[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Town of Secaucus
4-20-81.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the location, construction, alteration, use
and supervision of individual and semipublic water supplies, requiring
certain permits providing for the inspection of such supplies, the
fixing of fees and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby
adopted, except for Sections 4 and 5, pursuant to P.L. 1950, c. 188
(N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 3-69.6). A copy of said code is annexed hereto
and made a part hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter is described
and commonly known as the "Individual and Semipublic Water Supply
Code of New Jersey (1966)."
Three copies of the said Individual and Semipublic Water Supply
Code of New Jersey (1966) have been placed on file in the office of
the Secretary, Clerk or other similar office of this Board of Health
upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file in said
office for use and examination by the public.
A.
No person shall locate construct or alter any water supply until
a permit for location, construction or alteration of said water supply
has been issued by the Board of Health.
B.
The Board of Health may issue a permit if an application for the
same is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey or by a licensed
New Jersey State well driller stating that the design of the water
supply as proposed is in compliance with the code.
A.
New water supplies shall not be placed in operation, nor shall new
dwellings or buildings or additions thereto be sold or occupied, which
must rely on such a supply for water, until the Board of Health shall
have issued a certificate indicating that the said water supply has
been located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit
issued and the requirements of the aforesaid code. Issuance of such
certificate shall not be required for alteration to an existing water
supply.
B.
The Board of Health may issue such a certificate if an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey or a licensed New
Jersey State well driller submits a statement in writing signed by
him to the Board of Health that the said water supply has been located
and constructed in accordance with the terms of the permit and the
requirements of the aforesaid code.
In case any permit or certification required by this chapter
is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall be held thereon
before the Board within 15 days after request therefor is made by
the applicant and upon such hearing the Board of Health shall affirm,
alter or rescind its previous determination and take action accordingly
within 15 days after the date of such hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work in and about
any water supply, which is being erected or installed in violation
of the code, to be stopped forthwith, except such work as shall be
necessary to remedy such violation, and, thereafter, the work continued
without any violation of any of the provisions of the code, and after
issuance of any such order and the service of a copy thereof upon
any person connected with or working in and about the erection or
installation of any such water supply or any part thereof, no further
work shall be done thereon except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges are herewith established:
A.
For the issuance of a permit to locate and construct or alter a water
supply: $20.
B.
For each reinspection of a water supply or part thereof caused by
the failure of the permittee to locate and construct or alter the
same in accordance with the terms of the permit issued or the items
of the aforesaid code, an inspection fee of $25 shall be charged.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of or any order promulgated under this chapter or the Individual and
Semipublic Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1966) made a part hereof
shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less than $2
nor more than $100 for each violation.
B.
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
All ordinances, codes or parts of same inconsistent with any
of the provisions of this chapter and the code established hereunder
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
In the event that any section, sentence or clause of this chapter
or code shall be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such declaration shall not in any manner prejudice the
enforcement of the remaining provisions.
This chapter and code herein established shall take effect upon
final publication and adoption as required by law.
