Whenever new water and sewer lines and facilities are installed
in Florence Township, the Township shall ensure that the systems are
constructed in accordance with the approved plans and rules and regulations
of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and
the Florence Township Water and Sewer Department. Florence Township
requires compliance as follows:
A. Upon completion of the new lines and facilities, the Florence Township
Water and Sewer Director and the Florence Township Water and Sewer
Engineer shall determine whether all work was installed per the approved
plans and that all supporting documents are in order. Both the Water
and Sewer Engineer and the Water and Sewer Director shall confirm
to the Township Administrator that the new lines and facilities have
been constructed and approved per this section.
B. The contractor shall be required to submit as-built drawings of the
water and sewer system and facilities. Such as-built drawings shall
be certified by the applicant's engineer to the Florence Township
Water and Sewer Engineer and the Florence Township Water and Sewer
Director. The as-built drawings must be submitted and approved by
the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer and the Florence Township
Water and Sewer Director prior to the installation of base paving
and prior to the charging of water mains. If required by the Township,
the contractor or developer shall video the sanitary sewer mains,
which video shall be supplied in a DVD format to the Florence Township
Water and Sewer Director and Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer
for approval prior to installation of base paving.
C. All as-built drawings must accurately depict the horizontal and vertical
locations of all utilities and substantiate conformance to the approved
plans, as well as the Rules and Regulations of the Florence Township
Water and Sewer Department. All as-built drawings must be approved
by the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer and the Florence
Township Water and Sewer Director or the work shall be deemed to be
unacceptable and cause for requesting the cessation of building permits
until compliance is achieved by the applicant.
D. The contractor shall provide verification of all gravity sewer main
slopes prior to base paving and confirmed acceptance of said installation
by the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer and the Florence
Township Water and Sewer Director. Sewer lines installed with less
than the NJDEP minimum slopes or with more than the NJDEP maximum
slopes will be rejected and must be reinstalled in accordance with
the required standards prior to the base paving of the roadway. If
sewer lines are installed outside of a surface to be paved, then the
contractor shall meet the same requirements for the proper reinstallation
of sewer lines prior to the release of any building permits.
E. Florence Township shall not accept any water and sewer lines or facilities
which are not located in the public right-of-way or in easement areas
approved by the Township. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant
to have all easements prepared and approved by the Township. All costs
of the local review and recording shall be borne by the applicant.
F. Florence Township shall only accept dedication of new lines and facilities
once the installation has been properly approved in accordance with
this chapter of the Code of the Township of Florence and the performance
bond(s) covering said improvements have been duly released by the
Township Council. If the Florence Township Water and Sewer Engineer
and/or the Florence Township Water and Sewer Director determine that
newly installed lines warrant a documented video inspection, and/or
jetting and cleaning, then the applicant shall be responsible for
providing the inspection and cleaning in a manner prescribed by the
Township so as to confirm that the installation was done per all requirements
stated herein. The responsibility for all construction, maintenance
and operations prior to acceptance by Florence Township shall be borne
by the applicant. Once the lines and facilities are formally accepted
by Florence Township, they shall continue to remain covered under
the maintenance bonds per the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL) until
their release by the Township Council.