[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Riverdale as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 136.
[Adopted 2-17-2015 by Ord. No. BOH 1-2015[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 177,
Sewage Disposal, adopted 7-10-1990 by Ord. No. 1-90.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:22.23 et seq., including 58:11-36 and
13:1B-3 and the amendments thereto, there is adopted Chapter 9:9A-1.1
through 7:9A-12.8 of the New Jersey Administrative Code and the supplements
and additions thereto.
No person shall locate, construct, or alter any individual sewage
disposal system, nor shall a completed or altered system be backfilled
without the approval of the Health Department.
A.
The Health Department shall examine all applications for permits,
and approve or deny in whole or in part the application, within 20
business days. If the application is denied in whole or in part, the
Health Department shall set forth the reason therefore in writing.
If the Health Department fails to grant in whole or in part, or deny
an application within 20 days, such failure shall be deemed a denial
of the application for the purposes of an appeal as provided by law,
unless such period of time has been extended with the consent of the
applicant.
B.
Suspension of permit. Any permit issued shall become invalid if the
authorized work is not commenced within nine months after the issuance
of the permit or completed within one year after the issuance of the
permit. The Health Department may consider an extension beyond the
one-year period explaining the reason for the delay. Said extension,
if granted, shall not exceed three months commencing from the original
date of termination.
C.
Approved plans. The Department of Health shall stamp or endorse in
writing the approved plans. One set of approved plans shall be retained
by the Department of Health, and the other set shall be kept on the
construction site open to inspection to the Health Department or its
authorized representative at all reasonable times.
D.
Revocation of permits. The Health Department may revoke a permit
or approval issued under the provision of this code in case of any
false statement or misrepresentation of fact in the application or
on the plans on which the permit or approval was based.
E.
Posting of permit. A true copy of the permit shall be kept on the
site of operations open to inspection during the entire time of prosecution
of the work and until the completion of same.
F.
Notice of start. At least 24 hours' notice of start of work
under a sanitary permit shall be given to the Health Department.
G.
Conditions of permit. The issuance of the sanitary permit shall be
conditioned upon the following:
(1)
The payment of appropriate fees;
(2)
That work will conform to the approved application, plans and specifications
of which the permit has been issued, including prior approvals and
amendments thereto;
(3)
That the permit is a license to proceed with the work and shall not
be construed as authority to violate, cancel or set aside any of the
provisions of the regulation;
(4)
That the owner, his agent contractor or other employees will assist
the enforcing agency in its inspection work, if requested.
There shall be a fee established pursuant to this article as
follows:
A.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit to locate,
construct, alter or repair an individual sewage disposal system, $150.
B.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit to repair
a baffle, connecting pipe, or distribution box of an individual sewage
disposal system, $25.
C.
For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal system or
part thereof, caused by the failure of the permittee to locate and
construct or alter the same in accordance with the terms of the permit
issued or the terms of the code adopted by this article, an inspection
fee of $25 shall be charged.
New individual sewage 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 Health Department shall have issued a certificate indicating
that such disposal system has been located and constructed in compliance
with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the code
adopted by this article. Issuance of such certificate shall be required
for alterations to an existing individual sewage disposal system.
No person shall own or operate an individual sewage disposal
system which is designed, constructed, or located in a manner that
will permit the discharge of an effluent onto the surface of the ground
or into any watercourse.
