[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough of Rutherford Council 4-15-1986
by Ord. No. 2433-86. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Sewers and the
Disposal of Wastewater Ordinance of the Borough of Rutherford."
Whenever used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate
by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
A wastewater shall be considered free of flotable fat if it is properly pretreated
and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
An outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into
a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater,
including the Passaic River or any of its tributaries.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with minor
quantities of ground-, storm- and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
Waste derived principally from dwellings, office buildings and sanitary
conveniences. When segregated from industrial wastes, it may come from industrial
plants or commercial enterprises.
The spent water of a community; the preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water
or unpolluted water from any source.
A measurement of suspended solids and/or biochemical oxygen demand
and/or chemical oxygen demand and/or any other parameter determined by the
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission as a fair indicator of the relative use,
other than volumetric, of Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission facilities by
industrial wastes.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within the
municipality any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided and where a national pollution discharge elimination
system permit has been obtained from the appropriate governmental authority,
where required.
No person shall make connection on roof downspouts, foundation drains,
areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building
sewer or drain, which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public
sanitary sewer, unless approved by the municipality for the purpose of disposal
of polluted surface drainage.
The governing body shall appoint or designate some suitable person to
administer this chapter.
All users of the wastewater facilities shall comply with the requirements
of the written rules and regulations of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission
which have been adopted and which from time to time shall have been adopted,
which regulations shall become effective upon filing of certified copies in
the office of the Municipal Clerk after the effective date of this chapter.
Violations of any of the provisions of this chapter or any permit issued
under the authority of this chapter may result in the termination of the permit
and/or the termination of the authority to discharge into the system.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 and/or imprisonment not
to exceed 90 days, or both. Each and every day in which a violation of any
provision of this chapter exists shall constitute a separate violation.
No ordinance heretofore adopted by the municipality shall be affected
by this chapter, except that, if any provision of the prior ordinance is in
conflict with the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this chapter
shall control.
If any portion of this chapter shall be declared to be unconstitutional
invalid or inoperable, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction,
the remaining portion not declared to be unconstitutional invalid or inoperable
shall remain in full force and effect.
This chapter shall take effect upon final passage and publication in
accordance with the provisions of law.
