[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 et seq., including N.J.S.A. 58:11-36,
there is hereby adopted N.J.A.C. 7:9A, Standards for Individual Subsurface
Sewage Disposal Systems.
No person shall locate, construct, or alter any individual sewage
disposal system nor shall a completed or altered system be backfilled
without the approval of the Health Department.
A. The Health Department shall examine
all applications for permits and approve or deny, in whole or in part,
the application within 20 business days. If the application is denied
in whole or in part, the Health Department shall set forth the reason
therefor in writing. If the Health Department fails to grant, in whole
or in part, or deny an application within 20 days, such failure shall
be deemed a denial of the application for the purposes of an appeal
as provided by law, unless such period of time has been extended with
the consent of the applicant.
B. Suspension of permit. Any permit
issued shall become invalid if the authorized work is not commenced
within nine months after the issuance of the permit or completed within
one year after the issuance of the permit. The Health Department may
consider an extension beyond the one-year period completion date provided
an application is made in writing prior to the termination of the
one-year period explaining the reason for the delay. Said extension,
if granted, shall not exceed three months commencing from the original
date of termination.
C. Approved plans. The Department
of Health shall stamp or endorse in writing the approved plans. One
set of approved plans shall be retained by the Department of Health
and the other set shall be kept on the construction site open to inspection
to the Health Department or its authorized representative at all reasonable
times.
D. Revocation of permits. The Health
Department may revoke a permit or approval issued under the provision
of this chapter in case of any false statement or misrepresentation
of fact in the application or on the plans on which the permit or
approval was based.
E. Posting of permit. A true copy
of the permit shall be kept on the site of operations open to inspection
during the entire time of prosecution of the work and until the completion
of the same.
F. Notice of start. At least 24 hours'
notice of start of work under a sanitary permit shall be given to
the Health Department.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
G. Conditions of permit. The issuance
of the sanitary permit shall be conditioned upon the following:
(1) The payment of appropriate
fees.
(2) That work will conform to
the approved application, plans and specifications on which the permit
has been issued, including prior approvals and amendments thereto.
(3) That the permit is a license
to proceed with the work and shall not be construed as authority to
violate, cancel or set aside any of the provisions of the regulations.
(4) That the owner, his agent,
contractor or other employees will assist the enforcing agency in
its inspection work, if requested.
[Amended 9-24-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-21]
There shall be a fee established pursuant to this chapter as
follows:
A. For the filing of an application and plans for a permit to locate, construct, alter, or repair an individual sewage disposal system, as provided in Chapter
152, Fees.
B. For the filing of an application and plans for a permit to repair a baffle, connecting pipe, or distribution box of an individual sewage disposal system, as provided in Chapter
152, Fees.
C. For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal system or part thereof, caused by the failure of the permittee to locate and construct or alter the same in accordance with the terms of the permit issued or the terms of the code adopted by this chapter, an inspection fee as provided in Chapter
152, Fees, shall be charged.
New individual sewage disposal systems shall not be placed in
operation, nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions thereto
be sold or occupied which must rely on such a system for sewage disposal,
until the Health Department shall have issued a certificate indicating
that such disposal system has been located and constructed in compliance
with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the code
adopted by this chapter. Issuance of such certificate shall be required
for alterations to an existing individual sewage disposal system.
No person shall own or operate an individual sewage disposal
system which is designed, constructed, or located in a manner that
will permit the discharge of an effluent onto the surface of the ground
or into any watercourse.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Any person or corporation violating any provision of this chapter
shall be liable to a penalty of $200 for each offense and an additional
penalty of $25 for each day of continuance of violation after notice
of the violation shall have been given to such person or corporation
by the State Department of Environmental Protection or the Township
Board of Health, to be collected and enforced by summary proceedings
for the collection of penalties pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement
Law, N.J.S.A. 2A:58-10 et seq.