No unauthorized person shall construct, operate and maintain facilities for the pretreatment of wastes for disposal to public or Authority sewers in the Township of Wyckoff without first obtaining a written permit from the Township Engineer.
Application for a permit to construct and/or operate pretreatment facilities shall be made on a form furnished by the Township, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the Township Engineer. The application shall be accompanied by an inspection and permit fee of $50 for each contributory building, or if more than one type of waste is produced within one building, whether said wastes are conveyed in separate pipes or combined, then $50 for each such type of waste, or for each application, $250, whichever is the lesser.
The type, components, processes, location and layout of pretreatment facilities shall comply with all requirements of the Township Engineer, Board of Health, Authority, New Jersey State Department of Health or any other agency or body having jurisdiction before a permit will be issued. Copies shall be furnished by the applicant to the Township Engineer of all applications, correspondence, plans, specifications and supplemental data which are furnished by the applicant to such other agency or body and of the final approval received by the applicant from such other agency or body. Pretreatment, when permitted under the provision of this Article, shall not produce sewage or wastes whose characteristics exceed the maximum permissible limits.
Nonsanitary sewage or industrial wastes above the strength of normal sewage which are determined to be acceptable for discharge into the public or Authority sewers shall be subject to an annual surcharge in addition to the annual rate of charge established by the Township for the service of normal sewage. The calculation and derivation of such surcharge shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Authority and may include an additional service charge as determined by the Township from time to time for the acceptance of such industrial wastes.
Holding tanks for flow equalization shall be considered, for the purposes of this Article to be a form of pretreatment facility and shall be subject to the provisions of this Article, except that application for a permit for the construction and operation of a holding tank or similar facility shall be accompanied by an inspection and permit fee of $25.
The Township Engineer, Board of Health, Authority and any other agency or body having jurisdiction shall be permitted to inspect the pretreatment facility at any stage of construction, and in any event the permittee shall notify any aforesaid concerned agency or body before any underground portions are covered and when the work is ready for a final inspection. Operation of the facilities shall not be commenced until and unless the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Township Engineer.
The owner shall operate and maintain the pretreatment facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the Township, and they shall be subject to periodic inspection by the Township, the Board of Health or the Authority. If any pretreatment facilities are adjudged a nuisance by the Board of Health because of faulty design, malfunction, neglect or other cause, the Township may abate the nuisance by revoking the permit and requiring abandonment of said pretreatment facilities. Structures to be so abandoned shall either be completely removed and the excavation backfilled or be filled with clean run-of-the-bank earth.
The owner of pretreatment facilities shall maintain operating records, in a form acceptable to the Township Engineer, and shall submit copies of such operating records, in duplicate, to the Township Engineer at least monthly.
Individual sewage disposal facilities for residential or commercial service are subject to Board of Health regulation.
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed to interfere with the normal function of the Health Officer, Board of Health or any other agency having jurisdiction nor with additional requirements imposed by said Health Officer, Board of Health or other agency.