[Ord. #960, § 1]
There shall be an annual sewer rental charge for the use, operation
and maintenance of the sewerage system and disposal facilities owned
by the City upon the owners of the properties served thereby at the
rates hereinafter established.
[Ord. #960, § 2]
The terms, conditions and rate schedules set forth in the tariff
schedule on file in the office of the City Clerk entitled "City of
Ocean City — Tariff for Sewer Service", are hereby
adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out in length herein as
constituting the terms, conditions and rates to govern and be charged
for sewerage service to all properties served by the sewerage system
and disposal facilities owned by the City.
[Ord. #84-5, Preamble]
The Federal government has enacted and amended the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act now known as the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq.) and the City of Ocean City desires to remain in compliance
herewith, and an executed service agreement with the Cape May County
Municipal Utilities Authority requires the timely passage of a sewer
use ordinance. The City of Ocean City desires to assure that the use
of the public wastewater system operated by it or its contracted designees,
will conform to the best sanitary engineering practices. The City
desires to regulate the use of the public wastewater system.
[Ord. #84-5, A 1, § 1]
Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meaning
of specific terms in this Chapter shall be as follows:
ACT
Shall mean the Clean Water Act, as amended.
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
Shall mean the quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in
five (5) days at twenty (20°C) degrees Centigrade, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
BUILDING SEWER
Shall mean the extension from a building wastewater plumbing
facility to the public wastewater facility.
CITY
Shall mean the City of Ocean City.
CMCMUA
Shall mean the Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority.
COMBINED SEWER
Shall mean a sewer intended to receive both wastewater and
storm or surface water.
COMMERCIAL USER (CLASS II)
Shall include any property occupied by a nonresidential establishment
not within the definition of an "Industrial User (Class IIII)", and
which is connected to the wastewater facilities.
DAY
Shall mean the twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at
12:01 a.m.
EPA
Shall mean the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSE
Shall mean those costs which are over and above normal operating
and maintenance costs incurred as a result of actions by a person
or persons.
GARBAGE
Shall mean the solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting
from the domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation,
cooking, and serving of foods.
INTERFERENCE
Shall mean inhibition or disruption of any sewer system,
wastewater treatment process, sludge disposal system, or their operation,
which substantially contributes to a violation of applicable discharge
permits.
NATURAL OUTLET
Shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake,
or any other body of surface or groundwater.
NEW JERSEY WATER COMPANY
Shall mean the entity contracted and franchised by the City
to own, operate and administer wastewater facilities located within
the City of Ocean City.
NJDEP
Shall mean the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
NPDES
Shall mean National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
permit program, whether administered by the EPA or by the State.
OWNER
Shall mean the person or persons who legally own, lease,
or occupy private property which discharge, to the wastewater facilities
serving the City of Ocean City.
PERSON
Shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society,
partnership, corporation, municipality, or other similar organization,
agency, or group.
PH
Shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
concentration expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined
by Standard Methods.
PRETREATMENT
Shall mean the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the
elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollution
properties in wastewater prior to discharge to the wastewater facilities
servicing the City of Ocean City.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Shall mean garbage that has been shredded to such a degree
that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally
prevailing in the wastewater sewers, with no particle greater than
one-half (1/2") inch in any dimension.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Shall mean wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences
of dwellings, office buildings, industrial plants, or institutions.
STANDARD METHODS
Shall mean the latest edition of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public
Health Association, Water Pollution Control Federation and American
Water Works Association.
STATE
Shall mean the State of New Jersey.
STORM SEWER
Shall mean a sewer for conveying storm, surface, and other
waters, which is not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
SURFACE WATER
Shall mean water which occurs when the rate of precipitation
exceeds the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil, including
oceans, bays, estuaries, etc.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Shall mean the total suspended matter that either floats
on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water or wastewater, as
determined by Standard Methods.
TOXICS
Shall mean any of the pollutants designated by Federal regulations
pursuant to Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.
WASTEWATER
Shall mean a combination of liquid and watercarried waste
from residences, commercial buildings, industries, and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water, or storm water that
may be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITY
Shall mean the combination of the wastewater sewers, pumping
stations, appurtenances and treatment facilities.
WASTEWATER SEWER
Shall mean the structures, processes, equipment and arrangements
necessary to collect and transport wastewaters to the wastewater treatment
facility.
WPCF
Shall mean the Water Pollution Control Federation.