[Adopted by Ord. No. 19-1993 (Ch. 13.20 of the 1996 Municipal Code)]
A.
Control of sewers. The Division of Sewer within the Department of
Public Works shall manage and control the sewerage and drainage system.
B.
Superintendent of the Division of Sewer. The Superintendent of the
Division of Sewer shall be in charge of the operation of the Division
of Sewer. The Superintendent of the Division of Sewer shall be appointed
by the Director of the Department of Public Works subject to the provisions
of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes. The Superintendent of the
Division of Sewer must satisfy all license and other requirements
which may be imposed by any federal or state regulatory agency having
jurisdiction over the operation of the City's sewer utility.
Any person making a connection with the sewerage system shall
execute, in addition to the normal road opening bond, an additional
bond in the amount of $1,000 with sufficient surety to be approved
by the Business Administrator, conditioned upon that person indemnifying
and saving the City harmless against all damages and costs occasioned
by any injury or obstructions that the person may do or cause to be
done to the sewerage system in any manner whatsoever.
A.
Application for sewer service shall be made to the Tax Collector at his office in the municipal building. Each application shall be accompanied by payment of the connection fee, which shall be as set forth in Chapter 146, Fee Schedule. The application shall contain the following information:
B.
Upon completion of the actual sewer connection, the owner of the
property which has been connected and the Construction Code Official
shall notify the Tax Collector of the connection for the purpose of
imposing sewer service charges.
It shall be mandatory for the owner of any property abutting
a street having a sewer main to connect the property to the sewer
main.
A.
Installation of connections and laterals. Installation of connections
and laterals shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the
Uniform Construction Code as directed by the Construction Code Official
or an appropriate subcode official. Permit fees shall be established
pursuant to the Uniform Construction Code as set forth in the applicable
section of the New Jersey Administrative Code.
B.
Regulations. Service shall be installed and maintained by the property
owner in accordance with the standard detail on file in the Construction
Code Official's office. A copy of the standard detail shall also be
maintained in the office of the Municipal Clerk. All connections with
sewer laterals shall be made in a careful and workmanlike manner and
shall consist of pipe of an accepted standard construction and type
approved for a particular installation at least four inches in diameter.
C.
Sewer extensions. The design of any extension laid in connection
with the City's sewerage system must be approved by the City Engineer.
Any such extension shall be no less than eight inches in diameter.
Grease traps or other appliances necessary to protect the sewer system from stoppage shall be installed by the owner of the property at the owner's expense within 30 days of written notice from the Director of Public Works requiring that the appliance be installed. Failure to cause the installation to be made may result in the imposition of penalties pursuant to § 277-18 or disconnection of the property from the City's sewerage system.
The Division of Sewer shall have the right of access at all
reasonable times to all parts of any premises connected with the sewer
system for the purpose of examining and inspecting the sewer connections
and fixtures draining into sewer mains.
The sanitary sewer system shall be used only for the discharge
of fluid refuse from sinks, bath and house laundry tubs, shower baths,
urinals and waste from toilets, all of which shall hereafter be referred
to as "domestic waste," and such other waste as the Council may, by
special permission, allow to enter the sewer system as hereinafter
provided.
No person, either owner, user or tenant, of any lands and premises
shall cause to be drained, permit to flow or be deposited into any
part of the sewer system, the following matter:
A.
Gasoline, naphtha or other explosive matter, acids, matter having
antiseptic properties, garbage, offal, animals, vegetable parings,
ashes, cinders, rags, wax, oils or other articles or things which
are liable to injure the sewer system or any part thereof, or obstruct
the flow of sewerage therein.
B.
The exhaust from any steam engine boiler.
C.
Any storm, roof or surface water drainage.
D.
Car wash water from car wash facilities.
A.
The granting of special permission by the Director of Public Works
upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of the Division of Sewer
to discharge industrial waste into the sewerage system shall not be
construed to establish a precedent for permission to discharge similar
industrial waste into the sewerage system. Such special permission,
when granted, shall not be deemed to be a continuing right to discharge
industrial waste into the sewerage system, but may be revoked at any
time, in addition to other causes for revocation contained herein,
by the Director of Public Works, when it is determined that the terms
and conditions of the special permission have been violated or that
the flow into the sewerage system will overburden its capacity to
the detriment of other users of the system. Revocation shall occur
immediately upon receipt by the industrial discharger of written notice
from the Director of Public Works ordering the industrial discharger
to cease discharging industrial waste. Each day that such discharge
shall continue following receipt of notice shall constitute a separate
offense.
B.
The discharge of industrial waste into the sewerage system shall
be by a separate connection from that used for the discharge of domestic
waste.
C.
Standards for the present treatment of industrial waste shall comply
with the standards established by the Division of Sewer. Industrial
waste shall be metered. A meter(s) shall be installed at the expense
of the owner of the property from which the industrial waste emanates.
[Amended by Ord. No. 10-1997]
A.
Cleaning drains and sewers.
(1)
Property owners shall keep all laterals leading to the sewer mains
in good condition and order. Failure to properly maintain sewer laterals
in good condition which results in the discharge of raw sewage into
any portion of a public street or throughfare, or upon private property
must be remediated within 24 hours of any such discharge occurring.
Failure to remediate any such condition within 24 hours shall be a
violation of this section and shall result in the imposition of a
$500 fine. Upon the expiration of 24 hours period from any such discharge,
if the property owner has failed to remediate same, the City may take
all necessary and appropriate actions to remediate the issue which
resulted in the discharge of raw sewage as necessary to abate the
hazard created. All costs of remediation incurred by the City shall
be assessed against the property owner.
[Amended 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 06-2022]
(2)
The Superintendent of the Division of Sewer shall be responsible
for keeping all sewer mains clean and free to permit laterals to empty
into mains.
B.
Garbage grinder or garbage disposal unit. The use of a garbage grinder
or garbage disposal unit connected to the City's sewerage system is
permitted.
C.
Privies and outhouses prohibited. The use of privy wells, outhouses
and cesspools in the City shall be prohibited. The installation of
septic tanks shall be required, in accordance with the Plumbing Code
currently in effect in the City, in areas where the City's sewer service
is not available.[1]
A.
Unused buildings. An unused building connection shall not be connected
with the sewer system until the Superintendent of the Division of
Sewer has inspected it and has found it to be clean and to conform
with the requirements of this article.
B.
Demolished building. Upon the demolishing or razing of a building,
the connection shall be sealed in a manner to be approved by the Superintendent
of the Division of Sewer at the expense of the property owner.
A.
All sewer service charges shall be based upon metered water use. Such charges shall be set by the Common Council. With the exception of industrial users, bills shall be payable semiannually on March 15 and September 15 of each year. Sewer service charges shall be specified in Chapter 146, Fee Schedule.
B.
Service charges, connection fees or other charges levied in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-10 and N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11 shall be a first
lien or charge against the property benefitted therefrom. If any part
of the amount due and payable shall remain unpaid for 30 days following
the billing date, interest upon the amount unpaid shall accrue at
a rate of interest permitted by statute. The Common Council may authorize
payment of delinquent assessments on an installment basis in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 54:5-19. Liens resulting from the operation of the sewer
utility shall be enforceable in the manner provided for real property
tax liens in N.J.S.A. 54:5-1 et seq.
C.
The Division of Sewer may discontinue service to any property for
the failure to pay any amount owing within 30 days after the date
the amount is due and payable, if written notice of the proposed discontinuance
of service and of the reasons therefor have been given, within at
least 10 days prior to the date of discontinuance, to the owner of
record of the property. In the event that notice is provided by mail,
the notice requirements shall be satisfied if the mailing is made
to the last known address of the owner of record and is postmarked
at least 10 days prior to the date of discontinuance.
A.
Industrial users.
(1)
An industrial user who installs a wastewater flow meter approved by the City Engineer and Superintendent of the Division of Sewer may elect to have its sewer charge based upon metered wastewater flow. An industrial user who elects to have its sewer charge based upon metered wastewater flow shall pay a surcharge as set forth in Chapter 146, Fee Schedule, for each 1,000 gallons in excess of the gallonage upon which its connection fee was calculated. The surcharge shall be determined per calendar day.
(2)
The rate charged to industrial users shall be multiplied by a surcharge
factor for removal of allowed pollutants in excess of permitted concentrations.
The surcharge factor shall be based upon maximum permitted concentrations
and shall be the greater of:
(3)
Industrial users shall be billed monthly based on actual use.
B.
Burlington Township rate change notice. The Municipal Clerk shall
notify the Clerk of Burlington Township annually by September 30 of
each year during which the City provides sewer service to the township
of any change in the City sewer charges.
Any senior citizen who is qualified for the real estate senior citizen's tax deduction and who is a resident and user at the time of the September billing shall be eligible annually for the credit set forth in Chapter 146, Fee Schedule, to be taken against the last billing of the year.
The connection fee shall be recomputed at the end of each budget
year, after a public hearing is held, pursuant to the standards set
forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11. The revised connection fee shall be
imposed upon users who subsequently connect to the system.
