[HISTORY Adopted by the Township Committee (now Township Council)
of the Township of River Vale 9-14-1972 by Ord.
No. 0-14-72 (Ch. 66 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined as
follows. All other definitions shall be as set forth in the Township of River
Vale Plumbing Code.[1]
Any individual, firm, company, association, corporation, partnership,
society or group or any combination thereof.
The Township of River Vale or any officer, employee or agent designated
by the Township Council to act in the matter on behalf of the Township.
The entire network of public sewers in the Township and all appurtenances
thereto.
If, after the expiration of the one-year period the owner shall have
failed to install such toilet facilities and to make such sewer connection
as required by the Plumbing Code, the Township may cause such installation
or connection to be made and assess the cost thereof as a first and paramount
lien against the property, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-1
et seq.
No person, other than a person authorized by permit by the Board of
Health and the Township Council, shall uncover, make any connection with or
opening into, use, repair, alter or disturb any public sewer or building lateral
thereof, and the appurtenances thereto.
[Amended 8-26-2004 by Ord. No. 0-9-04]
If no building sewer lateral is available, the property owner shall,
prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, apply to the Township
Clerk to have a building sewer lateral installed under the auspices of the
Township Engineer. Each application shall be accompanied by a payment of $500
which is hereby fixed as the minimum charge. If, because of the nature and
extent of the work to be done or the pavement or terrain to be penetrated,
or the width of the road, or any like circumstances, the sum of $500 shall
not be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of the Township, the Township
of River Vale shall fix the fee at a higher figure to cover fully all the
costs and expenses of such installation. Any cost or expense in excess of
the sum paid with the application shall constitute a lien against the property
until paid.
Each person performing work on public property of the Township for the
purpose of installing or making connections to building sewer laterals shall
cause the work to be adequately guarded with barricades, lights and other
measures for protection of the public. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, curbs
and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored
or replaced in a manner satisfactory to the Township and in compliance with
law.
Maintenance of the public sewer and building sewer laterals, and all
work performed on the sewer system between the main and the property line
including the installation of building sewer laterals, shall be performed
by the Department of Public Works, or other persons authorized by the Township.
Any person so authorized (other than a Township employee), shall be required
to post a performance guaranty in the amount of 125% of the Township Engineer's
estimate of the cost. Said performance guaranty shall be in such form as the
Township shall prescribe.
No person shall:
A.
Place or deposit, or cause or permit to be placed or
deposited, in any unsanitary manner upon public or private property within
the Township or in any street or other area under the jurisdiction of the
Township, any human or animal excrement, garbage, industrial waste, foul liquids,
or any other liquid or solid waste that is malodorous or unsanitary.
B.
Discharge, or cause or permit to be discharged, to any
natural outlet or storm sewer in the Township, or any street or other area
under the jurisdiction of the Township, any domestic sewage, industrial waste
or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided
in accordance with this chapter.
C.
Uncover, or cause or permit to be uncovered, any portion
of the public sewer or any storm drain or the connecting branches thereof,
or to open any manhole or flush tank, unless authorized in writing by the
Township to do so.
D.
Open, or cause or permit to be opened any public street
or place for the purpose of making any sewer connection, or to make or cause
to be made, any connection with the public sewer, or any other branch of the
public sewer, unless authorized in writing by the Township to do so.
E.
Make, or cause or permit to be made, any excavation within
four feet of any public sewer or to blast any rock within 10 feet thereof,
unless authorized in writing by the Township to do so.
F.
Break, cut or remove or cause or permit to be broken,
cut or removed, any pipe of the public sewer unless authorized in writing
by the Township to do so.
G.
Direct the discharge, or cause or permit the direction
of the discharge, into any portion of the public sewer, directly or indirectly,
of any clear drainage, such as the discharge from air-conditioning units,
groundwater, surface water or rainwater from sidewalks, yards, areas, courts,
roofs, or any sump, cistern or tank overflow, combined sewers being hereby
prohibited.
H.
Discharge, or to cause or permit the discharge, into
any building connection, building sewer lateral, or any portion of the public
sewer, directly or indirectly, of any drainage or overflow from cesspools,
manure pits, privy vaults, privies or other receptacles storing or designed
to store organic wastes, or any underground drains or channels, unless the
connection thereof to the building connection, building sewer lateral or public
sewer shall have been authorized and approved in writing by the Board of Health.
I.
Connect, or to cause or permit the connection with, any
portion of the public sewer, directly or indirectly, of any exhausts, boiler
blowoffs, sediments, drips or any pipes carrying or constructed to carry acids,
dyes, brine, germicides, greases, brewery mash, gasoline, naphtha, benzine,
oil, flammable or explosive liquids, industrial wastes, radioactive materials
or any other substance detrimental to the sewers or their appurtenances or
to the operation of the Township or the authority sewer systems.
J.
Throw or deposit, or to cause or permit to be thrown
or deposited, in any fixture, vessel, receptacle, inlet or opening connected
directly or indirectly with any portion of the public sewer, anything other
than sewage; it being the intent hereto to prohibit any straw, garbage, wood,
glass, feathers, plastics, vegetables, parings, ashes, cinders, fabrics or
tar or other viscous material, or any other substance capable of causing obstructions
from being introduced into the public sewers.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge, or cause
or permit to be discharged, any of the following described waters or wastes
into any public sewer:
A.
Any liquid which may contain more than 100 parts per
million by weight of fat, oil or grease.
B.
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
C.
Any liquid having a pH factor lower than 5.5 or higher
than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazard to the structure, equipment and personnel of the Township or the
Authority.
D.
Any liquid containing a toxic or poisonous substance
in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving
waters of the sewage treatment plant.
E.
Any liquid containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such
matters at the sewage treatment plant.
F.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of
creating a public nuisance.
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided by
the owner when, in the opinion of the Board of Health, they are necessary
for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts
or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such
interceptors shall not be required for one-family dwelling houses. All interceptors
shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Board of Health and shall
be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
B.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious
materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
They shall be of a substantial construction, watertight and equipped with
easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and
watertight. All grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the
owner, at his expense in continuously effective operation at all times.
No person shall introduce, or cause or permit to be introduced, into the public sewer, on an average daily basis, any liquids having a BOD greater than 300 parts per million by weight; more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids: any quantity of substance having the characteristics described in § 203-8 hereof; or an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Township, unless approval therefor shall first have been procured from the Board of Health. If necessary, in the opinion of the Board of Health, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the BOD to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight; reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 203-8 hereof; or reduce the quantities and rates of discharge of such liquids and adjust the times thereof to 2% of the average daily flow of the Township. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Board of Health and of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey. No construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals shall first have been obtained in writing.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any liquids,
the owner, at his expense, shall maintain them in continuously effective operation.
When required by the Board of Health, the owner of any property served
by a building connection or building sewer lateral carrying industrial waste
shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the waste. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the Board of Health. The manhole shall be installed
by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe
and accessible at all times.
A.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of liquids to which reference is made in §§ 203-8 and 203-10 shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes, published by the American Public Health Association, Inc., being particularly the 1955 10th Edition thereof, a copy of which is hereby adopted, is annexed hereto and made a part hereof and incorporated herein as fully as if set forth at length.
B.
Three copies of said Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes have been placed on file in the office
of the Township Clerk of the Township of River Vale upon the introduction
of this chapter and will remain on file there until final action is taken
on this chapter, for the use and examination of the public. Upon adoption
of this chapter, said copies shall remain on file in said office so long as
this chapter is in effect, and in addition, three copies shall be placed on
file and shall remain on file in the office of the Board of Health of the
Township of River Vale so long as said ordinance is in effect, for the use
and examination of the public.
C.
All such measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in § 203-12 hereof, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the downstream manhole in the public sewer nearest to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
The Board of Health and the Township of River Vale shall have concurrent
jurisdiction in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this
chapter.
The duly authorized officers, agents and employees of the Township and
of the Board of Health, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall
be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter.
Any person who, by reason of the violation of the provisions of this
chapter or other improper use of the Township sewer system or any of its branches,
appurtenances or connections, shall cause damage to said Township sewer system
or to the system of facilities of the Authority to which the Township sewer
system is connected, shall be liable to the Township for all costs and expenses
that may be incurred by the Township for the correction of any such damage.
The Township shall have the right to recover such costs and expenses and the
cost and expense of prosecuting its claim from any such person by appropriate
action at law in a court of competent jurisdiction. The right of the Township
to be reimbursed for any costs and expenses incurred shall be an additional
remedy and such person shall also be subject to the penalties contained in
this chapter for violation of its provisions.
No person shall break, damage, destroy, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Township sewer system.
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or who shall participate or assist in such violation or failure to comply, or who, as owner, tenant or other person in occupancy, architect, contractor or agent, servant or employee shall permit the commission of such violation or maintain such violation or shall suffer such violation to continue, shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, § 1-14, in the discretion of the court before whom such conviction shall be had. Each day that such violation shall continue, or be permitted or suffered to be continued or maintained, shall constitute a separate offense.
