[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.1]
The Mayor and Council shall have entire control and management
of all main, lateral and intercepting sanitary sewers, storm sewers,
underground drains, systems of sewers and drains, sewer and drain
outlets, filtration beds, sewage disposal works, sewage receptacles,
pumping stations or any or all such improvements and such other erections,
works, establishments and fixtures as may be required to provide proper
sewerage and drainage within the Borough, and owned or controlled
by it, and may from time to time enlarge, increase, extend, renew,
alter, replace, repair, cleanse, equip, operate and maintain any and
all such sewers, drains, works and structures.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.2]
The Mayor and Council may, by resolution, designate the committee,
board, official, employee or agent to be charged with the administration
of this chapter, and any such committee, board, official, employee
or agent shall be directly responsible to and shall act in accordance
with the directions and decisions of the Mayor and Council.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.3]
a.
The construction, maintenance and use of all cesspools, septic tanks,
vaults, privies, pits and other systems of sewage disposal upon private
property, existing or proposed, and not connected with the sewerage
system as now or hereafter established and extended, shall be under
the regulation and control of the Board of Health. No authorization
for the repair or replacement of an individual disposal system shall
be granted where public sanitary sewer is available.
b.
Upon connection to the Borough's sanitary sewerage system, the
existing individual disposal system shall be abandoned in accordance
with applicable law.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.4]
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit the discharge
of sewage from any house or building in the Borough upon the surface
of the ground, or into or upon any road, highway, street or public
place, or into any stream, watercourse, ditch or drain.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.5]
No cesspool, septic tank, vault, privy, pit or other system
of sewage disposal shall be connected with any sewer or building connection
or allowed to drain therein, directly or indirectly, but all building
connections shall lead directly to the plumbing in the building.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.6]
The body or person charged with the administration of this chapter
may at any time stop and prevent the discharge into the sewerage system
of any substances liable to injure the same or to interfere with its
normal operation, to obstruct the flow or to hinder any processes
of sewage purification, and the administrator may at any time, without
notice and without recourse, sever the building connection and cause
the removal of any tributary sewer or drain through which such detrimental
substances are discharged, including the connection of roof leader
drains, yard drains and sump pump discharges.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.7]
No person shall break, cut or remove any pipe of any public
sanitary sewer, or make or cause to be made any connection therewith,
except through a connection branch provided for that purpose and designated
by the body or person charged with the administration of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.8; Ord. No. OR:10/17]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11, the fee to
connect to a public sanitary sewer at the point of a connection branch
shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
a.
Residential Use. There shall be a three thousand one hundred ($3,100.00)
dollar per service unit connection fee for all new connections from
residential dwellings to the sanitary sewer collection system. In
addition to this connection fee, an additional fee per service unit
shall be paid by those residential dwellings which are also served
by the Township of Berkeley Heights sanitary sewer system. This fee
to the Township of Berkeley Heights is subject to change in accordance
with applicable law. The Borough Engineer shall determine which residential
dwellings are subject to this additional fee to the Township of Berkeley
Heights consistent.
b.
Nonresidential Use. For nonresidential uses, the connection fee shall be $3,100 per service unit, or part thereof, as defined under Section 18-10. Nonresidential use connections served by the Township of Berkeley Heights shall pay an additional fee per service unit.
c.
All connection fees shall be collected by the Engineering Department
prior to the issuance of a connection permit.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.9]
Not more than one building shall be connected with any public
sewer through the same connection without a special permit issued
by the body or person charged with the administration of this chapter,
concurred in by the Board of Health.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.10]
a.
The expense of operation and maintenance of any public sewage system
as described in this chapter shall be borne by the property owners
connected thereto in the manner following.
b.
User Classes. An annual sewer user charge shall be paid by all users
of the facilities in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
chapter. The projected wastewater flow to be utilized as the basis
for establishing the local user charge and the sanitary sewer connection
fee shall be based on the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
table of specific measurement unit as listed for each category or
type of establishment and as contained in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3, Projected
Flow Criteria, as revised and amended from time to time. No consideration
of other values or actual water usage data shall be accepted by the
Borough.
The annual sewer user charge shall be determined on an equivalent
basis with one service unit equivalent to the projected flow of a
single-family residential dwelling, three (3) bedrooms or larger.
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Type of Establishment
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Measurement Unit
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Gallons Per Day
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Residential Dwellings
(single-family home, duplex units, townhouses, condominiums,
apartments)
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1 bedroom unit
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Per dwelling
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150
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2 bedroom unit
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Per dwelling
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225
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3 bedroom unit or larger
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Per dwelling
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300
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Residential Dwellings
(age and occupancy restricted developments of single
family homes, apartments, mobile homes, etc.)
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1 bedroom unit
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Per dwelling
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110
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2 bedroom unit
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Per dwelling
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170
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3 bedroom unit or larger
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Per dwelling
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225
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Transit dwelling units
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Hotels
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Bedroom
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75
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Lodging houses and tourist homes
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Bedroom
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60
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Motels and tourist cabins
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Bedroom
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60
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Boarding houses (maximum permitted occupancy)
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Bedroom
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50
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Camps
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Campground/mobile recreational vehicle/tent
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Site
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100
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Parked mobile trailer site
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Site
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200
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Children's camps
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Bed
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50
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Labor camps
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Bed
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40
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Day camps - no meals
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Person
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15
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Restaurants (including washrooms and turnover)
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Average restaurant
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Seat
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35
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Bar/cocktail lounges
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Seat
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20
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Fast food restaurant
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Seat
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15
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24 hour service restaurant
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Seat
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50
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Curb service/drive-in restaurant
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Car space
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50
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Clubs
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Residential
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Member
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75
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Nonresidential
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Member
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35
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Racquet club
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(per court per hour)
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80
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Bathhouse with shower
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Person
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25
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Bathhouse without shower
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Person
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10
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Institutions (includes staff)
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Hospitals
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Bed
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175
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Other institutions
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Bed
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125
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Schools (includes staff)
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No shower or cafeteria
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Student
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10
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With cafeteria
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Student
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15
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With cafeteria and showers
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Student
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20
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With cafeteria, showers and laboratories
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Student
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25
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Boarding
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Student
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75
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Automobile service stations
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Per filling position
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125
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Service bays
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per bay
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50
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Mini-market
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Sq. ft.
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0.100
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Miscellaneous
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Office buildings (gross area)
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Sq. ft.
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0.100
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Stores and shopping centers (gross area)
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Sq. ft.
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0.100
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Factories/warehouses (add process wastewater)
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Employee
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25
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with showers (add process wastewater)
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Employee
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40
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Laundromats
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per machine
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580
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Bowling alleys
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Alley
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200
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Picnic parks (restrooms only)
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Person
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10
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Picnic parks with showers
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Person
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15
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Fairgrounds (based upon average attendance)
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Person
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5
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Assembly halls
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Seat
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3
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Churches (worship area only)
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Seat
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3
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Theater (indoor)
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Seat
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3
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Dinner theater
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Seat
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20
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Catering/banquet hall
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Person
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20
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NOTES:
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1. Flow for facilities that have combined uses shall be determined
by the summation of all appropriate projected flow values for each
use.
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2. Public buildings which are, for the purposes of this chapter,
defined as those buildings used for local governmental purposes, are
excluded from the user charges called for in this chapter. The usage
of said public buildings shall be treated as extraneous flow. Also,
public schools, first aid squads, volunteer fire companies and public
libraries are exempted from user charges provided for in this chapter.
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3. Senior citizens eligible for an annual property tax deduction,
as defined in N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.40, et seq., and who have filed required
forms to be eligible for the annual property tax deduction, shall
be charged a rate of 1/2 of the annual sewer charge.
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c.
Sewer Use Charge. At least once each year, the Borough shall review and revise, as necessary, the categories above referred to in Section 18-10b, User Classes, as to the validity of the number of units versus the actual or estimated flow and sewer use and sewer user charges and shall establish a schedule of charges by user class, type of use, flow, biological oxygen demand, suspended solids and such other criteria as the Borough shall deem appropriate. Any charges so established shall at a minimum provide for the equitable distribution of the Borough's sewage facilities, the Township of Berkeley Heights' sewage facilities and the Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage Authority (PARSA) operation and maintenance costs to the users and shall provide, at a minimum, for revenue from the users equal in amount to the expenses of the Borough for operation and maintenance and the charges to the Borough from the Township of Berkeley Heights and from PARSA. A resolution of the governing body shall be adopted annually to reflect charges and/or adjustments in charges for units predicated upon the expenses of the Borough for operation and maintenance and for charges from the Township of Berkeley Heights and from PARSA.
d.
Strength Measurement. Wherever actual readings of biological demand
and suspended solids of a user are available, those readings shall
be used in determining charges for strength of sewage. Where actual
readings or sampling are not available, biological oxygen demand and
suspended solids will be estimated by any of the following ways:
1.
For residential users by utilizing a standard of 200 milligrams per
liter for biological oxygen demand and 240 milligrams per liter for
suspended solids.
2.
For commercial users by establishing a proportion of strength comparable
to residential users or by establishing standard strengths for each
category within the class.
e.
Extraneous Flows. Any flows or strengths which are not chargeable
to a particular user, whether by reason of the user being exempted
from charges or by reason of the flow entering the system by infiltration
or inflow, shall be charged to all users, proportionately, on the
basis of flow.
f.
Objections to Estimates. Any user objecting to any estimate of flow or strength made hereunder shall have the option, at its own cost and expense, of installing metering equipment on its discharge lines to record actual flow and strength readings. The metering equipment used, its installation and the location of the installation shall all be subject to review and approval by the Borough or its designated representative. In no case shall the Mayor and Council authorize a wastewater flow in an amount less than that determined in accordance with Section 18-10b, above.
g.
Toxic Pollutants. Any user who discharges toxic pollutants into the
system which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent
or the sludge or the treatment works shall pay for such increased
costs.
h.
Proration of Charges. Any user who obtains a rough plumbing permit
inspection approval allowing connection to the system, after the effective
date of this chapter, during any calendar month shall pay a pro rata
user charge based upon the user charge assessed for the current quarter.
i.
Notice and Method of Payment.
1.
Each user shall be notified, at least annually, by way of regular
bill, of the rate and charges assessed to said user for wastewater
treatment. The user charge called for under this chapter may be incorporated
into the Borough's overall tax bill, as long as the charges to
the user which represent the operation and maintenance costs of all
charges are separately indicated on said tax bill.
2.
All user charges established and provided for herein shall be assessed
against the owners of the property from which the sewerage and wastewater
emanate and shall be collected annually by the Tax Collector of the
Borough and shall be payable on or before the first day of July.
3.
Such charges shall bear the same interest from the time they become
due as taxes upon real estate in the Borough and shall be a lien upon
the premises until paid. The Borough shall have the same remedies
for the collection thereof, with interest, costs and penalties, as
it has by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
[Ord. No. 06/06 § 2; Ord. No. 07/05 § 2; Ord. No. 14/06; Ord. No. 2015-14]
a.
All restaurants, cafeterias, institutional kitchens and other facilities
discharging grease, fats, wax, or oils such that may be detrimental
to the sewer system, shall use a grease trap. A garbage grinder shall
not be used when a grease trap is required.
b.
The grease trap shall be installed and used in accordance with the
requirements set forth in the Plumbing Subcode.
c.
Grease traps utilized by restaurants, cafeterias, institutional kitchens
and other facilities shall be inspected annually by the Health Inspector
for the physical presence of a grease trap.
d.
All restaurants, cafeterias, institutional kitchens and other facilities
("facilities") using a grease trap shall provide copies of a certification
to the Board of Health Secretary, a minimum of three certifications
per year, not later than April 30, August 31 and December 31, from
a service company that the grease traps have been properly installed,
are properly maintained and are functioning for their intended purposes
("certification"). Seasonal facilities means those facilities that
are not operating for a consecutive part of the year, will only be
required to provide the certification to the Board of Health Secretary
on those due dates when the seasonal facility is operating. The seasonal
facility shall also provide a certification certifying the period
when the facility was not in operation to the Board of Health Secretary
on those certification due dates when the seasonal facility is not
in operation. Sporadic facilities means those facilities which are
used at irregular intervals, shall submit the required certification
to the Board of Health Secretary on those due dates for that four-month
period that the sporadic facility operated, except that a certification
certifying when the sporadic facility was not in operation is to be
submitted to the Board of Health Secretary on the certification due
dates. All seasonal facilities and sporadic facilities shall maintain
their grease traps in operating condition and shall submit the required
certification to the Board of Health Secretary at least once a year
on December 31.
e.
In addition to the Borough's other remedies, should the Borough
or its agents incur costs to clean the sewer laterals or sewer lines
in the vicinity of the restaurant, cafeteria, institutional kitchen
or other facility due to grease, fats and/or oils, and/or in otherwise
responding to a backup caused by such grease, fats and/or oils, whether
or not the restaurant, cafeteria, institutional kitchen or other facility
has a grease trap, the owner and operator of the offending restaurant,
cafeteria, institutional kitchen or other facility, irrespective of
its compliance or noncompliance with the requirements of the Plumbing
Subcode Official or paragraph d above, shall be required to reimburse
the Borough and its agents for all such costs.
f.
In addition to other penalties and violations set forth in the Revised
General Ordinances of the Borough of Watchung, the Borough reserves
the right to require existing restaurants, cafeterias, institutional
kitchens and other facilities discharging quantities of grease, fats,
wax, or oils to install grease traps, if the Borough, due to the discharges
from that location, is required to clean its sewer lines, or if the
Borough determines that the facility is exceeding the discharge limit
for such substances provided in this section.
g.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
1.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty (150º) degrees Fahrenheit.
2.
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million
(1,000,000), by weight, of fat, oil or grease.
3.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
4.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, metal shavings, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood or any other solid or viscous substance
capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works.
5.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than six point zero (6.0)
or higher than nine point zero (9.0) or having any other corrosive
property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment
and personnel of the sewage works.
6.
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard
in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
7.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle
such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
8.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a
public nuisance.
9.
Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the publicly
owned treatment works, resulting in interference with its proper operation
and in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature of the
water at the publicly owned treatment works treatment plant exceeds
one hundred four (104º) degrees Fahrenheit unless the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, upon request of the publicly
owned treatment works, approves alternate temperature limits.
h.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Section 18-11 shall upon conviction thereof, be punishable by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days or to a period of community service not exceeding 90 days at the discretion of the Municipal Court.
Any person who is convicted of violating this within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same provision of this Section 18-11 and who was fined for the previous violation, shall be sentenced by the Municipal Court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the Municipal Court upon a person for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum.
[Ord. No. OR:07/06 § 1]
The purpose of this section is to prohibit illicit connections
to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Borough
of Watchung, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and
to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
[Ord. No. OR:07/06 § 1]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory. The definitions below 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 Borough of Watchung, unless that
discharge is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier
A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJG0149993).
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 Borough of Watchung 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/or 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. OR:07/06 § 1]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through
an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system
operated by the Borough of Watchung any domestic sewage, non-contact
cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other
than stormwater).
[Ord. No. OR:07/06 § 1]
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the fines and penalties set forth in Section 18-13, Violations and Penalties.
[Ord. No. 03/07 § 110-1.11; Ord. No. OR:07/06 § 1]
Any connection made with any sewer and any toilet installed
contrary to and in violation of any of the provisions of the chapter
shall be disconnected immediately upon notice from the body or person
charged with the administration of this chapter, and every person,
firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction, pay a fine not to exceed $1,250 or be imprisoned
in the County jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
