewage disposal system, $1.
B.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to alter an existing individual sewage disposal system, $1.
C.
For the issuance of a permit to locate and construct
or alter an individual sewage disposal system, $5.
D.
For the issuance of a permit to locate, construct or later a portable or other temporary above-ground-surface disposal unit as described in § 477-7 of this chapter, $5, which permit shall only be valid during the calendar year in which issued.
E.
For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal
system or part thereof caused by the failure of the permittee to locate
and construct or alter the same in accordance with the terms of the
permit issued or the terms of the aforesaid code, an inspection fee
of $5 shall be charged.
F.
For the issuance or renewal of a license to a person
or corporation engaged in the business of cleaning or emptying receptacle
for the reception and storage of human excrement or other putrescible
matter, $20 for each vehicle or conveyance.
G.
For the issuance of a permit to clean or empty any
receptacle used for the reception or storage of human excrement or
other putrescible matter, $5.
