For the purposes of this article, unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of the following terms shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C. expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
BRANCH CONNECTION
A T or W attached to or built in a public sewer to a building sewer.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil and waste pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning at the outside face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the branch connection at the public sewer or other place of disposal, also known as the "building lateral."
COLLECTOR OF SEWER FEES
The Collector-Treasurer as appointed by the Township Council of the Township of Verona or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer in which both surface runoff or stormwater and sewage are received.
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USER
Any business, industry, store, restaurant or office, and shall include any single-family residential dwelling having a business or business office located therein if both the residential use and the business or office use are served by the same water meter.
EQUIVALENT CONNECTION
A standard unit of sewer use applicable to a single-family residential user, as defined in this chapter, based upon the averaged gallons per day (GPD) of metered water consumption for a single-family residential dwelling and established as being 220 GPD.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing of foods and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
HEALTH OFFICER
The duly appointed Health Officer of the Township of Verona.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, businesses as distinguished from domestic or sanitary wastes.
INSTITUTIONAL USER
Any school, church, hospital or correctional facility or building, whether publicly or privately owned, but shall not include any facility or building owned or operated by the Township of Verona.
[Amended 4-6-1998 by Ord. No. 5-98]
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USER
Any apartment building or multifamily house or building, including buildings under cooperative or condominium form of ownership, in which more than one dwelling unit is served by a single water meter.
OPERATOR
The licensed operator of the sewage treatment plant duly appointed by the Township Council of the Township of Verona.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sanitary sewer to which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled and maintained by a governmental agency or public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and in which stormwater, surface water and groundwaters are not permitted to enter and flow.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from any buildings or structures; also referred to as "wastewater."
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of mechanical, biological or chemical devices or structures used for treating sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USER
Any single-family residence, house, dwelling, condominium unit or townhouse unit which is served by a single separate water meter.
SLUG
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds, for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation and/or adversely affects the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment plant.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A pipe or conduit for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Sewage Treatment Plant, duly appointed by the Township Council of the Township of Verona.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
The duly appointed Engineer of the Township of Verona.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continually or intermittently.
The owners of all houses, buildings, public buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment or recreation or other purposes, situated within the Township and abutting on, or having a permanent right of access to, any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the Township, are hereby required at their expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 60 days after the date of the official notice from the Township of Verona to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet of any property line or right of access. The sewer service charge for the use of the sewer shall begin 30 days after the date of the official notice as set forth above.
A. 
It shall be unlawful to install any building sewer or to make any connection to the public sewer without first obtaining a building sewer permit, and such installations and connections shall be made under the direction and supervision of the Township Engineer in the manner hereinafter set forth.
B. 
The fee for all building sewer permits shall be as set forth in Chapter A565, Fees.
[Amended 4-6-1998 by Ord. No. 5-98]
C. 
The owner or his agent shall make application on a form furnished by the Township. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Township Engineer or required by state law.
D. 
Permits will expire four weeks after date of issue but will be subject to renewal for a further period of four weeks.
E. 
Where the building sewer has been extended by the Township from main or lateral to the curb or property line, the following rules shall apply:
(1) 
After securing the building sewer permit, the applicant shall notify the Township Engineer when the excavation is made and the pipe is installed and connected. No backfill is to be placed without the written permission of the Township Engineer.
F. 
Where the building sewer has not been extended by the Township from main or lateral to the curb or property line, the following rules shall apply:
(1) 
The applicant shall secure a building sewer permit and pay the required fee.
(2) 
The applicant shall do all of the excavation required, supply all of the materials and do all of the work.
(3) 
The applicant shall notify the Township Engineer 24 hours before the excavation is ready for the installation of the branch connection.
(4) 
After the inspection by the Township Engineer, the work shall be completed by the applicant.
(5) 
The street opening fee, backfilling and repaving shall be as required under Chapter 460, Streets and Sidewalks.
G. 
The joint made between the building sewer and the building drain shall be secure and watertight. Standard fittings, approved by the Township Engineer and/or the Plumbing Inspector, shall be used for this joint.
H. 
All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
I. 
It shall be the duty of the Township Engineer when notified to inspect the installation of any branch connection or building sewer, to determine whether the same complies with all of the provisions hereof and any other ordinances, the enforcement of which is within his jurisdiction. When he is satisfied that the installation complies with the aforesaid requirements, he shall evidence his written approval on the permit.
J. 
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Township of Verona from any loss or damage that may indirectly or directly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. In order to guarantee and protect the Township of Verona for any loss or damage that may indirectly or directly occur by the installation of said building sewer from the main to the curb or property line or the excavation for the installation of any branch connection or any other work, the owner or his agent shall post with the Township of Verona a performance bond in the amount of $5,000 to guarantee the payment of any damage which may occur to the property of the Township of Verona; such performance bond shall be written by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey and approved by the Township Council of the Township of Verona and shall be posted with the Township of Verona prior to the issuance of the building sewer permit.
K. 
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 the rear building is an accessory use as established under Chapter 150, Zoning, and while both buildings remain under the same ownership.
L. 
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Township Engineer and/or Plumbing Inspector, to meet all the requirements of this chapter.
M. 
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by a sewage ejector.
All meters or other measuring devices installed or required to be used under the provisions of this chapter shall be under the control of the Township and of a type specified by the Township and shall be installed by the owner at the owner's expense. The owner of the property upon which any such measuring device is installed shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all repairs thereto shall be made at the owner's cost, whether such repairs are made necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other causes. Costs for such repairs, if made by the Township, shall be due and payable at the same time, collected in the same manner and be subject to the same penalties as are the charges for sewer use.
A. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming pool or pond water or cooling water to any sanitary sewer.
B. 
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
(1) 
Explosive wastes. Wastes which create fire or explosive hazard to the treatment plant, collection system or the operation of the system. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene and ethers. Materials that flash below 90° using the Pensky-Martens closed tester (ASTM-D93-80) are prohibited.
(2) 
Corrosive wastes. Wastes which will cause corrosion or deterioration of the treatment plant or collection system. All wastes shall have a pH not less than 5.5 or greater than 9.5.
(3) 
Solids and viscous wastes. Solids or viscous wastes in amounts which would cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the proper operation of the treatment plant. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, uncomminuted garbage, bones, hides or fleshings, cinders, sand, glass, ashes, mud, straw, shavings, metal, rags, feathers, offal, plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair, entrails, lime residues, beet or distillery slops, chemical slops, chemical residues, paint or ink residues, cannery waste bulk solids, antibiotic wastes, free mineral acid, concentrated pickling wastes or plating solutions or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow or other interference with the proper operation of the Township of Verona's sewerage treatment plant system.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 146-43B(4) of the 1981 Code, Garbage or refuse, which previously followed this subsection, was repealed 10-21-1996 by Ord. No. 12-96.
(4) 
Noxious materials. Noxious or malodorous compounds which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or are or may be sufficient to prevent entry into a sewer for its maintenance or repair.
(5) 
Radioactive wastes. Radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that they do not comply with regulations or orders issued by the appropriate authority having control over their use and which will, or may, cause damage or hazards to the treatment plant or personnel operating the system.
(6) 
Interference. Any waste, including oxygen-demanding wastes, released at a flow rate or concentration which will cause interference with the Verona treatment plant or with disposal of the sludge resulting from the treatment process.
(7) 
Excessive discharge rate. Industrial wastes discharged in a slug of adequate volume or strength to cause a treatment process upset or loss of treatment plant efficiency.
(8) 
Heat. Any discharge which contains heat in amounts which could inhibit biological activity in the treatment process or cause loss of treatment efficiency or cause the temperature of the influent to the Verona treatment plant to exceed 104° C.
(9) 
Unpolluted wastes. Any unpolluted water, including but not limited to cooling water or uncontaminated stormwater, which will increase the hydraulic load on the treatment plant.
(10) 
Dilution water. Any water added for the purpose of diluting wastes which would otherwise exceed applicable maximum concentration limits.
(11) 
Violations. Wastes which cause the Verona Treatment Plant to violate its New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, applicable receiving water standards, permit regulating sludge disposal or any other permit issued to the Township of Verona sewerage treatment plant.
(12) 
Extremely hazardous wastes. Those wastes designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as sufficiently toxic that they shall not be discharged to a sanitary sewer in any concentration.
(13) 
Septic tank or cesspool wastes will not be accepted.
(14) 
Slug. Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds, for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation and/or may adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
(15) 
Any wastewater which contains total dissolved sulfides in excess of:
(a) 
Two-tenths milligrams per liter where the discharge's point of connection to the system is a gravity sewer line; or
(b) 
Four-tenths milligrams per liter where the discharge's point of connection to the system is a pressure of force main.
(16) 
Any water or wastes containing toxic or poisonous substances in such concentration either singly or by interaction with other wastes as to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to interfere with any sewage treatment process, or to create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
(17) 
Any high strength waste or special waste.
(18) 
Any water or waste which may contain soluble oil or grease or any water containing floatable fats, oils, greases or other substances in sufficient concentrations that might solidify and/or cause to solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F. (0° C. and 65° C.).
(19) 
Any concentrated dye wastes, spent tanning solutions or other wastes which are highly colored or wastes which are of usual volume, concentration of solids or composition that may create obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the system or the quality of the effluent from the system.
(20) 
Concentration and characteristics.
(a) 
Any waters containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual provision, attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
Characteristics
Item
Limitation
Temperature
Maximum
110°
pH
Allowable range
5.5 to 9.0
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
5-day maximum
220 mg/l
Suspended solids
Maximum
220 mg/l
Color
Maximum
220 co. pt. units
Nitrogen
Maximum
40 ppm
Phosphorus
Maximum
15 ppm
(b) 
The above-listed concentrations and characteristics may be altered by the Township of Verona's sewage treatment plant as required by regulatory agencies, treatment or reuse requirements or in the event of cumulative overload of the system.
(c) 
Maximum allowable concentrations. Users not subject to categorical standards shall not exceed following limits:
Item
Mg/l
Acetylene generation sludge
None
Arsenic
1.0
Barium
4.2
Cadmium
0.1
Chromium (total)
8.0
Copper
8.0
Cyanide
0.1
Iron (total)
5.0
Lead
0.5
Mercury
0.1
Mineral acid (free)
None
Nickel
1.0
Nitrous oxide 10.0
10.0
Oils, minerals
15.0
Selenium
0.05
Silver
0.03
Sulphur dioxide
0.4
Zinc
8.0
(21) 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged stormwater, surface water and groundwater roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming pool or pond water or cooling water into a sewer which carries sewage through the use of a basement sump pump, or by any other water removal device or means.
[Added 8-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-23]
C. 
Grease, oil and sand interceptors.
(1) 
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when necessary, in the opinion of the Township Engineer, for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight.
(2) 
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
A. 
Extensions of the public sewer lines shall be by and at the expense of the person making the extension. He shall submit complete plans and specifications prepared by a qualified licensed professional engineer, of the extension that is contemplated, to the Township Engineer, along with an application for a sewer extension permit, the fee for which is included in Chapter A565, Fees, to be paid to the Township of Verona when the application is made.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B. 
The applicant shall proceed with the construction of the sewer extension as shown on the approved plans, and all of his work shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the Township Engineer. No work shall be covered or backfilled without the approval of the Township Engineer.
C. 
In addition to the sewer extension permit fee provided for in this section, the applicant or the user of the sewer shall secure a building sewer permit for each connection to the extension and shall pay the fee provided for under this chapter.
D. 
Any permit for sewer extension shall expire at the end of six months from the date of issue. Such permit may be extended by the Township Engineer for an additional six months if, in his opinion, such an extension is in the interest of the Township.
The Township Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the Township bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter in and upon all buildings, structures and properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
Fee established.
(1) 
There shall be a connection fee payable to the Township of Verona for all buildings, structures or premises which shall hereafter be connected to the Township sanitary sewer system. The amount of the connection fee for any building, structure or premises shall be determined by the number of equivalent connections assigned to the building, structure or premises to be connected, in accordance with the following standards:
(a) 
Single-family detached residential buildings: one equivalent connection.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 146-46A(1)(b) of the 1981 Code, regarding other residential buildings, which previously followed this subsection, was repealed 7-15-2002 by Ord. No. 7-2002.
(b) 
All other buildings: Equivalent connections shall be determined by the Township Engineer based upon projected daily sewer use flows by applying design flow standards promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, as amended and supplemented. The projected daily sewer use flow shall be divided by 220 gallons, and the resulting quotient shall be the number of equivalent connections assigned to the building, structure or premises.
(2) 
The fee for each equivalent connection shall be as set forth in Chapter A565, Fees, of the Verona Code as may be from time to time amended by the Verona governing body.
B. 
Connection fees shall be due and payable to the Township at such time as a building sewer permit is issued for connection to the sanitary sewer system.
[Amended 7-15-2002 by Ord. No. 7-2002]
C. 
In the event of a change in the use of any building, structure or premises resulting in an increase in projected daily sewer use flows, the Township Engineer shall determine the increase in the equivalent connections assigned to such building, structure or premises and there shall be an additional connection fee payable to the Township equal to the increase in equivalent connections multiplied by the fee for each sewer connection fee per equivalent connection as set forth in Chapter A565.
[Added 7-15-2002 by Ord. No. 7-2002]
[Amended 4-6-1998 by Ord. No. 5-98; 6-5-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-14; 1-8-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-29]
There is hereby established an annual sewer user charge for use of the public sanitary sewer of the Township of Verona. Such annual charges shall be payable to the Township by the owner of any building or premises connected to the Township sanitary sewer and shall be payable in the amount and in the manner prescribed hereunder.
A. 
Single-family residential users. The annual charge for a single-family residential user shall be equal to the charge for one equivalent connection as set forth in Chapter A565, Fees.
B. 
Two-family residential dwelling users. The annual charge for a two-family residential dwelling user shall be the charge of 1.4 equivalent connections as set forth Chapter A565, Fees.
C. 
All other multifamily residential users. The annual charge for all other multifamily residential users other than single-family residential users and two-family residential dwelling users shall be calculated by summing the total number of bedroom equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) in the dwelling, rounding to the nearest half number and multiplying by the annual sewer user charge as set forth in Chapter A565, Fees. The bedroom EDUs shall be as follows:
(1) 
Studio or one-bedroom unit shall be equivalent to 0.75 EDU.
(2) 
Two-bedroom unit shall be equivalent to 0.90 EDU.
(3) 
Three or more bedrooms shall be equivalent to 1.0 EDU.
D. 
Institutional users. The annual charge for institutional users of the Township sanitary sewer shall be an amount equal to the fee for one equivalent connection as established under Chapter A565, Fees, multiplied by the number of equivalent connections chargeable to the sewer user as determined by the Tax Collector in accordance with the method prescribed under Subsection E hereof.
E. 
For all users of the Township sanitary sewer, except single-family residential users, two-family residential dwelling users, and all other multifamily residential users, the Tax Collector shall determine the daily average gallons per day (DGPD) of metered water consumption by the sewer user by using the total consumption of metered water used for the previous year or previous four quarters divided by the number of days of metered consumption. The daily averaged gallons per day (DGPD) of metered water consumption for a single-family residential dwelling unit as being established as 220 GPD/EDU. The daily average gallons per day (DGPD) usage shall be then divided by 220 GPD/EDU to determine the users equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) for billing purposes. The resulting quotient rounded to the nearest whole number shall constitute the number of equivalent connections (EDU). In no event shall the number of equivalent connections (EDU) chargeable to such user be less than one equivalent unit.
[Added 7-15-2002 by Ord. No. 7-2002]
Rates and charges payable to the Township of Verona for sewer connection fees, sewer user charges, and for services provided pursuant to this chapter shall be as set forth in Chapter A565, Fees. The Township governing body shall annually review such fees and charges as provided by law.