This article requires existing storm drain inlets to be retrofitted
when they are in direct contact with repaving, repairing, reconstruction,
resurfacing or alterations of facilities on private property in order
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 Pittsgrove Township so as to protect
public health, safety and welfare and to prescribe penalties for the
failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases
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 number include the singular number,
and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The
word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
PERSON
As defined in Articles
I and
II of this chapter.
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), or reconstructing 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 in §
78-15 to control passage of solid and floatable materials; or
B. Is retrofitted or replaced to meet the standard in §
78-15 prior to the completion of the project.
Storm drain inlets identified in §
78-14 shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this section, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard, see Subsection C below.
A. Grates.
(1) Design engineers shall use either of the following grates 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 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 seven square inches or be no greater than two inches across the
smallest dimension.
C. This standard does not apply:
(1) 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;
(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 Pittsgrove Township Public
Works Department.
Any person or persons found to be in violation of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 for
each storm drain inlet that is not retrofitted or replaced to meet
the design standard.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this
article is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence,
clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion
of the article to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any
cause or reason shall not affect any other portion of this article.