Borough of Neptune City, NJ Building Sewers and Connections

No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining written approval from the Collection System Operator or Designee.

There shall be two classes of sewer connection fees: (a) for residential service, and (b) for commercial or industrial service. In either case, the owner(s) or his agent shall make application on the appropriate form furnished by the borough. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Collection System Operator. A connection and inspection fee of $400 for each residential sewer connection and $500 for each commercial or industrial sewer connection shall be paid to the borough at the time the application is filed.

[Amended 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-03; 5-29-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-10]

All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify and hold harmless the borough from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the sewer connection.

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the sewer line serving the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one sewer connection, however the borough shall not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection permitted hereunder.

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and tests, by the Collection System Operator, to meet all requirements of this chapter and other applicable governmental standards.

The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the borough. In the absence of Code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing and Material and the Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9 and all amendments thereto shall apply.

Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any Building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted up by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer unless such connection is approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.

The connection of the building sewer into public sewer shall conform to requirements of the Plumbing Code or Collection System Operator or other applicable rules and regulations of the borough, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official before installation.

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Collection System Operator and Plumbing Subcode Official when the Building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Collection System Operator or his representative with a minimum of twenty-four-hour notice.

All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the borough.