Chapter
135 shall be entitled "Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual," and pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 et seq., including N.J.S.A. 58:11-36 and N.J.S.A. 13:1B-3, and the amendments thereto, there is adopted Chapter 7:9A-1.1 through 7:9A-12.8 of the New Jersey Administrative Code and the supplements and additions thereto.
No person shall locate, construct, alter or
repair any individual sewage disposal system, nor shall a completed
or altered system be backfilled without the approval of the Wanaque
Borough Health Department (Health Department).
A. The Health Department shall examine all applications
for permits and approve or deny, in whole or in part, the application
within twenty (20) business days. If the application is denied in
whole or in part, the Health Department shall set forth the reason
therefor in writing. If the Health Department fails to grant, in whole
or in part, or deny an application within twenty (20) days, such failure
shall be deemed a denial of the application for the purposes of an
appeal as provided by law, unless such period of time has been extended
with the consent of the applicant.
B. Suspension of permit. Any permit issued shall become
invalid if the authorized work is not commenced within nine (9) months
after the issuance of the permit or completed within one (1) year
after the issuance of the permit. The Health Department may consider
an extension beyond the one-year period completion date, provided
that an application is made in writing prior to the termination of
the one-year period, explaining the reason for the delay. Said extension,
if granted, shall not exceed three (3) months, commencing from the
original date of termination.
C. Approved plans. The Department of Health shall stamp
or endorse in writing the approved plans. One (1) set of approved
plans shall be retained by the Department of Health, and the other
set shall be kept on the construction site, open to inspection to
the Health Department or its authorized representatives at all reasonable
times.
D. Revocation of permits. The Health Department may revoke
a permit or approval issued under the provisions of this Code in case
of any false statement or misrepresentation of fact in the application
or in the plans on which the permit or approval was based.
E. Posting of permit. A true copy of the permit shall
be kept on the site of operations, open to inspection during the entire
time of prosecution of the work and until the completion of the same.
F. Notice to start. At least twenty-four (24) hours prior
to the start of work under a sanitary permit, notice shall be given
to the Health Department.
G. Conditions of permit. The issuance of the sanitary
permit shall be conditioned upon the following:
(1) The payment of appropriate fees.
(2) That work will conform to the approved application,
plans and specifications on which the permit has been issued, including
prior approvals and any amendments thereto.
(3) That the permit is a license to proceed with the work
and shall not be construed as authority to violate, cancel or set
aside any of the provisions of the regulations.
(4) That the owner, his agent, contractor or other employees
will assist the enforcing agency in its inspection work, if requested.
[Amended 5-19-2004 by Ord. No. 2-0-04]
There shall be a fee established pursuant to
this chapter as follows:
A. To certify a new test hole: $100.
B. To certify an alteration/repair to a test hole: $75.
C. The filing of an application and plans for permit
to locate and construct an individual sewer disposal system: $200.
D. For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to alter or repair an existing individual sewage disposal system:
$75
New individual sewage disposal systems shall
not be placed in operation, nor shall new dwellings or buildings or
additions thereto be sold or occupied which must rely on such a system
for sewage disposal until the Health Department shall have issued
a certificate indicating that such disposal system has been located
and constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit issued
and the requirements of the Code adopted by this chapter. Issuance
of such certificate shall be required for alterations to an existing
individual sewage disposal system.
No person shall own or operate an individual
sewage disposal system which is designed, constructed or located in
a manner that will permit the discharge of an effluent onto the surface
of the ground or into any watercourse.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
or any order promulgated under this chapter or the New Jersey Administrative
Code, Chapter 7:9A-1.1 through 7:9A-12.8, adopted by this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five
dollars ($25.) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) for each
violation.