[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township
of Montague 12-6-83 as Ord. No. BH 83-7.
Amendments noted where applicable.][1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former
Ch. 91, Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual, adopted 7-14-70, as amended.
All sewage disposal systems hereafter constructed or repaired
within the Township of Montague shall be done in accordance with the
Standards for the Construction of Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal
Systems, effective July 1, 1978, New Jersey State Department of Environmental
Protection. A copy of those standards is made a part of this chapter
without inclusion of the entire text herein. Three copies of those
standards are on file with the Clerk of the Township of Montague.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described
and commonly known as the "Standards for Construction of Individual
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, effective July 1, 1978."
Three copies of the Standards for the Construction of Individual
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems have been placed on file in the
office of the Clerk of the Township of Montague and in the office
of the Secretary to the Board of Health and will remain on file in
those offices for use and examination by the public.
A.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any sewage disposal system
until a permit for the location, construction or alteration of said
sewage disposal system 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 the State of New Jersey stating
that the design of the individual sewage disposal, as proposed, is
in compliance with the applicable codes.
No individual disposal system shall be placed in operation nor
a new dwelling, building or addition occupied or a repaired system
placed in operation until the Board of Health or its designee shall
have issued a certificate indicating that the system has been located
and constructed in accordance with the terms of the permit and in
accordance with the requirements of the applicable 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 a written request therefor is
made by the applicant to the Board of Health. At the hearing the Board
of Health shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination
and take that action within 15 days after the date of the hearing.
A.
The size of a disposal field shall be calculated on the basis of
both soil percolation testing and the texture of the soil in which
the field is to be constructed. The more restrictive results shall
be used.
B.
Absorption area based on percolation testing shall be determined
according to N.J.A.C. 7:9-2. Absorption area (square feet) based on
soil texture shall be determined by dividing the design flow in gallons
per day (gpd) by the loading rate (gpd/square foot) for the soil texture
group as shown in the following table:
|
USDA Soil Texture Group
|
Loading Rate
(gpd/square foot)
|
|---|---|
|
Sand
|
0.7
|
|
Sandy loam/loam
|
0.5
|
|
Silt loam/clay loam
|
0.4
|
|
Clay
|
0.2
|
C.
The minimum design flow for individual dwellings shall be 300 gpd
for three bedrooms or less and 400 gpd for four bedrooms.
A reserve area shall be provided which is capable of supporting
a second disposal field meeting all requirements, whenever the system
is designed to support three or more dwelling units.
Trenches shall be the preferred type of disposal field. Other
types of disposal field may be used where a trench system would be
clearly inappropriate to site conditions.
The Board of Health hereby endorses the Innovative and Alternative
Technology Guide for On-site Wastewater Disposal in Sussex County,
New Jersey, published June 22, 1982, by the Sussex County Water Quality
Management Program, 55 High Street, Newton, New Jersey 07860. The
township expects on-site system designers and installers to observe
practices specified in the guide.
The Board of Health 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 for 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 the issuance of any such order, no further
work shall be done on any disposal system except as aforesaid.
[Added 3-4-95 by Ord. No. BH 95-1; Amended 10-8- 02 by Ord. No. 2002-02]
The following fees and charges are established.
A.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit to locate
and construct a sewage disposal system, there shall be a base fee
of $125 for all systems up to 1,000 square feet of disposal area.
There shall be an additional fee of $10 per 100 square feet of disposal
area in excess of 1,000 square feet.
B.
For filing of an application and plans for permits to repair or alter
an existing sewage disposal system, there shall be a base fee of $60.
There shall be an additional fee of $10 per 100 square feet of disposal
area in excess of 1,000 square feet which is altered or repaired.
C.
For each reinspection of a sewage system, or part thereof, caused
by the failure of the permitee to locate and construct or alter the
same in accordance with the terms of the permit or by the failure
to be ready for inspection requested, a reinspection fee of $40 shall
be charged.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this chapter or any order promulgated under this chapter or any
standard promulgated hereunder, upon conviction, shall pay a penalty
of not more than $500 for each violation. Each day a particular violation
continues shall be a separate offense.
All permits shall be valid for a period of one year from the
date of issuance.
