[1967 Code § 24A-1-1; Ord. No.
22-80 § 1]
The Township Committee hereby finds that the adoption of this
section is necessary for the public health, safety and welfare and
is in the public interest because:
a.
The long continued droughts occurring in this area of the State have
resulted in a dangerous lowering of the Township's potable water
reserves, and threatened the preservation of the public health, safety
and welfare; and
b.
Past experience has demonstrated that appeals for voluntary cooperation
to conserve water are not and have not been as effective as necessary
to preserve shrinking water supplies.
[1967 Code § 24A-1-2; Ord. No.
22-80 § 2]
Whenever (1) the average amount of water in the wells, reservoirs
or other sources from which the Township either directly or indirectly
receives its water falls, during any one (1) month period, twenty
(20%) percent below the average amount of water stored in such water
sources during the corresponding months of the five (5) immediately
preceding years, or (2) whenever the Township Engineer upon an independent
investigation certifies that an emergency exists in the water supply,
or (3) whenever the Mayor or Business Administrator shall proclaim
the existence of an emergency in the water supply system of the Township
and prescribes regulations to:
[1967 Code § 24A-1-3; Ord. No.
22-80 § 3]
The proclamation of the emergency shall be conclusive of the
fact of the existence of such emergency and shall be binding upon
all persons and users, upon the filling of the same in the office
of the Township Clerk and the publication thereof, at least once,
in the official newspaper or newspapers circulating in the Township.
The regulations set forth in the proclamation, and any subsequent
regulations made and published, as aforesaid, upon filing thereof
in the office of the Township Clerk, shall be deemed to have the force
and effect of regulations adopted under the authority of this section,
the same as if specifically incorporated and set forth herein. Every
owner, lessee, tenant and occupant of any building or premises in
the Township shall, upon the proclamation and promulgation of the
regulations, become bound thereby and by the provisions of this section,
and shall conform thereto and comply therewith in the use of water
and the maintenance of the water service connections and equipment
for the purposes thereof.
Upon the making of the proclamation of emergency, the Township
Business Administrator shall give written notice to the appropriate
Departments of the Township to refrain from all street and gutter
flushing, hydrant flushing and fire practices, except as the practices
are deemed necessary in the interest of public health or safety, and
until the emergency is declared no longer to exist.
[1967 Code § 24A-1-4; Ord. No.
22-80 § 4]
Upon the making of the proclamation of emergency, every owner,
lessee, tenant and occupant of any building or premises in the Township
shall:
a.
Maintain or cause to be maintained the water service pipes, fixtures
and connections, in good order and repair, in order to ensure that
there shall be no waste of water;
b.
Not use water for watering of lawns;
c.
Not use water for washing of vehicles;
d.
Not use water for filling of swimming pools;
e.
Not open or cause to be opened any fire hydrant in the Township,
except in emergency;
f.
Use water only for purposes essential to the health and safety of
the inhabitants of the Township.
[1967 Code § 24A-1-5; Ord. No.
22-80 § 5]
a.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be liable for the general penalty provided in Section 1-5 of this Code.
b.
Each and every violation of any provision of this section shall constitute
a separate violation, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
[1967 Code § 15-1-1]
It is hereby determined and stated that the requirements of
the facilities for the protection of property from fire and the limitations
upon the supply of potable water in and for the present and future
residents of this Township render inimical to the general welfare
the unrestrained consumption of water in air conditioning and refrigeration
systems employing water as a cooling agent, which do not include equipment
for the recirculation of water used therein for such purposes.
It is hereby further determined and stated that air conditioning
and refrigeration systems employing water as a cooling agent in use
in this Township, which are not provided with equipment for the recirculation
of the water used therein for such purpose, create progressively increasing
demands upon the supply of water available to the residents of this
Township, and involve a substantial waste of the available water supply
for the Township by drawing continuously upon it during periods when
the need for the cooling and humidification of the interiors of buildings
coincides with droughts and infrequency and inadequacy of rainfall,
and involves a waste of the available supply of water in the Township
by permitting it to flow through and beyond such air conditioning
or refrigeration systems, into the sanitary sewer system of the Township
served by sewer facilities provided by the joint meeting, of which
the Township is a member.
[1967 Code § 15-1-2]
No building air conditioning or refrigeration system shall be
constructed or used within the Township employing or designed to employ
water as a cooling agent, which is not provided with or fails to employ
such recirculatory equipment as will permit the continuous reuse of
the water employed in such system and prevent the wastage and continuous
discharge of water from the supply available in and for the Township
into any sanitary or drainage sewer line or other discharge facility,
except for purposes of draining such system when required for its
repair, alteration, reconstruction or discontinuance.
[Ord. No. 2292-07 § 1]
The purpose of this section is to prohibit illicit connections
to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Township
of Millburn, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and
to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
[Ord. No. 2292-07 § 1]
As used in this section are the same as or based on corresponding
definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
Shall mean waste and wastewater from humans or household
operations.
Shall mean any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges
domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or
other industrial waste (other than stormwater to the municipal separate
storm sewer system operated by the Township of Millburn, unless that
discharge is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier
A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852).
Nonphysical connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks,
flows, or overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Shall mean nondomestic waste, including, but not limited
to, those pollutants regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of
the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), or
(c)).
Shall mean a conveyance or system of conveyances (including
roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs,
gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned
or operated by the Township of Millburn or other public body, and
is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Shall mean a permit issued by the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
Shall mean water used to reduce temperature for the purpose
of cooling. Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw
material, intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product.
Non-contact cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides
to control fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and corrosion
inhibitors.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean any water which, during manufacturing or processing,
comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use
of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact cooling water.
Shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted
to the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Ord. No. 2292-07 § 1]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through
an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system
operated by the Township of Millburn, any domestic sewage, non-contact
cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other
than stormwater).
[Ord. No. 2292-07 § 1]
This section shall be enforced by the Police Department and/or
other Municipal Officials of the Township of Millburn.
[Ord. No. 2292-07 § 1]
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00).
