[Ord. 11/26/74 § 1; Ord. 6/13/78 § 1]
The sewer system of the Borough is operated in accordance with
the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:62-106.
[Ord. 11/26/74 § 2]
No connection shall be made with the Borough's sewer system
without a permit issued by the Borough of Allenhurst. Applications
for such permit shall be made to the Borough Clerk in writing upon
a form provided for that purpose.
[Ord. 11/26/74, § 3]
All permits issued by the Borough to use the sewer system shall
be granted upon the express condition that the Borough shall not be
held liable for any damage that may arise as a result of a failure
of sewer services.
[Ord. 11/26/74 § 4; Ord. 3/10/81 § 1]
The Borough reserves the right at all times to shut off sewer
services for repairs, extensions or other necessary purposes, nonpayment
of sewer charges, or for the neglect or refusal to comply with the
provisions of this section and such restrictions and limitations which
public exigencies may require. In order to reinstitute sewer service,
all outstanding sewer charges must have been paid and all liens satisfied
in full.
[Ord. 11/26/74 § 5]
No person except a qualified plumber having the necessary training,
experience, and tools shall tap sewer connections, and no street or
avenue shall be opened without a permit first obtained and the prescribed
deposit posted with the Borough Clerk as security for the proper replacement
of the street or avenue so opened.
[Ord. 11/26/74 § 6]
No person except a duly authorized Borough employee or Borough
fireman on behalf of the Borough Fire Department shall open any hydrant
without first obtaining a permit from the Business Administrator.
[Ord. 11/26/74 §§ 7—8; Ord. No. 2015-16]
a.
The property owner shall install and maintain at his own expense
all sewer service lines running from the Borough owned mains and extending
under the street to the premises being serviced, hereinafter referred
to as laterals.
b.
In the event that a property owner calls the Borough out for an alleged
clog or blockage of the mains, and it is subsequently determined that
the clog or blockage is in the lateral, the property owner will be
required to reimburse the Borough for costs expended to provide such
service.
c.
If the Borough provides clog or blockage relief in the laterals between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday, the
cost to be paid by the property owner shall be two hundred fifty ($250.00)
dollars. If the Borough provides clog or blockage relief in the laterals
any other time, the cost to be paid by the property owner shall be
five hundred ($500.00) dollars.
[Ord. 11/26/74 § 10]
Any duly authorized employee or agent of the Borough of Allenhurst
shall, at all reasonable hours, have access to all parts of any lot,
building or premises to which sewer service is supplied for the purpose
of making an inspection of pipes, connections, fixtures or other appliances.
[Ord. 11/26/74 § 11]
The owner of any property supplied with sewer service lines
shall at his expense maintain all service pipes, stop cocks, curb
boxes and other appliances in good working order and repair and protect
them from freezing. He shall be charged with the expense of any necessary
replacement or repair of any meter damaged as a result of negligence
on the part of the property owner. It shall be presumed, unless the
property owner proves to the contrary, that the replacement or repair
was caused by the negligence of the property owner. Every service
line which the property owner intends to abandon or which shall not
be otherwise used must be shut off at the main. The property owner
must shut off the sewer service line at the main prior to or immediately
after the abandonment of the line. Property owners shall repair any
leak in their sewer service lines within forty-eight (48) hours. If
the property owner fails to repair the leak within forty-eight (48)
hours, then, and in such event the Borough is empowered to make the
necessary repairs to the service lines, the cost of which shall be
charged to the property owner.
Notwithstanding the above, if in the opinion of the Borough
Business Administrator the leak presents a serious safety hazard,
the Business Administrator may authorize immediate repairs, and the
cost of the repairs shall be charged to the property owner.
[Ord. No. 90-08 § 1]
Sewage or trade waste which will interfere with the proper operation
of the sewer system shall not be emptied into the sewers. Grease traps
or other appliances necessary to properly protect the sewer system
from stoppage shall be installed by the owner of the property receiving
sewage service, at his cost and expense. Upon the property owner's
failure to comply with any such requirement, the Borough is authorized
to discontinue sewer service.
[Ord. 11/26/74 § 16; Ord. 3/10/81 § 3;
Ord. 1/1/85 § 1; Ord. 12/10/85 § 2; Ord. No. 89-6 § 1; Ord.
No. 90-08 § 1; Ord. No.
91-05 § I; Ord. No. 92-02 § I; Ord. No. 94-03 § I; Ord. No. 95-04 § I; Ord. No. 96-19 § I; Ord. No. 99-15 § I; Ord.
No. 2004-02 § I; Ord.
No. 2005-02 § I; Ord.
No. 2010-01 § I]
Bills for the annual sewer service charge shall be rendered
once annually, and payable quarterly. Sewer charges for properties
serviced by Borough sewer facilities shall be as follows:
a.
For residential single-family dwellings, the annual charge shall
be six hundred sixty ($660.00) dollars, payable in four quarterly
installments of one hundred sixty-five ($165.00) dollars.
b.
For residential apartments and multi-family units, the annual charge,
per dwelling unit, shall be six hundred sixty ($660.00) dollars, payable
in four quarterly installments of one hundred sixty-five ($165.00)
dollars.
c.
Each commercial, industrial, professional establishment or business
entity shall be deemed a separate or individual user or unit. The
annual sewer service charge per user or unit shall be six hundred
sixty ($660.00) dollars, which shall be based upon the consumption
of forty thousand (40,000) gallons of water annually. The annual sewer
service charge shall be billed in four quarterly payments of one hundred
sixty-five ($165.00) dollars.
Excess sewer usage based upon water consumption shall be billed
annually, payable in four (4) equal quarterly payments. For each annual
billing period, water used in excess of forty thousand (40,000) gallons
shall be charged at the rate of six dollars and thirty ($6.30) cents
per one thousand (1,000) gallons.
[Ord. 11/26/74 §§ 17—18; Ord. No. 90-18 § 1]
If any part of the amount of sewer charges due and payable in
rates, rentals, connection fees or other charges remains unpaid for
thirty (30) days following the date for the payment thereof, interest
upon the amount unpaid shall accrue at a rate of interest at least
equal to the monthly index for the immediately preceding month for
twenty (20) year tax exempt bond yields as compiled by the Bond Buyer
or any similar index. All sewer services may be discontinued at the
discretion of the Board of Commissioners for the failure to pay any
amount owing within thirty (30) days after the date the amount is
due and payable, providing that written notice of the proposed discontinuance
of service and of the reasons therefor has been given, within at least
ten (10) days prior to the date of discontinuance, to the owner of
record of the property.
[Ord. 11/26/74 § 19; Ord. No. 90-18 § 2]
If any sewer charge or other charge hereinabove specified shall
remain unpaid and in arrears for six (6) months, the Sewer Collector
shall file a statement with the proper Borough official showing such
arrears and from the time of such filing, the sewer charge or other
charge shall be a lien upon the real estate to which the services
were furnished, to the same extent as taxes or a lien upon real estate
in the municipality, and shall be collected and enforced by the same
officers and in the same manner as liens for taxes.
[Ord. 9/26/67 § 1]
a.
Authorization. The Borough is hereby authorized to enter into an
agreement with the Township of Ocean Sewerage Authority providing
for the authority's treatment of sewage and wastes from the Borough,
and for the granting of certain permanent sanitary sewer easements
and rights-of-way in and by the Borough to the authority.
b.
Copies of Agreement. The agreement shall be dated September 1, 1967
and copies shall at all times be and remain on file in the respective
offices of the Secretary of the Authority and the Borough Clerk, and
as so filed are hereby incorporated by reference.
c.
Execution of Documents. The Mayor and Borough Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed on behalf of the Borough to execute an agreement and
to sign any and all other documents and instruments, and to do any
and all other things which may be necessary, proper and incidental
to the execution and delivery of an agreement.
[Ord. No. 90-08 § II]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:20-8, Theft of Services, any person
who connects or disconnects meters or pipes, or in any other manner
tampers or interferes with such meters or pipes, or connects with
such meters or pipes by pipes or other instruments, is guilty of a
disorderly persons offense.
[Ord. 12/14/76 §§ 1—3; Ord. 1/27/81
§ 1]
No person shall discharge into any sanitary sewer line located
in the Borough anything other than sanitary sewerage.
a.
The owner and/or occupant of any building now or hereafter constructed
in the Borough shall not cause, allow, or permit the discharge into
the sanitary system to which the building is connected: (a) cellar,
subsurface or surface waters; (b) grease, fatty material, offal, or
garbage; (c) any sand, stone dust, dirt, gravel, broken glass, or
any material which may cause or create an obstruction in the sewer
pipes and/or lines either within or outside of the premises; (d) any
gasoline, benzine, fuel oil, or any chemical or petroleum products
or other substance which may interfere with or prevent the functioning
of the sewer treatment plant to which the sewerage flows.
b.
No person, firm or corporation owning or leasing a residential, commercial
or industrial building or lot shall install or allow sump pumps, roof
drains or other drainage outlets to flow into or be connected in any
manner to the sanitary sewer lines situated within the Borough.
[Ord. 1/27/81 §§ 1—3; Ord. 3/10/81 § 1]
a.
All persons, firms or corporations owning or leasing a residential,
commercial or industrial building or lot within the Borough in which
there is a sump pump or pumps, or other drainage outlet shall cause
and direct the water flowing therefrom to run into the storm drainage
system now or hereafter to be constructed and/or installed by the
Borough.
b.
All persons, firms or corporations owning or leasing a residential, commercial or industrial building or lot within the Borough shall be responsible for the construction of all facilities and systems necessary to pipe the waters flowing from the sources described above in subsection 13-2.1, paragraph b. so as to tie into the connection provided by the Borough at the storm drainage system constructed or to be constructed by the Borough.
c.
Where there is more than one (1) storm drainage line installed in
reasonable proximity to property within the Borough, the Borough shall
have the right to specify to which particular storm drainage line
the connection shall be made upon the guidance of the Borough Engineer,
and all connections shall be effected in accordance with sound engineering
principles to be approved by the Borough Engineer.
[Ord. 12/14/76 § 4]
Any officer or authorized employee of the Borough may seek permission of the occupant of any building within the Borough, or the owner or custodian thereof if the building is unoccupied, to inspect the building and/or premises to determine whether there exists in such building or on such premises a violation of any of the provisions of this section. Each occupant, or owner, or custodian, as the case may be, shall permit such inspection, at any reasonable time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of a day within ten (10) days of the date of the request to inspect. Any such owner, occupant or custodian, as the case may be, who refuses, upon conviction, to permit such inspection shall be subject to the penalty stated in Chapter I, Section 1-5 for each offense. The request shall be in writing and shall designate the premises and be served and/or mailed as is provided for the serving and/or mailing of notices of any violations as provided in this section. Such notice shall also suggest one (1) or more dates and hours for the inspection and shall request a reply forthwith as to the acceptance of a suggested date and hour and/or specification of another date and hour, compatible with the terms of this section.
[Ord. 12/14/76 § 5]
Upon notice of a violation of any of the provisions of this
section, a designated employee of the Borough shall cause notice to
be given to the owner or occupant or custodian, as the case may be,
of the building and/or premises involved to cease and desist such
violation or violations within ten (10) days of the notice. Such notice
shall be addressed to the owner of the property, if the owner maintains
a residence on such property, and if not, then such notice shall be
directed to the occupant thereof, if any, addressed to the premises,
and also to the owner and/or custodian, as the name of the owner or
custodian appear on the last tax duplicate of the Borough. The notice
shall describe the property by lot and block as same appears on the
tax map of the Borough, and street address, if one exists, and shall
set forth the violation or violations and shall direct that such steps
be taken so that the same are corrected within ten (10) days of the
date of the notice and to cease and desist any such violation or violations
on and after the ten (10) day period. The notice shall make reference
to this section. The notice shall be in writing and may be served
on the owner and/or occupant of the building personally or by leaving
it with a member of his family over the age of fourteen (14) years,
and the notice may be served within or without the limits of the Borough
by mailing the same certified mail, return receipt requested, to the
last known address of such person or persons who, by the terms hereof,
are to be given such notice.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise specified, shall upon conviction, be liable to the general penalty as established in Chapter I, Section 1-5 of this Code.
