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Town of Westfield, NJ
Union County
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New Laws (12) Index
[G.O. No. 685, § 1; G.O. No. 707, § 1]
No connection to any sanitary sewer shall be made except under the supervision and with the approval of the plumbing inspector of the Town. No connection to any storm water drain shall be made except under the supervision and with the approval of the Town Engineer.
[G.O. No. 685, § 2; amended 10-13-2020 by G.O. No. 2191]
(a) 
Where there is no existing sewer connection or an existing connection is to be altered, affected or disconnected and reconnected for one or more residential or other units, there is hereby imposed the following fees to be paid to the Town before such unit or units are connected:
(1) 
Residential use - new connection: $2,000 per individual dwelling unit.
(2) 
All other uses: $2,000 per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU), or part thereof.
(b) 
For purposes of this section, each individual residential dwelling unit shall be deemed to constitute a single connection unit. An equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) shall be defined as 300 gallons per day average daily flow. In the case of any other types of structures or uses, permit fees shall be determined by the Town Engineer utilizing the design criteria suggested by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or such other established and reliable sources, including but not limited to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3. The minimum connection fee shall be equivalent to that of a single-family dwelling unit as specified herein.
(c) 
There shall be a multiple-family residential connection fee payable to the Town of Westfield, covering multiple-family buildings, which shall equal the basic residential use connection fee times the number of equivalent dwelling units in any such building.
(d) 
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, and upon request from the Construction Official, the Town Engineer shall certify that all sewer permit fees have been paid in full to the Town.
[G.O. No. 685, § 3; G.O. No. 866]
Nothing but the ordinary waste from sinks, bathtubs, toilets and urinals shall be discharged into any sanitary sewer, except by permission of the Town Council, and no owner or lessee of premises and no plumber or builder shall at any time connect the floor of the basement in any dwelling or building to the sanitary sewer, nor shall they make any connection by which surface water from a roof or gutters from such dwelling or building shall drain into any sanitary sewer.
[G.O. No. 685, § 4]
No domestic sewage or injurious waste substance shall be discharged into a storm water drain.
[G.O. No. 685, § 5; G.O. No. 707, § 2]
Each house connection for domestic sewage shall be constructed of cast iron pipe, not less than four inches in interior diameter and laid with hot poured lead joints, thoroughly caulked. Pipe shall be laid on a uniform gradient of not less than one-fourth inch per foot, unless otherwise authorized, and having all changes in direction made with approved fittings. No refilling shall be done until the house connection has been inspected and approved by the plumbing inspector. All pipe shall conform to the Town Standard Specifications for Cast Iron Pipe.
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 20-6 through 20-12 were repealed by Ord. No. 1059.