Prior ordinance history includes portions of 1973 Code
§§ 10:1-1 through 10:1-26, 10:1-30-10:1-36, 10:1-38,
10:1-39, 10:2-1-10:2-12 and Ordinances 11-10-77, 12-11-80, 3-12-81,
4-15-82, 12-11-86, 2-9-89, 6-11-92 and 2-10-94.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Shall mean the quantity of dissolved oxygen (in milligrams
per liter, mg/l) required during stabilization of decomposable organic
matter by aerobic biochemical action as determined by analytical procedures
set forth in the "Manual of Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water
and Wastes" (USEPA, Office of Technology Transfer, Washington, D.C.,
March 1983).
Shall mean the extension from the building or dwelling drain
to the public sewerage system.
Shall mean the person duly appointed to and occupying such
position in the Township.
Shall mean a sample consisting of several effluent portions
collected during a specific time period and combined to make a representative
sample.
Shall mean the water discharged from any system of condensation,
air conditioning, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain
no polluting substances which would produce BOD, or suspended solids
in excess of 10 mg/l by weight or toxic substances as limited elsewhere
herein.
Shall mean the liquid waste or liquid borne wastes which
result from the discharge of household wastes from residential bathrooms,
toilet facilities, home laundries and kitchens, which are predominantly
the result of human waste elimination associated with bodily function
and food preparation.
Shall mean the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Shall mean the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
of 1972." (Public law 92-500; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq.) including any
substantive amendments.
Shall mean a single sample collected at a particular time
and place.
Shall mean any pipe together with necessary connections,
conveying sewage from a single building of any kind or sort to the
public sewerage system.
Shall mean nondomestic waste, including but not limited to
those pollutants regulated under Section 309(a), (b), or (c) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Shall mean (1) inhibiting or disrupting the operation of
the public sewerage system or its treatment so as to contribute to,
or cause a violation of any condition of a State or Federal permit
under which the public sewerage system operates; or (2) discharging
industrial process wastewater which in combination with existing domestic
flows are of such volume and/or strength as to exceed the design capacity
of the public sewerage system.
Shall mean the body politic and corporate organized and existing
under the New Jersey Utilities Authority Law and created by virtue
of a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of
the County of Middlesex, New Jersey.
Shall mean the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Shall mean sewage, industrial waste or other waste which,
when analyzed show by weight the following characteristics:
Shall mean a body politic and corporate organized and existing
under the New Jersey Sewerage Authority Law and created by virtue
of parallel ordinances duly adopted in the calendar year 1995 by the
respective bodies of the Borough of Dunellen, Borough of Fanwood,
Township of Green Brook, Borough of North Plainfield, City of Plainfield,
Township of Scotch Plains, Borough of South Plainfield and Borough
of Watchung.
Shall mean the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration
in moles per liter. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity
of the pH scale running from 0.0 to 14.0. A pH value of 7.0, the midpoint
of the scale, represents neutrality. Values below 7.0 represent acid
concentrations. Values above 7.0 represent alkaline conditions.
Shall mean all pipes, structures and appurtenances owned
or maintained by the Township of Green Brook.
See Wastewater.
Shall mean a pipe or conduit for conveying sewage.
Shall mean any sewer, pipe, line, structure or appurtenances
used for the conveyance of domestic or industrial waste of a liquid
nature, whether forced or by gravity, which: 1) will extend along
an easement, roadway, or right of way; 2) conveys flows from two or
more buildings; or 3) conveys 8,000 gallons per day or more sewage
flow determined in accordance with the criteria specified in N.J.A.C.
7:14A-23.3. This includes all sewer lines from a single building if
the building utilizes more than one sewer line to convey waste to
the sewer system and die aggregate waste flow is 8,000 gallons per
day or more.
Shall mean a body politic and corporate organized and existing
under the New Jersey Sewerage Authority Law and created in calendar
year 1958 by virtue of an agreement entitled, "The 1958 Service Agreement",
executed by and among the respective bodies of the Township of Bridgewater,
the Borough of Raritan, the Borough of Somerville, the Township of
Branchburg, the Hillsborough Township Municipal Utilities Authority,
the Township of Green Brook, the Township of Warren Sewerage Authority,
the Borough of Manville, the American Cyanamid Company, and the National
Starch and Chemical Corporation.
Shall mean the "New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act" N.J.S.A.
58:10A-1 et. seq., and any amendments thereto.
Shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters
and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial waste other than
cooling waters and other unpolluted waters.
Shall mean the total non-filterable residue as determined
by analytical procedures set forth in the "Manual of Methods for Chemical
Analysis of Water and Wastes" (USEPA, Office of Technology Transfer,
Washington, D.C., March 1983).
Shall mean an approval issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:10A-6
and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23, or pursuant to former N.J.S.A. 58:12-3.
Shall mean any person who discharges wastewater into the
Public Sewerage System.
Shall mean any wastes, including wastes from humans, households,
commercial establishments, industries, and storm water runoff, that
are discharged to or otherwise enter the public sewerage system.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
No connection of any kind or nature shall be made to the sanitary
sewer system until the owner of the property sought to be connected
shall have obtained a sewer service form from the Construction Official
and shall have paid the charge therefor as hereinafter set forth in
this section. Such form shall state the name of the owner, the street
and number of the premises to be connected, and the tax map lot and
block of such premises, and shall contain such other information as
may be required by the Township.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Prior to the issuance of a permit to connect to the sanitary
sewer of the Township, the owner of the property to be connected shall
pay to the Township Clerk the sewer service connection charge, which
shall be payable only one time for a single connection. The connection
fee shall be established on an annual basis by resolution of the Township
Committee. Said connection charge shall be used to offset non-assessable
costs of the sewer, as specifically set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Whenever an owner of property hereafter seeks to connect to the sanitary sewer system of this Township, and the property to be connected is (a) within an area of the Township included in an ordinance or contract under which sanitary sewers were constructed as a local improvement assessed against properties specially benefited thereby, and (b) the particular property sought to be connected was not specially assessed for the benefit of the sewers (whether by reason of not having been a separate lot at the time of such assessment, or for any other reason), then, in addition to the connection fee set forth in subsection 13-1.3, the owner shall pay the following fee:
a.
Where the particular property sought to be connected is a single
lot, involving connection directly to an interceptor or lateral sewer,
a sum equal to the assessment levied upon neighboring properties which
were assessed under the ordinance or contract for the area in which
the proposed connection is to be made, together with interest at the
rate of 4% per annum on such sum computed from February 1 next following
the date of confirmation of such assessment; or
b.
Where the particular property is part of a subdivision of lands made
after the confirmation of the assessments for neighboring properties
which were assessed under an ordinance or contract for the area in
which the proposed connection is to be made, and which subdivision
includes the construction, of any, internal sewer system to connect
to an interceptor or lateral sewer, a sum determined by resolution
of the Township Committee, which shall take into consideration the
amount of the assessment levied upon such neighboring properties;
the costs to the developer of installing the new internal sewer system
in the development, and the number of properties included within the
subdivision; in no event, however, shall such sum, for any single
lot within the subdivision, exceed the amount for a single lot computed
under paragraph above.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
In addition to the sewer service form, which grants permission
to make a connection, the owner of the property shall obtain a plumbing
permit from the Construction Official.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
a.
The Plumbing Subcode Official is the designated official authorized
to inspect the building sewer installation between the building and
the Township right-of-way.
b.
The Township Engineer or his designated representative, shall perform
the inspections required under this section involving connections
to the sanitary sewer system; it being specifically understood that
the house plumbing system is not part of this section.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer or house connection shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the Township from any loss or damage that
may indirectly or directly be occasioned by the installation of the
building sewer or house connection.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
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 sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway.
The building sewer from the front of the building may be extended
to the rear of the building utilizing a pipe of no less than six inches
in diameter.
No building connection shall be made to a manhole on the sewer
system.
Common sanitary sewer service may be permitted for multifamily
housing where there is an entity such as a homeowner's association
that is responsible for maintenance of the common laterals.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Old building sewers or house connections may be used in connection
with new building only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Township or its duly authorized representatives to meet all
of the requirements of this section.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
In addition to the requirements of this section where the applicant
for the permit must connect to a public sewer discharging into the
sewerage system of an adjacent municipality or Governing Body, the
provisions of any ordinance or ordinances, rules, and regulations
of such municipality or Governing Body concerning the connection to
a public sewer shall govern and apply, as well as the applicable terms
of any agreement in connection therewith entered into between this
Township and such adjoining municipality or Governing Body.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
All permits for connections with public sewers are given a condition
that the owners of the property served assume all risks of damages
that may result from Wastewater gathering into the premises from the
public sewers or their connections: Any drain subject to backflow
or back pressure may be equipped with an approved type backwater valve
as approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
a.
Oil and Sand Interceptors. Oil and sand interceptors shall be installed
in commercial and industrial facilities when, in the opinion of the
Township Engineer and/or Board of Health, they are necessary for the
proper handling of liquid wastes. No washings from vehicles of any
type shall be admitted to the sewer system except through an oil and
sand interceptor. All interceptors shall conform to the applicable
standards for oil and sand interceptors set forth in the National
Standard Plumbing Code and shall be located as to be readily and easily
accessible for cleaning and inspection.
b.
Grease Interceptors. Restaurants, cafeterias, institutional kitchens
and other installations discharging large quantities of grease shall
use a grease interceptor. A garbage grinder shall not be used when
a grease interceptor is required. The grease interceptor shall be
installed in a separate line serving that part of the plumbing system
into which the grease will be discharged. Grease interceptors shall
be located, designed and constructed in a manner that will permit
easy access and cleaning.
1.
Standards Applicable to Existing Facilities. Existing facilities
shall have installed grease interceptors which conform to the applicable
standards for grease interceptors set forth in the National Standard
Plumbing Code. In addition, in order to identify those grease interceptors
which are malfunctioning or of a capacity or design inadequate to
properly intercept the grease discharged, the Board of Health shall
require monitoring points to be installed on the premises of all existing
facilities. The Board of Health shall notify in writing all property
owners who shall be required to install said monitoring points. Said
monitoring points shall be installed within 120 days of receipt of
the Board of Health's written notification.
The monitoring points shall consist of clean outs or sight tees
extended to be flush with the existing grade at a point on the premises
as near to the sanitary sewer main as possible. "Wye" fittings may
not be used for monitoring points. Where multiple tenants have separate
laterals connecting to the sewer main, monitoring points shall be
installed for each individual facility to which this chapter applies.
Monitoring points with a depth of four feet or less shall have a minimum
diameter of four inches. Monitoring points with a depth of more than
four feet shall have a minimum diameter of six inches. The cover of
the clean outs shall be metallic where the top of the clean out is
in pavement, sidewalk or other area subject to vehicle or pedestrian
traffic.
The Health Officer shall take random samples from the monitoring
points at various times through the year. Access to the monitoring
points shall be kept reasonably open to the Health Officer in order
for samples to be taken. If the Health Officer determines from the
samples taken that any grease interceptor is malfunctioning or of
inadequate design or capacity, he shall notify the property owner
of the malfunction or deficiency, which measures may include the installation
of a grease interceptor meeting the standards set forth in paragraph
b,2 below.
Existing facility as that term is used herein shall mean a restaurant,
cafeteria, institutional kitchen or other installation discharging
large quantities of grease that is operating as such at the time of
passage of this subsection.
[Adopted December 21, 1998]
2.
Standards Applicable to New or Altered Facilities. The following
standards shall apply to new or altered facilities as follows:
(a)
Restaurants. The following equation shall be used to determine
the minimum size required for grease interceptors serving restaurants:
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Q = (D) x (HR/2) x (12.5) x (0.5),
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Where:
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Q
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=
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size of grease interceptor in gallons;
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D
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=
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number of seats in dining area;
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HR
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=
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number of hours open per day; and
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(b)
Cafeterias and institutional kitchens. The following equation
shall be used to determine the minimum size required for grease interceptors
serving cafeterias and institutional kitchens:
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Q = (M) x (11.25) x (LF),
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Where:
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Q
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=
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size of grease interceptor in gallons;
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M
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=
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total number of meals served per day; and
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LF
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=
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loading factors depending on type of facilities present:
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1.0 with dishwashing
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0.5 without dishwashing
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In no case shall a grease interceptor serving a new or altered
facility be smaller than 750 gallons in capacity. The minimum requirement
for construction, materials and foundations of grease interceptors
shall be the same as those required for septic tanks, as prescribed
in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-8.2. The inlet and outlet of the grease interceptor
shall be provided with "T" baffles extending to a depth of 12 inches
above the tank floor and well above the liquid level. To facilitate
maintenance, manholes extending to finished grade shall be provided.
Covers shall be of gas-tight construction and shall be designed to
withstand expected loads and prevent access by children.
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New facility as that term is used herein shall mean any proposed
new restaurant, cafeteria, institutional kitchen or other installation
discharging large quantities of grease.
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Altered facility as that term is used herein shall mean a restaurant
cafeteria, institutional kitchen or other installation discharging
large quantities of grease which is remodeled, renovated, reconstructed
or modified, which remodeling, renovation, reconstruction or modification
requires any change in the physical configuration of an existing grease
interceptor or any of its component parts, including replacement,
modification, addition or removal of system components such that there
will be a change in the location, design, construction, installation,
size, capacity, type or number of one or more components.
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3.
Penalties. Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this
subsection, upon conviction therefor, shall be liable to a penalty
of no less than $1,000 and no more than $10,000. Each day a particular
violation continues shall constitute a separate offense for which
a penalty may be imposed.
4.
Maintenance of Interceptors. Where installed, all grease, oil and
sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense,
in continuously efficient operation at all times. The owner shall
maintain a written log of the dates of inspection, dates of cleaning,
and amount of material removed. Copies of the reports shall be submitted
to the Township twice a year, before July 1st and January 1st.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
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. No. 98-641]
Except as herein provided, no person shall permit to be discharged
or discharge any of the following described wastes to or in any public
sewer:
a.
Oil and Grease. (1) Oil and grease, in concentrations or amounts
violating either EPA, NJDEP or MCUA regulations including petroleum
based hydrocarbons as determined by silica gel absorption; (2) wastewater
containing floatable fats, wax, grease, or oil; (3) total fats, wax,
grease, or oil in a concentration of more than 100 mg/l unless otherwise
specifically permitted by the Authority, whether emulsified or not,
or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between 32° and 150° F. (0° and 65° C.) at the point
of discharge into the public sewerage system.
b.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
or 65° C.
c.
Explosive and/or Flammable Mixtures. Liquids, solids or gases which
by reason of their nature or quantity are or may be sufficient to,
either alone or by interaction with other substances, cause fire or
explosion or be injurious in any other way to the Public Sewerage
System or to its operation. At no time shall two successive readings
on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the Public
Sewerage System, be more than 5% nor any single reading over 10% of
the Lower Explosive Limit (LEL) of the meter. This category of materials
includes, but is not limited to: gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene,
toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketone, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates,
perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides.
d.
Noxious Materials. Pollutants which are, either singly or by interaction
with other wastes, malodorous, capable of creating a public nuisance
or hazard to life or health, or present in sufficient concentrations
to prevent entry into or maintenance and repair of the Public Sewerage
System.
e.
Radioactive Wastes. Radioactive wastes of such half-life or concentrations
as may exceed limits established by EPA, NJDEP, MCUA or Authority
regulations.
f.
Solid or Viscous Wastes. Solid or viscous wastes which will or may
cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer, or otherwise interfere with
the proper operation of the public sewerage system. Prohibited materials
include, but are not limited to: grease, improperly shredded garbage,
animal guts or tissues, diseased human organs or tissue fluids, paunch
manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers,
ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass,
straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops,
waste paper, wood, plastic, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining
or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, and similar substances.
g.
Excessive Discharge. Wastewater at a flow rate that exceeds for any
time period longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
daily flow rate of the User during normal operation, or containing
such concentrations or quantities of pollutants that would cause a
treatment process upset and subsequent loss of treatment efficiency.
h.
Toxic Pollutants. Any toxic pollutant in an amount exceeding standards
promulgated by the Administrator of the EPA pursuant to the Federal
Act; by the NJDEP pursuant to the State Act or by the MCUA or the
Authority, including, but not limited to, those listed in Tables II
through VI in Appendix B to NJPDES Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1 et
seq.).
i.
Stormwater. Stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof run-off,
subsurface drainage.
j.
Discolored Materials. Wastes with color not removable by the treatment
works.
k.
Substances Interfering with Sludge Management. Any substance which
may cause the Authority or MCUA to be in noncompliance with sludge
use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under
Section 405 of the Federal Act; or any criteria, guidelines, or regulations
affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act,
or the "New Jersey Guidelines for the Utilization and Disposal of
Municipal and Industrial Sludge and Septage."
l.
Corrosive Wastes. Any waste which will cause corrosion or deterioration
of the public sewerage system; all wastes discharged to the public
sewerage system must have a pH value in the range of 5 to 9.5 standard
units; prohibited materials include, but are not limited to: acids,
alkalies, sulfides, concentrated chloride and fluoride compounds,
and substances which will react with water to form acidic or alkaline
products.
m.
Heat. Heat in amounts which will result in interference or cause
damage, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature
exceeds 65° C. (150° F.) at the public sewerage system and
40° C. (104° F.) at the Treatment Plant.
n.
Uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted waters resulting from
industrial processes or otherwise, unless specifically authorized.
o.
Medical wastes, hazardous wastes, dilution water or detergent and/or
other waste which may result, in the opinion of the Authority, in
interference with the public sewerage system or in the creating of
toxic gases, vapors or fumes in the public sewerage system.
p.
Any waste, liquid, solid or other substance, the discharge of which
is prohibited by any Federal or State regulation; MCUA, SRVSA, or
PARSA requirements and limitations. In any case where any one of the
above referenced agencies' requirements or limitations is more
stringent that the others, the more stringent requirement or limitation
shall apply.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Pretreatment facilities shall be maintained in good working
order and operated efficiently by the owner or operator at his/her
own cost and expense, subject to the requirements of these rules and
regulations, the MCUA and all other applicable local, state and federal
codes, ordinances, and laws.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
In case of accidental discharge, or if for any reason a user
does not comply or will be unable to comply with any prohibition or
limitation in these rules and regulations, the user shall immediately
telephone the Township, Board of Health, and any other regulating
agency of the incident. The notification shall include the location
of discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume, and corrective
action being taken to prevent the discharge. Within five days following
an accidental or noncomplying discharge, the user shall submit to
the Township a detailed written report describing the date, time and
cause of the discharge, the quantity and characteristics of the discharge
and corrective action taken at the time of the discharge, and the
measures to be taken by the user to prevent similar future occurrences.
Such notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss,
damage, or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage
to the public sewerage system, fish kills, or any other damage to
person or property; nor shall such notification relieve the User of
any criminal penalties, fines, civil penalties, or other liability
which may be imposed by these rules and regulations or other applicable
law.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
When required by the Township, the owner of any property served
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole in the building connection to facilitate observation,
sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Township 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. No. 98-641]
a.
Representative Sampling Point. If requested by the Township any and/or
all Nondomestic Users proposing to connect to or continue to discharge
to the public sewerage system or any sewer tributary thereto shall
construct and make available to the Township a sampling point from
which representative samples of the facility's discharge may
be collected at the expense of the owner or operator. This point must
be available to the Township for purposes of conducting sampling,
inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations.
b.
Compliance Determination. Compliance determinations by the Township
with respect to subsection 13-1.11 and limitations, shall be made
on the basis of either instantaneous grab samples or twenty-four-hour
composite samples of wastewater, or such other means as may be determined
by the Township.
c.
Analysis of Wastewaters. Laboratory analysis of wastewater samples
shall be performed in accordance with EPA "Guidelines Establishing
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants," published in the
Federal Register, Vol. 41, No. 232, December 1, 1976, and subsequent
revisions. Analysis of those pollutants not covered by the publications
referred to herein shall be performed in accordance with procedures
approved by the NJDEP.
d.
Sampling Frequency. Sampling of wastewater for the purpose of compliance
determinations with respect to Article V prohibitions and limitations
will be done at such intervals as the Authority, MCUA, NJDEP or EPA
may deem appropriate.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
a.
The planning, design, construction, installation, modification and
operation of any sanitary sewer shall be in accordance with the applicable
NJDEPE rules implementing the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act
(N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq.) and the New Jersey Water Quality Planning
Act (N.J.S.A. 58:11A-1 et seq.).
b.
House and building sewers shall be laid and constructed as not to
be damaged by any action occurring on the surface above same, such
as the passage of motor vehicles over such surface.
c.
The building sewer shall be designed so that the discharge pipe leaves
the basement of a normal building a minimum of six inches above the
basement floor measured from the underside of the sewer pipe. No floor
drains or other openings are permitted in which cellar water may be
admitted to the sewer system.
d.
All sewers shall be designed to meet the NJDEP slope standards at
N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.6(b).
e.
No two house or building sewers shall be closer than three feet apart
at any part of connection to the sewer system.
f.
Size, Grade, and Line. No house connection shall be less than four
inches for a single family residence or less than six inches for a
multi-family residence. Each house sewer shall be laid on a straight
line, if possible, on an even grade.
g.
Connections, Joints, and Materials. All house or building sewer connections
shall be made of SDR 35 or 40 PVC sewer pipe with bell and spigot
ends and 0-ring rubber gasketed joints. Bedding shall be a minimum
of six inches thickness of 3/4 inches clean stone and a minimum cover
of 12 inches clean stone. All sewers shall be constructed a minimum
of three feet below grade to prevent freezing. For sewers constructed
beneath a paved section of a public roadway, backfill material shall
be soil aggregate designation 1-5 compacted to 95 inches density and
installed in six inches lifts.
When installing to an existing main, saddles may be used. An
inspection riser shall be installed in the lateral between the edge
of the pavement and the property line at a location to be determined
by the Township Engineer. The inspection risers shall be fitted with
a metallic cap or a nonmetal cap fitted with a metallic plug that
is suitable for locating the riser. Caps shall have a depressed or
inverted nut.
h.
Examination and Backfill. No house connection shall be covered until
so ordered by the Plumbing Inspector. Any part of the work which may
have been covered without previously obtaining the consent of the
Plumbing Inspector shall be uncovered for his examination. Any backfill
occurring with a public right-of-way which was subject to a road opening
permit shall be inspected jointly with the Township Engineer.
i.
As built drawings that include the location of the sewer connection
from the main as measured from the closest manhole, and the location
and depth of the house sewer cleanout shall be prepared and submitted
to the Township prior to approval of the connection.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
The right is reserved by the Township 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 Township, PARSA, the Middlesex County Utilities Authority,
or SRVSA. The Township 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. No. 98-641]
It shall be unlawful for any person to break, damage, destroy,
uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment
which is part of the sewer system including house connections, except
pursuant to the provisions of this section.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
a.
Exclusive of the violations imposed under subsection 13-1.12b which shall be covered by paragraph b, 3. thereunder, any person or persons, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to the General Penalty established in Chapter 1, Section 1-5 of this Code.
b.
The penalties stated in paragraph a above shall not preclude the
rights of the Township to remove or sever any connection, as provided
herein, or to revoke to suspend any permit or license, as provided
herein or under any other applicable ordinance or code of this Township
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 Township in
maintaining or using the system.
c.
The owner of a building or structure or portion thereof, or any lot
or land or part thereof, or of the premises where anything in violation
of this section shall be done or shall exist, and any engineer, builder,
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.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Written notice of proposed discontinuance of service and the
reasons therefor must be given, within 10 days prior to the date of
discontinuance, to the owner of record of the property. In the event
that notice is provided by mail, the notice requirements shall be
satisfied if the mailing is made to the last known address of the
owner of record and is postmarked at least 10 days prior to the date
of discontinuance.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
The Plumbing Inspector, Township Engineer or his designated
representative, and Health Officer and any other duly authorized employee
of the Township bearing proper credentials and identification shell
be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurements, sampling, and testing at any reasonable
hour, in accordance with the provisions of this section. The use of
sewerage facilities to any property may be discontinued if the owner,
lessee, or other user of that property opposes or obstructs the official
in the performance of their duties (ref. N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-19).
[Ord. No. 98-641]
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 Township shall comply with and abide by any
and all present or future regulations and requirements, of the NJDEP,
the Board of Health of the Township, and where applicable, the Middlesex
County Utilities Authority, the Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage
Authority; and where 'the regulations or requirements of the
State Department DEPE, local Board of Health, Sewerage Authority,
PARSA where applicable, are more restrictive than the restrictions
in this section, such regulations or requirements of any or all of
the bodies shall control.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
The Township Committee may pass by resolution or ordinance an
intention to undertake and finance the construction of sewerage facilities
as a local improvement assessment on real property located within
the municipality. Said intention shall be noticed by advertising in
one or more responses of general circulation in the Township, and
by notifying each concerned property owner by certified mail. The
notice shell fix a date, time, and place for a public hearing on the
proposed action; except that the date of the hearing shall not be
earlier than two weeks after the making of notice to concerned property
owners. If, after the hearing, the Township decides to carry out the
proposed improvements, an ordinance or resolution shall be adopted
declaring the determination.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Upon completion of the improvements made pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40A:26A-13, the Township shall assess the costs and expenses of the
sewerage facilities on the lands specially benefited therefrom in
proportion to the benefits received.
When completed the assessments shall be filed as a report with
the Clerk of the Township who shall give notice, by advertising in
one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Township, and
by notifying each concerned property owner by certified mail, of the
fact that the report has been filed and that the Township will meet
at a time and place designated in the notice to hear remonstrances
and may revise the report as may be deemed appropriate after which
the report shall be filed with the Township Clerk, and the assessments
shall constitute liens upon the lands so assessed or special benefits.
The Township Clerk shall deliver a duplicate copy of the report
to the Township Tax Collector who shall immediately thereafter send
out by mail or deliver to owners of lands bills for the assessments.
The Officer shall mail or deliver bills for an assessment in the manner
required in connection with local improvements and shall keep a record
and books of assessments in the same manner required for local improvements
under N.J.S.A. 40:56-31, at the expense of the local Township.
The Township unit may, by resolution, provide that the owner of any real estate located within the local unit upon which local improvement assessment has been made may pay the assessment in installations pursuant to the procedures contained in N.J.S.A. 40:56-35 for collection thereof remain in arrears on July 4 of the calendar year following the calendar year when the amount becomes in arrears, the appropriate officer of the local unit shall enforce the lien by selling the property in the manner set forth in chapter 5 Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
There is hereby created and established within the Township
of Green Brook, in the County of Somerset, State of New Jersey, a
sewer utility, which shall be known as Green Brook Sewer Utility.
Said sewer utility shall be under the control and management of the
Township Committee of said Township of Green Brook. Said sewer utility
shall include all those lands and premises in the Township of Green
Brook which are served by, or within areas of being served by, sanitary
sewers.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
All future revenue and accounting therefor from the sewer utility
shall be on a dedicated utility basis pursuant to the New Jersey Statutes,
as in such cases made and provided, and all funds derived from the
operation of the sewer utility and any other funds applicable to the
support therefor shall be segregated and kept in a separate fund which
shall be known as "Sewer Utility Fund." All disbursements for the
operation and maintenance of the sewer utility shall be taken from
the Sewer Utility Fund.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Appropriations shall be provided in future budgets for operating
expenses, capital improvements, debt service for the payment of all
sanitary sewer bonds, principal and interest, and all other deferred
charges and statutory expenditures as provided by law; excepting local
improvement assessments by specific ordinances pertaining to construction
of collector systems when constructed by local assessment ordinances.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
b.
Annual charges for use shall be established by resolution of the
Township Committee, and may be revised from time to time. Charges
shall be consistent for properties similarly situated and involving
sewering through facilities in the same adjacent municipality, but
may differ from the method of charging properties which connect through
a different sewerage utilities authority. (In other words, all properties
involving a contract with the Borough of Watchung shall be charged
in a consistent manner, but the charge for such properties may be
calculated differently, and the annual charges may differ from charges
for properties involving a contract with the Township of Warren Sewerage
Authority, or PARSA, as the case may be.) The annual charge shall
be sufficient to recover the charge made to the Township by the receiving
municipality and administration costs.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
The sewer user charges herein set forth shall apply to all sewer
connections in the Township of Green Brook.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
a.
Residential, including all private, domestic dwellings.
b.
Industrial, including all users which discharge the equivalent of
25,000 gallons or more of wastewater per day.
c.
Commercial and small Industrial, including all nondomestic, nongovernmental
users discharging less than 25,000 gallons of wastewater per day.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
a.
At least once a year, the Township Committee shall review and revise,
as necessary, sewer use and sewer user charges and shall establish
schedule of charges by (A) location of the user with the relation
to charges made to the Township by other municipalities or entities,
(as set in paragraph b below); and (B) by user class, type of use,
flow, biochemical oxygen demand (B.O.D.), suspended solids (S.S.),
chlorine demand (C.D.), and such other criteria as the Township Committee
shall deem appropriate.
b.
Any charges so established shall, at a minimum, provide for the equitable
distribution of applicable charges to the Township, by the Middlesex
County Utilities Authority (MCUA), the Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage
Authority (PARSA), the Somerset-Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority,
the Borough of Watchung, the Borough of North Plainfield, or any other
municipality or public entity, as may be applicable to the particular
user, for operations and maintenance costs or other fees or charges.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
All calculations of flow for nonresidential users shall be based
upon the Projected Flow Criteria as established by the NJDEP and promulgated
in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3. Actual water use readings may be used in lieu
of calculated flow provided the uses can provide one year actual water
usage data and same is increased by 40%.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Any extraneous flows 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
(not identifiable as being infiltration or inflow caused by a specific
user), shall be charged to all users connected to the main exhibiting
the extraneous flow, proportionately.
Any extraneous flows which can be identified to a particular
user shall be considered prohibited wastes and enforceable under subsection
13-1.17. Said identified user shall also be charged additional user
fees based on the estimated quantity of extraneous charges into the
sanitary sewer.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Any user objecting to any estimate of flow made hereunder shall
have the option, at its own cost and 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 the installation, shall all be subject to review and approval by
the Township Committee or its designated representative.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
The sewer use charge may include all costs of the use, operation,
treatment, maintenance and construction of the sewerage system of
the Township and may include, but shall not be limited to: charges
for operation and maintenance by the Middlesex County Utilities Authority
(MCUA), PARSA or any successor body, the Somerset-Raritan Valley Sewerage
Authority (SRVSA), the Township of Warren or Township of Warren Sewerage
Authority, the Borough of Watchung, the Borough of North Plainfield,
or any other municipality or public entity for which the Township
must pay costs or charges in connection with sanitary sewage applicable
to particular properties or areas, and costs for construction, use,
operation and maintenance of the internal, collector and interceptor
sewer systems of the Township.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
The Township may notify each user annually, with the regular
bill or otherwise, of the portion of the sewer user charge representing
operation and maintenance costs and the portion representing debt
service.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Any user who discharges into the system toxic pollutants which
cause an increase in the costs of managing the effluent or the sludge
of the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs. Any user
who discharges into the system toxic pollutants or other waste or
effluent prohibited by law or regulations of the MCUA or SRVSA, shall
be in violation of the General Ordinances of the Township and shall
be subject to the fines and penalties of this section for violation
thereof, in additional to an immediate cease and desist order, and
shall also be liable for any costs incurred by the Township with regard
to such violation and any damages to the sanitary sewer system by
reason of such discharge.
[Ord. No. 12-11-80, § 1; Ord. No. 2-10-94, § 2; Ord. No. 98-641; Ord. No.
2003-683]
The sewer charge established and fixed herein shall be an annual
charge, as aforesaid, and the full amount of the charge shall be payable
annually on or before June 1 in the calendar year for which the charge
is levied.
Whenever the sewer service to any property begins after the
first day of the calendar year, the sewer charge for such property
for such initial service year shall be for that portion of the calendar
year for which the property is connected.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
The aforesaid charges shall be payable to the Collector of Taxes
and shall draw the same interest from the time they become due as
the taxes upon real estate and shall be a lien upon the premises connected
until paid, and the Township shall have the same remedies for the
collection thereof with interest, costs and penalties, as it has by
law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
Buildings of the Township shall be exempt from sewer use charges.
Buildings of the State of New Jersey or any agency thereof, or of
any other otherwise tax exempt entity, however, shall not be exempt
from sewer use charges.
[Ord. No. 98-641]
The regulations herein are intended to comply with the requirements
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the requirements
of the New Jersey Department of Environment concerning the development
of acceptable user charge ordinances for waste water treatment services,
and particularly as the regulations and requirements affect the Middlesex
County Utilities Authority and the Somerset-Raritan Valley Sewerage
Authority.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
The purpose of this section is to help protect public health
and safety, water quality and general welfare by requiring the proper
operation and maintenance of individual subsurface sewage disposal
systems (ISSDSs) in the Township of Green Brook.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
ISSDSs that are not properly maintained can contaminate both
ground water and surface water, creating health risks to humans and
impairing natural ecosystems. Regularly pumping out the accumulated
solids and liquids from an ISSDS before they interfere with proper
function is the single most effective means to maintain an ISSDS in
good working order and to extend its effective life. Therefore, regular
pump outs are a key means to protect the surrounding environment as
well as public health and welfare from the effects of a failed system.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
This section is applicable to all ISSDSs, both existing and
newly installed, within the Township of Green Brook.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
Shall mean the office, agency, or other entity responsible
for the implementation of this section. For the Township of Green
Brook it shall be the Township Engineer.
Shall mean a system for the disposal of less than or equal
to 2,000 gallons per day of sanitary sewage into the ground. Such
systems are generally designed and constructed to treat sanitary sewage
in a manner that will retain most of the settleable solids in a tank
and discharge the liquid effluent to a disposal field. Existing systems
with other designs (some no longer permitted to be used), such as
cesspools or those that dispose of effluent through seepage pits are
also included. This term refers to both systems that serve an individual
residence as well as on-site subsurface sewage disposal systems serving
a property other than a single-family home (such as commercial buildings,
food establishments, commercial/residential mixed uses, and systems
serving multiple units) with an engineering flow of less than or equal
to 2,000 gallons per day, including but not limited to those systems
identified in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1.8(a)2.
Shall mean an individual granted a license by the Public
Health Licensing and Examination Board of the New Jersey Department
of Health.
Shall mean an industry professional that meets a set of established
criteria and is deemed qualified to construct, install or alter individual
subsurface sewage disposal systems by the Acting Authority or its
designee.
Shall mean an engineer licensed by the New Jersey State Board
of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to practice the profession
of engineering.
Shall mean pumping out by a qualified service provider, as
determined by the Acting Authority, the accumulated solids and liquids
retained in an ISSDS, as well as servicing as necessary to restore
an ISSDS to good working order.
Shall mean an industry professional that has completed the
Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Professionals Voluntary Registration
Form and filed it with the Department's Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution
Control.
Shall mean any person or other entity that has legal title
to property. "Property" means either of the following that is served
by an ISSDS:
A single lot as defined by municipal lot and block; or
The combined area contained within the legal boundaries of two
or more contiguous lots where, for any part of each of those lots,
there is a shared pecuniary, possessory or other substantial common
interest by one or more persons (such as common ownership and/or operation
or a common plan of development or sale).
Shall mean an individual granted a license by the Public
Health Licensing and Examination Board of the New Jersey Department
of Health.
Shall mean any wastes, including wastes from humans, households,
commercial establishments, and/or equivalent water carried wastes
of human origin from industries, that are discharged to an ISSDS.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
Within six months from the effective date of this section (adopted December 30, 2009), the Township of Green Brook shall create and maintain a database identifying each ISSDS in active use within Green Brook. The database shall include for each ISSDS the parcel block and lot and address of the property where the ISSDS is located, name and address of the property owner, a description of system size, type and location on the property and the pump out status according to the required pump out schedule set forth in subsection 13-5.7.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
Owners of properties served by ISSDSs are required to complete an initial registration form and initial registration fee with the information required in subsection 13-5.5 within 30 days of receiving notice by the Township.
Upon change in ownership or alteration of the septic system,
a new initial registration form shall be completed.
Within 30 days following the required pump-out date, a renewal
registration form and fee shall be submitted to the Township.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
a.
The owner of a property served by an ISSDS must cause the ISSDS to
be pumped out by an ISSDS service provider in accordance with the
applicable schedule. Documentation of compliance shall be submitted
within 30 days to the Township Engineer in the form of a receipt from
the ISSDS service provider for the service indicating the property
location, service type(s) provided and date of service.
1.
Except as provided in subsection 13-5.7a,2, each ISSDS shall be pumped
out every three years following the initial scheduled pump out, as
set forth in subsection 13-5.7c, unless an alternative schedule is
identified by the Acting Authority, as set forth in subsection 13-5.7b;
2.
In lieu of a pump out, the property owner may submit a septic system
inspection report to the Township Engineer on a form provided by the
Acting Authority indicating that the system is not in need of pumping
and is in good working order. In this case, the pump out schedule
will be shifted forward by one year. Said form shall be prepared,
completed, and certified by one of the following:
b.
Modifications to Term of Scheduled Maintenance. The Acting Authority
may, on its own motion, upon notice and opportunity to the property
owner for a hearing, or upon application for a modified schedule by
a property owner, alter the time period for scheduled maintenance.
The Acting Authority may consider the factors, including but not limited
to those listed below, in determining that a different pumping schedule
applies:
1.
Size of the ISSDS relative to the wastewater generated by the structure(s)
served (i.e. small number of users relative to system design may warrant
a longer period while a large number of users relative to system design
may warrant a shorter period);
2.
ISSDSs that are cesspools;
3.
Unusual type and/or intensity of sewage generation, such as dining
establishments, pet grooming, hair salons, etc.
c.
Notification of Requirement for Scheduled Maintenance.
1.
An initial notice of requirement for initial pump-out and the pump-out
schedule applicable thereafter shall be mailed by the Acting Authority
to owners of properties served by ISSDSs. Except as provided in subsection
13-5.7c,2, the initial scheduled pump-out is required to be conducted
within 90 days of the date set forth in the initial notification.
2.
Property owners shall be exempt from the initial pump-out requirement
provided documentation is submitted to Township Engineer that confirms
a pump-out was completed no more than 18 months prior to receiving
the initial notification. In this case, the initial required maintenance
will commence three years from the date of the documented pump out.
3.
Sixty days prior to the next scheduled maintenance, the Acting Authority
shall send a "Notice for Service Due" letter to the affected property
owners.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
In furtherance of the rights granted to the Board of Health
in N.J.S.A. 26:3-45 et seq., and N.J.A.C. 7:9A-3.19, the Township
Engineer or his designee, upon presentation of identification, shall
have the right to enter upon property where an individual or nonindividual
subsurface sewage disposal system is located for the purpose of observation,
inspection, monitoring and/or sampling of the on-site sewage disposal
system. This authority is exercised by virtue of N.J.S.A. 26:3-31
as a necessary and reasonable method of furthering the duties of the
Board of Health as enumerated therein.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
Adherence to the provisions of this section is necessary to
help protect public health and safety, water quality and general welfare.
Failure to adhere to the provisions set forth in this section shall
constitute a violation of this section for which a fine shall be levied
in an amount not to exceed $2,000.
[Ord. No. 2009-756]
This section shall take effect 30 days after adoption (December
30, 2009) and publication of a Notice of Adoption in accordance with
New Jersey law.
