This is an article prohibiting illicit connections to the municipal
storm sewer system operated by the Township of Montclair in order
to protect public health, safety and welfare and prescribing penalties
for the failure to comply. This article does not apply to any illicit
connection which emanates from a location outside the Township of
Montclair.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates
a different meaning:
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal storm sewer system
operated by the Township of Montclair, unless the discharge is authorized
under a New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES)
permit other than the public complex stormwater general permit. Nonphysical
connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows or overflows
into the municipal storm sewer system.
Nondomestic waste, including, but not limited to, those pollutants
regulated under Sections 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 and storm drains) owned or operated by
the Township of Montclair and 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.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of the State of New Jersey whose
conduct on Township property is subject to regulation by the Township.
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 and is transmitted to the subsurface,
captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage facilities
or conveyed by snow-removal equipment.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through
an illicit connection to the municipal storm sewer system operated
by the Township of Montclair any domestic sewage, noncontact cooling
water, process wastewater or other industrial waste (other than stormwater).
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000,
imprisonment in the county/municipal jail for a term not exceeding
90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or
any combination thereof as determined by the Municipal Court Judge.
Each day on which a violation of an ordinance exists shall be considered
a separate and distinct violation and shall be subject to imposition
of a separate penalty for each day of the violation as the Municipal
Court Judge may determine.
