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.