[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.