Township of Union, NJ
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2024-01-23
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 534 Sump Pits and Pumps
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Administration, Department of
- Ch 19 Claims Approval
- Ch 24 Contracts
- Ch 29 Court, Municipal
- Ch 39 Economic Development
- Ch 43 Emergency Management
- Ch 48 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 50 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 Environmental Commission
- Ch 65 Flood Control Commissions
- Ch 72 Health, Board of
- Ch 76 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 91 Law, Department of
- Ch 98 Mayor's Alliance Against Drug Abuse
- Ch 102 Meetings
- Ch 107 Nepotism
- Ch 112 Officers and Employees
- Ch 122 Payroll
- Ch 127 Personnel Benefits
- Ch 131 Public Safety Department
- Ch 136 Public Works Department
- Ch 141 Purchasing
- Ch 151 Recreation, Department of
- Ch 156 Residency Requirements
- Ch 164 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 171 Tax Assessment, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 190 Affordable Housing
- Ch 195 Alarms
- Ch 199 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 203 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 208 Animals
- Ch 213 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 226 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 231 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Leaves
- Ch 240 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 245 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 249 Business Operations
- Ch 252 Cannabis Business Permits
- Ch 256 Donation Bins
- Ch 261 Condominium and Cooperative Conversions
- Ch 266 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 274 Cranes
- Ch 279 Curfew
- Ch 287 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 294 Fees
- Ch 298 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 302 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 307 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 316 Gasoline Stations and Garages
- Ch 321 Golf
- Ch 326 Graffiti
- Ch 337 Junk Dealers and Junkyards
- Ch 344 Liability Insurance
- Ch 346 Library
- Ch 351 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 356 Limousines
- Ch 361 Littering
- Ch 365 Locomotion Devices, Human-Powered
- Ch 371 Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 376 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 387 Newsracks
- Ch 392 Nuisances, Public
- Ch 403 Obscenity
- Ch 407 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 415 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 419 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 423 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 440 Property Maintenance
- Ch 447 Rental Property
- Ch 457 Sales and Outdoor Displays
- Ch 461 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 466 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 476 Shopping Carts
- Ch 481 Site Improvements
- Ch 486 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 491 Soil Removal
- Ch 496 Solid Waste
- Ch 501 Space Heaters, Liquid-Fuel-Burning
- Ch 505 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 520 Stormwater Management
- Ch 530 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 534 Sump Pits and Pumps
- § 534-1 Residential dwellings.
- § 534-2 Commercial, industrial or storage buildings.
- § 534-3 Permits.
- § 534-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 550 Taxation
- Ch 554 Taxicabs
- Ch 559 Telephones, Public
- Ch 564 Theaters
- Ch 568 Towing
- Ch 573 Trailers and Tourist Camps
- Ch 577 Trees
- Ch 590 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Part III: Land Development
- Ch 170 Land Development
- Part IV: Board of Health
- Ch 650 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 660 Animals
- Ch 682 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 693 Fees, Board of Health
- Ch 697 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 708 Health Officers and Personnel
- Ch 713 Housing
- Ch 728 Laundries, Launderettes and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 735 Noise
- Ch 739 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 754 Recreational Bathing Places, Public
- Ch 761 Sanitary Standards
- Ch 766 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 781 Wells
- Appendix
- Ch A800 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Union 6-26-1990 by Ord. No. 4098 (Ch. 483 of the 2004
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
All residential
dwellings having a storage or habitable area below grade shall install
a sump pit and sump pump as approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official
of the Township of Union.
B.
The discharge
from the sump pump shall be routed through a seepage pit of a design
approved by the Township Engineer prior to its connection to a storm
drainage facility located not further than 100 feet from the property
line or, when said facility exceeds 100 feet, to the street gutter.
The Township Engineer may also approve an alternate method of discharge
when the same is necessary.
A.
All commercial,
industrial or storage buildings having a cellar, basement or storage
area below grade shall install a sump pit and sump pump as approved
by the Plumbing Subcode Official of the Township of Union.
B.
The sump pit and
the sump pump shall be as specified by a professional engineer or
architect licensed to practice in New Jersey on plans containing said
professional engineer's or architect's signature and embossed seal.
C.
The discharge
from the sump pump shall be routed through a seepage pit of a design
approved by the Township Engineer prior to its connection to a storm
drainage facility located not further than 100 feet from the property
line or, when said facility exceeds 100 feet, to the street gutter.
The Township Engineer may also approve any alternate method of discharge
when the same is necessary.
The owner or tenant occupying a structure requiring
a sump pump shall be required to obtain a permit from the Building
Department prior to installation. Upon approval of plans, as specified
herein, a permit shall be issued which authorizes installation. A
fee of $25 is required to be paid at the time of application. The
applicant shall also be required to separately secure all other permits
as are required under the Building Code.[1]
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person or business entity violating the
terms of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to
one or more of the following: a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
