A code regulating the location, construction, maintenance and
repair of individual sewage disposal system is hereby established
pursuant to Chapter 9A, Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage
Disposal Systems, N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1.1 et seq. (Reference Chapter 199)
Wherever the sewage disposal of any building cannot be connected
to the public sewer, it must be connected to an approved septic tank.
Any other means of disposal shall be unlawful in the Township of Middletown.
No septic system shall be constructed, reconstructed or repaired
without a permit for that purpose being first obtained from the Department
of Health and Social Services.
[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479]
Upon approval of the application, a permit shall be issued and a fee as set forth in Chapter
240, Fees, shall be collected for each inspection of the work.
No septic system shall be allowed at any time to overflow its
contents on the surface of the ground or to have its contents accessible
to flies or mosquitoes or to allow its contents to gain access to
any surface water or subsoil water drain, well, water supply, lake
or stream. Any septic tank or drainage trench in this condition shall
be considered defective and a detriment to the public health.
It shall be unlawful for any person to prevent, obstruct, resist
or interfere with any officer heretofore named or any person employed
for or by this Department of Health and Social Services in entering
upon any land as aforesaid for any of the specified purposes of this
chapter.
No building permit shall be issued for any type of new construction
or any alteration, addition or repair to an existing building where
a septic system has failed until plans for said system have been filed
and approved; and the system has been inspected and approved.
The courts, justice of the peace, recorder or magistrate shall,
at any time, amend all defects and errors in the complaint and process.