[Amended 4-16-2007 by Ord. No. 12-07, effective 5-6-2007]
For the purpose of this Part 1, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of these articles 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.
The duly appointed members of the Pequannock, Lincoln Park
and Fairfield Sewerage Authority.
The facilities owned or leased by the Authority, operated
by the Authority, or both, for collecting, pumping, conveying, treating
and disposing of sewage.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. or 68° F., expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Measurements shall be as set forth in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
The Borough of Lincoln Park.
That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which
receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes,
excluding sump pumps, inside the walls of the building or structure
and conveys it to the building sewer.
That part of a horizontal drainage system, beginning three
feet outside the inner face of the building or structure wall, which
receives the discharge from the building drain and conveys it to a
service lateral of a street sewer.
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water,
sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining
at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at room temperature as
set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater.
The quantity of oxygen required to chemically oxidize material
waste by dichromate acid solution, expressed in milligrams per liter
(mg/l). Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
Each individual building or structure, whether constructed
as a detached unit or as one of a pair or row, which is designated
or adaptable to separate ownership or occupancy.
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
The Borough's Engineer who is engaged at the time to serve
the Borough for the design, inspection, construction and operation
of the local sewerage system.
The Health Department of the Borough of Lincoln Park.
Any physical or non-physical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate sewer system
operated by the Borough of Lincoln Park, unless that discharge is
authorized under a New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NJPDES) permit other than the Tier A Municipal Stormwater General
Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852). Non-physical connections
may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, overflows, cesspools,
privy vaults, garage floor drains, or pit drains into the municipal
separate storm sewer system.
Any property within a sewered area upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
A liquid waste resulting from the processes employed in commercial
and/or industrial establishments, including but not limited to those
pollutants regulated under Section 307(a), (b) or (c) of the Federal
Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b) or (c)].[1]
All sanitary sewers and appurtenances within the Borough
which are or may be connected to the Authority sewerage system.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Borough of Lincoln Park or other public body and is 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. Non-contact
cooling water may however contain algaecides or biocides to control
fouling of equipment, such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed,
show, by weight, the following characteristics:
BOD: 2,300 pounds per million gallons (280 milligrams per liter)
or less.
Chlorine demand: 208 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter) or less.
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (315 milligrams
per liter) or less.
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 pounds per million gallons (400
milligrams per liter) or less.
Nitrogen: 200 pounds per million gallons (24 milligrams per
liter) or less.
Garbage, shredded or unshredded, refuse, wood, eggshells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes
and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes.
Any person vested with any ownership or other interest in
the land, legal or equitable, individual or joint or in common, of
any property located in the sewered area.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
A structure's water supply and distribution pipes, fixtures
and traps; soil, waste and vent pipes; sanitary and storm drains;
and building sewers, including their respective connections, devices
and appurtenances to an approved point of disposal.
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, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact cooling water.
A sewer which is controlled by the Borough of Lincoln Park.
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of any
building or structure, free of stormwater and surface water, industrial
wastes and other wastes.
A public sewer which conveys sewage and to which stormwater,
surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
Waterborne animal, vegetable or other degradable wastes from
septic tanks, water closets, buildings, residences, industrial establishments
or other places, together with such groundwater infiltration and inflow,
surface water, admixtures or other wastes as may be present.
A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage.
The Division of Sewers of the Lincoln Park Department of
Public Works and Utilities.
The Borough Plumbing Subcode Official or any person employed
by the Borough or its boards and bodies who is properly licensed and
authorized to inspect the construction of building sewers to the service
lateral.[2]
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
The Borough's sanitary sewers located under streets, with
branch service laterals that collect and convey sanitary sewage or
industrial wastes, or a combination of both.
Solids that are in suspension in sewage or other liquids
and which are removable by filtration. Measurement shall be as set
forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater.
The Pequannock, Lincoln Park and Fairfield Sewerage Authority
treatment plant located in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, and any necessary
or desirable renewals, replacements, alterations, extensions, enlargements
or betterment thereof, whether located on such site or elsewhere.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property
within the Borough any human or animal excrement, garbage or other
objectionable waste.
[Amended 4-16-2007 by Ord. No. 10-07, effective 5-6-2007]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to prohibit the spilling,
dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater to the municipal
separate storm sewer system (MS4) operated by the Borough of Lincoln
Park, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for the failure to comply.
B.
Prohibited conduct. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials
other than stormwater to the municipal separate storm sewer system
operated by the Borough of Lincoln Park is prohibited. The spilling,
dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater in such a
manner as to cause the discharge of pollutants to the municipal separate
storm sewer system is also prohibited.
C.
Exceptions to prohibition. This section shall not apply to:[2]
(1)
Waterline flushing and discharge from potable water sources.
(2)
Uncontaminated groundwater (i.e., infiltration, crawl space or basement
sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, and rising groundwaters).
In the event the uncontaminated groundwater is piped, it must be directed
into the nearest catch basin.
(3)
Air-conditioning condensate (excluding contact and non-contact cooling
water).
(4)
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).
(5)
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir
discharges and diverted stream flows.
(6)
Residential car washing water and residential swimming pool discharges.
(7)
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
(8)
Flows from fire-fighting activity.
(9)
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water: beach
maintenance equipment immediately following its use for its intended
purposes and equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing
materials immediately following salt and de-icing material applications.
(a)
Prior to rinsing with water, all residual salt and de-icing
materials must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum
extent practicable using dry cleaning methods (i.e., shoveling and
sweeping). Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse
or properly discarded.
(b)
Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation, is limited
to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does not apply to
engines or other enclosed machinery.
D.
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the Police Department
and the Division of Water and Sewers of the Borough of Lincoln Park.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
The owner of any improved property within the Borough and abutting
on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located
or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the Borough
is hereby required, at his expense, to install toilet facilities therein
and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sanitary
sewer, in accordance with the provisions of this Part 1, within 120
days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that such
public sanitary sewer is within 150 feet of such improved property.
No connection requirement shall be imposed and the owner shall be
exempt from the foregoing provisions in the case of any improved property
abutting a street, alley or right-of-way in which there is located
a public sanitary force main or in the case of proximity of such improved
property to a force main. Nevertheless, all such exemptions may be
rescinded if a health hazard has been determined by the Health Department,
and in such event the owner shall be required to construct and connect
such facilities within 60 days of the date of official notice by the
Health Department.
B.
The tap in the service lateral and connection between the service
lateral and the building sewer shall be made only by a licensed plumbing
contractor. Any connections to the public sanitary sewer in the absence
of a lateral, including the making of the tap in the sewer, the making
of the connection of the service lateral to the building sewer, backfilling
the trench and resurfacing of the street above the trench from the
street sewer to the curb, shall also be done, at the owner's expense,
by a licensed contractor approved by the Engineer, under the supervision
of the Engineer and the Sewer Inspector.[1]
