[Adopted 6-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1345 (Ch. 94A, Art. I,
of the 1966 Code)]
The Borough hereby declares its intent to regulate and control
the flow of any groundwaters or surface waters except sanitary sewer
waters into its sanitary sewer system. It is the intent of this article
to prevent groundwaters, surface waters, and any other waters from
entering the Borough of Montvale Sanitary Sewer System by means of
sump pumps, storm drains or any other devices and to provide penalties
for the violation of same.
A.
No person shall connect a sump
pump, drain or any other mechanical or nonmechanical device which
shall discharge nonsanitary sewage waters into the sanitary sewer
system of the Borough of Montvale.
B.
Any property owner whose property
contains any sump pumps or drains or other mechanical or nonmechanical
devices which are discharging any waters into the sanitary sewer system
shall cause such condition to be removed and/or abated.
C.
Whenever a property owner intends
to reroof or install a new roof which is 7,500 square feet in area
or greater, all new roof drains must be connected directly to a storm
drain system or a dry well, and all roof drains on the property that
are presently connected to the sanitary sewer system must be disconnected
and connected to either a dry well and/or the storm drain system of
the municipality. Prior to reroofing or installing a new roof greater
than 7,500 square feet in area, the owner or his representative shall
make application to the Borough for a roof permit in regard to same.
(1)
Any permit for reroofing
or a new roof issued in regard to a roof which is 7,500 square feet
in area or greater shall require all roof leaders to be connected
to either a storm drain or dry well. If any roof leaders then in existence
are connected to any sanitary sewer system, they shall be disconnected
from any sewer that they are connected to and reconnected to either
a storm drain or dry well. In no event shall any roof leader continue
to be connected to the sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Montvale.
(2)
The fee for said permit shall
be $300.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(3)
The Construction Official
or his designee shall review the application and make an inspection
to ascertain whether or not any roof drains are presently connected
to the sanitary sewer system of Montvale or will be connected as a
result of said construction.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(4)
No roof permit shall be issued
unless the Construction Official, or his designee, is satisfied that
no drains will be connected to said system and furthermore any drains
presently connected shall be disconnected.
(5)
The Construction Official
shall issue a permit for said repair or reconstruction upon the applicant
satisfying the provisions of this section.
(6)
Upon completion of any work
contemplated by this section, the Construction Official, or his designee,
shall reinspect the work in order to determine whether or not the
conditions of this section have been fulfilled.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Whenever it is necessary for a property owner to obtain a certificate
of occupancy, a continued certificate of occupancy, or any permit
from the Building Department, and/or there is a transfer of any ownership
of any residence or commercial building, the Construction Official
shall be required to perform and/or direct the performance of the
following duties and acts:
A.
Upon application for a certificate
of occupancy, continued certificate of occupancy or permit, the Construction
Official shall inspect, within 10 days, excluding weekends and holidays,
the subject premises in order to determine whether any sump pumps
or drains or other mechanical devices are discharging any waters into
the sanitary sewer system.
B.
In the event that he determines
that there is such discharge, no certificate of occupancy, continued
certificate of occupancy or permit shall be issued to the possessor
of said property until said condition is removed.
C.
Upon the inspection of such dwelling,
the Construction Official shall file an appropriate affidavit indicating
that said inspection has been made and shall file same with the Borough
Clerk.
In the event that the owner of real property in the Borough of Montvale violates any provision of this article, the Construction Official shall be empowered to give notice to the property owner of the violation of same and the same shall be corrected within 30 days thereof. In the event that the property owner fails to comply with the order of the Construction Official, the owner shall be determined to be in violation of this section and subject to the penalties provided in § 319-20 of this article.
For the purpose of administering and enforcing this section,
the Borough Construction Official, or his designee, shall have the
right to enter into and upon any lands for which an application has
been filed and may examine and inspect such lands.
The Construction Official or his designee is hereby designated
as the enforcement officer.
