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State law reference: As to water pollution, see N.J.S.A. 23:5-28.
(a) 
Effluent means the liquids or other substance flowing out of any plant or facility constructed and operated for the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes and any liquid or other discharge.
(b) 
Outlet means the point of discharge of an effluent or other substance into the atmosphere, underground, ditch, or other area, watercourse, or other body of surface or ground water, and onto any surface or place.
(c) 
Watercourse means any channel either natural or artificial for the flow of water.
(d) 
Water pollution means an impairment of the quality of the underground or surface waters by sewage, dead animals, garbage, discarded metal articles, industrial wastes or any other thing which adversely affects the use of such water for domestic, industrial, agricultural, navigational, recreational or other purposes.
No person shall discharge or deposit wastes or sewage which creates a public nuisance a menace to the public safety, pollution or contamination of underground or surface waters, or impairs the use of any public sewer, storm drain channel or public or private property.
No person shall discharge into any outlet any sanitary, sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted liquids, except when the same has been treated as required by law.
No person shall discharge any wastes or sewage into any watercourse, or tributary thereof, or into the ground by percolation or injection without a permit from the City Engineer subject to prior approval of the Director of Public Affairs and Safety or his designee.
(a) 
The application for a discharge permit shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and filed with the Director of Public Affairs and Safety.
(b) 
The application shall state the:
(1) 
Name and address of the applicant;
(2) 
Type of wastes or sewage to be discharged;
(3) 
Quantity to be discharged, maximum amounts per hour per day;
(4) 
Treatment given to discharge, if any;
(5) 
Proof by affidavit of compliance with all City, County, State and Federal laws concerning pollution of waterways.
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Cross reference: As to discharge permit, see Sections 12:1-9 to 12:1-12.
(a) 
The Director of Public Affairs and Safety or his designee shall cause an investigation to be made of the facts stated in the application for a permit to discharge into the City waterways.
(b) 
The Director of Public Affairs and Safety shall cause an inspection to be made of the premises and facilities to be used for the discharges to ascertain the fitness of such premises and facility to comply with the City. County, State, and Federal laws concerning water pollution.
The Director of Public Affairs and Safety shall inspect the premises and facilities of any permittee under this article to insure compliance is being had with all City, County, State and Federal laws concerning water pollution.
The fees to be charged for the periodic inspections shall be:
(a) 
Initial inspection fee — Five Dollars ($5.00); and
(b) 
Subsequent inspections — Three Dollars ($3.00).
[R.O. 1957, Anti-litter Ordinance, 10:11-14, adopted Oct. 2, 1967]
All property owners and occupants abutting on Green Brook and other bodies of water, to the extent of their ownership or occupancy, shall keep the banks and stream beds free from litter, refuse and rubbish, regardless of the source of the material.[1]
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State law reference: As to City power to require removal, see N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.13; see also Section 10:5-15 of this Code.
Every person who willfully pollutes in any manner the water of any City swimming pool shall be guilty of a disorderly person's offense, subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1:1-14.
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Cross reference: As to closing of City swimming pool, see Sanitary Code, Article 5, 1:5-3.