[Ord. No. 9-18-79 § 70-8.1]
A Sewer Division in the Township Department of Public Works
and Utilities is hereby established. It shall consist of such employees
as the Mayor shall assign to or appoint for its operation at such
salary or rate of compensation as shall be determined by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 7-1-80 § 70-4.1; Ord. No. 10-1-85]
There is hereby established a Sewer Review Committee. This Committee
shall consist of three Council members appointed by the Council President
with the consent of the Council. Each appointment shall be for a one-year
term and commence as of January 1.
[1]
Note: Participants in this Authority include the Township
of Boonton, Township of Denville, Town of Dover, Township of Randolph,
Borough of Rockaway, Town of Boonton and the Borough of Wharton, as
well as the Township of Rockaway.
[1971 Code § 23-1]
Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 4 of
the Sewerage Authorities Law of the State of New Jersey (Laws of 1946,
Chapter 138, as amended and supplemented), there is hereby created
"The Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority."
[1971 Code § 23-2]
The Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority is an agency
and instrumentality of the participants, created by parallel ordinances
duly adopted by their governing bodies, and is a Sewerage Authority
as contemplated and provided for by the Sewage Authorities Law and
shall have and exercise all of the powers and perform all of the duties
provided for by the Sewerage Authorities Law and any other statutes
enacted and applicable thereto.
[1971 Code § 23-3]
The Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority shall consist
of nine members. One of the members shall be appointed by the governing
body of the City of Jersey City, all in accordance with the provisions
of paragraphs (e) and (1) of the Sewerage Authorities Law.
[1971 Code § 23-4]
A copy of this section duly certified by the Township Clerk,
shall be filed by the Township Clerk in the office of the Secretary
of State.
[1971 Code § 23-5]
This section shall take effect immediately after final passage
and publication in accordance with the manner prescribed by law, but
shall be of no further force or effect after December 31, 1971, unless
on or before that date a parallel ordinance shall have been adopted
by the governing body of each of the other participants.
[Ord. No. 9-7-82 § 23-6]
A.
There is hereby adopted by the Township for the purpose of establishing
rules and regulations affecting the installation, maintenance repair
and control of plumbing and drainage of buildings and the connection
thereof with an outside sewer, "The Local Sewer Service Rules governing
the Use of the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority Treatment
System, February 1982." Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.1,
a copy of the Rules is annexed to this section and three copies of
the same are now filed in the office of the Township Clerk and will
remain on file for the use of the public.
B.
Wherever the word Municipality appears in the text of the Local Sewer
Service Rules, it shall be understood to mean the Township of Rockaway.
C.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this Local Sewer Service Rules or shall fail to comply with any of these requirements, shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5. Each violation of the Rules and each and every day the same is violated shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The fine and penalty shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedy or penalty provided by law.
[Ord. No. 11-6-86 § 70A-1; Ord. No. 11-1-88, § 70A-1]
There is hereby created within the Township a Sewer Allocation
Committee, which Committee shall be composed of three members of the
Township Council, appointed by the Council President for terms of
two years. The Sewer Allocation Committee shall meet periodically
and is charged with the responsibility for the allocation of sewer
gallonage assigned to the Township by way of the order lifting restraints
(building ban, filed in Planning and Development Department).[1] The Superintendent of the Municipal Utility is responsible
for the administration of the Sewer Allocation under the direction
of the Township Administration. The Sewer Allocation Committee is
authorized to promulgate Bylaws with respect to the conduct of the
meetings. The Sewer Allocation Committee shall work in conjunction
with the Township Administration, and shall receive assistance of
the Township Officials, including, but not limited to the Township
Engineer, Township Attorney, and Township Municipal Utility Superintendent.
A.
The Municipal Utility Superintendent shall receive and supervise
the receipt of applications for connection to sewers within the Township
of Rockaway and shall further supervise the administration of the
Township of Rockaway's record keeping and management of sewer connections.
B.
Each request for a sewer connection shall be on a form promulgated
by the Township of Rockaway Sewer Allocation Committee which shall
take into consideration the information requested on the form promulgated
by the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority relating to sewer
connections. This information is intended to permit the Township of
Rockaway to keep accurate records as to the amount of gallonage allocated
and the net remaining allocation of gallonage. All approvals for gallonage
connection are subject to approvals of the RVRSA and, if necessary,
approvals of other governmental agencies, including the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, for such items as sewer extension
permits (CP-1).
C.
Applications for sewer allocations.
(1)
Applications for sewer allocations for individual residences shall
be reviewed and approved by the Sewer Allocation Committee.
(2)
Applications for sewer allocations for other than individual homes
shall be reviewed and approved by the Sewer Allocation Committee,
only upon submission of written preliminary approval by the Planning
Board.
D.
The Sewer Allocation Committee is hereby authorized to approve, without
further authorization of the Township Council, on behalf of the Township
of Rockaway, sewer connections involving 1,000 gallons per day or
less. Further, the Municipal Utility Superintendent, who shall be
the primary full-time administrator of the sewer allocation program,
shall be authorized to approve on behalf of the Township of Rockaway,
without additional approval of the Sewer Allocation Committee or the
Township Council of the Township of Rockaway, up to 100 applications
for single family house connections during any given calendar month;
provided, however, that no two of such houses or lots during any three
month period shall be in common ownership.
Applications as approved by the Superintendent shall be on a
first come, first served basis. The Municipal Utility Superintendent
shall provide members of the Sewer Allocation Committee quarterly
reports, which reports shall include, but shall not be limited to,
identification of single family sewer connections approved by the
Municipal Utility Superintendent, computation of all approvals granted
for any purpose by the Township, and a running total of available
gallonage in various categories.
E.
Any allocation once approved pursuant to this section shall be subject
to the following time constraints, as applicable:
(1)
Commencement of substantial construction within one year of the grant
of a connection approval with respect to individually owned single
family homes.
(2)
Commencement of substantial construction within 1 1/2 years
of the grant of a connection approval with respect to minor subdivisions.
(3)
Commencement of substantial construction within two years of the
grant of a connection approval with respect to major subdivisions.
F.
The Township hereby publishes its intention to severely limit time
extensions of the aforementioned deadlines, unless the applicant obtains
an extension of one year from the Township Council based upon submission
of documents which satisfied the Township Council that there has been
a good faith intention to comply with the deadlines set forth herein.
G.
The Township of Rockaway recognizes a relationship between the Township's
consent to the issuance of CP-1 sewer extension permits by the Department
of Environmental Protection and the allocation of gallonage sufficient
to provide connections to the sewer extension. Therefore, the Township
will approve no CP-1 application until and unless there is a prior
approval of an appropriate gallonage allotment.
H.
All gallonage allocations by the Township shall apply to a particular
lot or lots and are not transferable to other lots.
I.
The Township recognizes a particular sensitivity to uses or proposed
uses located or to be located in the immediate proximity of the Township
water system wellheads and intends to supply gallonage, under appropriate
terms and conditions, to projects or uses in this area. Similarly,
the Township intends to provide sewer connection gallonage to existing
unserved houses located on sewer lines (which form the basis of the
attached order's septic reserve), as well as certain properties previously
granted CP-1s or otherwise identified as receiving "committed gallonage"
in the attached order. Connections for existing individual single
family residences serviced by sewer extension projects duly authorized
and bonded by the Township Council shall be exempted from the provisions
of this section and the Director of Planning and Development is hereby
authorized to issue permits to facilitate such connections.
J.
Action of the Sewer Allocation Committee and sewer connection gallonage
allocations generally, and the terms and conditions of the allocations
shall be included within the Developer's Agreement approved by the
Township Council in instances where the agreements are otherwise required.
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Note: A copy of the order is on file in the Office of the
Township Clerk.
