[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Wall 10-24-2018 by Ord. No.
14-2018. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the location, construction, use, maintenance
and method of emptying or cleaning individual sewage disposal systems;
the issuance of permits to locate, construct, empty or clean the systems;
and fixing penalties for the violation thereof is hereby adopted pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq. A copy of the statute is annexed to
this chapter and made a part of it without inclusion of the text.
A.
Permit required. No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual sewage disposal system until a permit for the location, construction or alteration of the sewage disposal system shall have been issued by the Health Officer. The Health Officer is defined in Wall Township Code § 6-53C.
B.
Issuance of permit. The Health Officer may issue a permit if an application
is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed to practice
professional engineering in New Jersey stating that the design of
the individual sewage disposal system as proposed follows the code.
C.
Certificate required. New individual 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 Board of Health Officer shall have issued a certificate indicating that the disposal system has been located and constructed in compliance with the terms of Subsection A.
No person shall engage in the business of emptying or cleaning
septic tanks, cesspools, privies or any place used for the reception
or storage of human excrement who does not have a license to engage
in such business issued by the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission.
In the event a license or permit or certification required by
this chapter is denied by the Health Officer, a hearing shall be held
thereon before the Board within 15 days after request is made by the
applicant, and, upon the hearing, the Township Committee shall affirm,
alter or rescind its previous determination and take action accordingly
within 15 days after the hearing.
The Health Officer 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 the violation, and thereafter the
work continued without any violation of any of the provisions of the
code, and, after issuance of such order and the service of a copy
upon the person connected with or working in and about the erection
or installation of the disposal system, or any part thereof, no further
work shall be done except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges shall be established:
A.
For the filing of an application and plans and issuance of a permit
to locate, construct or alter an individual sewage disposal system:
$350.
Violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable as per the provisions of general penalty, § 1-1.
