[Amended 3-22-05 by Ord. No. 0-3-05]
A. The owner of every existing property within the Cedarbrook Groundwater Contamination Area with an identified private water well as set forth on
Exhibit A attached hereto shall be required to seal its privately
owned water well upon the availability of public water service to
said property and the connecting of said property into the public
water system. The sealing of the private water well shall occur within
thirty (30) days of the date when the property connects into the public
water system.
B. An exemption shall be granted to the sealing of private water wells
on residential properties in such a case as the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection determines to convert said residential
well to a groundwater monitoring well for use by the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection. No other exemption shall be granted to
a residential property for the sealing of its private water well.
A commercial property may make application to the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection for an exemption from the well sealing
requirement, which application shall be considered by the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection on a case-by-case basis.
Notice of the requirement to seal the water well shall be given
by the Township. The notice shall be served upon the owners of said
properties personally or by leaving the same at their usual place
of abode with a member of the family over the age of eighteen (18)
years, or, if such mode of service cannot be effected, then by mailing
a copy of said notice to said owner at said property or properties,
or at the property owner's usual place of abode.
The Township will provide the service of sealing the private
water well at its cost conditioned on receiving written authorization
from the property owner to enter onto the property to perform this
service.
This article only applies to the Cedarbrook Groundwater Contamination Area and does not repeal any other Township ordinance relating to water and water service. All other rules, regulations or policies applicable to water service shall remain in effect and apply to the properties identified on
Exhibit A.