[Ord. No. 5-2006; Ord. No. 22-2010]
A.
Permit requirements. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit
from the city.
B.
Connection fees. Before any work is commenced, the owner(s) shall make an application for a connection permit which shall be filed on a permit form supplied by the city and accompanied by a connection fee. Such fee shall be as stated in Section 127-10, Rates and charges, and a connection permit issued by the city shall be obtained therefor.
C.
Connection mandatory. When a sewerage system along any street or road of the city is available for the acceptance of sewage, notice shall be given by the city to all property owners along the lines of said sewerage system, as aforesaid, to connect their buildings therewith in accordance with the terms of this chapter and the city's sewer connection fees established in Section 127-10. Said notice shall be addressed to the owner of the property as the name of the owner appears on the last tax duplicate of the city, shall describe the property by lot and block designation as appears on the Tax Map of the city and by the street address and shall state under terms of this chapter that the owner is required to connect the building or buildings on said property with the sewerage system within that period set forth by the city and payment of the sewer connection fee. Said notice shall further inform the owner of the penalty which may be imposed for failure to comply with said notice in accordance with the terms of this chapter. Said notice may be served on the owner personally or by leaving it at his usual place of abode with a member of his family above the age of 18 years if the owner has a place of abode within the City of South Amboy, or said notice may be served within or without the limits of the city by mailing the same by certified mail to the last known post office address of said owner as the same appeared on the last tax duplicate of the city.
D.
Failure of owner to connect. If the owner of any house, building or structure shall fail to make any connection required by this chapter within six months after service of said notice as set forth in Subsection C above, the city may proceed to make such connection or cause the same to be made and assess the cost thereof as a lien against such house, building or structure pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11 through 40A:26A-14. The owner of any such house, building or structure failing to make such connection shall also be subject to a fine not to exceed $100.
E.
Cost of connection. All costs and expenses incidental to the initial
installation and connection of a building sewer shall be borne by
the owner. All costs and expenses incidental to the repair and maintenance
for that portion of the building sewer between the building and the
curb shall be borne by the owner. All costs and expenses for repair
and maintenance for that portion of the building sewer between the
curb and the main, except for laterals which are plugged by roots,
debris or other obstructions, shall be borne by the city.
F.
Separate building sewers required. A separate and independent building
sewer shall be provided for every building, with the following exceptions:
(1)
Where one building stands at the rear of another or an interior lot
and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear
building through an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway, the building
sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building
and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(2)
Where real estate developments contain one or more private streets
supplied with lateral sewers privately constructed, any such lateral
sewer privately constructed shall be constructed in accordance with
the standards contained herein and shall be properly maintained at
all times.
(3)
Duplex houses on separated lots must have separate sewers installed
at the time of the replacement or major repair to the sewer line.
G.
Use of old building sewers. Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings when said new buildings replace old buildings only
when they are found, on examination and testing by the city, to meet
all requirements of this ordinance.
H.
Building sewer and trench specifications. The size, slope, alignment
and 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
Construction and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations
of the city. In the absence of code provisions or an amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and Water
Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9 shall
apply.
I.
Elevation of sewer; lifting of sewage. Whenever possible, the building
sewer shall be brought to the building at 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 by an approved means and discharged
to the building sewer.
J.
Prohibited connections. No person(s) shall make any connection of
roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, basement sump pump discharges,
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.
K.
Connection to a public sewer. The connection of the building sewer
into the public sewer conform to the requirements of the New Jersey
State Uniform Construction and Plumbing Codes or other applicable
rules and regulations of the city or the procedures set forth in appropriate
specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF 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 city before installation.
L.
Connection work. All work shall be performed by or under the immediate
supervision of a plumber duly licensed by the State of New Jersey.
The person so licensed to make such connection or opening shall comply
with and be responsible for the following:
(1)
All openings into any sewer shall be made carefully, without injuring
the same, and in accordance with State Uniform Construction Code standards.
(2)
No obstruction of any description whatsoever shall be left in the
connection.
(3)
Unless otherwise approved by the city, a minimum separation of 10
feet on-center shall be maintained between the house sanitary connection
and the house water service, and the waterline shall be at an elevation
18 inches higher than the sewer line if laid within 10 feet of the
sewer line.
(4)
Any damage or injuries that may occur to persons, animals or property
by reason of any opening in any street or right-of-way made by them
or those in their employ.
(5)
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the city
a minimum of 24 hours prior to when the building sewer is ready for
inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall
be made under the supervision of a plumber licensed by the State of
New Jersey. No work shall be covered until inspected by the city or
its representative. All excavations for building sewer installations
shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazards. Proper shoring shall be provided where necessary
to avoid cave-ins into trench excavations. In the event that water
conditions are encountered during trench excavations, a licensed plumber
shall provide suitable pumping equipment to ensure installation of
the house sanitary sewer under reasonably dry conditions. Said groundwater
is to be disposed of in storm drainage facilities. Under no circumstances
is groundwater to be disposed of in the sanitary sewers. At the time
of connection to a public sewer, any septic tanks, cesspools and similar
private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned, pumped out
and filled with suitable inert material. Under no circumstances shall
said sanitary water material be disposed of into city sanitary sewers.
(6)
All excavation shall be backfilled and compacted. In no case shall
boulders or rock layers be used for backfill within two feet of any
house sanitary sewer service connection. Where road pavement must
be cut it will be necessary to first secure a street opening permit
from the city. All requirements set forth in said permit shall constitute
part of this chapter. The licensee and owner of the land benefited
by the sewer connection shall be deemed to have accepted such permit
or the issuance of the same on condition that there will be full compliance
with the provisions of said section and that such persons will be
bound thereby.
(7)
Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the city.
M.
The provisions of the New Jersey State Uniform Construction Code
applicable to plumbing shall apply except as required as required
herein.
A.
Prohibited discharges to sanitary sewers.
(1)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer, except as permitted by the order of the city. Stormwater, other
than that exempted above, and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the city and other regulatory
agencies.
(2)
Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters may be discharged,
on approval of the city, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural
outlet.
(3)
Except as hereinafter provided, no person(s) shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any of the following described waters or waste to
any public sewers:
(a)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(b)
Any water or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process
and/or constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create a public
nuisance.
(c)
Any waters or wastes having pH lower than five point zero (5.0)
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewer works.
(d)
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as but not limited
to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, blood, paunch manure,
hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups and milk containers,
either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(e)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
twenty degrees Fahrenheit (120° F.).
(f)
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 milligrams
per liter (100 mg/l) by weight of fat, oil, wax or grease or containing
other substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between thirty-two and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (32°
and 150° F.).
(g)
Any garbage except properly shredded garbage. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(3/4) horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval
of the city.
(h)
Have a flash point lower than two hundred thirty-five degrees
Fahrenheit (235° F.) as determined by the Tagliabue (Tag) closed-cup
method.
(i)
Any ashes, cinders, stones, sand, mud, straw, shavings or sawdust,
metal, sticks, coarse rubbish, glass, rags, tar, feathers, plastics,
waste rubber, animal guts or tissues, entrails, blood, hair, hides,
wood, paunch manure or any other substance likely to damage, destroy
or cause an obstruction to the flow in any sewer or which may interfere
with the proper operation of the sewerage works.
(j)
Any waters, sewage or wastes having a pH higher than nine point
zero (9.0).
(k)
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic, poisonous or radioactive
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process or to constitute a hazard to humans, animals or
marine life, or create any hazard in the receiving waters. Radioactive
wastes or materials may be discharged into a public sewer if Conditions
I and II below are met and if either Condition III or IV is also met,
provided that such discharges are in compliance with applicable state
and federal regulations:
[1]
Condition I: Such wastes must be readily soluble or dispersible
in water.
[2]
Condition II: The gross quantity of all radioactive materials
so discharged must not exceed one curie per year.
[3]
Condition III: The daily quantity of any radioactive material,
if diluted by the average daily volume of sewage discharged into the
system from the installation, must not exceed the maximum concentrations
allowed by regulations of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
[4]
Condition IV: Daily quantities of radioactive materials up to
the maximum permitted by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
may be so discharged, provided that the total monthly quantities,
if diluted by the average monthly volume of sewage discharged from
the installation, do not exceed the concentration permissible under
Condition III above.
(l)
Any noxious, malodorous or taste-producing gas, vapor or substance,
such as phenols, capable of creating a public or private nuisance
or which may prove toxic to the sewage treatment processes or which
may exceed acceptable limits for discharge to receiving waters.
(m)
Materials which exert or cause:
[1]
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as but
not limited to Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues, or
of dissolved solids, such as but not limited to sodium chloride and
sodium sulfate.
[2]
Excessive discoloration such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions.
[3]
Unusual BOD, suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine
requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load
on the sewage treatment works.
[4]
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
slugs.
(n)
Water or wastes containing substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment process employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
(o)
Any substance prohibited by any federal, state, county or municipal
regulatory agency or governmental body, including but not limited
to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection, the Middlesex County Utilities Authority
or the city, as set forth or determined by the rules, regulations
or requirements of such regulatory agencies or bodies.
(p)
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(q)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc
and similar objectionable or toxic substances or wastes exerting an
excessive chlorine requirement to such degree that any such material
received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds
the limits established by the city for such materials.
(r)
Wastewater from industrial plants containing flotable oils,
fat or grease.
(s)
Wastewater containing more than 25 milligrams per liter of petroleum
oil, nonbiogradable cutting oils or products of mineral oil origin.
(t)
Any water or wastes which, by interaction with other water or
wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form suspended
solids which interfere with the collection system or create a condition
deleterious to structures and treatment processes.
A.
Pretreatment requirements.
(1)
If any waters or wastes are discharged or proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Article II, Section 127-5A, or which may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the city may:
(a)
Reject the waters and/or wastes;
(b)
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge
to the public sewers;
(c)
Require control over the quantities, concentration and/or rates
of discharge; and/or
(d)
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating
the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer use charges.
(2)
When considering the above alternatives, the city shall give consideration
to the economic impact of each alternative on the discharger.
B.
Pretreatment approval. If the city permits the pretreatment or equalization
of waste flows, the design and installation of the pretreatment works
shall be subject to the review and approval of the city and of any
or all regulatory agencies having jurisdiction, and no construction
of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained
in writing.
C.
Determination of exclusion of wastes. In determining whether waste
discharged or proposed to be discharged into any public sewer is to
be excluded, consideration will be given to the quantity, time or
times, rate and manner of discharge, dilution, character of the waste
in question, the size of the sewer into which the waste is to be discharged,
the probable quantity of sewage or other wastes likely in said sewer
and other pertinent facts. Minute quantities of a waste which would
be objectionable in large quantity may be accepted if sufficiently
diluted when and as discharged, or if the quantity discharged is small
as compared with the flow in the receiving sewer; but any permission
to discharge minute quantities of an otherwise excluded waste shall
be revocable at any time by the city.
D.
Pretreatment facilities and interceptors.
(1)
At all premises where wastes or substances specified to be excluded
from public sewers by these regulations are present and liable to
be discharged directly or indirectly into said sewers, suitable and
sufficient piping layouts, oil, grease, sand and flammable waste traps
or separators, screens, settling tanks, diluting devices, storage
or regulating chambers, treatment, cooling or other equipment and
devices shall be provided. These shall be maintained and properly
operated by the owner(s) of the premises or his agent at his expense
to ensure that no waste or substance is discharged in violation of
the requirements of these regulations.
(2)
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the
opinion of the city, they are necessary for the proper handling of
liquid wastes containing grease or any flammable wastes, sand or other
harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by the city and shall be located
as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
In the maintenance of these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible
for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured
material and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal
which are subject to review by the city.
E.
On premises where wastes or substances specified to be excluded from
public sewers are present, the city may require the owner to provide,
operate and maintain at his expense a sampling well or wells, device(s),
manholes or other appurtenances, all readily accessible on the building
sewer or drain from said premises near the point where said sewer
or drain connects to the public sewer. By means of said sampling well
or wells, flow-measuring devices or other appurtenances, the city
or any public officer having legal jurisdiction may secure samples
of or examine the waste being discharged into the public sewer for
the purpose of determining compliance or noncompliance with the requirements
of these regulations.
F.
The city shall have the right to enter and inspect any part of the
premises served by public sewers upon which there may be reason to
believe that violations of the requirements of these regulations have
occurred or are likely to occur, for the purpose of ascertaining the
facts to such violations or suspected violation or of obtaining samples
of wastes or of inspecting flow-measuring devices or treatment facilities
provided to prevent prohibited discharges.
G.
Class B users.
(1)
The city shall require a Class B user to provide information needed
to determine compliance with this chapter. These requirements shall
include:
(a)
Sewage peak rate and volume over a specified time period.
(b)
Chemical analyses of wastewaters.
(c)
Information on raw materials, processes and products affecting
wastewater volume and quality.
(d)
Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge, oil, solvent
or other materials important to sewer use control.
(e)
A plot plan of sewers of the user's property showing sewer and
pretreatment facility location.
(f)
Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
(g)
Details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials
through spills to the municipal sewer.
A.
Standards of measurement. All measurements, test and analyses of
the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made
in this Article shall be determined in accordance with the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be
determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples
taken at said 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. Sampling shall be carried out by
customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents
upon the treatment works and to determine the existence of hazards
to life, limb and property. The particular analyses involved will
determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls of
a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should
be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses
are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls, whereas
pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.
B.
Excluded waste prohibited in storm sewers. No wastewaters or substances
which are excluded from sanitary sewers shall be discharged into any
storm sewer.
C.
Violations and penalties.
(1)
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter except Article II, Section 127-4D, shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(2)
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Article II, Subsection C(1) hereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Each day in which any violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
(3)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
become liable to the city for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
the city by reason of such violation.
D.
Severability and repealer. If any section, clause, sentence or provision
of this chapter shall be adjudged invalid or unenforceable, such adjudication
shall not affect the validity of any other provision thereof, but
any other provisions shall be deemed valid and effective and shall
remain in full force and effect. All ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
