Editors Note: See Chapter 27, Environmental Regulations, for storm sewer system regulations.
[1982 Code § 184-1]
The use of all sanitary sewers of the Borough of Little Ferry
shall be in compliance with the rules and regulations enacted by the
Bergen County Utilities Authority.
[1982 Code § 184-2]
The Borough of Little Ferry hereby adopts and enacts the user
charge system and industrial cost recovery system contained in the
rules and regulations of the Bergen County Utilities Authority and
authorizes their immediate implementation by the appropriate municipal
official, to be designated by resolution of the Governing Body.
[1982 Code § 184-3]
Not fewer than three (3) copies of the rules and regulations
of the Bergen County Utilities Authority have been and are filed in
the office of the Clerk of the Borough of Little Ferry and are available
for public inspection during normal business hours.
[1982 Code § 184-4]
Copies of the rules and regulations of the Bergen County Utilities
Authority can be obtained from the Bergen County Utilities Authority
for the cost of publication.
The Mayor and Clerk of the Borough of Little Ferry shall be
and they are hereby authorized to act as signatories upon, and to
execute on behalf of the Borough of Little Ferry, an amendment to
the existing service agreement with the Bergen County Utilities Authority,
which embodies the intent and purpose of this section.
[Ord. No. 1163-7-05; 8-22-2023 by Ord. No. 1607-21-23]
a.
Where there are no sewer connections already made to the curbline
from the sewer, there is hereby imposed on the property owner the
following sewer connection fees for each additional connection to
the existing sewerage system of the Borough of Little Ferry for such
connections from the line of the sewer to the inside of the curbline
or proposed curbline made subsequent to the enactment of this section.
b.
Such charge shall be paid to the Borough of Little Ferry at the time
application is made for the connection to the sewer system.
c.
In addition to those charges, rates and fees set forth within this
section, there shall be charged a sewer hookup fee for each additional
connection to the existing sewer system of the Borough of Little Ferry
made subsequent to the enactment of this section.
d.
Connection and lateral construction fees.
1.
Connection fee.
(a)
A property owner must pay to the Borough of Little Ferry a fee
for purposes of obtaining the right to have sewer service. Such fee
shall be titled "connection fee." The connection fee shall be paid
for each domestic consumer unit for each new and additional connection
as defined herein and shall be payable in advance to the Borough of
Little Ferry in accordance with the following unit schedule:
(1)
Single-family homes: one domestic consumer unit.
(2)
Rented rooms, each room available for rent: 1/4 domestic consumer
unit.
(3)
Single-family with place of business, including professional
offices: 1 1/4 domestic consumer units.
(4)
Hotel or apartment house (for each living unit): one domestic
consumer unit.
(5)
Motel (for each living unit): 1/2 domestic consumer unit.
(6)
Apartments (for each living unit): one domestic consumer unit.
(7)
Schools (for each 30 pupils and faculty): one domestic consumer
unit.
(8)
Churches: one domestic consumer unit.
(9)
Clubs, societies, service organizations (with bar and/or restaurant
facilities: one additional unit): one domestic consumer unit.
(10)
Gymnasiums in schools, etc.: two domestic consumer units.
(11)
Public buildings (for each five employees): one domestic consumer
unit.
(12)
Service stations without car wash facilities: two domestic consumer
units.
(13)
Service stations with car washing facilities: three domestic
consumer units.
(14)
Diner, tavern or restaurant one to 50 seating capacity (each
additional 15 seating capacity or segment thereof): one domestic consumer
unit.
(15)
Soda fountain and/or luncheonette (for first 10 seating capacity):
one domestic consumer unit; for each additional 20 seats or segment
thereof: one domestic consumer unit.
(16)
Laundromat or self-service laundry (for each washer over 12
pounds capacity): one domestic consumer unit; for each washer of not
more than 12 pounds capacity: 1/2 domestic consumer unit.
(17)
Supermarkets (for each five employees): one domestic consumer
unit.
(18)
Drive-in restaurants (seating capacity under 10): three domestic
consumer units; seating capacity for additional 15 seats or fraction
thereof: one domestic consumer unit.
(19)
Business establishment: not otherwise classified whether part
of dwelling or not (for each 15 employees or segment thereof): one
domestic consumer unit.
(20)
Industrial plant (for each five employees): one domestic consumer
unit.
(21)
Amusement park: five domestic consumer units.
(22)
Public recreational facilities: five domestic consumer units.
(23)
Bakery (with baking facilities, whether part of dwelling or
not): two domestic consumer units.
(b)
The connection fee shall be $2,000 per domestic consumer unit.
2.
Payment of fees. All charges and fees set forth in this section shall
be paid to the Borough of Little Ferry at the time application is
made for the connection to the sewer system.
[Ord. No. 1142-19-04 § 1]
Any food establishment, catering facility, commercial food preparation
facility, or any business within the Borough of Little Ferry that
generates grease or oil that discharges into the sewer system, shall
have and maintain a grease trap or grease removal equipment.
[Ord. No. 1142-19-04 § 2]
Any business named in subsection 24-3.1 that currently possesses a grease trap or grease removal equipment shall maintain and clean the equipment at the proper frequency so as that it remains effective.
[Ord. No. 1142-19-04 § 3]
Any new business or existing business named in subsection 24-3.1 shall install, with the proper building permits, a grease trap in accordance with the Plumbing Code of the State of New Jersey within one hundred twenty (120) days after the adoption of this section or after receiving written notice from the Superintendent of Public Works. These new grease traps will be inspected by the Plumbing Subcode Official of the Borough and installed where they can be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
[Ord. No. 1142-19-04 § 4]
All grease traps shall be cleaned and maintained so that they
never reach seventy-five (75%) percent of their capacity. A maintenance
log shall be kept, posted, and made readily available for inspection.
Grease traps shall be cleaned at a minimum of every six (6) months
or greater frequency dependent on usage or need.
[Ord. No. 1142-19-04 § 5]
Grease traps shall be inspected at any time or frequency by
Superintendent of Public Works or representative of the Department
of Public Works, Construction Official, Plumbing Subcode Official
or The Board of Health.
[Ord. No. 1142-19-04 § 6;
New]
[Ord. No. 1357-12-12]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, sump
pump discharge, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters to any public sanitary sewer.
[Ord. No. 1357-12-12]
[Ord. No. 1357-12-12]
a.
Any homeowner or property owner who is found to be in violation of
the provisions of this section during the year 2012 shall have the
opportunity to correct the violation without penalty provided the
violation is corrected within two (2) months of the date of notice
of violation or not later than December 31, 2012 whichever comes first.
b.
Beginning April 1, 2013 there shall be a minimum fine of two thousand,
($2,000.00) dollars for each violation of the provisions of this section.
Each violation and each day a violation is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate violation and shall be punishable
as such.
c.
Any homeowner fined pursuant to paragraph b of this subsection shall
have a 30-day period in which the owner shall be afforded the opportunity
to cure or abate the condition and shall also be afforded an opportunity
for a hearing before a court of competent jurisdiction for an independent
determination concerning the violation. Subsequent to the expiration
of the 30-day period, a fine in the amount of two thousand ($2,000.00)
dollars may be imposed if a court has not determined otherwise or,
upon reinspection of the property, it is determined that the abatement
has not been substantially completed.
