Editor's Note: Ordinance BH:91-01 adopted July 17,
1991, provides for the implementation of the new requirements for
municipal board of health ordinances pursuant to regulations promulgated
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, N.J.A.C.
7:9A-1 et seq.; to establish fees for inspection of individual sewage
disposal systems; and to amend and clarify the board of health ordinances
relating to individual and semi-public water supplies. These amendments
are adopted by reference.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S1; Ord. #91-01]
All individual sewage facilities and water-supply systems to
be constructed within the township after October 15, 1973, shall comply
with the standards for such construction promulgated by the State
Department of Health pursuant to "The Realty Improvement Sewerage
and Facilities Act (1954)" unless high standards are prescribed herein.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S2a; Ord. #91-01]
No person shall locate, construct, alter or repair any individual
water-supply system or sewerage facility within the township until
a permit for the same shall have been issued by the board of health.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S2b; Ord. #91-01]
The permit for an individual sewerage facility shall be issued
by the board of health or its duly authorized agent solely to applicants
therefor who shall be licensed or exempt from licensing as regulated
by this chapter upon their compliance with the following conditions:
a.
Completion of an application form and such necessary surveys and
other engineering data as shall be required to show that the proposed
construction shall be in compliance with the standards determined
by the New Jersey State Department of Health and this chapter.
b.
Amendment of any application to conform with such requirements found
necessary by the sanitary inspector or the board.
c.
Consideration and approval of any application showing a percolation
test of 30 minutes or more by the board.
d.
Certification by the sanitary inspector or the health officer that
the application and accompanying engineering data are in compliance
with the foregoing standards.
e.
Payment of the required fee to the Township of Wantage.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S3a; Ord. #91-01]
No person shall engage in the business of constructing, reconstructing,
extending or altering any individual sewerage facility within the
township without first having obtained a license to do so from the
board of health or its duly authorized representative. Applicant shall
show proof of his knowledge and experience in the installation of
sewage-disposal devices to the satisfaction of the board. Licenses
issued shall expire on December 31 of the year of issue but may be
revoked for failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions
of the standards of the board or written order of the board or its
agents.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S3b; Ord. #91-01]
No license shall be required of any resident owner of premises
for which a permit is sought for the extension, alteration or repair
of his existing sewerage facilities and provided such owner shall
perform all works required by the permit.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S4; Ord. #91-01]
Upon issuance of the permit under section BH6-2 hereof, the secretary, health officer, or sanitarian shall issue and deliver the certification of the board that the proposed water-supply system facilities are in compliance with the standards stated in section BH6-1 hereof to the building inspector of the township.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S5; Ord. #91-01]
New individual sewage-facilities systems shall not be placed
in operation until the board of health shall have issued a certificate
indicating that the sewerage system has been located and constructed
in compliance with the terms of the permit and the requirements of
this chapter.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S6; Ord. #91-01]
No part of any individual sewerage facility shall be located
within 100 feet of any stream or watercourse. Watercourse shall mean
and include any lake, pond, cove, inlet, river, stream, pool, swamp,
wetland, bog, or seasonal stream or ditch which carried water or has
the potential to carry water and all other bodies and courses of water.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S7; Ord. 2/9/77; Ord. #91-01]
a.
The sewerage facilities for laundry and kitchen sewage shall be located,
constructed and maintained separately from all other sewerage facilities.
b.
Construction and materials. Precast reinforced concrete septic tanks
only with minimum septic tank capacity of 500 gallons. Outlet shall
be connected to main distribution box or seepage area with cast iron
or PVC pipeline, minimum diameter of pipeline shall be three inches.
[Ord. 10/15/73, S8; Ord. #85-01; Ord. #91-01]
a.
The fee for the filing of an application and engineering data for
a permit for construction, alteration, inspection, reinspection, and
the issuance of a permit for an individual sewage disposal system
shall be $65.
b.
For each reapplication for a permit to construct 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 original permit issued, the fee shall be $65.
[Ord. #63-2, S1; Ord. #91-01]
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 pursuant to Chapter 188, P.L. 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to
69.6). A copy of the code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof
without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
[Ord. #63-2, S2; Ord. #91-01]
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described
and commonly known as the "Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1959)".
[Ord. #63-2, S3; Ord. #91-01]
Three copies of the Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1959) have
been placed on file in the office of the secretary, clerk or other
similar officer of the board of health and will remain on file in
the office for the use and examination by the public.
[Ord. #63-2, S4a; Ord. #91-01]
No person shall locate, construct or alter any water supply
until a permit for the location, construction or alteration of the
water supply shall have been issued by the board of health.
[Ord. #63-2, S4b; Ord. #91-01]
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, stating that the
design of the water supply as proposed is in compliance with the code.
[Ord. #63-2, S5a, b; Ord. #80-01, S1, 2; Ord. #91-01]
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 water supply has been
located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit
issued and requirements of the aforesaid code. Issuance of such certificate
shall not be required for alteration to an existing water supply.
The board of health may issue such a certificate if the health
officer of the township shall submit a statement in writing signed
by him to the board of health that the water supply has been located
and constructed in accordance with the terms of the permit and the
requirements of the aforesaid code. In the event the health officer
deems it necessary, he may require such certification to be made by
an engineer licensed to practice professional engineering in the State
of New Jersey, and in such event the costs thereof shall be borne
by the property owner or person applying for such permit.
b.
Pump installer's license. No person, firm, partnership or corporation
(except a bona fide owner-occupant of a single family dwelling) shall
engage in the installation of any water pumps in any potable water
supply system until such person, firm, partnership or corporation
shall have been issued a pump installer's license by this board
of health. Such license shall be issued for a respective calendar
year during which the license has been issued. A valid master plumber's
license as issued by the State of New Jersey shall be acceptable in
lieu of the pump installer's license.
The license shall entitle the holder to install a service line
designed as a pipe for the conveyance of potable water under pressure
from an individual well. The proper permits must be issued, including
a valid plumbing permit where necessary, and an application must be
filed with the township construction official. Upon installation of
the service line, the construction official must be notified so that
the line may be presented for inspection as provided for in the plumbing
code.
c.
Fees and charges: For the issuance of a pump installer's license,
$25.
[Ord. #63-2, S6; Ord. #91-01]
In case any permit or certification required by this ordinance
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.
[Ord. #63-2, S7; Ord. #91-01]
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.
[Ord. #63-2, S8; Ord. #85-01; Ord. #91-01]
The following fees and charges are herewith established:
a.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit to locate
and construct a water supply, including the testing of the water supply;
for the filing of an application and plans to alter an existing water
supply, including the testing of the water supply; and the reinspection
of a water supply or part thereof; the fee shall be $65.
b.
For each reapplication for a permit to construct 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 original
permit issued, the fee shall be $65.
