[Adopted 8-6-1975 by Ord. No. 10-1975]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the service lateral of a collection sewer.
COLLECTION SEWER
The Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works' collection sanitary sewers located under highways, roads, streets and rights-of-way with branch service laterals that collect and convey sanitary sewage or industrial wastes or a combination of both and into which storm-, surface and ground waters or unpolluted industrial waters or liquids are not intentionally admitted.
[Amended 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
CONNECTION UNIT
Shall be considered as described in the schedule of sewer connection charges.
ENGINEER
The Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works Engineer, who is engaged at the time to serve the Division for the design, inspection of construction and operation of the Division's sanitary sewerage system.
[Amended 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted to flow or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property located in the sewered area.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Water-carried household and toilet wastes from an improved property.
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, situated in the sewered area and owned and/or operated by the Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works.
[Amended 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
SERVICE LATERAL
That part of the sanitary sewer system which extends from a collection sewer to a point just beyond the curbline or to a point approximately one foot beyond the edge of the paved roadway if there is no curbline and to which a building is to be connected.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sanitary sewer system, used or usable to collect and convey sewage and to which groundwaters or unpolluted industrial waters, surface and storm water or liquids are not admitted intentionally.
TOWNSHIP'S AUTHORIZED AGENT
The person appointed and designated by the Township to inspect said installations.
[Amended 9-3-1975 by Ord. No. 12-1975]
The owner of every existing house, building or structure, and the owner of every house, building or structure hereafter to be constructed or acquired, which may be occupied or used by human beings located on a property along the line of any public sewer created by the provisions of the Municipal Utilities Authorities Law, P.L. 1957, c. 183, as amended and supplemented, or Title 40, Chapter 14B, of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey,[1] now or hereafter constructed or acquired in the Township of Pemberton, shall, within 120 days after the date on which notice has been given to connect and hook up, connect and hook up the sewerage facilities emanating from such house, building or structure to such sewerage system.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq.
[Amended 9-3-1975 by Ord. No. 12-1975; 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
If any such house, building or structure referred to in § 150-6 above shall be used for industrial or commercial purposes, the owner thereof shall, within 120 days after the date on which notice has been given to connect and hook up, connect and hook up the sewerage facilities emanating from such house, building or structure to the sewerage system under and pursuant to rules and regulations which are on file in the offices of the Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works.
[Amended 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from such official as may be designated by the Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works. There shall be a fee set by the Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works to be paid for the issuance of said permit.
Each contractor or other person performing work on township or public property for the purpose of installing sanitary sewer connections shall post a bond acceptable to the township. All work shall be adequately guarded with barricades, lights and other measures for protection to the public from hazards. Streets, sidewalks, curbs and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Township.
[Amended 10-7-1981 by Ord. No. 18-1981; 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 7-2019]
Present privies, cesspools, seep/leaching pits and septic tanks must be completely detached from all plumbing or must be filled in with suitable material such as gravel, shale or excavated earth. All cesspools, seep/leaching pits and septic tanks must be pumped out prior to being filled. This work must be completed within 180 days after the sanitary sewer system is operative. Time extensions may be granted where hardship is proven to the Township by the owner. No further use of the privies, cesspools, seep/leaching pits and septic tanks for sewage will be permitted after sanitary sewage treatment facilities are available. All connections to the sanitary sewer system must be inspected and approved by the Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works and must be made in accordance with the Pemberton Township Sewage Division of the Department of Public Works' rules and regulations.
[Amended 11-2-1984 by Ord. No. 26-1984]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, and each violation of any of the provisions of this Article and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.