[1983 Code § 155-1]
As used in this article:
The Pompton Lakes Borough Municipal Utilities Authority.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
That part of the sewerage system which receives the sewerage
from the house plumbing system and conveys it to the nearest end of
the sewer extension, unless a sewer extension is not available whereby
the house connection shall be extended to the nearest available wye.
No house connection shall be made to a manhole on the public sewer
system without the expressed consent and by special permission of
the Authority.
All the plumbing work within the building and to a point
five feet outside of the building which conveys sewage from within
the building to the house connection outside the building.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
The Plumbing Inspector of the Borough of Pompton Lakes, or
his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
The sewers laid longitudinally along the center line or other
part of the streets or other rights-of-way and in which all owners
of abutting properties have equal rights and which are controlled
by public authority.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such 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 in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not admitted.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
That part of the sewerage system that runs from the sewer
main to the curbline and includes all necessary fittings.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
All facilities for collecting, pumping and disposing of sewage.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage
but excludes sewage and polluted wastes.
The Authority or its duly authorized agent, representative
or employee.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
[1983 Code § 155-2]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to
be deposited in an unsanitary manner, upon public or private property
within the Borough of Pompton Lakes or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said Borough of Pompton Lakes, 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 Pompton Lakes or in any area under the jurisdiction of
said Borough, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted
waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance
with subsequent provisions of this article.
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. Abandoned cesspools
shall be properly vented or filled in.
D.
It shall be unlawful to deliberately or unintentionally dispose of
grass clippings, brush, fill, trash, debris, obstructions or unwanted
materials into the storm sewers or within or along the banks of man-made
or natural watercourses or in adjacent floodplain areas which may
wash into streams and/or sewers.
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See the Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority
Rules and Regulations on file in the Borough offices.
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See the Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority
Rules and Regulations on file in the Borough offices.
[1983 Code § 155-5]
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is part of the public sewerage system.
[1983 Code § 155-6]
The Superintendent or Inspector and other duly authorized employees
of the Borough, bearing proper credentials and identifications, shall
be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspections,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with
the provisions of this article. Further, the Construction Official,
Environmental Officer, Public Works Superintendent, Police Department
and other duly authorized employees of the Borough of Pompton Lakes
shall be permitted to enter upon all Borough properties for the purpose
of inspection, observation and measurement, in accordance with the
provisions of this article.
[1983 Code § 155-7]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article shall
be served by the Borough of Pompton Lakes with written notice stating
the nature of the violation and providing 10 days from the date of
service of notice 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 for herein shall be guilty of a violation of this article
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not exceeding
$2,000 and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days
for each violation. Each day shall count as a separate offense.
C.
A substitution may be made for hours of community service in lieu
of a cash fine, if the service is devoted to remediation of the impact
of dumping in the conveyance system.
