[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.