A code regulating the location, construction, use, maintenance and method
of emptying or cleaning individual sewage disposal systems; the issuance of
licenses or permits to locate, construct, empty or clean said systems; and
fixing penalties for the violation thereof is hereby adopted pursuant to c.
188, P.L. 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 26:3-69.6). A copy of said code is annexed
hereto and made a part hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter is described and
commonly known as the "Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New Jersey
(1953)."
Three copies of the said Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New
Jersey (1953) 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 the use and examination
of the public.
In case any license 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 hereby established:
A. For the filing of an application and plans for a license
to locate and construct an individual sewage disposal system, $25.
B. For the filing of an application and plans for a license
to alter an existing individual sewage disposal system, $10.
C. For the issuance of a license to locate and construct
or alter an individual sewage disposal system, $5.
D. For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal
system, or part thereof, caused by the failure of the licensee to locate and
construct or alter the same in accordance with the terms of the license issued
or the terms of the aforesaid code, an inspection fee of $5 shall be charged.
E. For the issuance or renewal of a license to a person
or corporation engaged in the business of cleaning or emptying receptacles
for the reception and storage of human excrement or other putrescible matter,
$5 for each vehicle or conveyance.
F. 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, $1.
All ordinances, codes or parts of same inconsistent with any of the
provisions of this chapter and the code established hereunder are hereby repealed
to the extent of such inconsistency.
In the event that any section, sentence or clause of this chapter or
code shall be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such declaration shall not in any manner prejudice the enforcement of the
remaining provisions.
This chapter and the code herein established shall take effect 30 days
after the first publication of the chapter in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.