[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Fairfield 10-16-2007 by Ord.
No. 07-2007. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Each individual unit (domestic customer unit) of housing
suitable for human occupancy, including individual single-family residences,
each individual unit of multifamily housing, each individual apartment
unit and each individual dwelling unit of any other type of housing
which might be established within the Township.
A.
Purpose. The owner of any building or unit containing facilities
discharging sewage waste, fronting upon any portion of any public
street or easement in the Township in which a sewer is now constructed,
or shall be hereafter constructed, which is capable of receiving sewage
waste, which building or unit is located within 100 feet of such sewer,
and any building hereafter constructed and fronting upon that portion
of any such street or easement as aforesaid, without regard to the
distance therefrom, shall connect such building, and such owner shall
connect every toilet therein with said sewer. No certificate of occupancy
shall be issued for a building constructed after the date of initial
operation of a public sewer treatment and disposal system in the Township
of Fairfield unless the owner has complied with the terms of this
chapter.
B.
Whenever any portion of lands contained in a subdivision, which is
not yet developed, fronts on or is located within 100 feet of a sanitary
sewer line or pump station, all future construction of improvements
in such subdivision shall be connected to sanitary sewer. Such lines
shall be extended by the developer of such improvements in accordance
with State Uniform Residential Site Improvement Standards.
C.
At such time as public sewer becomes available to a property served
by a private wastewater disposal system, as provided herein, a direct
connection shall be made to the public sewer line within 180 days
in compliance with this chapter.
D.
The owner of any DCU which fronts upon that portion of any public
street or easement in the Township in which a sewer line is now connected
or shall hereafter be constructed shall connect such DCU to such sewer
line no later than upon the sale or other transfer of title of such
property. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Township
for such DCU until provisions for the required connection to the sewer
line and payment of the attendant fees shall have been made and satisfactory
proof thereof furnished to the Fairfield Township Clerk.
E.
Once installed the property owner shall own sewer line from the edge
of the roadway (or curb where present) to the building.
F.
In the event service is to be installed to below grade fixtures or
appliances it shall be the responsibility of the developer or property
owner to install a check valve which would close from the street side
in the event of a backup in the line.
If the owner of any property in the Township shall fail to make
any connection or installation required by this and any related ordinances
within the time herein required, the Township shall proceed to make
such connection or installation or cause the same to be made and charge
and assess the cost thereof against such affected property, or, in
the alternate, after the required time for connection of that building
or unit, shall charge that owner the sewer rent charge for that unit
or building as if connected, provided that the governing authority
may, upon demonstration of extreme hardship, such as grades preventing
discharge into the system or physical obstructions to the connection,
waive the provisions of this section.
Cumberland County Utilities Authority has issued sewer use rules
and regulations which are from time to time amended. Connection to
and discharge into the municipal sewer line of the Township of Fairfield
shall be done in compliance with the Cumberland County Utilities Authority.
The Cumberland County Utilities Authority Rules and Regulations are
hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter and a copy of the
same shall be maintained on file with the Clerk of Fairfield Township,
which file shall be updated from time to time as such rules are updated
by the County Utilities Authority. Notwithstanding anything which
could be construed to the contrary herein, it shall be unlawful to
connect rain gutters or sump pumps to the sewer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
In addition to the enforcement provisions of these rules and regulations any violation of the rules and regulations shall be punishable as provided in § 1-5 of this Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Connection to the Fairfield Township sewer line shall require
a connection permit, to be issued by the Township Construction Office,
the cost of which shall be set by the Cumberland County Improvement
Authority. In addition to this connection permit, the property owner
shall be responsible for obtaining all plumbing permits and inspections
and shall be responsible for the inspection fees in connection with
the same.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
A property required to be connected to the sewer under the terms
of this chapter shall pay a one-time connection fee set by the Cumberland
County Improvement Authority, which sum shall be payable to the Fairfield
Township Municipal Sewer Utility and which sum is due the County Improvement
Authority. At such time as the County adjusts its connection fee this
sum shall adjust to reflect this item as a pass through. As to specific
uses other than residential use the Cumberland County Utilities Authority
rules, as they may be amended from time to time, are hereby adopted.
A.
All blocks and lots of real estate on which a building containing
any fixture or equipment which discharges wastewater, and which building
is located within 100 feet of a Fairfield Township sewer line, shall
be subject to user charges provided for in this chapter unless an
exemption from such charge has been granted by the Fairfield Township
Committee. Such user charges shall be due quarterly at the same time
that municipal taxes fall due and shall bear interest on late payments
at the same rate as that applicable to municipal real estate taxes.
Any unpaid sewer charges shall become a lien on the real estate in
the same manner as unpaid property taxes pursuant to New Jersey Statute.
The obligation for the payment of sewer charges shall exist whether
or not an improvement on an affected lot is actually connected to
the Fairfield Township sewer system if that lot contains a building
which is required to be connected. The requirement for connection
shall become effective upon the occurrence of the passing of 180 days
from the first date on which the Fairfield Township sewer line becomes
operable and is available for receipt of user waste flows, or the
passage of this chapter.
B.
The annual rate for each domestic consumer unit (DCU) shall be set
by the Cumberland County Improvement Authority, to be divided as follows:
the rate shall be paid quarterly at the rate of 1/4 of the annual
charge per quarter, and pro rata for portions thereof.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
C.
All other buildings required to be connected to the Fairfield Township
sewer line shall be considered one DCU for each separate unit, unless
they are classified as metered commercial or metered industrial.
All industrial uses discharging more than 1,000 gallons per
day shall be metered either at the point of discharge of effluent,
by a meter approved by the Cumberland County Utilities Authority and
installed at the expense of the discharger, or by a meter on the water
supply to the subject unit of a type approved by the Cumberland County
Utilities Authority and installed at the expense of the discharger
such is practical in the particular circumstance of the customer.
All commercial uses discharging more than 1,000 gallons per
day shall be metered either at the point of discharge of effluent,
by a meter approved by the Cumberland County Utilities Authority and
installed at the expense of the discharger, or by a meter on the water
supply to the subject unit of a type approved by the Cumberland County
Utilities Authority and installed at the expense of the discharger
such is practical in the particular circumstance of the customer.
Metered commercial and industrial users shall be charged at
a rate based on the quantity of their discharge as metered and tested
by the Cumberland County Utilities Authority. Unless another rate
is established by the Fairfield Township Committee, the rate for metered
commercial and industrial discharges shall be calculated as follows:
rate schedule for gallons of wastewater then in effect of Cumberland
County Improvement Authority per 1,000 gallons multiplied by 126.5%.
In instances where only metered water supply records are available
the sewer charge shall be calculated extrapolating the figure of sewerage
gallons by multiplying water usage by 75% to arrive at a gallon figure
for sewer.
A.
Unless the following listed uses are determined to require metering,
by recommendation of the Cumberland County Utilities Authority, they
shall be treated for billing purposes as the equivalent of the number
of DCUs as assigned hereafter:
|
Type of Use/Structure
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DCUs
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Single-family home or residential townhouse
|
1
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|
Boardinghouses and tourist houses, for each room available for
rent
|
0.25
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|
Hotel and motel, for each rental unit
|
0.5
| ||
|
Single-family residence with a home occupation
|
2
| ||
|
Schools, for each 28 students, teachers and employees or fraction
thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Club, society, service organization
| |||
|
For each 20 members or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
With bar and/or catering facilities, for each 50 seats or fraction
thereof
|
1
| ||
|
With bar and/or restaurant facilities, for each 20 seats or
fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Public building, for each 2,500 square feet of floor area or
fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Service station without car washing facilities
|
2
| ||
|
Service station with car washing facilities
|
3
| ||
|
Diner, tavern or restaurant
| |||
|
1 to 50 seating capacity
|
3
| ||
|
Each additional 15 seats or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Beauty shop or barber shop, for each 2 seats
|
1
| ||
|
Laundromat or self-service laundry, for each washer
|
0.2
| ||
|
Supermarket, for each 5 employees or fraction thereof on the
largest working shift
|
1
| ||
|
Fast food or drive-in restaurant
| |||
|
For each additional 15 seats or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Banks, offices or similar facilities, for each 2,500 square
feet of floor area or fraction thereof or every 15 employees or fraction
thereof, whichever is greater
|
1
| ||
|
Medical or dental offices and clinics, for each 1,000 square
feet of floor area
|
1
| ||
|
Retail stores, or combinations thereof in neighborhood shopping
center, not including a use separately enumerated in this schedule,
which shall be treated according to its separate listing, for each
5,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof
|
1
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|
Wholesale and warehouse facilities without floor drains, for
each 15 employees or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Wholesale and warehouse facilities with floor drains for each
15 employees or fraction thereof, plus an industrial user surcharge
or, at the discretion of the Township Committee, for each floor drain
|
1/3
| ||
|
Convenience stores, for each 2,500 square feet of floor area
or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Bakery with baking facilities
|
2
| ||
|
Health clubs and gyms, for each 15 members of facility capacity
or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Indoor recreational facilities
| |||
|
Movie theaters, for each 60 seats or fraction thereof
|
2
| ||
|
Bowling alleys, for each 1 1/2 alleys or fraction thereof
|
1
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|
Skating rinks, for each 50 persons of capacity or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Outdoor recreational facilities
| |||
|
Nonprofit outdoor swimming clubs, open seasonally only (wastewater
from fixtures only; no pool drain may be connected)
|
2
| ||
|
Parks, playgrounds or ball fields with sanitary facilities
|
1
| ||
|
Industrial facilities
| |||
|
For each 15 employees or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
B.
If any proposed use does not fit any of the above categories, the
number of DCUs shall be determined by the Township Committee.
C.
Further, the Township Committee reserves the right to review special
circumstances on a case-by-case basis in the event, for whatever reason,
the Cumberland County Utilities Authority regulations call for such
review.
Fairfield Township's sewer bills shall be sent out as the
same time as the property tax bills and shall be due and payable at
the same time that the quarterly real estate tax payment is due. In
the event any payment or part thereof due under the terms of this
chapter remains unpaid for 30 days after its due date it shall be
subject to an interest penalty equal to 5% over the maximum rate on
any outstanding Township Sewer Bond.
A sewer utility is hereby established in and for said Township
of Fairfield in the County of Cumberland, which said sewer utility
shall be under the control of the Township Committee.
All future revenue and accounting from said sewer utilities
shall be on a dedicated utility basis in conformity with the Statutes
of the State of New Jersey and all monies derived from the operation
of said sewer utility and any other monies applicable to its support
shall be segregated and kept in a separate fund which shall be known
as "Sewer Utility Fund" and all disbursements for the operation and
maintenance of said sewer utility shall be taken from said Sewer Utility
Fund.
In all future budgets, there shall be provided such appropriations
for operating expenses, capital improvements, debt service for the
payment of all sanitary sewer bond, principal and interest and all
other deferred charges and statutory expenditures as may be required.
