[BH:OR-9-80 § 122-3; BH:OR-1-87; BH:OR-2-87; BH:OR-1-95
§ 1]
a.
The Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New Jersey (1963) and
the several supplements and amendments thereto are hereby adopted
and incorporated into this chapter by reference.
b.
All septic tanks installed in the Township of Green shall be of material
acceptable by the Sussex County Health Department and in compliance
with all State and County specifications. The minimum distance between
a sewage disposal system and an existing or proposed water supply
well shall be a minimum of 100 feet.
c.
Permits.
1.
No person shall install a sewerage system without first obtaining
a permit from the Board of Health, and no person shall dig a present
sewerage system deeper or enlarge the present system without first
obtaining a permit from the Board of Health.
2.
Every applicant for a sewage system permit shall present a drawing
to an appropriate scale indicating thereon the exact location where
the sewage system is to be located, and this location shall be at
least 100 feet from any well, watercourse including intermittent streams,
wetlands, or open waters. The location shall also be a minimum of
50 feet from any storm drainage easement or storm drainage system
including catch basins, inlet and outlet structures, storm drain pipes,
vegetated or drainage swales, detention and retention basins, etc.
3.
There shall be charged for the filing of an application and plans
for a permit to locate an individual sewage disposal system or to
alter an existing individual sewage disposal system and for each reinspection
of an individual sewage disposal system 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 terms
of the aforesaid Code and for the issuance or renewal of a license
to a person or corporation engaged in the business of cleaning or
emptying receptacles for the reception and storage of human excrement
or other putrescible matter such fees as shall be established by the
Township Committee.
4.
Alterations to individual subsurface sewage disposal systems or individual
water supplies shall be subject to acceptability of the County of
Sussex Health Department.
5.
If the minimum required separation distance between a sewage disposal
system and a watercourse or a storm drainage system cannot be maintained,
the applicant shall be required to file an application for a variance
from the Board of Health. In order to qualify for a variance, the
applicant will be required to construct a new storm water disposal
system, or reconstruct an existing storm water collection system to
provide a watertight facility for all components of the system within
50 feet of the septic system.
An alternate to reconstruction of any existing storm water disposal
system would be the installation of a water tight below grade barrier
between the septic system and the storm water collection system to
result in an effective flow path between the septic system and the
storm water system of at least 50 feet.
In no case will a variance be considered for the construction
of a septic system closer than 25 feet to a storm water disposal system.
d.
Minimum Standards. The following minimum standards for construction
of individual sewage disposal systems are hereby established.
1.
Disposal fields. The minimum size of disposal field, when so prescribed,
shall be 750 square feet.
e.
Number of Disposal Areas.
1.
All applications for permits to locate and construct individual sewage
disposal systems shall provide for the location and design of two
disposal areas, both of which shall meet all existing requirements.
2.
Only one disposal area need be constructed initially. The other shall
be available if repair or expansion of the system becomes necessary.
