[Adopted 12-11-1928 by Ord. No. 134]
A.Â
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-1 et seq., together
with the amendments thereof, the owners of buildings located upon
a street in which a sewer is constructed are hereby required to connect
said building with the sewer and are further required to install in
every such building a toilet or toilets, the same to be connected
to be connected to said sewer.
[Amended 3-1-2005 by Ord. No. 06.05]
B.Â
During the existence and continuance of any emergency
that may exist in the Borough's sewage disposal system or plant, which
emergency must be declared by resolution of Borough Council, owners
and builders of properties constructed during such emergency shall
not be required to connect plumbing with the Borough sewer system,
even though sewer mains are laid and available. Such owners, however,
must make adequate provisions for the proper and sanitary disposal
of sewage in accordance with the ordinances, rules and regulations
of the Paulsboro Board of Health; provided, however, that all such
buildings constructed during any such emergency must contain the necessary
pipes and plumbing so that they can be tied in to the Borough sewer
mains when the emergency is over. Council shall, by resolution, declare
the end of any emergency, after which date the owners of all such
properties shall connect the plumbing with the Borough's sewer main
within a period of six months, at their own cost and expense.
[Added 2-5-1952 by Ord. No. 327]
C.Â
Should any owner fail to connect his or her property
within a six-month period, the Borough may perform such work and charge
the cost thereof to the owner and collect the cost, with interest,
as provided for by the other sections of this ordinance.
[Added 2-5-1952 by Ord. No. 327; amended 3-1-2005 by Ord. No.
06.05]
D.Â
The Borough shall not be obliged to give any notice to the owners of such properties to connect with the sewer after declaring the period of emergency at an end by resolution. Failure to connect within the six-month period shall be a violation of this ordinance and shall be punishable as provided in § 61-12.
[Added 2-5-1952 by Ord. No. 327; amended 3-1-2005 by Ord. No.
06.05]
[Amended 3-1-2005 by Ord. No. 06.05]
All of the above-mentioned work shall be done
under the supervision of the plumbing subcode official of the Borough
of Paulsboro or under the direction of such other officer as the governing
body may designate.
Such installations and connections shall be
made in such manner, of such materials as the governing body may front
time to time by rules prescribe.
All of such work shall be done at the cost and
expense of the owner or owners of the land in front of or upon which
the same is done.
If after the passage of this ordinance the owner
or owners of any properties affected hereby shall neglect after notice
given as prescribed in the Act above referred to, to make any such
sewer connection or installation of toilet, it shall be lawful for
the governing body to cause such connection or installation to be
made under the direction and supervisions of the proper officer or
to award one or more contracts for the making of such improvements.
When any sewer connection or toilet installation
shall be made by the Borough, a true and accurate account of the cost
and expense thereof shall be kept and apportioned to the property
or properties thereby connected with the sewer, and cause said sewer
connection or installation charge to be filed with the Tax Collector
of the Borough of Paulsboro, who shall record the said sewer connection
or installation charge in the same book in which he records sidewalk
and other assessments.
Every such sewer connection or installation
charge shall bear interest and penalties from the same time and at
the same rate as assessments for local improvements, and from the
time of confirmation by the governing body shall be a first and paramount
lien against the respective property or properties so connected with
the sewer to the same extent as assessments for local improvements
and shall be collected and enforced in the same manner; and the Tax
Collector is hereby charged with the same duties in regard to the
collection and enforcement of charges for sewer connections and toilet
installations as in the case of the collection of assessments for
local improvements.
The governing body may provide for the payment
of any sewer connection or toilet installation herein mentioned, in
installments, in the same manner as assessments for local improvements
are payable.
The governing body may award contracts for the
construction of said sewer connections or toilet installations in
the same manner and after the same advertising as in the case of other
contracts, and may, in lieu of awarding separate contracts for the
making of said sewer connections or toilet installations, award a
contract to the lowest responsible bidder for making all such sewer
connections or installations of toilets which the Borough may desire
made within a period of one year or less.
The owners of buildings in which toilets now
are or hereafter may be installed and wherein connections now are
or hereafter may be made to the sewer shall keep the same in proper
repair, and upon their failure to properly repair the same after notice
given as required by the Act herein referred to, said work may be
done by the Borough in the same way and manner and under the same
regulations as are herein provided for the installation of original
installations and connections, and all other proceedings with respect
thereto shall be as is herein provided for the original installation
of toilets and connections with sewers.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its proper
publication according to law.
[Added 8-26-1930 by Ord. No. 161; amended 3-1-2005 by Ord. No.
06.05]
In addition to the remedies, provisions, and other matters contained in this ordinance, any owner of property in front of which a sewer is laid who fails to connect his or her building with the sewer or who fails to install in his or her building a toilet or toilets as required in § 61-1 above, or fails to keep in proper repair toilets already installed as set forth in § 61-10, after the expiration of 30 days from the time when notice is served upon him or her to connect the building with the sewer, to install a toilet in a building, or to repair any part of the same as required herein, shall be subject to a fine of up to $1,000. Each thirty-day period in which such a condition exists shall be considered a separate offense.
