[1991 Code §§ 104-1 through 104-3; amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13]
The Township, acting in concert with and upon the consideration
of the adoption of parallel ordinances by the governing bodies of
Garwood, Kenilworth and Roselle Park, Rahway, Westfield, Cranford,
Clark and Woodbridge, respectively, all being municipal corporations
of New Jersey and all being situate in the County of Union, except
Woodbridge, which is situate in the County of Middlesex, shall join
with such municipal corporations in the formation of a Sewerage Authority.
a.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Sewerage Authorities Law, N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq., there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic under the name and style of the "Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority," hereinafter referred to in this section as the "RVSA." The district of the RVSA, as defined in the Sewerage Authorities Law, shall consist of the areas within the territorial boundaries of the Township and the municipal corporations named in Subsection 20-1.1.
b.
The Rahway Valley RVSA hereby created is a sewerage authority as
contemplated and provided for by the Sewerage Authorities Law and
shall have and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties
provided for by the statute and any other statutes heretofore or hereafter
enacted and applicable thereto.
The RVSA shall consist of nine members. One shall be appointed by the Township Committee and one by the governing body of each of the other municipal corporations named in Subsection 20-1.1. The members shall serve for terms as provided by the Sewerage Authorities Law. Compensation shall be as determined by ordinance.
[1991 Code § 241-1; amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13]
a.
To provide for the method and manner of connection with the Township
sanitary sewer system, to provide fees, to provide for regulation
of use thereof and for equitable charges to nonresidential users based
on quantity and quality of wastewater discharged in compliance with
Federal Regulation 18 CFR 60134 dated July 2, 1970, and 39 F.R. 35.925.11
dated February 11, 1974.
b.
To prohibit the discharge or inflow of nonwastewater ("clearwater")
into the Township's sanitary sewer system because clearwater unnecessarily
increases the cost of wastewater treatment to the Township and occupies
valuable space in the sewer lines and at the treatment plant.
[1991 Code § 241-2; amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13]
As used in this chapter:
The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority and, when the context
requires, shall mean the supervising engineer or his authorized authority,
agent, or representative.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
The certificate issued by the Township setting forth that,
based upon at a minimum a visual inspection, there are no known clearwater
inflow connections into a sewer lateral or the sanitary sewer system
from the specific property that is being sold, transferred or leased.
Any stormwater, natural precipitation, surface flow, roof
runoff, surface runoff, subsurface drainage, and such water conveyed
via downspouts, eave troughs, rainspouts, yard drains, sump pumps,
foundation drains, yard fountains, ponds, cistern overflows, pools,
water discharged from any air-conditioning unit or system, and other
drainage that does not contain any sewerage or waste.
Any person and/or entity that seeks to construct commercial
or industrial building(s) and/or seeks to construct three or more
residential units on property in the Township.
[Added 6-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-10]
Clearwater that enters a sanitary sewer system intended for
wastewater flows through connections, such as uncapped lateral cleanouts
and openings in manhole covers and illicit connections, such as area
drains, sump pumps, catch basins and foundation and roof drains.
Any user of the Township of Springfield sanitary sewer system
other than a residential property, apartment house or apartment complex,
condominium, townhouse or tax-exempt property.
Wastewaters generated by all users of the Township sanitary
sewer system other than wastewaters generated by residential properties,
apartments, condominiums, townhouses and tax-exempt properties.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions in moles per liter of solution.
Precipitation and other surface drainage that is not infiltrated
into or otherwise retained by the soil, concrete, asphalt or other
surface upon which it falls.
A system of all piping, lines, sewers, laterals and connections
thereto, which carries or transports wastewater within the Township
to trunk lines owned and maintained by the RVSA to a destination at
the RVSA's plant for wastewater treatment.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
Any pipe, line or sewer running across, through or from any
real property and connecting to any portion of the sanitary sewer
system.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
either exceeds for any period of duration longer than five minutes
or is equivalent to the following: more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour flow or five times the average annual flow (read
in gallons per minute for a five-minute period), whichever is the
smaller.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids.
[1991 Code §§ 241-3 through 241-11; Ord. No. 98-21 § 1 [B]; Ord. No. 02-28 § I(A); amended 5-24-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-12; 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-1312-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-24; 6-25-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-10; 10-22-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-12; 3-10-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-05]
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
Except in cases of extreme impracticality or excessive cost,
as determined by the Engineering Department and subject to review
by the Township Committee, all houses and other buildings located
along the lines of any sewer lateral constructed for the purpose of
carrying off sewage matter in any of the streets of the Township shall
be connected with the sanitary sewer system by the owner thereof.
The owner of each property which is so connected shall be responsible
for the repair and maintenance of the full length of the sewer lateral
to its connection at the sewer main.
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
No person shall make any connection with the sanitary sewerage
system unless and until a permit for that purpose has been obtained
from the Construction Official. An application for a permit shall
be made in writing, signed by the applicant, to the Construction Official,
setting forth the date, the name of the owner and location of the
premises, and such other information deemed necessary by the Construction
Official.
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
There shall be assessed with each application a fee established
by ordinance for each separate connection with the sewerage system,
and the Construction Bureau shall turn over the fees to the Treasurer
within 72 hours.
a.
In addition to any other applicable fees, charges and costs otherwise
set forth or referred to in the Code of the Township of Springfield
or otherwise imposed by law, there shall be imposed a one-time sewer
connection fee for each house, building or, in the case of a multiunit
building, for each individual unit, residential or nonresidential,
to be serviced by any new connection to the public sewer system. These
fees are in addition to all fees imposed by the Rahway Valley Sewerage
Authority. This fee shall be assessed at the time the permit is approved,
and payment shall be due before a certificate of occupancy is issued
for the subject property.
b.
The purpose of such sewer connection fee is to provide for a fair
payment toward the capital cost of the public sewer system pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11, et seq., and, as permitted by law, to fund
or offset the purchase of flow rights by the Township at the Rahway
Valley Sewerage Authority.
c.
Determination of Fees.
1.
The fee per each house, building or, in the case of a multi-unit
building, each unit, residential or nonresidential, shall be determined
according to Schedule A, which is attached to and made a part of this
chapter.
d.
Payment shall be made in full to the Township of Springfield prior
to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or, when such certificate
has already been issued or is not required, prior to making a connection
to the sewerage system. In the event a connection is made without
prior payment thereof for any reason, the sewer connection fee shall
constitute a first lien upon the benefitted property and shall bear
interest, as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-12 and as otherwise provided
by law. This shall be in addition to any violations, penalties or
other remedies otherwise provided for.
e.
A change of usage as per Subsection 12-1.13 of the Municipal Code will precipitate a change of sewer fee as per the change of use. This also applies to additions /changes of use for nonresidential buildings and modifications to existing residential dwellings which will increase the number of bedrooms when the existing residential dwelling has less than three bedrooms (i.e., increasing the number of bedrooms from one to two or more, or from two to three or more).
f.
There shall be created by the Township's Chief Financial Officer a dedicated account into which all funds derived from the fees established by this Subsection 20-4.3 shall be deposited. All such funds shall be expended only for the purpose of defraying the cost of developing, maintaining, repairing, replacing and/or otherwise improving or modifying the Township's sewerage conveyance infrastructure, including capital costs, reserves, insurance, principal and interest on any bonds, and to maintain reserves or sinking funds therefor as may be required under the bond covenants or any contracts and, as permitted by law, to fund or offset the purchase of flow rights by the Township at the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority.
g.
At least once each year the Township shall review the sewer connection
fee schedule (Schedule A),[1] and revise such fee schedule as necessary by way of resolution
of the Township Committee, in accordance with the standards and procedures
set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11 et seq.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
All connections shall be made according to standard plumbing
procedures found in the National Standard Plumbing Code (the most
current edition adopted by the State of New Jersey).
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
It shall be the duty of the Construction Official to serve or
cause to be served a notice upon the owner of any premises in the
Township which shall not have connected with the sewerage system,
directing the owner to cause the connection to be made within 30 days
from the date of mailing of the notice. The owner shall, within the
thirty-day period, cause the premises to be connected with the sewerage
system in accordance with the provisions of this section. The notice
shall be served upon the owner in the manner provided by law.
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
Each building fronting on any street in which a sanitary sewer
system has been or shall be laid shall be separately connected with
the sewer lateral, provided that the buildings on the rear of the
lot may be connected with the house connections.
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
a.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into the sewer lateral connection
or permit to be discharged into the sewer connection waste containing
gasoline, naphtha or other volatile or explosive substances or liquids,
or any waste containing antiseptic properties, or any liquid or solid
substances or any other substances which may tend to clog, destroy
or otherwise injuriously affect the sewer lateral connection or sanitary
sewerage system.
b.
It shall be unlawful to have connected to the sewerage system, or
use or operate, any device, equipment or system which will or may
be used to grind, pulverize, either in a dry, wet or mixed state,
or liquefy any garbage, offal, refuse, meats, bones, vegetables or
other waste.
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
a.
It shall be unlawful to connect any cellar drain, subsoil drain or
surface water drain of any kind or description, steam exhaust, blowoff,
drip pipe, rainwater conductor, swimming pool, garbage disposal device
or equipment or system of any kind or description or oil pipe with
the house connection or sewer lateral connection, or otherwise permit
any subsoil waters or surface waters to flow into the house connection
or sewer lateral connection or sewer lateral directly.
b.
No person shall directly or indirectly discharge, or permit to be
discharged, clear water into the sanitary sewer system.
c.
In addition to the connections prohibited in Subsection 20-4.8a above, no person shall tie into a connection between any conductor used to carry clear water, such as, without limitation, a sump pump, roof drain, foundation drain, or other surface drain (collectively "device"), and the sanitary sewer system.
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
No person shall maintain or use any cesspools, privies, privy
vaults or septic tanks on any premises located in the Township abutting
upon a street in which a sewer lateral has been or shall hereafter
be laid.
[Added 3-10-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-05]
a.
The Township, by and through the Code Enforcement Officer, Fire Subcode
Official, Plumbing Subcode Official and/or any other person or employee
duly appointed (collectively, "Inspector"), may undertake inspections
or tests as the Inspector deems necessary and appropriate to determine
whether clear-water is being discharged into the sanitary sewer system.
This includes the Fire Department's inspection for certification
of smoke detector, carbon monoxide alarm and portable fire extinguisher
compliance for the sale of property. Tests or inspections shall be
conducted on weekdays, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
or by appointment.
b.
The Inspector shall be permitted immediate entry onto real property
to undertake inspections or tests for clear-water if, in the sole
opinion of the Inspector, an actual emergency exists tending to create
an immediate danger to the public health and safety.
c.
The owner of the property shall make all areas of the building to
be tested or inspected available to the Inspector.
d.
If, in the sole opinion of the Inspector, any clear-water is found,
the sources of the clear-water into the sanitary sewer system shall
be eliminated at the owner's expense, with the appropriate permits.
Such corrective work shall be completed within 15 days of the date
the Township notifies the owner of the deficiency, in writing, mailed
to the address of the property owner in violation.
e.
In the event clear-water is identified, the Township shall reinspect
the property either upon notice from the owner that the deficiency
has been corrected or within 30 days from the date of the notice of
deficiency, whichever first occurs.
f.
If the property owner fails to undertake such corrective work within
the times specified herein, the Township shall be authorized and permitted
to take all legal means necessary to obtain compliance.
[Added 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 20-5, Sewerage Utility
of the Township of Springfield, created by Ordinance No. 2010-23,
was repealed in its entirety by Ordinance No. 2010-41.
a.
No owner shall sell, transfer or lease real property, which is improved
with a building, without first obtaining from the Township, as part
of the Township's certificate of occupancy procedure, a certificate
of compliance that certifies that no device is connected to the sanitary
sewer system. No purchaser, transferee or tenant shall purchase, occupy
or rent such real property unless the owner has provided the purchaser,
transferee or tenant with the required certificate of compliance prior
to closing of the sale or transfer, or finalization of the rental.
This provision does not apply to a change in the tenancy of an individual
unit of a multiunit dwelling.
b.
Applications for a certificate of compliance shall be filed with
the Township's Construction Bureau within the Department of Engineering,
Construction Services and Code Enforcement by the owner of the real
property at least 10 days prior to the transfer of ownership, by deed,
land contract sale, beginning of the lease term or otherwise.
[Amended 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-24]
c.
Upon receipt of a completed application, the inspector shall, at
a minimum, conduct a visual inspection of the property in order to
determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter. If a violation
is discovered during the inspection, the property owner shall be mailed
a notice within five business days of the inspection, which notice
shall describe the violation and the action needed for compliance.
d.
Nothing in this chapter shall amend, reduce or remove any other Township requirements for a certificate of occupancy pursuant to any other ordinances applicable to the transfer, to the sale or lease of real property in the Township. The issuance, or a failure to issue a certificate of compliance, shall not relieve a property owner of its continuing obligation to comply with all provisions of this Chapter 20.
[1991 Code § 241-12]
No liquid waste shall be discharged into the sewer system of
the Township unless it is amenable to secondary or biological treatment
processes. No toxic materials or wastes containing explosive or flammable
substances which would be detrimental to the collection system, including
pumping stations and all treatment plant facilities and equipment
or treatment processes, shall be permitted to be discharged into the
collection system.
[1991 Code § 241-13]
Every nonresidential user connected with or proposing to connect
with the Township sewer system and to discharge waste into same shall
submit a complete quantitative chemical analysis of the waste, including
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended
solids, chlorine demand, phosphates, nitrates, arsenic, barium, cadmium,
chlorides, copper, cyanides, fluorides, iron, lead, manganese, nickel,
selenium, sulfates, zinc and other waste characteristic required by
the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority and the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection.
[1991 Code § 241-14]
a.
The Township reserves the right to reject wastes, to require control
over quantities and rates of discharge or to require preliminary treatment
where the characteristics of the existing or proposed wastes make
such preliminary treatment desirable or mandatory for the protection
of the sewerage works, sewers, equipment or receiving water or for
the protection of the safety, health or welfare of the citizenry.
Determination of the requiring of preliminary treatment shall be made
by the Township Engineer. Some of the characteristics which may dictate
preliminary treatment are listed below:
1.
Five-day BOD in excess of 350 milligrams per liter.
2.
Suspended solids in excess of 350 milligrams per liter.
3.
Presence of arsenic, barium, cadmium, chloride, copper, cyanide,
fluoride, iron, lead, manganese, nickel, nitrate, selenium, sulfate
or zinc.
4.
pH below or above the allowable limits set by the Authority.
5.
A chloride demand in excess of 40 milligrams per liter.
b.
In such instances where it is agreed that the nonresidential waste
will be received following preliminary treatment, drawings and specifications
shall be submitted for approval to the Township, showing all pertinent
details for the construction proposed to accomplish the preliminary
treatment. The pretreatment facility shall be approved by the State
of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, and a copy
of the approved plans, specifications, application, engineer's report
and all other allied data shall be filed with the Township Engineer
prior to construction of the facility.
c.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are required, they shall be
provided and continuously maintained in satisfactory and effective
operating conditions at all times, at the expense of the owner, and
operated by a sewer treatment plant operator duly licensed by the
State of New Jersey. Such operator's name, address, phone number and
a copy of the license shall be filed with the Township Clerk.
d.
Each owner connected shall be responsible for maintaining a quality
of effluent from its premises which conforms to the standards established
in this chapter. Sampling and analysis shall be done to conform to
accepted practices and in accordance with the current edition of Standard
Methods for Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes, published
by the American Public Health Association, or any modified standards
accepted by the Township.
e.
The Township Engineer or his authorized representative shall have
authority to enter upon and examine such pretreatment facility with
or without notice.
f.
Users not initially required to install a pretreatment facility may,
at the discretion of the Township Engineer, be required to provide
a control manhole within the sidewalk area which shall be provided
with adequate and safe access manhole covers, though access may be
had by Township personnel at all times.
[1991 Code § 241-15; Ord. No. 91-20]
a.
Every nonresidential user connected to the Township system shall
pay an annual charge to the Township to cover the cost of treatment
and related costs. Such charge shall be calculated by the Township
Engineer in accordance with the following procedures:
1.
The total annual cost of nonresidential wastewater treatment shall
be determined as the remainder of total annual Township cost for flow,
BOD and suspended solids, as furnished by the Authority, less deductions
for flow, BOD and suspended solids attributable to all waste connections
other than nonresidential waste connections plus infiltration-inflows.
Also, any credits applicable from the previous year extended by the
Authority shall be deducted prior to computing the nonresidential
waste rate.
2.
Costs attendant to flow, BOD and suspended solids quantities generated
by individual nonresidential users for whom actual qualitative and
quantitative use data is supplied by the Authority shall be determined
on the basis of Authority unit costs, and each user shall be charged
his pro rata share of the total nonresidential cost. Charges so determined
shall be deducted from the total used in determining the charges to
be paid by nonresidential users for whom no actual qualitative and
quantitative use data is available.
3.
Nonresidential users for whom actual qualitative and quantitative
use data is not available shall be charged on the basis of annual
water consumption (except insofar as individual users can demonstrate
that water consumptions exceed flows).
4.
Any nonresidential user desiring to provide qualitative and quantitative
wastewater data shall provide such data to the Township Engineer no
later than August 31 of the year for which charges are being computed.
Such data may, if acceptable to the Township Engineer, be the basis
of calculating the unit costs for that user.
5.
The initial $20 of the total annual charge as calculated by the Township
Engineer for each nonresidential user shall be considered as a credit
on each annual bill.
6.
In applying the foregoing, the Township Engineer shall be authorized,
if the total nonresidential water consumption significantly exceeds
total nonresidential flow, to make appropriate pro rata adjustments
in the amount of water consumption for which each nonresidential user
will be charged.
7.
The procedures for billing, forms of bills and due dates for payment
of assessed charges shall be determined by the Township Engineer after
consultation with and approval of the Township Tax Collector and Auditor.
8.
The measuring year shall be from October 1 through September 30 of
the following year.
b.
The Township of Springfield reserves the right to include additional
charges for ascertaining non-residential waste characteristics as
may be imposed by the Authority to the Township of Springfield.
[1991 Code § 241-16]
The Township may undertake periodic sampling and testing of
the waste to determine both volume and strength or waste characteristics.
[1991 Code § 241-17; Ord. No. 02-28 § I(B)]
a.
Formal Written Agreement. The Township will accept nonresidential
wastes into the sanitary sewerage system upon execution of a formal
written agreement and under and subject to the provisions appearing
in the agreement and this chapter. The agreement will set out in detail
the characteristics of the wastes, the flow conditions which shall
govern and the conditions with respect to the physical connection
or connections. It shall be the policy of the Township to consider
each application on its own merits and to establish specific conditions
applicable to the particular situation for each agreement. No connection
shall be made prior to execution of the agreements.
b.
Review Process. All new nonresidential connections and any material
changes in the quantity or quality of existing nonresidential connections
must be approved by the Township and the Authority.
For purposes of review, an application shall be submitted to
the Township Engineer for initial evaluation. The application shall
include the following:
1.
Average, maximum and minimum rates of flow to be expected daily and
seasonally.
2.
Flow diagram, showing points of applications of chemicals, type and
quantity of each chemical used per day and per shift, a schedule of
operations, expected chemical characteristics of the untreated wastes
and the point or points of connection to the sewerage system. The
normal situation will require the separation of and separate point
of connection for domestic sewage and nonresidential waste.
3.
Chemical analysis and waste characteristics of liquid nonresidential
waste to be discharged into system.
4.
Separate clean water discharge connections to other than sanitary
sewers, as approved by the Department of Environmental Protection
or other local authority.
c.
The application shall, after approval by the Township Engineer, be
submitted by the applicant to the Authority.
d.
Upon receipt of Authority approval, the application shall be submitted
to the Planning Board of the Township for review and approval if the
application is consistent with existing Township contractual limitations
concerning wastewater disposal and plans for future Township development.
[1991 Code § 241-18; amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13]
Wastes containing the following substances or possessing the
characteristics listed below shall not be accepted:
a.
Any vapors or steam.
b.
Any fluids with temperature in excess of 150° F.
c.
Any fluid wastes which contain in excess of 100 parts per million
of fat, oil or grease, either vegetable or mineral.
d.
Any volatile, explosive or flammable substances such as benzene,
gasoline, naphtha, fuel oil or similar substances.
e.
Any solids or viscous matter which may contain any ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics,
wood, paunch manure, hair or similar substances.
f.
Any fluid wastes having a pH value less than 5.5 or in excess of
9.0 or possessing other properties capable of causing damage or hazard
to sewer laterals, structures, treatment process, equipment or operating
personnel.
g.
Any wastes containing toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient
concentration to interfere with the sewage treatment process or cause
injury to animals or persons or to create an unacceptable condition
in the receiving streams.
h.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which causes a public
nuisance.
i.
Any water or waste containing fats, grease, wax or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
32° F. and 150° F.
j.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
k.
Any other waste containing antiseptic properties, or any liquid,
solid or other substances which may tend to clog, destroy or otherwise
injuriously affect the sewer lateral connection or sanitary sewer
system.
[1991 Code § 241-19; Ord. No. 02-28 § I(A)]
a.
Where the owner provides its own water supply entirely separate from
that supplied by the public utility serving the Township or provides
from its own sources a portion of the water consumed on the premises
which eventually finds its way into the sewerage system of the Township,
the owner shall certify to the Township the volume of water so provided,
which volume shall have been computed by means acceptable to the Township.
b.
The Township Engineer or a representative shall have access at reasonable
times to all nonresidential establishments and to any meters used
to determine volume of water used or to determine waste volumes discharged
into the sewer system or excluded from the sewer system.
[1991 Code § 241-20; amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13]
[1991 Code § 241-21]
A separate connection shall be provided for domestic sewage
and the waste shall not be commingled with the nonresidential waste
of the use. The Township shall determine the equivalent household
connections from the discharge of domestic sewage from each nonresidential
user. This shall be determined by dividing the average daily domestic
sewage flow by 300 gallons per day, the latter representing the average
household domestic sewage discharge. The annual rate for discharge
of domestic sewage into the Township sewer system shall be computed
by multiplying the number of equivalent units, as determined by the
formula above, times the annual sewer charge applied to each household
unit, presently $15 per year.
[1991 Code § 241-22]
a.
The rates and charges fixed by the Township shall be in lieu of and
in substitution for any other sewer charges heretofore made by any
other agency for such quarter of any succeeding period.
b.
Bills for the charges and rents shall be rendered to the owner of
each premises quarterly in advance as soon as may be practicable after
the beginning of each quarter and may be rendered with the tax bills
covering real estate, and the charges and rents shall become due and
payable as herein prescribed.
c.
The charges and rents shall draw interest and be a lien upon the
premises until paid, and the Township shall have and exercise the
remedies for the collection thereof with interest, costs and penalties
provided in N.J.S.A. 40:63-8 and as it has by law for the collection
of taxes upon real estate.
[1991 Code §§ 241-23 through 241-25; amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13]
Except as otherwise provided herein, each owner of premises
located on streets in which sewer laterals are available shall connect
all sewerage facilities on the premises to the sewer system immediately
upon the sewerage facility's becoming available and use the sewerage
facilities at all times for sewage disposal therefrom.
No alteration or repair to any part of the sanitary sewer system
or any connection thereto shall be made, except by duly authorized
representatives or employees of the Township, without application
for such having been made to the Township and approved and upon compliance
with the rules and regulations of the Township relating thereto.
[1991 Code § 241-26; amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer system.
[1991 Code § 241-27]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to
a natural outlet approved by the Township Engineer. Industrial cooling
water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the Engineer, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
[1991 Code § 241-28]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the
following-described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
a.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
b.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either along or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create a public nuisance.
c.
Any waters or wastes having a corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage
works.
d.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as but not limited
to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
[1991 Code § 241-29]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following-described
substances, materials, waters or waste if it appears likely in the
opinion of the Township that such wastes can harm either the sewers,
sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the
receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property
or constitute a nuisance. In forming its opinion as to the acceptability
of these wastes, the Township will give consideration to such factors
as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities
in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of
sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant,
degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant and
other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
a.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and
similar objectionable or toxic substances in excess of limits established
by authority, or having a pH outside of maximum and minimum limits
established by the Authority, or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine
requirement.
b.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Authority as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage,
to meet the requirements of the State, Federal or other public agencies
having jurisdiction over such discharge to the receiving wastes.
c.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by authority in compliance with applicable
State or Federal regulations.
d.
Materials which exert or cause:
1.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as but not
limited to fuller's earth, lime, slurries and lime residues, or of
dissolved solids, such as but not limited to sodium chloride and sodium
sulfate.
2.
Excessive discoloration, such as but not limited to dye wastes and
vegetable tanning solutions.
3.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs,
as defined herein.
e.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by sewage treatment processes employed, or
are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plan effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
[Ord. No. 241-30; amended 7-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13]
a.
When the inspector determines that there has been a violation of
any provision of this chapter, written notice of the violation shall
be given to the owner and any occupant of the property by mail. The
violator(s) shall be given 10 days from the date of mailing of the
notice in which to remedy the violation or contact the Construction
Bureau within the Department of Engineering, Construction Services
and Code Enforcement to set up a timetable for compliance.
[Amended 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-24]
b.
If the violation is not remedied within the ten-day period, the violator
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250, plus costs for this
first violation. Each date on which such violation occurs or exists
shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.
c.
Repeat offenses under this chapter shall be subject to increased
fines as provided for below. As used in this section, "repeat offenses"
means a second or subsequent violation of the same requirement or
provision of this chapter for which the person admits responsibility
or is determined to be responsible. The increased fine for repeat
offenses shall be as follows:
d.
In addition to other remedies under this chapter, the Township may
bring an action against the owner of the property for which the violation
exists for the costs incurred in cleaning up and abating the offending
condition. In any such action, the Township shall be entitled to recover
its costs of suit, together with reasonable attorneys' fees, experts'
fees and costs of suit, if applicable.
[Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(C)]
The purpose of this Article is to prohibit illicit connections
to, and to prohibit spilling, dumping or disposal of materials other
than stormwater into the Township separate storm sewer system, so
as to protect public health, safety and welfare.
[Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(C);
amended 5-24-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-10]
As used in this article for the purpose of this article, the
following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have
the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter
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.
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Township, 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 stormwater system.
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) and (c)].
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 or other public body, and is designed and used for
collecting and conveying stormwater.
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.
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. Noncontact
cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
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, byproduct,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
An opening in a storm drain used to collect stormwater runoff
and includes, but is not limited to, a grate inlet, curb-opening inlet,
slotted inlet, and combination inlet.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, is
captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage of drainage facilities,
or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies
of surface or ground water, whether natural or artificial, within
the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
[Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(C);
amended 5-24-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-10]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through
an illicit connection to the Springfield municipal separate stormwater
sewer system any domestic sewage, noncontact cooling water, process
wastewater or other industrial waste, other than stormwater.
[Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(C);
amended Ord. No. 2006-18 ]
The spilling, dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater
into the Township separate storm sewer system, and the spilling, dumping
or disposal of materials other than stormwater in such a manner as
to cause the discharge of pollutants into the Township separate storm
sewer system, are prohibited.
a.
Water line flushing and discharges from potable water sources.
b.
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement
sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwaters).
c.
Air-conditioning condensate (excluding contact and noncontact cooling
water).
d.
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).
e.
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir
discharges and diverted stream flows.
f.
Residential car washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges.
g.
Sidewalk, driveway and street washwater.
h.
Flows from firefighting activities.
i.
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water: beach
maintenance equipment immediately following their use for their intended
purposes and equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing
materials immediately following salt and de-icing material applications.
Prior to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and de-icing
materials must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum
extent practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and
sweeping). Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse
or properly discarded. Rinsing equipment is limited to exterior, undercarriage
and exposed parts and does not apply to engines or other enclosed
machinery.
[Added 5-24-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-10]
No person in control of private property (except a residential
lot with one single-family house) shall authorize the repaving, repairing
(excluding the repair of individual potholes), resurfacing (including
top coating or chip sealing with asphalt emulsion or a thin base of
hot bitumen), reconstructing or altering any surface that is in direct
contact with an existing storm drain inlet on that property unless
the storm drain inlet either:
Storm drain inlets identified in Section III[1] above shall comply with the following standard to control
passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets.
For purposes of this subsection, "solid and floatable materials" means
sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable
solids. For exemptions to this standard see Subsection c below.
a.
Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever
they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect
stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body
under that grate:
1.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle-safe
grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible
Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines (April 1996);
or
2.
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate has
an area of no more than seven square inches, or is no greater than
0.5 inch across the smallest dimension. Examples of grates subject
to this standard include grates in grate inlets, the grate portion
(non-curb-opening portion) of combination inlets, grates on storm
sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates, and grates of spacer
bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces include surfaces
of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking areas, bikeways,
plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels, and stormwater basin
floors.
b.
Whenever design engineers use a curb-opening inlet, the clear space
in that curb opening (or each individual clear space, if the curb
opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have an area of no more
than seven square inches, or be no greater than two inches across
the smallest dimension.
c.
This standard does not apply:
1.
Where the municipal engineer agrees that this standard would cause
inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably be overcome
by using additional or larger storm drain inlets that meet these standards;
2.
Where flows are conveyed through any device (e.g., end of pipe netting
facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that
is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable
materials that could not pass through one of the following:
3.
Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars
with one-inch spacing between the bars; or
4.
Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines,
pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C.
7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that
constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey
Register listed historic property.
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original.
[Amended 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-24]
This article shall be enforced by the Department of Engineering,
Construction Services and Code Enforcement of the Township of Springfield
and by the Department of Public Works of the Township of Springfield.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $100 for
each storm drain inlet that is not retrofitted to meet the design
standard.
