[Amended 8-23-1977 by Ord. No. 757; 8-21-1984 by Ord. No. 933; 4-7-1992 by Ord. No. 1136; 5-7-1996 by Ord. No. 1247; 9-5-2000 by Ord. No. 1357; 6-18-2002 by Ord. No. 1415; 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 1842]
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any municipal or Authority sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Authority and from the Township Engineer. Copies of all applications, correspondence, plans, specifications and supplemental data which are furnished by the applicant to the Authority in connection with said permit shall also be furnished by the applicant to the Township Engineer. A Township permit shall not be issued in any case requiring an Authority permit until the Authority permit has been obtained by the applicant and a copy thereof is furnished to the Township Engineer.
A permit shall be required to pump or empty any individual sewage disposal facility, and an application for such a permit shall be accompanied by a permit fee of $10 issued by the Board of Health.
Extensions of or changes in the existing Township sewer system to provide sewer service to an unserved area may be initiated by any private resident and, if approved by the Township Committee, shall be privately funded. The applicant shall satisfy the requirements of the Township Engineer and engage their own professional engineer to design plans in accordance with Township requirements and obtain a treatment works approval from the NJDEP. The Township of Wyckoff will not participate or fund any portion of a sewer extension.
A. 
Where a public sewer is available but no building sewer exists, a property owner desiring sewer service shall make application to the Township Engineer to obtain a permit to make a new sewer connection. Installation of building sewer laterals shall in all cases be done by a licensed, registered and insured contractor upon obtaining all necessary permits from the Township The work shall be performed in a manner prescribed by the Township Engineer. All work to be performed within the public right-of-way shall require a road opening permit.
B. 
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation of a building sewer lateral shall be paid by the owner, including any required connection fees to the Township and Authority.
C. 
Properties which have not had sewer assessments.
(1) 
In addition to the foregoing, the property owner shall pay to the Township a connection fee in an amount determined by the Township Administrator in accordance with the following formula:
(a) 
The amount representing all debt service, including but not limited to sinking funds, reserve funds, the principal and interest on bonds and the amount of any loans and interest thereon, paid by the Township to defray the capital cost of developing the system as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Township shall be added to all capital expenditures made by the Township not funded by a bond ordinance or debt for the development of the system as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Township.
(b) 
Any gifts, contributions or subsidies to the Township received from, and not reimbursed or reimbursable to, any federal, state, County or municipal government or agency or any private person and that portion of amounts paid to the Township by a public entity under a service agreement or service contract which is not repaid to the public entity by the Township shall then be subtracted.
(c) 
The remainder shall be divided by the total number of service units served by the Township at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Township, and the results shall then be apportioned to each new connector according to the number of service units attributed to that connector, to produce the connector's contribution to the cost of the system. In attributing service units to each connector, the estimated average daily flow of sewage for the connector shall be divided by the average daily flow of sewage for the average single-family residence in the Township as determined by the Township Engineer, to produce the number of service units to be attributed. A connector may propose, in writing, an alternate method to determine the estimated average daily flow of sewage by delivering copies of the connector's alternate proposed methodology to the Township Administrator. The Township Administrator will review the submissions and report to the Township Committee, which may, after public hearing in the manner set forth below, permit the connection fee charged pursuant to this section to be computed according to the methodology proposed by the connector if the Township Committee finds that such proposal will result in a more accurate estimate of sewage flow.
(2) 
The connection fee may be recomputed at the end of each fiscal year of the Township after public hearing is held in the manner prescribed in this section. The revised connection fee may be imposed upon those who subsequently connect in that fiscal year to the system.
(3) 
The Township shall prescribe, and from time to time when necessary, revise the connection fee charged under this section. The revised connection fee may be adopted by the Township Committee after public hearing thereon which shall be held at least 20 days after notice of the proposed adjustment and of the time and place of the public hearing which shall be published in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the Township. The Township Committee shall provide evidence at the hearing showing that the proposed adjustment of the connection fee is necessary and reasonable, and shall provide an opportunity for cross examination of persons offering such evidence, and a transcript of the hearing shall be made, and a copy thereof shall be available upon request to any interested party at a reasonable fee. A copy of the connection fee determination and the amount thereof in effect at all times shall be kept on file in the office of the Township Clerk and Township Administrator, and at all times shall be open to public inspection.
D. 
For the fiscal year 2000, and until revised by the Township Committee as prescribed herein, the connection fee apportioned to one service unit shall be $2,418.
The connection from the building drain to the public sewer via a building sewer lateral shall be installed by and at the expense of the permittee. Any person doing the work or any part thereof referred to in this section shall file satisfactory proof of insurance protecting the Township and Authority from public liability and property damage in an amount determined by the Township Engineer and in form satisfactory to the Township Attorney.
All sewer connections shall be made in accordance with the Plumbing Subcode of the Uniform Construction Code of the State of New Jersey.
[Amended 11-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1970]
Where determined by the Township Engineer to be feasible, the building sewer laterals for new construction shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. The laterals for existing buildings may be brought to the building below the basement floor (for basement service by gravity) if determined by the Township Engineer to be feasible, or where there are no plumbing facilities requiring basement service or where approved artificial means of lifting basement sewage is provided, they may be brought to the building above the basement floor. Building sewer laterals shall not be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The building connection shall not be laid in the same trench as the water service connection or any other public utility, and they shall be provided with a minimum horizontal separation of five feet where practical. If horizontal separation is impractical, the building sewer lateral shall be placed at a lower elevation than, and at least 18 inches below, the bottom of the water service line. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer lateral shall be laid at uniform grade and be properly bedded in granular material with no point loading. Changes in direction shall be made only with fittings of not greater than 45°. Cleanouts shall be placed outside the foundation at the connection point between the building drain and the building sewer lateral and at every change in direction, and at approximately equal intervals of no more than 75 feet in straight runs. The building sewer lateral from the building shall connect to the building sewer lateral at the property line via a cleanout. The cleanout at the property line and the pipe located within the public right-of-way shall be six-inch ductile iron pipe, or of another material, as may be determined by the Township Engineer, to the point of connection with the public sewer main.
No person shall connect roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer lateral or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a sanitary sewer. Sump pumps shall not be connected to a sanitary sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer lateral in a separate trench shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, then the building drain from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer lateral.
In buildings in which the building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the building sewer lateral, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building drain or building sewer lateral.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer laterals shall be open trenchwork unless otherwise approved by the Township Engineer. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with the requirements of the Township Engineer, and no backfill shall be placed over a pipe until the work has been inspected by the Township Engineer.
The permittee shall notify the Township Engineer when the building drain is ready for inspection and connection to the building sewer lateral. The Township Engineer shall apply appropriate tests to the building drain, and the plumber performing the installation shall at his own expense furnish all necessary tools, labor and material for such tests and shall remove and replace or satisfactorily repair any defective work or materials when ordered to do so by the Township Engineer.
All excavations for building sewer laterals shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public. Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed during the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Township Engineer.
The property owner and contractor shall indemnify the Township from any loss, expense or damage that may result from installation of a building sewer lateral.
Where a building sewer lateral discharges into the sewer system of an adjacent municipality, the provisions of all ordinances, rules and regulations of such other municipality, as well as the applicable terms of any agreement between the Township and such other municipality, shall apply to such building sewer lateral and its use in addition to the requirements of this Part 1 of this chapter.
The building sewer lateral connection to the municipal public sewer shall be completed within three months of the issuance of a permit unless an extension is granted by the Township Engineer.