[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health[1] of the Township of Monroe 5-19-64 by Ord.
No. 127. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Under the present form of township government
there is no longer a Board of Health. The legislative functions of
the Board of Health are now performed by the Township Council.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 89-1, Adoption of code by reference,
was repealed 5-2-83 by Ord. No. 13-83.
[Amended 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276; 52-83 by Ord. No. 13-83]
The standards established and adopted by this chapter are described
and commonly known as the "Standards for the Construction of Individual
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems," all as set forth in N.J.A.C.
7:9-2.1 et seq., 1978.
[Amended 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276; 5-2-83 by Ord. No. 13-83]
Three copies of the Standards for the Construction of Individual
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems have been placed on file in the
office of the Township Clerk upon the introduction of this chapter
and will remain on file in said office for use and examination by
the public.
[Added 5-2-83 by Ord. No. 13-83]
A.
The language of Section 7:9-2.60(a) of the Standards for the Construction
of Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems is deleted in part
to read as follows:
Two percolation tests shall be performed at the site of each
disposal field: one test in each of said disposal field limits, and
one test in the center of said disposal area. Preliminary tests for
tracts involving more than one disposal system must include one test
per lot or as prescribed by the administrative authority ... [The
balance of Section 7:9-2.60(a) to remain unchanged].
B.
Applications for individual sanitary disposal systems proposing a
raised bed design shall be reviewed and approved by the Monroe Township
Department of Health and Welfare, which Department shall consider
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and United States
Environmental Protection Agency recommendations and data as well as
existing site conditions.
[Added 3-5-84 by Ord. No. 5-84]
[Added 12-8-86 by Ord. No. 12-86-14]
Domestic garbage grinder units are not permitted in areas served
by individual sewage disposal systems.
[Amended 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276]
No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual sewage
disposal system until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of said sewage disposal system shall have been issued by the Monroe
Township Department of Health and Welfare.
[Amended 7-21-65 by Ord. No. 138; 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276]
New individual disposal systems 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 system for sewage disposal,
until the Monroe Township Department of Health and Welfare shall have
issued a certificate indicating that said disposal system has been
located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit
issued and the requirements of the aforesaid code. Issuance of such
certificates shall also be required for alterations to an existing
individual sewage disposal system.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 89-6, License for business of
cleaning septic tanks, as amended 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276, was repealed
5-2-83 by Ord. No. 13-83.
[Amended 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276]
In case any permit or certification required by this chapter
is denied by the Monroe Township Department of Health and Welfare,
a hearing shall be held thereon before the Township Council at the
next regular Council meeting after request therefor is made by the
applicant, and upon such hearing the Township Council shall affirm,
alter or rescind the previous determination and take action accordingly
within 45 days after the date of such hearing.
[Amended 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276]
The Monroe Township Department of Health and Welfare may order
all further work in and about any individual sewage disposal system
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
disposal system or any part thereof, no further work shall be done
thereon except as aforesaid.
[Amended 5-2-83 by Ord. No. 13-83]
The following fees and charges are herewith established:
[Added 5-2-83 by Ord. No. 13-83]
Applications for the construction of individual sewage disposal
systems must be submitted and a permit obtained within one year from
the date of the percolation test. Such a permit shall be valid for
a period of two years from the date of the percolation test. A permit
so issued by the Township shall not be transferable.
[Amended 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276; 5-2-83 by Ord. No. 13-83]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of or any order promulgated under this chapter or the
Standards for the Construction of Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal
Systems made a part hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject
to a penalty of not more than $500 or imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 90 days, or both, for each violation period. Each day a
particular violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
