[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Totowa 5-17-1979 (Ch. 190 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the location, construction,
alteration, use and supervision of individual and semipublic water
supplies, requiring certain permits, providing for the inspection
of such supplies, the fixing of fees and prescribing penalties for
violations is hereby adopted pursuant to P.L. 1950, c. 188 (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 and Semipublic
Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1966)."
Three copies of said Individual and Semipublic
Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1966) have been placed on file in
the office of the Clerk 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 water
supply until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of said water supply 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 water supply as proposed is in compliance with the code.
A.
New water supplies 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 supply for water until the
Board of Health shall have issued a certificate indicating that said
water supply 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 alteration
to an existing water supply.
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 said water supply has been located and constructed in accordance
with the terms of the permit and the requirements of the aforesaid
code.
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 water supply 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 water supply 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 a water supply, $5.
B.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to alter an existing water supply, $5.
C.
For the issuance of a permit to locate and construct
or alter a water supply, $10.
D.
For each reinspection of a water supply 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.
