[Adopted 10-18-1995 as Ord. No. 95-17]
It shall be unlawful to make any connection to the municipal
sewer without first obtaining appropriate permits from the borough,
as provided in the Uniform Construction Code Act,[1] the governing provisions of the New Jersey Administrative
Code (N.J.A.C.) for the closure and abandonment of individual subsurface
sewage (septic) systems and in accordance with this Article.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.
No person, partnership, corporation or other entity shall make
or attempt to make any connection between the municipal sewer and
any property without complying with the following:
A.
Provide the Clerk of the borough or anyone else designated by the
Borough Council with proof of public liability insurance for personal
injuries and property damage arising out of the work authorized by
permits in amounts not less than $100,000 for property damage arising
out of one accident and $300,000 for personal injuries to all persons
arising out of any one accident. Proof of such liability insurance
shall be made by posting a certificate of an insurance company duly
authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey, evidencing such
coverage for a period of not less than six months from the date the
application for a permit is filed and not less than six months from
the time such person has commenced any work in order to make a house
connection.
B.
Post a ten-thousand-dollar surety bond plus a two-hundred-fifty-dollar
cash bond with the Borough Clerk, Treasurer or any person designated
by the Borough Council.
C.
Repairs and restoration; time limits on bonds.
(1)
Such bonds shall be posted in order to insure that any damage
to public property within the borough arising out of the work performed
by anyone making connections shall be repaired and restored within
a reasonable time from the date of such damage and not later than
a time limit determined to be reasonable by the Plumbing Subcode Official
of the borough or such other official or consultant thereto designated
by the Borough Council, by resolution. The surety bond and cash bond
shall be released three months after the work performed to make the
connection is completed and is approved by the Borough Plumbing Inspector,
provided that all restoration and repair of any damage to public property
is completed in the opinion of the Plumbing Inspector of the borough
or such other official or consultant thereto designated by the Borough
Council.
(2)
If all restoration work with respect to all damage to public
property is not completed within a reasonable time as determined above,
the Borough Council may, by resolution, authorize the use of the cash
deposit to restore the damage or proceed against the surety bond to
use the proceeds thereof to restore the damage, or both, as the Borough
Council shall determine in its discretion and judgment.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity engaged
in the business of making connections to the municipal sewer in the
borough shall be required to post only one ten-thousand-dollar surety
bond, regardless of the number of connections to be made by said entity.
However, a separate cash bond of $250 shall be posted for each and
every connection to be made by said entity. In the event that a portion
of all of the surety bond or any cash bond is used in the manner described
above, no additional permits shall be issued to such entity until
both bonds are fully replenished.
No permit or permits shall be issued for connections or any
peripheral work to the municipal sewer where the entity applying for
such permit shall fail to post the required bonds, except where the
resident owner of a single-family dwelling obtains all permits, does
all the work and assumes all responsibility for the scheduling of
the necessary inspections personally. Said resident owner shall not
be required to post the surety bond of $10,000 but shall post the
two-hundred-fifty-dollar cash bond.
Any permits obtained by any entity engaged in making connections
shall terminate automatically in the event that their certificate
of insurance expires and is not renewed for a period prior to the
time any connection made by such entity is approved by the Plumbing
Inspector of the borough.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of any building to the municipal sewer shall be borne by the owner
of said property. The owner shall indemnify the borough from any loss
or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
of the building sewer and connection to the municipal sewer. Further,
the maintenance of the building sewer shall be the responsibility
of the owner of the property served.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to eliminate the
requirement of obtaining any other permit or permits, including, where
applicable, a road opening permit, as may be necessary to make the
connection to the municipal sewer. It is the intention of this section
that the permits required herein shall be in addition to and not in
lieu of any other municipal permit which may be required to make a
connection to the municipal sewer.
