[1985 Code § 19-4.1]
There is hereby established a Sewer Department of the Borough
operating under the direction of the Borough Manager or such persons
designated by the Borough Manager.
[1985 Code § 19-4.2]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
Shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in
five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
Shall mean the Borough of Ringwood, a municipal corporation
in the County of Passaic and State of New Jersey, and depending on
the context, all lands and premises situated within the Borough of
Ringwood.
Shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a
drainage system, which receives the discharge from the soil, waste,
and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys
it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside
the inner face of the building wall.
Shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public
sewer or other place of disposal.
Shall mean a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Shall mean the Ringwood Borough Sewer Department.
Shall mean solid wastes from the domestic and commercial
preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling,
storage, and sale of produce.
Shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing
processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake,
or other body of surface or groundwater.
Shall mean the "New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System."
Shall mean the person having legal title or right to the
treatment works regulated herein.
Shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society,
corporation or group.
Shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and
dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch
(1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
Shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
Shall mean any new residence or other building, the useful
occupancy of which shall require the installation or erection of sewerage
facilities. For purposes herein, each dwelling unit in a proposed
multi-family dwelling shall be construed as a separate realty unit.
Likewise, each commercial unit in a proposed multiple use commercial
unit shall be construed to be a separate realty unit.
Shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm,
surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewerage.
Shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments,
together with such ground, surface, and stormwaters as may be present.
Shall mean any arrangements of devices and structures used
for treating sewerage.
Shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating,
and disposing of sewerage.
Is mandatory; "May" is permissive.
Shall mean any discharge of water, sewerage, or industrial
waste which, in concentration of any given constituent, or in quantity
of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes,
more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
Shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters
and drainage, but excludes sewerage and industrial wastes, other than
unpolluted cooling water.
Shall mean the Director of the Department of Public Works
which Superintendent is hereby designated as a Superintendent of the
Sewer Department.
Shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or
are in suspension in water, sewerage, or other liquids, and which
are removable by laboratory filtering.
Shall mean any of several works, facilities, septic tanks
or other devices, used to collect, treat, reclaim or dispose of wastewater
or sewerage on or adjacent to the property on which the wastewater
or sewerage is produced, or to convey such wastewater or sewerage
from the property to such facilities as the Borough may establish
for its disposal.
Shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either
continuously or intermittently.
[1985 Code § 19-4.3]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to
be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the Borough of Ringwood or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the Borough, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
b.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
Borough of Ringwood, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the
Borough, any sewerage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this
Article.
c.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, or cesspool.
d.
No sewerage disposal plant, treatment works, or other facilities
for the collection, treatment or disposal of sewerage arising within
the Borough of Ringwood shall be constructed unless this Borough shall
give its consent thereto and approve the plans and specifications
therefor, excluding those treatment works not regulated by N.J.A.C.
7:14A-1 et seq.
e.
All major subdivisions in the Borough shall require the approval
of the Borough for their sewerage disposal facilities.
f.
All major subdivisions shall be required to have sewerage disposal
facilities, plans and specifications which must be approved by the
Borough after examination and report by the Borough Engineer. Fees
for such engineering reviews shall be charged in accordance with this
Article.
g.
Upon completion of sewerage systems, it shall be adequately maintained
and operated and proper security be posted for the permanent operation.
[1985 Code § 19-4.4]
a.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available, the building sewer
shall be connected to a private sewerage disposal system complying
with the provisions of all applicable laws, rules and codes of the
Borough of Ringwood, Ringwood Board of Health, and the State of New
Jersey.
b.
Before commencement of construction of a private sewerage disposal
system, the owner shall first obtain all written permits as required
by the Borough of Ringwood, Ringwood Board of Health, and the State
of New Jersey.
c.
A permit for a private sewerage disposal system shall not become
effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction
of the appropriate authorized agency or department.
d.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewerage disposal
system shall comply with all ordinances and regulations of the Borough
of Ringwood, Ringwood Board of Health, and the State of New Jersey.
e.
Where a property served by a private sewerage disposal system becomes
connected to a public sewer, any septic tank, cesspool, and any appurtenance
or similar private sewerage disposal system shall be abandoned and
filled with suitable material.
f.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewerage disposal
facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the
Borough.
g.
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer or Ringwood Board of Health.
[1]
Editor's Note: For regulation of private sewerage disposal
systems, see Board of Health Ordinances.
[1985 Code § 19-4.5]
a.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with,
or open into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
b.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (i) for residential
and commercial service, and (ii) for service to establishments producing
industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make
application on a special form furnished by the Superintendent. The
permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
c.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. 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.
d.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building; except where one building stands at the rear of another
on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway,
the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
e.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this Article.
f.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building
sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to
the requirements of the building and plumbing codes or other applicable
rules and regulations of the Borough. In the absence of code provisions
or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual
of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
g.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which
any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public
sewer, sanitary sewerage carried by such building drain shall be lifted
by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
h.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, area-way drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or building drain which, in turn, is connected
directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
i.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes or
other applicable rules and regulations of the Borough or the procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F.
Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight
and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
j.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his representative.
k.
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the Borough and at no cost to the Borough.
[1985 Code § 19-4.6]
a.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer.
b.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designed as storm sewers, or to
a natural outlet approved by the Borough.
c.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
2.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewerage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewerage treatment
plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two mg/l
as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures,
equipment and personnel of the sewerage works.
4.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewerage works such as, but not limited
to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
[1985 Code § 19-4.6]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following
described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely
in the opinion of the Superintendent that such wastes can harm either
the sewers, sewerage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse
effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb,
public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion
as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent will give
consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes
in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction
of the sewers, nature of sewerage treatment process, capacity of the
sewerage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the
sewerage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances
prohibited are:
a.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(65° C.).
b.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32°
F. and 150° F. (between 0° C. and 65° C.).
c.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Superintendent.
d.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid ions, pickling wastes,
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
e.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and
similar objectionable or toxic substances, or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewerage at the sewerage treatment works exceeds
the limits established by the Superintendent for such materials.
f.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor producing
substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Superintendent as necessary after treatment of the composite
sewerage, to meet the requirements of the State, Federal, or other
public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharges to the receiving
waters.
g.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
h.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
i.
Materials which exert or cause:
1.
Unusual concentrations of inert, suspended solids (such as, but not
limited to fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or of
dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to sodium chloride and
sodium sulfate).
2.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to dye wastes and
vegetable tanning solutions).
3.
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chloride requirements in
such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewerage
treatment works.
4.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs"
as defined herein.
j.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the sewerage treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewerage
treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies
having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
[1985 Code § 19-4.6]
a.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in subsection 18-25.2 and which, in the judgment of the Superintendent, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewerage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:
b.
If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of
waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent,
and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances
and laws.
[1985 Code § 19-4.6]
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except
that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Superintendent, and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
[1985 Code § 19-4.6]
When preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
[1985 Code § 19-4.6]
When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property
serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install
a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and
other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole
shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained
by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
[1985 Code § 19-4.6]
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Article shall
be determined in accordance with the latest rules and regulations
of the Borough of Ringwood, Ringwood Board of Health, and the State
of New Jersey, in accordance with acceptable standards.
[1985 Code § 19-4.6]
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Borough
and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual
strength or character may be accepted by the Borough for treatment,
subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern.
[1985 Code § 19-4.7]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewerage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
[1985 Code § 19-4.8]
a.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Borough
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this Article. The Superintendent or his representatives shall have
no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond
that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge
to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
b.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Borough
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all private properties, through which the Borough holds a duly
negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any
portion of the sewerage works lying within said easement. All entry
and subsequent work, if any, on the easement shall be done in full
accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining
to the private property involved.
[1985 Code § 19-4.9]
a.
Rules and regulations governing connections to and use of the sewer
system, in the form attached hereto and made a part hereof, are hereby
approved and adopted. Such rules and regulations shall apply to all
persons connected to the sewer system.
b.
The Borough reserves the right to refuse any person the use of the
sewer system or to compel pretreatment of industrial waste in order
to prevent discharge into the sewer system of harmful wastes.
c.
The Borough reserves the right provided by law to cause connections
to the sewer system to be cut and shut off for nonpayment of service
charges.
d.
Each owner of improved property shall provide the Borough with his
correct address. The failure of any owner to receive bills for service
charges due to the failure of such owner to notify the Borough of
his correct address, shall not excuse nonpayment and shall not extend
the due date for such bill.
[1985 Code § 19-4.12; amended 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-12; 8-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-08]
a.
Annual Sewer Service Charge. All owners of residential units connected
to the sewer system shall pay annual sewer service charges therefor
in the sum of $1,365 with payments due thereon in such amounts and
at such times as determined by resolution of the Municipal Council.
[Amended 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-12]
b.
Unpaid Balance to Accrue Interest. If the full amount of any payment
shall not be paid within 30 days after the due date, interest shall
accrue and be due to the Borough on the unpaid balance at the rate
of 1.5% per month until such service charges and the interest thereon
shall be paid in full.
[Amended 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-12]
c.
Unpaid Balance to be Lien. In the event that sewer service charges
hereby imposed shall not be paid within 30 days after the due date
thereof, the unpaid balance and all interest accruing thereon shall,
in the manner provided by law, be a lien on the parcel of real property
with respect to which such service charges are unpaid. Such liens
shall be enforced in the manner provided by law. Delinquent service
charges, together with attorney's fees and costs, shall be collectible
by the Borough in a civil action in the manner provided by law.
d.
Discontinuance of Service. The Borough may discontinue service to
any parcel of real property for the failure to pay an amount owing
within 30 days after the date the amount is due and payable, upon
written notice of the proposed discontinuance of service and of the
reasons therefor having been given within at least 10 days prior to
the date of discontinuance to the owner of record of the property.
In the event that notice is provided by mail, the notice requirements
shall be satisfied if the mailing is made to the last known address
of the owner of record and is postmarked at least 10 days prior to
the date of discontinuance. The decision to discontinue service shall
be made by the Borough Manager.
e.
Connection Fee. Connection fee chargeable per service unit is $12,330.84.
Such charge shall be paid in full prior to the connection.
[Added 8-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-08]
[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
Treatment Works Approval (TWA) is required for the following
types of subsurface sewage disposal systems:
a.
Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems. Any individual subsurface
sewage disposal system which treats or disposes of wastewater in a
manner other than that provided for in the Department's Standards
for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems (N.J.A.C. 7:9A)
or which in any way deviates from the Department's standards. This
category includes designs which are submitted pursuant to N.J.A.C.
7:9A-3.9.
b.
Community On-Site Subsurface Disposal Systems. Any on-site subsurface
sewage disposal system which serves five or more realty improvements
as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-2.1 or any on-site subsurface sewage disposal
system receiving sanitary wastewater only and serving one or more
realty improvements where the design flow is greater than 2,000 gpd.
c.
Permanent Holding Tanks for Sites with Malfunctioning Individual
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems. Any permanent holding tank proposed
as the final means of sewage disposal for sites which have an existing
malfunctioning individual subsurface sewage disposal system which
cannot be rehabilitated in conformance with N.J.A.C. 7:9A-3.3(c) and
meet the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:9A-3.4(d).
[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
The applicant shall obtain all referenced material including
standard sewer construction specifications and sewer use rules and
regulations from the Borough. The applicant shall request a meeting
to be held with the Borough Health Department to discuss the proposed
project and its conformance with the Ringwood Borough Wastewater Management
Plan (WMP).
[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
Four copies of a complete application for the Borough's approval
shall be submitted by the applicant to the Borough Health Department
accompanied by the following:
a.
Application Fee. $75 per lot on all systems. The application fee
shall be nonrefundable.
b.
Four copies, sealed by a New Jersey licensed professional engineer,
of final plans and specifications.
c.
If the application is found to be consistent with the Ringwood Borough
Wastewater Management Plan and is determined to be complete, technical
review costs will be incurred if the application requires review by
the Borough Engineer (as determined by the Health Department). All
such costs shall be made at the rate of payment agreed upon between
the Borough and the Engineer for provision of engineering services
to the Borough. Engineering costs for review shall be paid by the
applicant through an escrow deposit. Itemized statement of escrow
charges will be provided to Borough and applicant.
d.
If the application is found to be inconsistent with the Wastewater
Management Plan and it is determined that a revision and/or an amendment
to the Plan is required, it will be the responsibility of the applicant
to pay all cost for engineering, legal and administration services
required to obtain approval for the amended Plan.
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When a single amendment to the Wastewater Management Plan can
be presented to the N.J.D.E.P. for more than one applicant, the total
cost shall then be prorated to each applicant.
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Once the application is submitted, if, as determined by the
Borough Engineer, substantial changes are made to the application
or an extraordinary review is required, additional review fees may
be charged.
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[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
Based upon the complexity of the proposed project, the Engineer
shall recommend to the Borough an amount that the applicant shall
provide to be put into an escrow account of the Borough. During various
phases of construction, the Engineer shall inspect the work to assure
compliance with the standards of the Borough. This inspection shall
be charged against the escrow account. When engineering review is
needed to resolve construction problems, the fee for this will also
be charged against the escrow posted. The engineering and inspection
costs shall be paid at the annually-approved rates established for
the Borough Engineer and his agents. When additional costs are required,
and incurred, the applicant will be required to furnish additional
funds into the account as determined necessary to cover such costs
to complete the inspections. An itemized statement of escrow charges
will be provided to Borough and applicant.
[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
Final plans submitted to the Borough for review shall be prepared
by a licensed professional engineer of the State of New Jersey and
shall include sealed plans, profiles and design details of the proposed
sewer system, pumping facilities and treatment facilities as required.
The applicant will be notified in writing by the Health Department
or the Borough Engineer of the approval of his proposed sewerage project.
[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
Upon receipt of approval of the design plans from the Borough,
the applicant shall prepare the necessary application forms to receive
approval from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
and Energy for sewer construction and/or treatment works. The applicant
shall submit a copy of the completed application to the Borough.
[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
Upon approval of a Sewer Extension Permit, NJPDES Permit, or
Treatment Works Approval (TWA) by the N.J.D.E.P.E. and the Borough,
and before construction may commence, the applicant shall satisfy
the following Health Department requirements:
[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
After construction is completed, a certificate of compliance
will be issued by the Ringwood Health Department upon receipt of:
[1985 Code § 19-4.13]
The Borough may waive any part of the technical review and/or
technical review fees and rely on the technical review of plans and
specifications by the N.J.D.E.P.E., Ringwood Health Department, or
other regulatory agencies, for evaluation of a Treatment Works Approval
only, when a NJPDES permit is not required for the project.
[1985 Code § 19-4.10]
a.
Any person found to be violating the by-laws or the rules and regulations
adopted by the Borough of Ringwood for the management and regulation
of its business and affairs and for the use, maintenance and operation
of the sewerage system and any other of its properties, shall be served
by the Borough with written notice stating the nature of the violation
and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction
thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such
notice, permanently cease all violations.
b.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit
provided in paragraph a shall be and is hereby declared to be a disorderly
person, and shall, upon conviction for such violation, be liable to
the Borough for all expenses incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
of its by-laws or rules and regulations as applicable to such person
in violation thereof.
c.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article, the by-laws
or rules and regulations of the Borough shall become liable to the
Borough for any expenses, loss or damage occasioned to the Borough
by reason of such violation.
d.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit
provided in paragraph a may be fined a sum not to exceed $1,250 for
the first such violation, and an additional sum not to exceed $1,250
for each additional violation or for such existing violation that
remains uncorrected after receipt of each notice of such violation
pursuant to paragraph a herein.
[1985 Code § 2-16.13]
a.
The municipalities of Wanaque, West Milford and Ringwood, having
areas which together comprise an integral body of territory within
the Wanaque River Basin, desire by the adoption of parallel ordinances,
to create and establish a regional sewerage authority, pursuant to
the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:14A-4(c), for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and operating sanitary sewerage facilities within the
geographical area more specifically described as the Wanaque River
Basin, but within the territorial limits of the aforestated municipalities
of Wanaque, West Milford and Ringwood.
b.
The municipalities of Wanaque, West Milford and Ringwood desire to
participate in the creation and establishment of the Regional Authority,
pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid statute and do, by the
act of their governing bodies individually and in concert, hereby
adopt this section for the stated purposes.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Sewerage Authorities Law, N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1
et seq. authorizes two or more municipalities to create a Sewerage
Authority.
[1985 Code 2-16.2]
a.
Pursuant to the Sewerage Authorities Law, N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq.,
the Borough Council of the Borough of Ringwood located in the County
of Passaic and State of New Jersey, in concert with the municipalities
of Wanaque and West Milford, do hereby establish and create a public
body, corporate and politic, under the name and style of "The Wanaque
Valley Regional Sewerage Authority."
b.
The Sewerage Authority shall constitute a sewerage authority as contemplated
and provided for in the Sewerage Authorities Law and the Authority
shall be an agency and instrumentality of the aforementioned municipalities,
which shall have the powers of the Authority as given to such sewerage
authorities by N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq.
[1985 Code § 2-16.3]
The Authority shall consist of six members. These members shall
be appointed by resolutions of each of the several governing bodies
as provided for by law. Each of the several governing bodies combining
in the Regional Authority shall have the power to appoint two of the
members of the Regional Authority.
[1985 Code § 2-16.4]
The Authority is hereby granted all of the powers provided by
the law pursuant to which it is hereby established.
