[Ord. No. 823 § 1]
As used in this section and unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context, the following words shall have the following
meanings:
Shall mean the Borough of Sea Girt.
Shall mean any building or structure heretofore or hereafter
constructed and designed or used for commercial, residential, industrial,
or other use or occupancy by persons, either temporary or permanent.
Shall mean the applicant for sewerage service who is the
owner of a household or business and who enters into an agreement
theretofore.
Shall mean the normal waterborne fluid wastes from residences,
institutions, commercial and industrial establishments. This sewage
shall be limited to the wastes from kitchens, bathrooms, water closets,
lavatories and laundries.
Shall mean the Borough Engineer.
Shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial processes as
distinct from domestic sewage.
Shall mean the Borough-owned or leased piping and appurtenances,
in or along public highways and streets, or along privately owned
right-of-way, used for the transmission or distribution of water to
or for the collection of domestic sewage or industrial wastes from
its customers.
Shall mean all uses other than a residential use as defined
in this section.
Shall mean single- or multi-family dwellings used for residential
purposes, but excluding hotels, motels, and rooming houses.
Shall mean the periodic charge made by the Borough for sewer
service which is available to a user connection.
Shall mean that part of the sewerage system from the collection
sewer to the building.
Shall mean piping structure installed within the Borough
rights-of-way or easements used to carry domestic sewage to the receiving
treatment facility.
[Ord. No. 823 § 2]
Every owner of a building shall connect the same with a sewer
of the Borough or to a sewer available to the Borough and as directed
by it, such connection to be made for the purpose of delivering domestic
sewage from each building into the sewer. In the event that more than
one building on a property on a sewer, such building shall dispose
of its wastewater through a separate service lateral to the sewer.
[Ord. No. 823 § 3; Ord. No. 03-2010 § 1; Ord. No. 21-2012; Ord.
No. 18-2013]
a.
Every connection to a sewer required by this chapter shall be made
in such a manner to discharge into the sewer all domestic sewage originating
in the building in accordance with and subject to the ordinances and
resolutions now in effect or hereafter adopted by the Borough. All
connection charges, service charges and inspection fees imposed by
the Borough, by ordinance, and/or resolution, now or hereafter adopted
by the Borough, shall be paid promptly when due. Such charges for
connection with and use of sewers shall draw the same interest from
the time they become due as water charges in the Borough and shall
be a lien upon the premises connected until paid, and the remedies
for the collection thereof, with interest, cost and penalties.
b.
All sewer charges in the Borough of Sea Girt shall be based on water
usage as determined by meter and shall be charged at the rate of $3.30
per 1,000 gallons as registered on said meter. In addition to water
usage, the Borough shall charge a base/flat charge per quarter based
on the size of the meter. Multiple meters will result in multiple
charges.
The base/flat charge per quarter is as follows:
|
Meter Size
|
Charge per Quarter
|
|---|---|
|
3/4 inch or less
|
$32.50
|
|
1 inch
|
$54.50
|
|
1 1/2 inch
|
$110.50
|
|
2 inch
|
$175.50
|
|
3 inch
|
$328.50
|
|
4 inch
|
$542.50
|
|
6 inch
|
$1,090
|
|
8 inch
|
$1,750
|
c.
Bills shall be issued on or before the 15th day of February, May,
August, and November of each year.
Bills rendered quarterly shall include the quarterly charge
according to the size of the meter plus the charge for any usage at
the current rate per 1,000 gallons used during the previous quarterly
term.
Bills shall be due and payable on February 28th, May 30th, August
30th, and November 30th.
Each quarter has a ten-day grace period.
If the charges are not paid within the time above prescribed,
interest at the rate of 8% per diem shall accrue on all amounts outstanding.
In the event that said charge remains unpaid for a period of 45 business
days after the original due date, water and sewer service will be
shut off from the premises affected. In the event that the water and
sewer service shall be shut off to any premises by reason of nonpayment,
water service shall not be resumed unless and until all charges and
interest, together with the reconnection cost as per the water/sewer
fee schedule for turning on said service.
[Ord. No. 823 § 4; Ord. No. 863 § 1]
No connection to a sewer shall be made by any person, firm or
corporation unless the same shall have first been authorized and approved
by the Borough and the South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority
(SMRSA). No connection to a collection sewer shall be made until an
application has been approved.
[Ord. No. 823 § 5]
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 connection permit from the Borough.
Extensions to the sewerage system shall be designed in accordance
with standards promulgated by the State Department of Environmental
Protection. All new sewers and/or connections to the system shall
be properly designed and constructed.
[Ord. No. 823 § 6]
All work of making any connection to any sewer shall be done
at the expense of the owner, under the supervision of the Borough,
and shall conform to the following requirements:
a.
All joints shall be sealed and made airtight and shall be made smooth
and clean inside, with all sewers in proper alignment and of proper
grade so as to provide free flow of wastewater without any obstructions.
b.
A service lateral installed after the initial construction period
will be connected to a collection sewer with an approved saddle-type
fitting properly installed and encased in a eight inch envelope of
concrete extending completely around the barrel of the collection
sewer pipe.
c.
After the collection sewer has been installed, service laterals shall
be installed at the expense of the owner of the building served by
the lateral.
d.
Service laterals shall be of the same size throughout and shall in
no case be less than four inches in diameter.
[Ord. No. 823 § 7; Ord. No. 917 § 1; Ord. No. 934 § 1; amended 5-11-2022 by Ord. No. 02-2022]
The charge for tapping the sewer main with service lateral to
curb and cleanout, including street excavation, shall be as follows
including the road opening permit fee described in the Road Opening
Permit Ordinance of the Borough of Sea Girt.
a.
Where the length of the connection is 1-12 feet up to six foot depth/$3,000.
b.
Where length of connection is 12 feet to 36 feet up to six foot depth/$4,400.
c.
These fees would be all inclusive - termination fee, road opening
fee, excavation, and infra-red restoration, if deemed necessary by
Public Works.
No open cut or trench is permitted for the installation of sewer
service laterals when the sewer main is on the opposite side of the
road from the residence to be served by the service lines.
A boring tool shall be used. The opening over the sewer main
and the opening for the boring tool shall be only that amount of opening
necessary in the blacktop to make the tap or insert the boring tool.
The contractor shall be a licensed plumber in the State of New
Jersey; insured and bonded, with experience installing water and sewer
services.
All piping and fittings, shall be approved by the Water Department
and the Sewer Department before installation. Twenty-four hours' notice
shall be given to the Water Department and Sewer Department before
the work begins.
[Ord. No. 823 § 8]
a.
All building sewer laterals shall be constructed of one of the following
types of pipe, subject to any special conditions elsewhere herein
contained:
1.
Cast-iron pipe, minimum medium weight, at least four inches in internal
diameter, conforming to ASTM. Designation A-74, latest revision. Maximum
laying length shall be 10 feet.
2.
PVC Schedule 40 conforming to ASTM Designation D 1785, latest revision.
3.
ABS Schedule 40 conforming to ASTM Designation D 1527, latest revision.
b.
PVC and ABS plastic pipe shall be laid on a tamped sandbed; material
on each side of the pipe, six inches under and 12 inches over, shall
be tamped sand, compacted sufficiently to prevent pipe distortion
from vertical loads.
[Ord. No. 823 § 9]
Jointing materials for the various types of pipe shall be as
follows:
[Ord. No. 823 § 10]
Floor, basement, roof downspouts, foundation, or property drains
shall not be connected to a building sewer. Any such connections shall
be removed upon thirty-day written notice from the Borough Clerk.
[Ord. No. 823 § 11]
a.
Cleanouts shall be provided behind the curb and inside the building
for rodding the service lateral. If it is physically impossible to
locate the cleanout just inside the building, then it is permissible
to locate the cleanout just outside the building wall with the riser
brought to the ground surface.
b.
Cleanouts shall be provided on each service lateral at intervals
no greater than 50 feet apart from each other and at changes in alignment
of 45° or greater. Cleanouts shall be constructed by using a Y-fitting
in the run of pipe with a 45° bend and riser to the ground surface.
This riser pipe must be provided with a standard four inch screw type
ferrule.
[Ord. No. 823 § 12]
Whenever, in the opinion of the Borough Engineer or the Borough's
authorized agent, the trenching conditions require either a specific
type of pipe, jointing material or encasement in concrete, such materials
as the Engineer or authorized agency may direct shall be installed
to protect the property owner and/or the Borough for special conditions
as follows:
a.
Where the trench is more than 12 feet deep, extra heavy cast iron
soil pipe must be used.
b.
Where the trench is less than four feet deep in a traveled roadway,
extra heavy ductile iron pipe must be used with special bedding, consisting
of crushed stone or concrete cradle, as directed by the Engineer or
the Borough's authorized agent.
c.
Where service laterals are laid in new fill, ductile iron soil pipe
shall be used.
d.
Where foundation conditions are poor due to groundwater or subsurface
materials, a bedding of crushed stone at least six inches in depth
shall be used.
e.
Where rock is encountered, it shall be excavated to a depth of not
less than four inches below the bottom of the pipe and the trench
refilled to the grade line with clean earth, sand or crushed stone.
f.
Service laterals for buildings housing restaurants, bars or other
food preparation and/or service establishments, and service laterals
for automobile service stations or garages, shall have a grease trap
installed between the building and the street line. Each grease trap
shall have an access manhole available for inspection by the Borough's
designated representative during normal business hours.
[Ord. No. 823 § 13]
The slope of the service lateral when the inside diameter is
four inches or more shall be no less than 1/4 inch per foot of length,
unless otherwise approved by the Borough's authorized agent, and shall
be downward in the direction of flow; provided, however, that when
PVC or ABS sewer pipe shall be used, the slope may be reduced but
shall be not less than 1/8 inch per foot of length.
[Ord. No. 823 § 14]
No service lateral shall be covered until it has been inspected
and approved by the Borough Engineer or the Borough's authorized agent.
If any part of a service lateral is covered before so being inspected
and approved, it shall be uncovered for inspection at the cost and
expense of the owner of the building. When found necessary by the
Borough's authorized agent or Engineer, the service lateral shall
be pressure tested.
[Ord. No. 823 § 15]
Upon inspection and approval of a service lateral, a certificate
of approval will be issued to the owner of the building connected
to the service lateral.
The maintenance, operation, repair and eventual replacement
of the service lateral from the building to the main shall be the
responsibility of the owner of the building connected to the service
lateral.
[Ord. No. 823 § 16]
The Borough's authorized agent or Engineer shall observe all
required testing of a service lateral. All equipment and material
required for testing shall be furnished by the owner of the building
connected to the service lateral or his contractor.
In the event a service lateral is not approved by the Borough,
a further test or tests shall be made following completion of necessary
corrections. A fee of $50 will be charged by the Borough for observation
of each test or retest subsequent to the initial test.
[Ord. No. 823 § 17;
New]
Every excavation for a service lateral shall be guarded to protect
all persons from damage and/or injury. Streets, sidewalks, and other
public property disturbed in the course of installation of a service
lateral shall be restored to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the building being connected,
in a manner satisfactory to the Borough.
Every street opening shall comply with the requirements of subsection 21-1.1, Road Opening Permit of this Code.
[Ord. No. 823 § 18]
All connections with sewers, whether over public or private
property shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of this
section.
[Ord. No. 823 § 19]
The following discharges shall not be permitted to be discharged
into the sewerage system of the Borough.
a.
Roof drainage, cellar drainage, surface water, swimming pool, drainage
or backwash water, waste from hydrants or groundwater from underground
drainage fields, or any other source of inflow.
c.
Any wastewater containing toxins or other pollutants in an amount
of concentration that endangers public safety and physical integrity
of concentration that endangers public safety and physical integrity
of the treatment works, or that will cause a violation of a permit,
or preclude the selection of the most cost effective alternative for
wastewater treatment and sludge disposal.
d.
Wastes which create a fire or explosion hazard in the treatment works.
e.
Wastes which cause corrosive structural damage to the treatment works
including any wastes with a pH of less than five.
f.
Solid or viscous wastes in amounts which would cause obstruction
to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation
of the works.
g.
Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.)
released in a discharge of such volume as to attack and degrade the
concrete manholes and to cause interference in the treatment works
of the Southern Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority.
[Ord. No. 823 § 20]
The user charges set by this chapter shall be reviewed annually
and may be revised periodically by resolution of the Mayor and Council
to reflect actual costs of the maintenance and operation of the collection
system.
[Ord. No. 823 § 21]
The terms and conditions of any agreement, or contract, between
the Borough and a sewer user, in regard to reservation of capacity
or charges to be collected, that are inconsistent with Federal regulations,
shall be disregarded.
[Ord. No. 823 § 22]
The costs of operation and maintenance for flows not directly
attributable to users (i.e. infiltration and/or inflow), if any, shall
be distributed among the various users and shall be included in the
charges set by this chapter.
Each user which discharges pollutants into the sewerage system
that cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or sludge
from the collection system shall pay for such increased cost.
[Ord. No. 823 § 23;
New]
[Ord. No. 369 § 1]
Pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (c), Section 4, of the
Sewerage Authorities Law of the State of New Jersey (Laws of 1946,
Chapter 138, as amended and supplemented), there is hereby created
a public body corporate and politic under the name and style of the
"South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority," consisting of the Boroughs
of Belmar, South Belmar, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Sea Girt,
Manasquan and Brielle and that part of the Township of Wall as indicated
in the Wall Region Water Pollution Control Feasibility Study and Report,
dated January 30, 1970, prepared by Thomas W. Birdsall, Professional
Engineer and Land Surveyor, Professional Planner.
[Ord. No. 369 § 2]
The South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority is and shall
be an agency and instrumentality of the said eight municipalities
created by parallel ordinances duly adopted by their respective Governing
Bodies, and is a Sewerage Authority contemplated and provided for
by said Sewerage Authorities Law and shall be vested with all the
powers granted by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:14A et seq., except
that it shall not have the power to construct, install, maintain or
operate local or municipal sewage collection systems nor any part
thereof within the boundaries of any participating municipality. This
limitation shall not prohibit the Regional Authority from constructing,
maintaining or operating regional transmission mains within the boundaries
of any participating municipality, extending from the local or municipal
sewage collection system of any participating municipality to the
Regional Authority's sewage treatment plant or plants.
[Ord. No. 369 § 3]
The South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority shall consist
of eight members thereof, and one of such members shall be appointed
by the Governing Body of each of said municipalities in accordance
with the provisions of said Sewerage Authority Law. The South Monmouth
Regional Sewerage Authority shall be authorized to establish an annual
salary for each of its members of not more than $2,000.
[Ord. No. 369 § 4]
A copy of this section duly certified by the Borough Clerk shall
forthwith be filed by the Borough Clerk in the office of the Secretary
of State of the State of New Jersey.
[Ord. No. 369 § 5]
This section shall take effect 10 days after publication thereof
by title after its final passage, as provided by law, but shall be
of no further force or effect after May 1, 1970, unless on or before
said date a parallel ordinance shall have been adopted by the Governing
Body of each of the other municipalities.
[Ord. No. 908 § 1]
The Agreement Addendum which is attached as Exhibit A,[1] is hereby approved. The Borough of Sea Girt, in the County
of Monmouth, New Jersey, shall enter into the Agreement Addendum,
amending its Service Agreement, dated as of March 5, 1974, with the
South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority, whereby the Borough shall
agree to pay the debt service costs and expenses associated with improvements
to its sewerage collection system, on the terms and conditions and
substantially in the form presented to this meeting. The Mayor shall
be and hereby is directed on behalf of the Borough to execute said
Agreement Addendum under the corporate seal of the Borough which shall
be affixed and attested by the Borough clerk, and to deliver the same.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Exhibit A attached to Ord. No. 908 which
is on file in the Borough Clerk's Office.
[Ord. 438 Preamble]
The Borough of Sea Girt maintains adequate facilities for the
removal of garbage, trash, waste and other refuse from the residence
and business properties of the Borough of Sea Girt, and the Borough
operates and maintains a system of sewers connected with a sewage
disposal plant where the sewage matter is treated, digested and disposed
of. The disposal of garbage, waste and similar products through a
sewage disposal system has a tendency to clog and interfere with the
sewage disposal system and prevent the proper operation of the system,
thus creating a hazard to the public health and interfering with the
normal operation of the sewage disposal system of the Borough.
[Ord. No. 438 § 1]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the
following described substances into the sewer system of the Borough
of Sea Girt.
a.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
b.
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million,
by weight, of fat, oil or grease.
c.
Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
d.
Any garbage or trash.
e.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other solid or
viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
f.
Any waters or waste having a pH lower than 5.3 or higher than 9.0
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of sewage works. "pH"
shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
g.
Any waters or waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewer treatment
process, or constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any
hazard in receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
h.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle
such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
i.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a
public nuisance.
[Ord. No. 789 § 1]
