[Adopted 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. 05-19]
As used in this Article III, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Waste and wastewater from humans and household operations.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) into the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Township of North Brunswick, unless that discharge
is authorized under a New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Permit other than the Tier A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES
Permit Number NJ0141852). Nonphysical connections may include, but
shall not be limited to, leaks, flows or overflows into the municipal
separate storm sewer system.
Nondomestic waste, including, but not limited to, those pollutants
regulated under Section 307(a), (b) or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [(33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b) or (c)].
A conveyance or system of conveyances, including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels or storm drains, that is owned or operated
by the Township of North Brunswick or other public body and is designed
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
A permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling.
Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material,
intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product. Noncontact
cooling water may, however, contain algaecides or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers and/or corrosion inhibitors.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
Water resulting from precipitation, including rain and snow,
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage
shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated
as the municipal separate storm sewer system or to a natural outlet
approved by the Township Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted
process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Township Engineer,
to the municipal separate storm sewer system or a natural outlet.
A.
Prohibited conduct. The spilling, dumping or disposal
of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate storm
sewer system operated by the Township of North Brunswick is prohibited.
The spilling, dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater
in such a manner as to cause the discharge of pollutants into the
municipal separate storm sewer system is also prohibited.
B.
Exceptions to prohibition:
(1)
Waterline flushing and discharges from potable water
sources.
(2)
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl
space or basement sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising
groundwaters).
(3)
Air-conditioning condensate (excluding contact and
noncontact cooling water).
(4)
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering
runoff).
(5)
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands,
water reservoir discharges and diverted stream flows.
(6)
Residential car washing water and residential swimming
pool discharges.
(7)
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
(8)
Flows from fire-fighting activities.
(9)
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with
clean water:
(a)
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following
their use for their intended purposes; and
(b)
Equipment used in the application of salt and
de-icing materials immediately following salt and de-icing material
applications. Prior to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt
and de-icing materials must be removed from equipment and vehicles
to the maximum extent practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g.,
shoveling and sweeping). Recovered materials are to be returned to
storage or reuse or properly discarded. Rinsing of equipment as noted
in the above situation is limited to exterior, undercarriage and exposed
parts and does not apply to engines or other enclosed machinery.
Prohibited conduct. No person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged through an illicit connection to the municipal
separate storm sewer system operated by the Township of North Brunswick
any domestic sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater
or other industrial waste, other than stormwater.
This article shall be enforced by the Police
Department and the Department of Public Works of the Township of North
Brunswick.
Any person(s) who continues to be in violation
of the provisions of this article after being duly notified shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.
[Added 8-2-2010 by Ord. No. 10-18]
A.
Retrofitting mandatory. All existing storm drain inlets which are
in direct contact with repaving, repairing, reconstruction, or resurfacing
or alterations of facilities on private property shall be retrofitted
in accordance with the requirements of this section to prevent the
discharge of solids and floatables (such as plastic bottles, cans,
food wrappers and other litter) to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Township of North Brunswick, to protect the
public health, safety and welfare.
B.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
PERSON
STORM DRAIN INLET
WATERS OF THE STATE
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases, words,
and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless
their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates a different
meaning:
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township of North Brunswick or other public body, and is designed
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
An opening in a storm drain used to collect stormwater runoff
and includes, but is not limited to, a grate inlet, curb-opening inlet,
slotted inlet, and combination inlet.
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies
of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the
boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
C.
Prohibited conduct. No person in control of private property (except
a residential lot with one single-family house) shall authorize the
repaving, repairing (excluding the repair of individual potholes),
resurfacing (including top coating or chip sealing with asphalt emulsion
or a thin base of hot bitumen), reconstructing or altering any surface
that is in direct contact with an existing storm drain inlet on that
property unless the storm drain inlet either:
D.
Design standard. Storm drain inlets identified in § 276-41C above shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this subsection, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see § 276-41D(3) below.
(1)
Grates.
(a)
Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever
they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect
stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body
under that grate:
[1]
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle-safe
grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible
Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines (April 1996);
or
[2]
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate
has an area of no more than 7.0 square inches, or is no greater than
0.5 inch across the smallest dimension.
(b)
Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in
grate inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination
inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates,
and grates of spacer bars in slotted drains.
(c)
Examples of ground surfaces include surfaces of roads (including
bridges), driveways, parking areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns,
fields, open channels, and stormwater basin floors.
(2)
Whenever design engineers use a curb-opening inlet, the clear space
in that curb opening (or each individual clear space, if the curb
opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have an area of no more
than 7.0 square inches, or be no greater than 2.0 inches across the
smallest dimension.
(3)
This standard does not apply:
(a)
Where the Municipal Engineer agrees that this standard would
cause inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably
be overcome by using additional or larger storm drain inlets that
meet these standards;
(b)
Where flows are conveyed through any device (e.g., end-of-pipe
netting facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin
hood) that is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid
and floatable materials that could not pass through one of the following:
(c)
Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel
bars with one-inch spacing between the bars; or
(d)
Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
determines, pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is
an undertaking that constitutes an encroachment or will damage or
destroy the New Jersey Register listed historic property.
E.
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced concurrently by the Director
of Community Development and/or his or her designee and by the Municipal
Code Enforcement Officer.
F.
Penalties. Any person(s) found to be in violation of the provisions
of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 for
each storm drain inlet that is not retrofitted to meet the design
standards set forth herein.
