[Adopted 9-3-1985 (Ch. 219, Art. II, of the 1987 Code)]
Whenever used in the within article, 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 floatable 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 water
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,
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 drainagewater.
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 Commissioners (PVSC) as a fair indicator
of the relative use, other than volumetric of PVSC 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
Pollutant 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 the disposal of polluted surface
drainage.
The governing body shall appoint or designate
some suitable person to administer the within article.
All users of the wastewater facilities shall
comply with the requirements of the written rules and regulations
of the PVSC 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 the within article.
A.Â
Violations of any of the provisions of the within
article or any permit issued under the authority of the within article
may result in the termination of the permit and/or the termination
of the authority to discharge into the system.
B.Â
Any person violating any of the provisions of the within article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-15, General penalty, of this Code. Each and every day in which a violation of any provision of this article exists shall constitute a separate violation.
[Amended 11-2-1987; 5-5-2008 by Ord. No. 08-18]
