A code regulating the location, construction, use, maintenance and method
of emptying or cleaning of individual sewage disposal systems; the issuance
of licenses to locate, construct, empty or clean said systems; and fixing
penalties for the violation thereof, is hereby adopted pursuant to Chapter
188, P.L. 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 69.6). A copy of said code is annexed
hereto and made a part hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter is described and
commonly known as the "Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New Jersey
(1963)."
Three copies of the said Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New
Jersey (1963) have been placed on file in the office of the Health Department
upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file in said office
for the use of and examination by the public.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual sewage disposal
system until a license for the location, construction or alteration of said
sewage disposal system shall have been issued by the Health Department.
New individual 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 said disposal system has been
located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the license issued
and the requirements of the aforesaid code. Issuance of such certificate shall
not be required for alterations to an existing individual sewage disposal
system.
In case any license or certification required by this chapter is denied
by the Health Department, a hearing shall be held thereon before the Department
within 15 days after request therefor is made by the applicant, and upon such
hearing the Health Department shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous
determination and take action accordingly within 15 days after the date of
such hearing.
The Health Department may order all further work in and about any individual
sewage disposal system which is being erected or installed in violation of
the code to be stopped forthwith, except such work as shall be necessary to
remedy such violation, and thereafter the work continued without any violation
of any of the provisions of the code, and after issuance of any such order
and the service of a copy thereof upon any person connected with or working
in and about the erection or installation of any such disposal system or any
part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges are herewith established:
A. For the filing of an application and plans for a license
to locate and construct an individual sewage disposal system: $25.
B. For the Ming of an application and plans for a license
to alter an existing individual sewage disposal system: $25.
C. For the issuance of a license to locate and construct
or alter an individual sewage disposal system: $25.
D. For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal
system or part thereof caused by the failure of the licensee to locate and
construct or alter the same in accordance with the terms of the license issued
or the terms of the aforesaid code, an inspection fee of $5 shall be charged.
E. For the issuance or renewal of a license to a person
or corporation engaged in the business of cleaning or emptying receptacles
for the reception and storage of human excrement or other putrescible matter:
$100 for each vehicle or conveyance.
F. For the issuance of a license to clean or empty any receptacle
used for the reception or storage of human excrement or other putrescible
matter: $2.
G. For the issuance of a license to engage
in the business of constructing or reconstructing septic tanks or individual
sewage disposal systems: $50 per year, with such license to expire on December
31 of each year.