[Adopted 10-3-2012 by Ord. No. 12-14-1436[1]]
The Borough hereby declares its intent to regulate and control
the flow of any groundwaters or surface waters, except sanitary sewer
waters, into its sanitary sewer system. It is the intent of this article
to prevent groundwaters, surface waters, and any other waters from
entering the Borough of Cresskill sanitary sewer system by means of
sump pumps, storm drains or any other devices and to provide penalties
for the violation of same.
A.
No person shall connect a sump pump, drain or any other mechanical
or nonmechanical device which shall discharge non-sanitary sewage
waters into the sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Cresskill.
B.
Any property owner whose property contains any sump pumps or drains
or other mechanical or nonmechanical devices which are discharging
any waters into the sanitary sewer system shall cause such condition
to be removed and/or abated.
C.
Whenever a property owner intends to reroof or install a new roof
which is 1,500 square feet in area or greater, all new roof drains
must be connected directly to a storm drain system or a dry well,
and all roof drains on the property that are presently connected to
the sanitary sewer system must be disconnected and connected to either
a dry well and/or the storm drain system of the municipality. Prior
to reroofing or installing a new roof greater than 1,500 square feet
in area, the owner or his representative shall make application to
the Borough for a roof permit in regard to same.
(1)
Any permit for reroofing or a new roof issued in regard to a roof
which is 1,500 square feet in area or greater shall require all roof
leaders to be connected to either a storm drain or dry well. If any
roof leaders then in existence are connected to any sanitary sewer
system, they shall be disconnected from any sewer that they are connected
to and reconnected to either a storm drain or dry well. In no event
shall any roof leader continue to be connected to the sanitary sewer
system of the Borough of Cresskill.
(3)
The Construction Official or his designee shall review the application
and make an inspection to ascertain whether or not any roof drains
are presently connected to the sanitary sewer system of Cresskill
or will be connected as a result of said construction.
(4)
No roof permit shall be issued unless the Construction Official,
or his designee, is satisfied that no drains will be connected to
said system and, furthermore, any drains presently connected shall
be disconnected.
(5)
The Construction Official shall issue a permit for said repair or
reconstruction upon the applicant satisfying the provisions of this
section.
(6)
Upon completion of any work contemplated by this section, the Construction
Official, or his designee, shall reinspect the work in order to determine
whether or not the conditions of this section have been fulfilled.
Whenever it is necessary for a property owner to obtain a certificate
of occupancy, a continued certificate of occupancy, or any permit
from the Construction Department, and/or there is a transfer of any
ownership of any residence or commercial building, the Construction
Official shall be required to perform and/or direct the performance
of the following duties and acts:
A.
Upon application for a certificate of occupancy, continued certificate
of occupancy or permit, the Construction Official shall inspect, within
10 days, excluding weekends and holidays, the subject premises in
order to determine whether any sump pumps or drains or other mechanical
devices are discharging any waters into the sanitary sewer system.
B.
In the event that he determines that there is such discharge, no
certificate of occupancy, continued certificate of occupancy or permit
shall be issued to the possessor of said property until said condition
is removed.
C.
Upon the inspection of such dwelling, the Construction Official shall
file an appropriate affidavit indicating that said inspection has
been made, and he shall file same with the Borough Clerk.
In the event that the owner of real property in the Borough
of Cresskill violates any provision of this article, the Construction
Official shall be empowered to give notice to the property owner of
the violation of same, and the same shall be corrected within 30 days
thereof. In the event that the property owner fails to comply with
the order of the Construction Official, the owner shall be determined
to be in violation of this section and shall be subject to the penalties
set forth below.
For the purpose of administering and enforcing this article,
the Borough Construction Official, or his designee, shall have the
right to enter into and upon any lands for which an application has
been filed and may examine and inspect such lands.
The Construction Official or his designee is hereby designated
as the enforcement officer.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-15.
