The purposes of this article are to require the retrofitting
of existing storm drain inlets which are in direct contact with repaving,
repairing, reconstruction, or resurfacing or alterations of facilities
on private property; 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(s) operated by the Township
of Carneys Point so as to protect public health, safety and welfare;
and to establish penalties for the failure to comply.
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. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future,
words used in the plural include the singular, and words used in the
singular include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township of Carneys Point or other public body, and is designed
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
STORM DRAIN INLET
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.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies
of surface water or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within
the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
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:
A. Already meets the design standard below to control passage of solid
and floatable materials; or
B. Is retrofitted or replaced to meet the standard in §
180-34 prior to the completion of the project.
Storm drain inlets identified in §
180-33 above shall comply with the following standards to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this paragraph, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids.
A. Grates.
(1) Either of the following grates shall be used in pavement or another
ground surface to collect stormwater from that surface into a storm
drain or surface water body under that grate:
(a)
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
(b)
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate
has an area of no more than seven square inches, or is no greater
than 0.5 inch across the smallest dimension.
(2) 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. Examples of ground surfaces
include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking
areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels,
and stormwater basin floors.
B. Whenever a curb-opening inlet is utilized, 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 seven
square inches, or be no greater than two inches across the smallest
dimension.
C. The standards set forth in this section do not apply:
(1) Where the Township 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;
(2) 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:
(a)
A rectangular space 4 5/8 inches long and 1 1/2 inches
wide (this option does not apply for outfall netting facilities);
or
(b)
A bar screen having a bar spacing of 0.5 inch;
(3) Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars
with one-inch spacing between the bars; or
(4) 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.
This article shall be enforced by the Carneys Point Township
Construction Code Official or any such other municipal officials as
shall be designated by Resolution of the Carneys Point Township Committee.
Any person who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 for
each storm drain inlet that is not retrofitted to meet the design
standard.