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Editor's Note: History includes Ord. No. 11-79; Ord. No. 2011-02.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
An annual sewer user charge will be paid by certain users of
the facilities provided by the Borough of South Bound Brook and the
Middlesex County Utilities Authority (hereinafter referred to as "MCUA")
in accordance with the terms and provisions of this section.
[Added 2-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-001]
a.
Hereafter, before any building sewer is connected to a lateral sewer,
service connections or sewer main, the owner shall make application,
in writing, on proper forms furnished for that purpose to the Borough
and pay for every direct or indirect connection to the sanitary sewerage
system of the Borough of South Bound Brook or any part thereof. Such
form shall state the name of the owner, the street and number of the
premises to be connected, the tax map lot and block of such premises,
shall contain such other information as may be required by the Borough.
The following capacity rate/trunk connection charges are established
at the following rates. When a developer is commencing construction
on a new development or section of a development, the connection fees
for the entire section or development, if not sectionalized, shall
be posted prior to the construction of the sanitary sewer extension
or issuance of the first building permit, whichever occurs first.
No permit shall be issued prior to the payment of the appropriate
connection fee.
1.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11, the fee to connect
to the Borough of South Bound Brook public sanitary sewer system is
established as follows:
(a)
Single-Family Residential Use. Each single-family residential
use shall be charged a $3,400 connection fee per dwelling unit for
each new connection.
(b)
Multifamily Residential Use. Each apartment, condominium or
townhouse unit shall be charged a $2,700 connection fee per separate
dwelling unit. A separate dwelling unit shall be defined as having
its own housekeeping facilities.
(c)
Nonresidential Use. Each nonresidential use shall be charged
a minimum connection fee of $4,000 per 400 gallons of estimated annual
daily average flow or major fraction thereof as determined by the
Borough Engineer based upon N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.1 et seq. or upon data
and information supplied to the Borough Engineer by the applicant
and the results of any investigation by the Borough Engineer into
actual meter readings or other available information regarding the
estimated annual daily average flow for the proposed use. In no event
shall the connection fee for any nonresidential use be calculated
at less than 0.125 gallons per day for each square foot of occupancy.
There shall be no reduction in square footage calculations for wall
thickness, hallways, elevators, stairways, closets and appliances.
2.
Change of Use. Any change in use of a nonresidential property shall
require an application to the Borough of South Bound Brook for a permit
to discharge the flow from the change in use into the public sanitary
sewer system. The Borough Engineer shall review all change in use
applications submitted to access the proposed estimated annual daily
average flow rate calculations. The applicant for the new use shall
be charged a connection fee equivalent to the amount of any increase
in the connection fee over that for the former use.
3.
Construction Code Permit. After the owner of the property to be connected
has obtained the sewer service form, the owner shall furnish a copy
thereof to the licensed plumber who will make the connection, and
the licensed plumber shall then proceed to obtain the permit required
under the State Uniform Construction Code.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings provided.
Shall mean any property used for nonresidential purposes,
including retail, office, or other business use, discharging domestic
wastes and any multi-family, non-owner occupied rental, and condominium
form of ownership, discharging domestic waste.
Shall mean any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable
matter in suspension or solution of the water carried wastes resulting
from the discharge of water closets, laundry tubs, washing machines,
sinks, dishwashers, or any other source of water-carried waste of
human origin or containing putrescible material.
Shall mean any person who discharges, causes, or permits
the direct or indirect discharge of non-domestic wastewater into the
treatment works. All non-domestic wastes discharged by an industrial
user - shall be considered industrial waste.
Shall mean water which does not meet the definition of Domestic
Waste (i.e., groundwater, leachate, process).
Shall mean a residential non-owner occupied rental unit or
units serviced by a well.
Shall mean any property solely used as a home or residence,
including single family and owner occupied rental discharging domestic
waste.
Shall mean a user defined as a significant industrial user
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Middlesex County Utilities
Authority.
Shall mean the levels of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended
solids and chlorine demand in the sewage discharged.
Shall mean any property exempt from real property taxation,
discharging domestic waste.
Shall mean shall be defined as a single water meter.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
Each user shall be invoiced directly for their use of the sewage
treatment system.
[Ord. No. 2012-06; Ord. No. 2012-09]
a.
Users shall pay a set fee per thousand (1,000) gallons of sewage
discharged. User classes and the rate for each user class are established
for 2012 as follows:
1.
Residential users: $5.86 per 1,000 gallons.
2.
Tax exempt users: $5.86 per 1,000 gallons.
3.
Commercial users: $5.86 per 1,000 gallons.
4.
Industrial users: $5.86 per 1,000 gallons.
5.
Significant industrial users: $5.86 per 1,000 gallons.
6.
Residential non-owner occupied: $5.86 per 1,000 gallons.
7.
Residential occupied well user: $140.00 per person within the owner
occupied home per year.
b.
The Borough Council shall review the rates set by this section on
at least an annual basis to determine their adequacy to meet the Borough's
proportionate share of the costs of operating, maintaining, and replacing
the Borough's sewer system, as well as the fees charged by the Middlesex
County Utilities Authority. The rates may be amended by Resolution
of the Mayor and Council.
c.
Where actual readings of a commercial, industrial, or significant
industrial user reveal that the rate set forth in paragraph a above
is less than the actual fees charged by the MCUA to the Borough for
that user's sewage, that user shall pay the actual fee charged by
the MCUA to the Borough for that user's sewage, plus an administrative
fee of $0.49 per 1,000 gallons, which administrative fee shall be
intended to include the costs of operating, maintaining, and replacing
the Borough's sewer system.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
a.
Wherever
actual readings of sewage flow are available, those readings shall
be used in determining flow charges. Any user with an estimated sewer
user charge of greater than $200,000 per year may be required to install,
at its own cost, a separate meter to measure sewage flow and strength
of sewage.
b.
Where actual readings of sewage flows are unavailable, sewage flow
will be estimated by taking 100% of the water flow and/or other meter
reading for the year. In recognition of the higher water usage during
the summer months, which does not enter the Borough's sanitary sewer
system (i.e. watering of laws), the annual flow of a user shall be
estimated to be four times the total of that user's water flow from
first quarter (January, February, March) of the year prior to the
billing year.
c.
If a commercial user or residential non-owner occupied rental unit(s)
user obtains its water supply from a private well or an unmetered
public water supply or utilizes a process that would yield waste water
in amounts greater than the metered water use, then the owner shall
install a meter at its own cost, the type and location of which is
to be approved by the Borough. In the event that the user fails to
install such a meter within 30 days after receiving notice from the
Borough, then the user shall pay a charge based upon the Borough's
estimate of water consumption, which estimate shall be conclusive
and binding upon the user.
d.
If a residential user obtains its water supply from a private well
or an unmetered public water supply, then one of the following four
methods will be used to calculate the sewer user fee:[1]
1.
The owner of an occupied unit shall submit to the Borough an affidavit
in the form annexed hereto disclosing the number of residents living
at the residential address. The sewer user charge will be calculated
by multiplying the number of persons residing at that address times
the average cost for sewer usage by one person.
2.
For owner occupied units, the residential user shall submit an affidavit
to the Borough certifying the 90-day water meter reading. The form
of meter reading report is attached hereto. After the first year,
each subsequent reading will follow the requirements in paragraph
b above.
3.
The sewer user fee will be calculated based on the average number
of persons living at the address based on the average user fees for
the same number of persons at a residence address utilizing the Borough
average.
4.
Rental occupied unit(s) shall install a meter for each well user
on each well pump system and submit an affidavit on each unit.
[1]
Editor's Note: Forms may be found in the Borough offices.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
The sewer usage charges established in subsection 10-1.4 were based upon estimated levels of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids and chlorine demand in the sewage discharged by each class of user. Wherever actual readings of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, and chlorine demand of a user are available, those readings shall be utilized to determine the sewer usage fees for that user in the manner provided in subsection 10-1.4.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
a.
Any flows or strengths which are not chargeable to a particular user,
whether by reason of the user being exempted from charges or by reason
of the flow entering the system by infiltration or inflow shall be
charged to all users, proportionately on the basis of flow.
b.
No roof drainage, cellar drainage, unpolluted industrial process
water, surface water, waste from hydrants or groundwater from underground
drainage fields, shall be permitted to drain into the sewage system.
The sewer system is intended to convey only domestic wastewater and
industrial waste.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
Any user objecting to any estimate of flow or strength hereunder
shall have the option, at its own expense, of installing metering
equipment on its discharge lines to record actual flow and strength
readings. The metering equipment used, its installation and the location
of installation and method of sampling, shall all be subject to review
and approval by the Borough of South Bound Brook or its designated
representative. The Borough may order the installation of meters and
sampling pits if it is determined that these are needed.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
Any user who discharges into the system toxic pollutants, radioactive materials, or materials with high B.O.D. content, which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge of the treatment works, shall be required to install, at its own expense, metering equipment to record actual flow and strength readings. That user shall be responsible for payment of the actual fees charged to the Borough by the MCUA plus the administrative fee, as provided in subsection 10-1.4c.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
The user charges established and provided for herein shall be
due and payable at a date to be determined within 25 days of billing.
Any delinquent payments shall be subject to interest at the rate set
by Borough in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:4-67. The billing date shall
be determined by resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this section, properties
in Franklin Township connected to the South Bound Brook Sewer System
shall be charged in accordance with the provisions of the Sewer Operating
Agreement between the Borough of South Bound Brook and Franklin Township.
[Ord. No. 2012-06]
Properties owned by the Borough of South Bound Brook, the Board
of Education, the Fire Company and those exempt for veterans under
N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.10 are excluded from the user charges called for in
this section.
[Ord. No. 2012-06; Ord. No. 2012-09]
In the event a user contends that there is an error in the sewer
service charge calculated and billed to the user, the user may apply
for an adjustment of the sewer service charge. An application for
adjustment shall be filed in writing with the Office of the Tax Collector.
The deadline to file an application for an adjustment is 30 days after
the date of the mailing of the bill. No application filed after that
date shall be considered. No applications for adjustments for prior
service years shall be considered. The application shall be referred
to the Borough Engineer who will have the authority to adjust the
charge for good cause shown by the user. The determination of the
Borough Engineer shall be final. "Good cause" may be demonstrated
by the user's presentation of clear and convincing evidence of a broken
water meter, broken water pipe or fixture that resulted in substantial
quantities of water being metered but not discharged into the sewer
system, and/or other exceptional circumstances of documented water
use that did not result in discharge to the sewer system.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 1]
The construction, maintenance, operation and extension of the
Sewerage System of the Borough of South Bound Brook up to the point
of connection therewith at the house or building line of any premises,
is subject to control and regulation by the Council of the Borough
within the house or building line the system of plumbing existing
or proposed is subject to control by the Board of Health.
The construction and maintenance of private systems of sewage
disposal, existing or proposed, shall be subject to control and regulation
by the Board of Health.
[Ord. #2-81, § 1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in
five days at twenty (20°) degrees centigrade, expressed in parts
per million by weight.
Shall mean the person duly appointed to and occupying such
position in the Borough.
Shall mean the extension from a commercial or industrial
building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
Shall mean the person duly appointed to and occupying such
position in the Borough.
Shall mean any pipe together with necessary connections,
conveying sewage from a single building of any kind or sort to the
sewer system.
Shall mean the plumbing work within the buildings and to
a point five (5') feet outside of the building, and shall be under
the control of the Board of Health and subject to its ordinances,
conditions, rules and regulations.
Shall mean any concern engaged primarily in manufacturing
or processing operations.
Shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial processes as
distinct from sanitary sewage.
Shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Shall mean the person duly appointed to and occupying such
position in the Borough.
Shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
Shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm,
surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
Shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, industrial establishments
and other buildings, together with such ground, surface and storm
waters as may be present.
Shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Shall mean the subcommittee composed of the Chairman of the
Sewer Committee of the Borough Council and such other two persons
as may be duly designated annually by the Borough Council.
Shall mean the person duly appointed to and occupying such
a position in the Borough.
Shall mean all interceptors, trucks, branches, laterals and
all other sewer appurtenances in the streets or in easements and rights-of-way,
either publicly or privately owned, except house connections, the
sewage from which is delivered to be treated by or under a contract
of the Borough providing for such treatment.
Shall mean solids that either float on the surface or are
in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable
by laboratory filtering.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 2]
a.
After official notification by the Borough Council of the completion
of the Public Sewerage System or of any extension thereof the main
drain of every new building, except as hereinafter provided, abutting
on any street, road, land or right-of-way in which a public sewer
is laid shall be connected therewith in the manner hereinafter provided
and all slops, filthy water, liquid waste and spent water supplies
of every description, except it be of such a nature as is hereinafter
specifically prohibited, shall be discharged into a properly laid
pipe emptying directly in the public sewer.
b.
Within a period of one year from the date of the official notification
in the discretion of the Council, the owner of any existing building
located in the Borough upon premises abutting on any street, road,
lane, or right-of-way in which a public sewer is laid shall cause
the sewerage system of such building or buildings to be connected
with the public sewer, and any cesspool or privy vault on the premises
to be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected and refilled with fresh earth
to the satisfaction of the Board of Health.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 3]
It shall be unlawful for any firm, person or corporation:
a.
To cause, to allow or to permit the discharge of sewage from any
house or building in the Borough into or upon any road, highway, public
place, stream, watercourse, ditch surface or subsurface groundwater
drain or stormwater drain.
b.
To uncover any portion of the public sewers or drains of the connection
branches thereof, or to open any manhole or flushtank, except with
the written permission of the Borough Clerk.
c.
To open any public street or place for the purpose of making any
sewer connection, or to make or cause to be made any connection with
a house connection branch of a public sewer, except under a special
written permit signed by the Borough Clerk allowing such specific
connection, and under the supervision of the Borough Engineer or Inspector.
d.
To break or to cut or to remove any pipe of the public sewers, or
to make or to cause to be made any connection with the sewers except
through the connection branches provided for that purpose, the location
of the connection branches to be designated by the Borough Engineer.
e.
To discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sewer, directly
or indirectly any groundwater, surfacewater, or drainwater from yards
or courts or roofs; cellar floor drains for removing surplus water
from cellars and laundries are not excluded.
f.
To discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sewer, directly
or indirectly, any overflow or drainage from manure pits, cesspools
or other receptacles storing or constructed to store organic wastes.
g.
To connect or cause to be connected with any public sewer, directly
or indirectly, any steam-exhausts, boiler blow-offs, sediment-drips,
or any pipes carrying or constructed to carry hot water or acids,
dyes, germicides, grease, brewery mash, gasoline, naphtha, benzene,
oil or any other substance detrimental to the sewer or to the operation
of the sewerage system or sewage disposal works.
h.
To throw or to deposit, or to cause to allow to be thrown or deposited,
in any fixture, vessels, receptacles, inlet or openings connected
directly or indirectly with any public sewer, any garbage, vegetable
parings, ashes, cinders, rags or any other matter or anything whatsoever,
except feces, urine, necessary toilet paper and liquid house slops;
or to allow any house sewer connected with the public sewer to be
likewise connected with any privy vault or cesspool or underground
drain, or with any channel conveying water or filth, except such soil
pipes and other plumbing work as shall have been duly inspected and
approved by the Borough Engineer or Inspector.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 3]
The Borough Council or the Board of Health may, at any time
in their discretion, stop and prevent the discharge into the sewers
of any substances liable to injure the sewers, or to interfere with
their normal operation, or to obstruct the flow, or to hinder any
processes of sewage purification; and they may, at any time in their
discretion, without notice and without recourse, sever the connection
and cause the removal of any tributary sewer or drain through which
such detrimental substances are discharged.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 4]
Each building fronting on a public way must be connected separately
and independently with the public sewer through the house connection
branch directly in front of the buildings or nearest in the down-stream
direction.
Grouping of buildings upon one house sewer will not be permitted,
save by special act of the Borough Council and for good sanitary reasons.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 5]
No house connection from the sewer to the wall of the house
shall be of any diameter other than five (5") inches.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 6; Ord. 12/4/35, § 1]
Every house or building sewer connection with the public sewer
from a point six (6') feet outside the foundation walls of the building
must be of heavy cast iron pipe, with deep and wide bell and spigot
joints. It must be solidly laid on a true grade, and as nearly as
possible in a straight line. All cast-iron pipes and fittings must
be sound, uncoated, cylindrical and smooth internally, free from cracks,
sand holes, or other defects, of uniform thickness and of the grade
known in commerce as "extra heavy."
All joints must be properly gasketed to prevent intrusion or
lead into the pipes. Cast iron pipes shall be joined with first quality
lead, the entire joint being filled in one pouring and thoroughly
caulked. The ditch must in all cases be kept dry during the pipe laying
and until the joint has acquired a hard set. The greatest care must
be taken to prevent the entrance of sand or dirt into the house sewer
or the public sewer.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 7]
No house sewer connection with the public sewer shall be laid
with a grade less than one (1") inch fall in four (4') feet without
written permission from the Borough Engineer specifying the minimum
grade that will be permitted.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 8]
No sewer connection branch shall be opened, no pipe shall be
laid and no joints made except under the inspection of the Borough
Engineer or Inspector.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 9; Ord. 12/4/35, § 2]
All pipes must be covered to a depth of at least one (1') foot
with fine earth, entirely free from stones and rubbish, and well and
carefully rammed.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 10]
Old house sewers or connections may be used for new buildings
provided that they are in good condition and conform to the requirements
of these regulations.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 11]
The Borough Clerk must be notified at least 24 hours before
the beginning of any work upon house sewers or connections.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 12]
The use of house traps will not be allowed without special written
permission of the Board of Health, and then only when such plumbing
was installed prior to January 1, 1916.
Except as mentioned above, no trap or any manner of obstruction
to the free flow of air through the whole course of the drain and
soil-pipe will be allowed; and any mechanic who shall directly or
indirectly place, make, cause, or allow to be placed or made any trap,
contraption or other obstacle anywhere in the course of such drain
or soil-pipe, shall, in addition to the penalty herein prescribed,
forfeit his license, and shall be ineligible to re-license for one
year.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 13]
No soil, waste or vent pipe may be used as a rainwater conductor;
nor may any rain water conductor be used as a soil, waste or vent
pipe.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 14]
a.
No person, firm or corporation, except a Master Plumber, licensed
to do work in the Borough shall carry on the business of drain laying
in the Borough, unless he, they or it shall be first duly licensed
by the Borough Council.
b.
Each application for license to carry on the business of drain laying
must be made upon a blank form obtained from the Borough Clerk, and
must be filed with the Borough Clerk and by him presented to the Borough
Council, who will consider the application, and may either grant or
refuse to grant the desired license, at their discretion. If granted,
the license shall not become operative until the applicant has paid
to the Borough Clerk a registration fee of one ($1.00) dollar.
c.
All licenses issued under the provisions of this section shall expire,
by limitation, at 12:00 noon on the day following the first regular
meeting of the Borough Council in the month of January next following
the date of issue, but if the licensee shall be in default because
of any violation of the provisions of this section, his license shall
forthwith cease and terminate, and the fee for the license or any
unexpired portion of the term thereof shall be forfeited to the Borough.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 15]
a.
Every person, firm or corporation applying for a license to carry
on the business of drain laying shall, when directed by the Borough
Council so to do, furnish a bond, in the sum of $500 with one or more
sureties acceptable to the Borough Council, conditioned substantially
that the applicant shall indemnify and save harmless the Borough and
Borough Council from all suits and actions of every name and description
brought against the Borough or any officer of the Borough, for or
on account of any injury or damage received or sustained by any person
in consequence of or resulting from any work performed by the applicant,
his servants or agents, or of or from any improper materials used
in the work, or of or from any negligence in guarding the work, or
of or from any act or omission of the applicant, his servants or agents;
that the applicant shall faithfully perform the work in all respects,
and shall also replace and restore that portion of any street in which
the applicant, his servants or agents, shall make an excavation, to
as good condition as that in which the same was before the work was
performed, and shall also keep and maintain such street in like good
condition to the satisfaction of the Borough Council, for the period
of one year and that the Borough Council may, within one year, and
with or without notice to the applicant, repair such street or cause
the same to be repaired and that the cost thereof shall be paid by
the applicant; and that the applicant shall comply in all respects
with the rules and regulations established by the Borough Council
relative to the work, and shall also pay all fines imposed upon him,
them or it, for violation of any such rule or regulation.
b.
Before any work of drainage be done or commenced in or on any property,
when the same is to be connected with the public sewer, or before
any alterations or additions are made to old work, plans and description
of the proposed work, signed by a licensed plumber or drainlayer,
shall be filed in duplicate in the office of the Borough Clerk, accompanied
by an application for approval of the law and the issuance of a permit
to do the work, plan, description and application to be upon a blank
form obtained from the Borough Clerk and signed by the owner of the
premises or his properly accredited agent. These plans, descriptions
and specifications must conform to all the provisions of this section
and to all the rules and regulations which are or may hereafter be
made concerning such work, and no work may be begun until the plans
have been filed and a permit issued by the Borough Clerk.
c.
For each permit issued, covering the installation of a new house
drain, a fee of $3 must be paid to the Borough Clerk at the time the
permit is issued. This fee is charged to defray the cost of inspection,
tests and incidental expenses that may occur.
d.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Borough Engineer, any plumber or
drainlayer violates any of the provisions of this Code, the Engineer
shall report the same in writing to the Borough Council. If the Borough
Council shall find that the charges are well founded, they may revoke
the license of such plumber or drainlayer; the Borough Council, may
also, in their discretion, refer such charges to the Recorder for
prosecution.
e.
No person, firm or corporation once having been licensed under the
provision of this Code to carry on the business of plumbing or drainlaying
in this Borough, who shall have violated any of the provisions of
this Code, and shall have refused or neglected to make good, to the
satisfaction of the Council, any defective, imperfect or faulty work,
or shall have refused or neglected to pay any fees, fines or penalties
imposed under the provision of this Code, shall, until such default
on his, their or its part has been removed, be ineligible to receive
any renewal of such license.
f.
Plumbers must report to the Borough Clerk, in writing, with full
description within 12 hours, the finding by them of all obstructions
in the house drains or the presence therein, if found, of any substances
prohibited by these regulations. Failure to so report will render
the person, firm or corporation so offending liable to the penalty
of a revocation or suspension or his or their license or to the payment
of a fine of $10 for each failure to so report. The finding of the
presence of substances prohibited by these regulations in the house
drain of any house shall constitute presumptive evidence of an offense
committed against these regulations by the owner or occupant or either
of the premises.
[Ord. 10/4/16, § 16]
Every sewer connection made from a dwelling house or other building
to the public sewer shall be made in conformity with the specifications,
rules and regulations, now established or hereafter established by
the Board of Health of the Borough of South Bound Brook by its Plumbing
and Sanitary Codes, and shall not be used until the same has been
inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
[Ord. 4/5/50, § 17]
No person shall make a sewer connection unless such person is
a licensed and bonded plumber of the Borough who has been duly licensed
and bonded by the Board of Health of the Borough in conformity with
the Board of Health's Plumbing and Sanitary Codes.
[Ord. #2-81, § 18]
No washings from vehicles of any type shall be admitted to the
sewer system except through a silt-basin of suitable size properly
protected by a grating, and trapped, from which the deposits shall
be removed by hand as often as may be required by the Plumbing Inspector
or Sewer Inspector.
House connections when connected with garages and stables shall
be properly trapped under the floor and protected by suitable grating
and screens. No gasoline, naphtha, oil or other explosive or flammable
material or acids shall be permitted to discharge into the sanitary
sewer.
[Ord. #2-81, § 19]
Steam exhausts shall not discharge into the sewer system; and
no blow-off from boilers or from steam heating plants shall be directly
connected therewith but shall in every case discharge into a tank
of suitable size from which a trapped overflow may lead to the sewer.
No refrigeration or air conditioning water shall be allowed to discharge
into the sewer system.
[Ord. #2-81, § 20]
In all house connections, no storm water from the roof or any
other area shall be admitted to the sewer system. Subsoil water from
the cellar or any other area shall not be admitted to the sewer system.
No cesspool or septic tank shall be allowed to discharge into the
sewer system.
[Ord. #2-81, § 21]
Except as herein provided, no person shall discharge or cause
or allow to be discharged any of the following described waters or
wastes to or in any public sewer:
a.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty (150°F) degrees Fahrenheit.
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, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
d.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, wood, or any other solid or viscous substance capable
of causing obstructions to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage treatment plant.
e.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than six point zero (6.0)
or higher than eight point zero (8.0) or having any other corrosive
property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment,
and personnel of the sewage works.
f.
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, or to constitute a hazard in the receiving waters of the
sewage plant.
g.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle
such material at the sewage treatment plant.
h.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a
public nuisance.
i.
Any waste, liquid, solid or other substance, the discharge of which
is prohibited by the Middlesex County Sewerage Authority, or which
will not be accepted by Middlesex County Sewerage Authority.
[Ord. #2-81, § 22]
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having (a) a B.O.D. greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or (b) containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in subsection 10-2.23 or (c) having an average flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Borough, shall be subject to the review and approval of the Borough Engineer. Where necessary in the opinion of the Borough Engineer, or required by the Middlesex County Sewerage Authority, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary, to (a) reduce the B.O.D. to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in subsection 10-2.23 or (c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Borough Engineer and of the State Department of Health of New Jersey, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until the approvals are obtained in writing.
[Ord. #2-81, § 23]
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any
waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation, by the owner at his expense.
[Ord. #2-81, § 24]
When required by the Borough Engineer, the owner of any property
served by a building sewer carrying industrial waste shall install
a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Borough Engineer. The manhole
shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained
by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
[Ord. #2-81, § 25]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in subsections 10-2.23 and 10-2.24 shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage," latest edition, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in subsection 10-2.26 or upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
[Ord. #2-81, § 26]
Readily accessible means shall be provided by the owner, tenant
or occupant of the premises to allow the municipality or its representatives
to make periodic examination and determination of the volume, character
and concentration of waste being discharged into the sewers or laterals
tributary thereto. Laboratory analysis costs shall be paid by sewer
user.
[Ord. #2-81, § 27]
The Plumbing Inspector, Sewer Inspector, Borough Engineer, members
of the Sewer Committee, Board of Health and Borough Council and any
other duly authorized employee of the Borough bearing proper credentials
and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties
for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling,
and testing at any reasonable hour, in accordance with the provisions
of this section.
[Ord. #2-81, § 28]
The right is reserved by the Borough of South Bound Brook to
stop and prevent at any time the discharge into the sewers or laterals
of any waste which may injure the sewers or adversely affect sewage
treatment or which is not in conformity with the requirements and
standards now or hereafter made by the Borough or the Middlesex County
Sewerage Authority, the Borough may at any time without notice and
without recourse sever the connection and cause removal of any sewer
or drain through which such waste may be discharged.
[Ord. #2-81, § 29]
No statement contained in this section shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Borough
and any industrial or large concern and any municipality whereby a
waste or unusual volume, strength and/or character may be accepted
by the Borough, subject to payment therefor by the concern, and subject
to the provisions of any agreement with the Middlesex County Sewerage
Authority.
[Ord. 2-81, § 30]
Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate the rules,
regulations or requirements of the owners of any public water supply
system or public sewer system. All persons connecting to, or making
use of, any sewer in the Borough shall comply with and abide by any
and all present or future regulations and requirements of the Department
of Health of the State of New Jersey, the Board of Health of the Borough
and where applicable, the Middlesex County Sewerage Authority; and
where the regulations or requirements of said State Department of
Health, local Board of Health, or Sewerage Authority, where applicable,
are more restrictive than the restrictions or requirements of any
or all of the bodies shall control.
[Ord. #2-81, § 31]
b.
The penalties stated in paragraph a above shall not preclude the
rights of the Borough to remove or sever any connection, as provided
herein, or to revoke or suspend any permit or license, as provided
herein or under any other applicable ordinance or code of this Borough
or its Board of Health, or to recover damages in a civil action against
any person, firm or corporation which causes damage or injury to any
part of the sewer system or additional expenses to the Borough in
maintaining or using the system.
c.
The owner of a building or structure or portion thereof, or of any
lot or land or part thereof, or of the premises where anything in
violation of this ordinance shall be done or shall exist, and any
engineer, building, contractor, agent, plumber, person or corporation
employed in connection therewith and who assists in the commission
of such violation, shall each be guilty of a separate offense and
be subject to the penalties herein prescribed.
