The construction or maintenance of any privy, cesspool, septic
or other individual sewage disposal system within areas of the Township
adequately serviced by the Township sanitary sewer system is declared
to be a nuisance.
A.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within
the Township and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in
which there is now located or may in the future be located a sanitary
sewer, is hereby required, at the owner's expense, to connect the
drainage of all sources of sewage to the sanitary sewer in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter within 30 days after date of official
notice to do so, provided that said sanitary sewer is within a reasonable
distance.
B.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s)
shall indemnify the Township from any loss or damage that may directly
or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A.
Notice to connect required. The Director of the Department of Water
Pollution Control shall give at least 30 days' notice to the owner
of property affected before proceeding to award a contract for the
making of the connection or causing it to be made by the Township.
B.
Contents of notice. A notice given under this section shall contain
a description of the property affected, sufficient to identify it,
and a statement that, if the connection is not made within 30 days
after the service of the notice, the Township shall make it or cause
it to be made at the owner's expense.
C.
Service of notice. Notices under this section shall be served as
follows:
(1)
Upon owners residing in the Township, notice may be served personally
or by leaving it at their usual place of residence with some member
of their family above the age of 14 years.
(2)
Upon owners not resident in the Township, notice may be served personally
or by mailing it to the owner's last known post office address or
to an agent in charge of the property.
(4)
Owners who are infants or of unsound mind or the beneficiaries of
trusts shall be given notice by service upon their guardians or trustees.
(5)
Where there is more than one owner of the same piece of property,
service upon one owner shall be notice to all.
D.
Proof of service. Proof of service shall be filed with the officer
having charge of the record of tax liens in the Township.
E.
Defective notice. Failure to file proof of service, misstatement
of the same to the property owner, or similar errors or omissions
in the giving of notice shall not invalidate any charge for a sanitary
sewer connection where an actual benefit to the property results.
F.
Notwithstanding the aforementioned, any issues related to matters
of public health shall be the sole determination of the Township Health
Officer.
A.
If any property owner fails to make the required connection with
the sanitary sewer system within 30 days after being served with notice
to do so, the Director of the Department of Water Pollution Control
may cause the connection to be made or may award one or more contracts
to make it.
B.
Contracts for the making of sanitary sewer connections shall be awarded
in the same manner and after the same advertising as any other municipal
contract. In lieu of awarding separate contracts for the making of
each connection, the Township may award one contract for the making
of all connections which the Wastewater Utility may desire to have
made.
A.
When any sanitary sewer connection is made by the Township or under
a contract awarded by the Township, an accurate record of all expenses
shall be kept. Where several properties are involved, the expense
shall be portioned among them. Upon completion of the work, a statement
as to the expenses incurred shall be filed by the Director of the
Department of Water Pollution Control with the Director of Finance,
who shall cause the costs as shown to be charged against the property
involved. The sanitary sewer connection charge shall be recorded in
the same manner in which assessments are recorded.
B.
Every sanitary sewer connection charge shall, from the time of its
confirmation, be a first lien upon the property affected and shall
bear interest and be collected in the same manner as assessments for
local improvements.
A.
Each applicant for a permit for each connection from a single-family residential dwelling to the sewer system shall pay a fee as set forth in Chapter 215, Fees, of the Township Code for a permit to make the connection. The fee shall be payable at the time of the issuance of a permit.
B.
Each applicant for each connection from a nonresidential source to the sewer system shall pay the Township a fee as set forth in Chapter 215, Fees, of the Township Code. For purposes of computing the fee, a unit shall be measured to the following schedule:
[Amended 12-1-2020 by Ord. No. 20-053; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 21-049]
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One Unit for Every 300 Gallons per Day
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|---|---|---|---|
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Type of Establishment
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Units
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Gallons per Day per Unit
| |
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Residential dwellings (including single-family homes,
duplex units, townhouses, condominiums, and apartments)
| |||
|
1 bedroom
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Per dwelling
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150
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2 bedroom
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Per dwelling
|
225
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|
3 bedroom or larger
|
Per dwelling
|
300
| |
|
1 bedroom - age restricted
|
Per dwelling
|
110
| |
|
2 bedroom - age restricted
|
Per dwelling
|
170
| |
|
3 bedroom or larger - age restricted
|
Per dwelling
|
225
| |
|
Transit dwelling units
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Hotels (additional uses calculated separately)
|
Bedroom
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75
| |
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Lodging houses and tourist homes, motels and tourist cabins
|
Bedroom
|
75
| |
|
Boardinghouses (maximum permitted capacity)
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Boarder
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50
| |
|
Camps
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Campground mobile recreational vehicle tent
|
Site
|
100
| |
|
Parked mobile trailer site
|
Site
|
200
| |
|
Children's camps
|
Bedroom
|
50
| |
|
Labor camps
|
Bedroom
|
40
| |
|
Day camps - no meals
|
Person
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15
| |
|
Restaurants (including washrooms and turnover)
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Restaurant
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Seat or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
35
| |
|
Bar/cocktail lounge (limited food service)
|
Seat or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
20
| |
|
Fast-food restaurant
|
Seat or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
15
| |
|
24-hour service restaurant
|
Seat or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
50
| |
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Curb service drive-in restaurant - take out
|
Car space
|
50
| |
|
Dinner theater
|
Seat or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
20
| |
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Catering/banquet hall
|
Seat or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
20
| |
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Meat or fish department
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Per 100 square feet of floor space
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75
| |
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Specialty food stand or kiosk
|
Per 100 square feet of floor space
|
50
| |
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Delicatessen
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Per 100 square feet of floor space
|
40
| |
|
Mini-mart with deli
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Per 100 square feet of floor space
|
40
| |
|
Mini-mart without deli
|
Per 100 square feet of floor space
|
30
| |
|
Bakery
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Per 100 square feet of floor space
|
10
| |
|
Clubs, assemblies and organizations
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|
Residential clubhouse
|
Member or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
75
| |
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Nonresidential
|
Member or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
35
| |
|
Churches (worship area only - additional uses will be calculated
separately)
|
Member or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
3
| |
|
Community center
|
Lawful occupancy
|
3
| |
|
Funeral homes
|
Lawful occupancy
|
3
| |
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Movie theater
|
Lawful occupancy
|
3
| |
|
Sports stadium
|
Lawful occupancy
|
3
| |
|
Tennis racquet ball
|
Per court per hour
|
50
| |
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Athletic facility without shower
|
Per person or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
10
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Athletic facility with shower
|
Per person or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
25
| |
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Multi member swimming pool (pool area)
|
Per person or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
200
| |
|
Bowling alleys
|
Alley
|
200
| |
|
Recreation facilities, including but not limited to fitness,
karate, exercise or dance center, yoga, skating rink including and
general recreational facilities
|
Per 100 square feet of floor space
|
50
| |
|
Batting cages and driving range
|
Per lawful occupancy
|
250
| |
|
Medical institutions (including staff)
| |||
|
Hospitals
|
Bed
|
175
| |
|
Rehabilitation/physical therapy
|
Exam room, lab, and treatment room
|
225
| |
|
Medical/patient service area
|
Exam room, lab, and treatment room
|
225
| |
|
Assisted living facility - additional uses calculated separately
|
Bed
|
100
| |
|
Nursing homes - additional uses calculated separately
|
Bed
|
175
| |
|
Other institutions
|
Bed
|
125
| |
|
Dental offices
|
Patient service area
|
225
| |
|
Veterinary office
|
Patient service area
|
225
| |
|
Veterinary hospital, kennels, animal boarding facilities
|
Per pen, cage, kennel or stall
|
50
| |
|
Schools (including staff)
| |||
|
School - no showers or cafeteria
|
Student or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
10
| |
|
School - no showers and with cafeteria
|
Student or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
15
| |
|
School - with showers and with cafeteria
|
Student or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
20
| |
|
School - with showers, cafeteria and laboratories
|
Student or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
25
| |
|
Boarding school
|
Student or lawful occupancy, whichever is greater
|
75
| |
|
Day-care center
|
Per person based upon lawful occupancy
|
15
| |
|
Automobile service stations
| |||
|
Service station
|
Per filling position
|
125
| |
|
Repair shop with service bays and no fuel service
|
Per bay
|
50
| |
|
Dealerships
|
Per employee
|
25
| |
|
Car wash
|
System specification
| ||
|
Mini-market with fueling service
|
Per square foot
|
0.1
| |
|
Commercial and office buildings
| |||
|
Stores and shopping centers
|
Per square foot
|
0.1
| |
|
Offices
|
Per square foot
|
0.1
| |
|
Factories/warehouses (add process wastewater)
|
Per employee
|
25
| |
|
Factories/warehouses with showers (add process wastewater)
|
Per employee
|
40
| |
|
Manufacturing
|
Per employee
|
25
| |
|
Barber shops
|
Per chair
|
50
| |
|
Beauty shops
|
Per booth or bowl
|
675
| |
|
Individual salon suites in a group setting
|
Per booth or bowl
|
225
| |
|
Nail salons
|
Per pedicure station
|
40
| |
|
Animal grooming
|
Per tub
|
125
| |
|
Commercial laundry
|
Per machine
|
580
| |
C.
Sewer connection fees shall be valid for a period of five years from
the date of issuance.
D.
No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any sanitary sewer or appurtenances
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Department
of Water Pollution Control of the Township of Hamilton and after payment
of the required connection fee. It is required that permits shall
be kept on hand during the progress of the work to which they relate
and shall be exhibited whenever required by the Plumbing Subcode Official
or designated representative. Failure to obtain or pay for the permit
shall entitle the Township to disconnect any improper line from the
sewer system.
E.
In the event that an application is made for sewer service to a nonresidential
building or unit for which the types or sizes of the uses therein
have not been determined by the applicant, or are subject to change
in the future, a connection fee shall be assessed based upon the maximum
potential estimated sewer usage in the building or unit. The Director
of the Department of Water Pollution Control, in his discretion, may
enter into a deferred connection fee agreement under which an initial
connection fee would be imposed only for those uses that are initially
contemplated, and which would defer the payment of the balance of
the connection fee until such time as a use for which the initial
connection was paid is changed to a use that will generate additional
sewer usage. Any connection fee paid under a deferred connection fee
agreement shall be paid at the connection fee rate then prevailing
at the time that payment is made.
F.
A nonresidential user shall be entitled to use the amount of sewer
capacity, in gallons per day, that was obtained though the payment
of connection fees, as well as such additional capacity actually used
by its building or unit without having undergone a physical or operational
change for which a building permit, site plan, subdivision, variance
or other municipal approval was required. An application for additional
capacity shall be made by any existing nonresidential user whenever
there is an increase in the estimated projected sewer usage for any
existing building or unit resulting from any physical operational
change for which a building permit, site plan, subdivision, variance
or other municipal approval is required. A connection fee shall be
charged to the user based upon the increase in estimated sewer usage
associated with the aforesaid physical or operational change.
[Amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 18-027]
A.
Individual sewage disposal systems to conform to state standards.
The location, construction, use, maintenance of and emptying or cleaning
of individual sewage disposal systems shall conform in every respect
to the rules and regulations of the N.J.A.C. 7:9A, Standards for Individual
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems. A reserve individual sewage disposal
system shall also be shown on plans. Septic tank size shall be a minimum
of 1,250 gallons.
B.
Permit required for individual sewage disposal systems. No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual sewage disposal system until a permit for the location, construction or alteration of said sewage disposal system has been issued by the Division of Health. The fee for said permit shall be as specified in § 215-6.
C.
Certificate of compliance required for individual sewage disposal
systems. New individual disposal systems shall not be placed in operation,
nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions thereto be sold
or occupied, which must rely on such a system for sewage disposal,
until the Division of Health shall have issued a certificate indicating
that said disposal system has been located and constructed in compliance
with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the aforesaid
regulations. Issuance of such certificate shall not be required for
alterations to an existing individual sewage disposal system.
D.
Stop-work orders. The Division of Health may order all further work
in and about any individual sewage disposal system which is being
erected or installed in violation of the Code to be stopped forthwith,
except such work as shall be necessary to remedy such violation, and
thereafter the work continued without any violation of any of the
provisions of the Code, and after issuance of any such order and the
service of a copy thereof upon any person connected with or working
in and about the erection or installation of any such disposal system
or any part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon except
as aforesaid.
Holding tanks may be installed by a commercial or industrial
establishment in areas of Hamilton Township which are not serviced
by the sanitary sewer system, subject to the following restrictions:
A.
Tanks shall be of the highest quality obtainable for purposes of
sewage disposal, particularly in relation to corrosion and ability
to hold sewage intact under varying soil or outdoor conditions. Tank
quality must be approved by the Division of Health.
B.
There shall be a gauge to indicate amount of effluent in the tank
and a mechanism for automatically shutting off the water to all facilities
connected to the tank should the content of the tank reach a critical
level.
C.
A certificate describing the holding tank system, its maintenance
and the terms and conditions of the approval must be recorded as a
deed in the office of the County Clerk. All terms and conditions will
be binding upon subsequent property owners. Proof of recording shall
be furnished before final approval and a certificate of occupancy
is issued.
D.
Prior to the sale of a property with holding tank sewage facilities,
the potential buyer must be advised by the seller of the presence
of the tank, its maintenance and cost of same, and all other provisions
outlined in this article. Evidence must be furnished to the Division
of Health of such notification to a potential buyer.
E.
The owner of the property shall file annually with the Division of
Health a copy of the current pumping contract with a licensed collector.
A backup collector should also be available to empty the tank if necessary.
F.
Establishments approved for sewage disposal by holding tanks must
use this form of sewage disposal until sanitary sewers are provided.
G.
Should the holding tank system malfunction, it must be repaired immediately,
or there may be a loss of certificate of occupancy.
H.
Records of quantities and disposal dates shall be kept by the owner,
the collector, and the disposal site operator for review of the Health
Officer.
I.
The Division of Health may require other provisions for holding tanks
which it deems necessary to protect the public health.
J.
A bond, the sufficiency of which shall be determined by the Director
of Public Works, must be posted to guarantee pumping and/or repairs
by the Township which may be necessitated to ensure the health and
safety of the public.
[Amended 4-7-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-015]
Persons shall not engage in the business of emptying or cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or any place used for the reception or storage of human excrement who do not hold a license to engage in such business, issued by the Division of Construction Inspections. Such licenses shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance but may be renewed by the Division of Construction Inspections. Said license may be revoked for failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions of any rule or regulation of the Township or DEP. The fee for the issuance or renewal of license said shall be as set forth in Chapter 215, Fees, for each vehicle and conveyance.
[Amended 4-7-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-015]
In case any license required by § 385-14, 385-15 or 385-16 is denied by the Division of Construction Inspections, a hearing shall be held thereon before the Director of Community and Economic Development within 15 days after request thereof is made by the applicant, and upon such hearing the Director of Community and Economic Development shall affirm, alter or rescind the determination of the Division of Construction Inspections and take action accordingly within 15 days after the date of such hearing.
