[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Edgewater Park as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Title 13, Ch. 13.08, Secs. 13.08.010 through 13.08.040, of the 1998 Township Code]
Pursuant to the authority of Chapter 211 of the Laws of 1946, N.J.S.A. 26:3-31d, all owners of property along the line of any serviceable sewer presently constructed or hereafter constructed in the Township shall connect all residential or commercial dwellings having water facilities to said sewer line.
Any property owner failing to connect to the serviceable sewer line shall be subject to a fine of not more than $25 if within 30 days after the notice by the Board of Health officer he has failed to make the required connections.
Each and every day of delay in connecting after the expiration of the 30 days' notice shall subject the owner to a fine of not more than $10.
Such notices as are required by this article may be served upon the owner personally or by leaving the notice at his usual place of abode with a member of his family over the age of 18 years. In the event that the owner of the property in violation shall reside beyond the border of the State of New Jersey, service upon him shall be by registered or certified mail.
[Adopted as Title 13, Ch. 13.08, Secs. 13.08.050 through 13.08.130, of the 1998 Township Code]
The provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:9A, entitled "Chapter 9A, Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems," are adopted by reference pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69 through 26:3-69.6. A copy of said code is annexed to the ordinance codified in this article and made a part of this Code without inclusion of the text thereof in this article.
The said code established and adopted by the ordinance codified in this article is described and commonly known as "Chapter 9A, Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems."
Three copies of Chapter 9A, Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of the Inspections Office upon the introduction of the ordinance codified in this article and will remain on file there until final action is taken on the ordinance codified in this article for the use and examination of the public and, if finally adopted, they will remain on file in said office so long as the ordinance codified in this article is in effect, and three copies shall also be placed on file and so shall remain on file in the office of any board, body or officer in charge of the enforcement of this article for the use and examination of the public so long as the ordinance codified in this article is in effect. Copies of said Chapter 9A shall be made available to citizens on request upon the payment of a nominal fee as shall be set by the Board from time to time by resolution.
No person or entity shall construct, alter or operate an individual subsurface sewage disposal system without first obtaining the necessary permits, approvals, certificates or licenses as required by Chapter 9A.
The secretary of the inspections office is authorized to issue a license to operate and a copy of the Department of Environmental Protection's operation and maintenance manual to the permittee at the time that a certificate of compliance is issued. Further, said secretary of the inspections office shall maintain the required records concerning said licenses and shall on behalf of the Board notify the licensee prior to the date of the license expiration to apply for renewal of the license.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
An applicant for a license to operate shall pay a fee as set forth in Chapter 240, Fees, at the time of submitting the application and a fee as set forth in Chapter 240, Fees, for a triannual license as provided.
In case any permit or certificate required by this article is denied by the Board of Health or its agents, a hearing shall be held thereon before the Board within 15 days after request therefor is made by the applicant, and upon such hearing, the Board of Health shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination and take action accordingly within 15 days after the date of such hearing.
The Board of Health or its agents may order all further work in and about any individual sewage disposal system which is being erected or installed in violation of the code to be stopped forthwith, except such work as shall be necessary to remedy such violation and thereafter, the work continued without any violation of any of the provisions of the code; and after issuance of any such order and the service of a copy thereof upon any person connected with or working in and about the erection or installation of any such disposal system, or any part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon except as aforesaid.
[Amended by Ord. No. 6-97]
A. 
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of or any order promulgated under §§ 410-5 through 410-12 shall, in addition to correction of any such violation, pay a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Township of Edgewater Park and shall be subject to those penalties prescribed in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1.7 for violators of Chapter 9A, Standards for Industrial Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
B. 
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.