[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Raritan as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 10-11-2000 by Ord. No. 00-27 (Ch. 13.04 of the 2000 Code)]
For the purpose of this article, the following words, terms
and phrases shall have the meanings given herein.
The Raritan Township municipal utilities authority, a body
public, politic and corporate of the State of New Jersey.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the service lateral of a collection sewer.
The Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority's (hereinafter
the Authority) collection sanitary sewers located under highways,
roads, streets, and rights-of-way, with branch service laterals that
collect and convey sanitary sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both and into which storm, surface, and ground waters or unpolluted
industrial waters or liquids are not intentionally admitted.
Each individual building or house, whether constructed as
a detached unit or as one of a pair or row, which is designated or
adaptable to separate ownership for use as family dwelling unit or
for commercial or industrial purposes. A school, factory, apartment,
house, office building or other multiple unit structure whose individual
apartments or units are connected to a common internal sewage system
and which are not commonly subject to separate ownership shall be
considered as one connection unit for the purpose of this article.
The Authority's Engineer, who is engaged at the time to serve
the Authority for the design, inspection of construction, and operation
of the Authority's sanitary sewage system.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted
to flow or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process in the course of development, recovery or
processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the sewered area.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from property
containing improvements, buildings or structures.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, situated in the sewered area and owned or operated by the
Authority.
That part of the sanitary sewer system which extends from
a collection sewer to a point just beyond the curb line or to a point
approximately one foot beyond the edge of the paved roadway if there
is no curb line, and to which a building sewer is to be connected.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sanitary sewer
system used or usable to collect and convey sewage and to which ground,
unpolluted industrial waters, surface and stormwater or liquids are
not admitted intentionally.
The Plumbing Inspector appointed by the Township of Raritan.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The following requirements shall apply:
A.
The owner of any dwelling or other
building to be occupied by persons, located on property which either
contains or abuts a collection sewer, shall, if required by either
the Township's authorized agent or by the Authority, install a toilet
in the dwelling or other building. Upon the installation of the toilet,
the dwelling or other building shall be considered to be a connection
unit.
B.
From and after May 24, 1971, it is unlawful for any owner, described in Subsection A of this section, to use or maintain or to allow any person to use as a place for the disposal of human or industrial waste, any outhouse or privy, or any other form of disposal not specifically authorized in writing by the Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority or the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey.
The following requirements shall apply:
A.
The Authority's Engineer shall
issue a certificate of completion with regard to the sanitary sewer
system and shall forward the certificate of completion to the Township
Clerk with a list of all properties which are connection units and
which are in existence on the date of the issuance of the certificate
of completion, designated by Tax Map lot and block and name and which
connection units are located on property which either contains or
abuts a collection sewer.
(1)
The
Township Clerk, within 10 days of the receipt of the certificate of
completion from the Authority's Engineer, shall cause written notice
to be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each
owner of a connection unit designated by Tax Map lot and block and
name on the list supplied by the Authority's Engineer and the notice
shall contain information about applications for a permit to install
a sewer connection, a list of fees, copies of the pertinent rules
and regulations of the sewer authority and information as to hookup.
The notice to the property owners of the connection units shall direct
that the connection units shall be connected with and use the services
of facilities of the Authority's sanitary sewer system to the exclusion
of any other systems or methods for the collection and disposal of
sanitary sewage and industrial wastes within 90 days from the date
of receipt of the notice.
(2)
Subsequent
to the issuance of the first certificate of completion by the Authority's
Engineer, the Authority's Engineer shall forward from time to time
additional notices to the Township Clerk that additional lines have
become available as a part of the sanitary sewer system, if and when
the lines are constructed, and the notices from the Authority's Engineer
shall also contain a list of all connection units, designated by name
of the owner, Tax Map block and lot numbers, which shall be connected
to the additional new lines. The Clerk shall again forward notices
as previously described herein to the owners of those connection units
and forward the notices requiring connection to the sanitary sewage
system within 90 days after receipt of the certified mail notice.
B.
Connection units shall be connected with and use the services and facilities of the Authority's sanitary sewer system to the exclusion of any other system or methods for the collection and disposal of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes before the new connection unit is used or occupied unless said unit has received a waiver from said connection requirement from the Raritan Township Planning Board under §§ 296-66, Subdivision design standards, or 296-75, Site plan design standards.
[Amended by Ord. No. 02-9; Ord. No. 02-14]
C.
If the connection unit is not subject to review by the Raritan Township Planning Board under §§ 296-66, Subdivision design standards, or 296-75, Site plan design standards, then the Authority may specifically exempt said connection unit from the requirements of Subsections A and B of this section, if the Authority finds that the connection with the sanitary sewer system by the connection unit would be economically unfeasible to the owner of the connection unit. The Authority may rescind the exemption if and when a connection becomes economically feasible, or when the Township's authorized agent determines that a public health or safety hazard exists and that the continued exception would aggravate the situation.
[Amended by Ord. No. 02-9; Ord. No. 02-14]
D.
If any owner, after being given proper notice of the sewer's availability, fails to comply with the provisions of this section and § 367-2, the Authority shall request the Township to cause the connection or installation to be made under the direction and supervision of the Township's authorized agent and the Authority's Engineer.
(1)
The Township shall cause notice
of the contemplated connection to be given in writing to the owner
of the properties affected, within 30 days after receipt of a written
request from the Authority. The notice shall contain a description
of the property affected, sufficiently definite in terms to identify
it, as well as a description of the required connection or installation,
and notice that, unless the connection or installation is completed
within 30 days, the Township shall proceed to make the connection,
or cause the same to be done. In the event that any owner, after being
served with proper notice by the Township as described herein, fails
to complete the connection or installation within the 30 days as prescribed
herein, then the owner shall be subject to any penalties provided
by this Code.
(2)
When any such connection or
toilet installation is made, a true and accurate account of the cost
and expense shall be kept and apportioned to the property or properties
thereby connected, and a true statement of the costs under oath shall
be forthwith filed by the Township's authorized agent in charge of
the connection or installation with the Clerk of the Township. The
Township shall examine the same, and, if properly made, shall confirm
it and file such statement with the Township Tax Collector. The Township
Tax Collector shall record the connection or installation charge in
the same book in which he or she records sidewalks and other assessments,
and shall remit to the Authority any connection fee charged by the
Authority for connections of similar units paid to the Tax Collector.
(3)
Every such connection or installation
shall bear interest and penalties from the same time and at the same
rate as assessments for local improvements in the Township, and from
the time of confirmation shall be a first and paramount lien against
the respective property so connected with the sewer to the same extent
as assessments for local improvements and shall be collected and enforced
in the same manner.
(4)
No such charge for sewer connections
or toilet installation shall be invalid by reason of any error or
omission in stating the name of the owner or owners of properties
affected by the connections or toilet installations, nor for any other
informality, where the property has actually been improved by the
sewer connection or toilet installation.
(5)
The Township may provide for
the payment of the same in installments in the same manner as assessments
for local improvements are payable in the Township, in which case
the installments shall bear the same rate of interest and be collected
and enforced in the same manner as are installments for assessments
on local improvements.
(6)
The Township may award contracts
for the construction of sewer connections or toilet installations
in the same manner and after the same advertising as in the case of
other contracts; and may, in lieu of awarding separate contracts,
award a contract, to the lowest responsible bidder, for making all
connections or installations of toilets, which the Township may desire
to have made within a period of one year or less.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or the sanitary sewer system without first obtaining a written permit from the Township's authorized agent. The permit, upon prior approval by the Authority's Engineer, shall be issued to owners required to connect to the sanitary sewer system by § 367-3, and may be issued to owners not so required to connect.
Application for the permit required by § 367-4 shall be made by the owner of the connection unit involved or by his or her authorized representative to the Township's authorized agent on forms prescribed for the application, together with fees as required by the Township Board of Health.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any
improved property with a sewer until a permit approved by the Authority
has been issued by the Township and until the person has given the
Authority's Engineer and the Township's authorized agent at least
48 hours' notice of the time when the connection will be made, so
that the Authority's Engineer and the Township's authorized agent
may supervise and inspect the work of connection and the installation
from the foundation line of the improvement to the connection point
and, when necessary, supervise in testing of the connection.
Connection units to be connected to the sanitary sewer system
shall be connected separately and independently with a single building
sewer connected to a service lateral. Grouping of more than one connection
unit on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special
circumstances and for good cause shown to the Authority's Engineer
and then only after special written permission of the Authority.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and
costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a collection
sewer or service lateral shall be borne by the owner of the connection
unit to be connected; and the owner shall indemnify and save harmless
the Township and the Authority from all loss or damage that may be
occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of
a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a service
lateral.
[Adopted by Ord. No. 07-23 (Ch. 17.48 of the 2000 Code)]
For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
The Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges stormwater, groundwater, noncontract cooling water, process wastewater, industrial waste, or any substance prohibited by § 367-11 other than domestic sewage, to the sanitary sewer system operated by the Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority, unless that discharge is specifically permitted, in writing, by the Authority. Nonphysical connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows or overflows into the sanitary sewer system. Sump pump discharges, cellar drains and floor drains that convey groundwater or stormwater to any part of the WTP, sanitary sewer system or plumbing system are also considered illicit connections.
Any individual corporation, company, limited liability company,
partnership, firm, business entity, association or political subdivision
of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
The Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority Wastewater
Treatment Plant, including all components of the associated collection
system and infrastructure.
The Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority Use, Rules
and Regulations, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the
"regulations"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this article.
A copy of the regulations, including all current amendments and supplements,
shall be maintained in the office of the Township Clerk and made available
to the public for inspection and copying during regular business hours.
A.
No person
shall engage in improper use or construction of sanitary sewers. No
person shall construct, operate, utilize or own an illicit connection.
B.
No person
or entity shall discharge or cause to be discharged through any connection
to the WTP any of the following described waters, wastes or substances,
except as may be otherwise specifically permitted, in writing, by
the Authority:
(1)
Any unpolluted waters, such
as stormwater, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling
water;
(2)
Any liquid or vapor having
a temperature higher than that stipulated hereinafter;
(3)
Any water or waste which
may contain soluble oil or grease or any water containing floatable
fats, oils, greases or other substance that will solidify or become
viscous at normal climatic conditions or impair the operation of the
WTP;
(4)
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha,
fuel oil, motor oil, mineral spirits, commercial solvent or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
(5)
Any water or wastes that
contain hydrogen sulfide, sulphur dioxide or nitrous oxide in quantities
higher than 10 mg/l;
(6)
Any ashes, cinders, sand,
mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, offal, plastics,
wood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, lime residues,
cannery waste bulk solids, unshredded garbage, antibiotic wastes,
free mineral acid, concentrated pickling wastes or plating solutions
or any other solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction
to the flow or other interference with the proper operation of the
WTP;
(7)
Any water or wastes containing
toxic or poisonous substances in such concentrations as to constitute
a hazard to humans or animals, or to interfere with any sewage treatment
process, or to create any hazard in the receiving waters of the WTP;
(8)
Wastes which will cause corrosive
structural damage to the WTP;
(9)
Any waters containing suspended
solids of such character and quantity that unusual provision, attention
or expense is required to handle such materials at the WTP;
(10)
Any noxious or malodorous
gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to
life or preventing entry into sewers for their maintenance, inspection
and repair;
(11)
Any waters containing quantities
of radium, naturally occurring or artificially produced radioisotopes,
in excess of presently existing or subsequently accepted limits for
drinking water as established by the National Council on Radiation
Protection and Measurements.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(12)
Any concentrated dye wastes,
spent tanning solutions or other wastes which are highly colored,
or wastes which are of unusual volume, concentration of solids or
composition that may create obstruction to the flow in sewers, or
other interference with the proper operation of the WTP or the quality
of the effluent from the WTP.
C.
The following
fixed upper limits of acceptable quantity (concentration) and characteristics
of material shall apply:
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CONCENTRATIONS
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Item
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Concentration (mg/l)
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ABS/L.A.S.
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0.5
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Acetylene generation sludge
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None
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Arsenic
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2.0
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Barium
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2.0
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Boron
|
1.0
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Cadmium
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1.0
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Chlorinated hydrocarbons
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0.25
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Chromium (total)
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1.0
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Chromium (trivalent)
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0.044
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Chromium (hexavalent)
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0.0003
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|
Chrome (total)
|
0.5
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Copper
|
2.0
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|
Cyanides
|
1.0
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Fluoride
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4.0
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Iron (total)
|
5.0
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Lead
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0.5
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Manganese
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1.0
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Mercury
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0.01
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Mineral acid (free)
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None
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Nickel
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2.0
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Nitrous oxide
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10.0
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Oil and grease (total)
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50.0
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Phenolic Compounds
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0.005
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Phenols
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2.0
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Phosphorous
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10.0
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Selenium
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0.05
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Selenite
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0.035
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Selenate
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0.760
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Silver
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1.0
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Sulphur dioxide
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10.0
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Zinc
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2.0
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CHARACTERISTICS
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Item
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Limitation
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Temperature, max
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110.0°
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pH; allowable range
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5.5 to 9.0
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Biochemical Oxygen Demand
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250.0 ppm
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Suspended Solids, Max
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250.0 ppm
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Color
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200.0 Pt-Co units
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Chlorine Demand
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15.0 ppm
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The above-listed concentrations and characteristics may be altered
by the Authority as required by regulatory agencies, treatment or
reuse requirements or in the event of cumulative overload of the WTP.
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D.
The admission
into the WTP of any water or wastes having a five-day biochemical
oxygen demand (BOD5) in excess of 250 parts
per million, by weight, on a twenty-four-hour composite basis, or
for any grab sample having a five-day BOD5 in
excess of 400 mg per liter, will be subject to review by the Authority.
Where necessary in the opinion of the Authority, the owner shall provide
and operate, at his own expense, such pretreatment as may be required
to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to meet the above requirements.
E.
The admission
into the WTP of any waters or wastes having a suspended solids content
in excess of 250 parts per million, by weight, on a twenty-four-hour
composite basis or for any grab sample having suspended solids content
in excess of 400 mg per liter, will be subject to review by the Authority.
Where necessary in the opinion of the Authority pretreatment may be
required to reduce the suspended solids content to meet the above
requirements.
F.
The admission
into the WTP of any waters or wastes in volumes, or with constituents,
such that the existing dilution conditions in the WTP would be affected
to the detriment of the Authority shall be subject to review and approval
of the Authority. Where necessary in the opinion of the Authority,
pre-treatment or equalizing units may be required to bring constituents
or volume of flow within the limits previously described or to an
otherwise acceptable level, and to hold or equalize flows such that
no peak flow conditions may hamper the operations of any unit of the
WTP. Said equalization or holding unit shall have a capacity suitable
to serve its intended purpose, and be equipped with acceptable outlet
control facilities to provide flexibility in operation and accommodate
changing conditions in the waste flow.
G.
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to fail to correct a violation of any provision of the regulations within 30 days after delivery to such person or entity of a written notice of violation from the Authority administrator or plant superintendent, or their designated authorized representative, except that committing or causing an illicit connection or the commission of a prohibited discharge, as defined in the regulations or in § 367-11 of this article, shall be an unlawful act at the time it occurs.
The provisions of this article may be enforced by the Hunterdon County Health Department or their designated authorized representative. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:14B-20, representatives of the Authority shall have the power to enter, at all reasonable times, any premises on which such a prohibited discharge pursuant to § 367-11 is suspected to exist, for the purpose of inspecting, rehabilitating or securing samples of any such prohibited discharge.
A.
In addition to the penalties provided in the regulations for violation of any provision of this article or of the regulations, the maximum penalty, upon conviction, shall be a fine not exceeding $2,000, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof. Each day on which any waters or wastes are discharged in violation of § 367-11 shall constitute a separate violation.
B.
In addition
to the penalties provided in the regulations and in this article for
violation of any provision of this article or of the regulations,
the Township will require the disconnection of any illicit connection
to the WTP, including but not limited to any unauthorized sump pump
or drainage pipe connection, and may recover the cost as an assessment
upon the premises for which the connection was made in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:63-54 et seq.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:63-54 to 40:63-64 were repealed
by L. 1991, c. 53.
