[Adopted 9-3-1985 by Ord. No. 2143 (Ch.
197, Art. II, of the 1978 Code)]
Whenever used in this 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 or
ground water, 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 drainage water.
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 as a fair indicator of
the relative use, other than volumetric, of Passaic Valley Sewerage
Commissioners 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
Pollution 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 purpose of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
The governing body shall appoint or designate
some suitable person to administer this article.
All users of the wastewater facilities shall
comply with the requirements of the written rules and regulations
of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners 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 dates of this article.
A.
Violations of any of the provisions of this article
or any permit issued under the authority of this article may result
in the termination of the permit and/or the termination of the authority
to discharge into the system.
B.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed
$500 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both. Each and
every day in which a violation of any provision of this article exists
shall constitute a separate violation.
No ordinance heretofore adopted by the municipality
shall be affected by this article, except that if any provisions of
the prior ordinance is in conflict with the provisions of this article,
the provisions of this article shall control.
