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.
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).
Upon completion of the requirements of Sections
8:4-5,
8:4-6 and
8:4-8 the Director of Public Affairs and Safety may grant a discharge permit to the applicant.
[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.
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.