[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention — See Ch.
178.
Stormwater control — See Ch.
306.
Stormwater management — See Ch.
311.
[Adopted 9-13-1995 by Ord. No. 17-95]
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Liquid or other wastes resulting from any processes of industry,
manufacture, grade or business, including from the commercial preparation
of food from any restaurant or catering facility, or from the development
of any natural resources.
A. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when in the opinion
of the appropriate Borough official they are necessary for the proper
handling of commercial or industrial liquid wastes containing grease
and/or dough in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand and
other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not
be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors
shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Borough and shall
be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and
inspection.
B. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials
capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped
with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gastight
and watertight.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall
be cleaned and maintained by the owner and/or tenant at his expense
as often as necessary to insure continuous efficient operation at
all times.
All waste material from interceptors must be disposed of in
a proper manner by properly licensed contractors. The owner/tenant
must obtain, and retain available for inspection for at least three
years, adequate documentation demonstrating the proper removal and
disposal of the waste material by a qualified contractor, and provide
this documentation upon request of the Borough inspectors.
The Borough shall have the right to inspect the interceptor
system and disposal documentation at any reasonable time for purpose
of determining compliance.
[Adopted 5-28-1997 by Ord. No. 7-97]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within the Borough or in any area within the Borough any sewage
or other polluted waters, except were suitable treatment approved
by the Borough has been provided.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be
unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank,
cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage
on any improved lot within the Borough when said lot property line
is within a two-hundred-foot radius of a public sanitary sewer line.
The owner of each house, building, or lot actually
or customarily used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or
other purposes, located within the Borough and having a lot property
line within a two-hundred-foot radius of a public sanitary sewer line
which currently exists or in the future may exist, is required at
his expense to install and connect suitable sewage discharge facilities
directly with the public sanitary sewer line in accordance with the
provisions of this article within 120 days of notice being sent to
said owner by the Borough.
In the event it would be a hardship for the
property owner to connect to a public sanitary sewer line, application
may be made to the Borough by the property owner to continue the use
of the private septic facility existing on the premises at the time
of the adoption of this article.
No person unauthorized by the Borough shall
uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb
any public sanitary sewer line or appurtenance without first obtaining
a written permit from the Borough.
The owner of property seeking to connect to the public sanitary sewer line or his agent shall make application on a form furnished by the Borough for a permit to install and connect suitable sewage discharge facilities directly with the public sanitary sewer line. The application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Borough. The permit and connection fees are as set forth in Chapter
168, Fees. In the alternative, the owner may elect to have the sewer connection fee billed quarterly in four equal quarterly installments. If so elected, each quarterly installment will have added a service fee as provided in Chapter
168, Article
II. The initial quarterly water/sewer bill will be prorated as of the connection date.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of a suitable sewage discharge facilities directly
with the public sanitary sewer line shall be borne by the owner of
the property. The owner shall indemnify the Borough from any loss
or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
and connection of said suitable sewage discharge facility.
Separate and independent suitable sewage discharge
facilities shall be installed for every independent structure on any
lot, except where one structure stands at the rear of another on an
interior lot and it is in the judgment of the Borough impractical
to install or no other private suitable sewage discharge facility
is available or can be installed or connected to a public sanitary
sewer line. In such case, the suitable sewage discharge facility from
the structure most practically located, in the judgment of the Borough,
shall serve both or whichever structures the Borough deems necessary
on said lot or lots.
Existing suitable sewage discharge facilities
may be connected to the public sanitary sewer line upon application,
examination, testing and approval by the Borough.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction,
placing of pipe, joining, testing, excavation and backfilling of a
trench, of a suitable sewage discharge facility shall conform to the
requirement of the building and plumbing code of the state and the
Borough. All such installations and connections to the public sanitary
sewer line of a suitable sewage discharge facility shall be made by
a plumber licensed by the state.
Whenever possible, the installation of a suitable
sewage discharge facility shall connect to any structure from which
sewage is to be discharged at an elevation below the first floor of
said structure. In any structure in which sewage is to be discharged
from an area which is too low to permit gravity flow of the sewage
to the public sanitary sewer line, such sewage shall be lifted by
an approved means to the connection made by the suitable sewage discharge
facility with the structure.
No suitable sewage discharge facility which
is connected either directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer
line shall be connected either directly or indirectly to any roof
downspout, foundation drain, areaway drains or other sources of surface
runoff or groundwater.
The final approval of a suitable sewage discharge
facility shall not become effective until the installation and connection
to the public sanitary sewage line is completed to the satisfaction
of the Borough. The owner or the applicant for the permit shall notify
the Borough when the suitable sewage discharge facility is ready for
connection to the public sanitary sewage line which said connection
shall be made under the supervision of the Borough or its representative.
Any owner who has been notified in accordance
with the provisions of this article, and fails to comply with these
provisions by failing to install and connect suitable sewage discharge
facilities directly with the public sanitary sewer line or by constructing
or maintaining any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage on any improved
lot within the Borough, when said lot property line is within a two-hundred-foot
radius of a public sanitary sewer line, shall be subject to a fine
of $15 for each day of noncompliance. Compliance shall be deemed to
have been achieved upon inspection and approval by the Borough. Any
owner or applicant for a permit who fails to comply with these provisions
shall be subject to a fine of $15 for each day of noncompliance. Compliance
shall be deemed to have been achieved upon inspection and approval
by the Borough.