[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Shrewsbury 4-25-1961
(Ch. 116 of the 1973 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
A code regulating the location, construction, use, maintenance
and method of emptying or cleaning individual sewage disposal systems, the
issuance of permits to locate, construct, empty or clean said systems, and
fixing penalties for the violation thereof is hereby adopted pursuant to N.J.A.C.
7:9A. A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without
inclusion of the text thereof herein.[1]
B.
No privy or cesspool shall, after the effective date
of this chapter, be constructed, installed, used or maintained within the
Borough of Shrewsbury.
C.
There shall be and there is hereby exscinded from the
above-mentioned code hereby adopted so much of Sections 3 and 15 thereof as
pertains to cesspools.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter is described and
commonly known as the "Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal
Systems" (N.J.A.C. 7:9A).
Three copies of the said Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage
Disposal Systems (N.J.A.C. 7:9A) have been placed on file in the office of
the Secretary, Clerk or other similar officer of the Board of Health upon
the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file in said office for
the use and examination of the public.
A.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual
sewage disposal system until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of said sewage disposal system shall have been issued by the Board of Health.
B.
No individual sewage disposal system or any part thereof
shall be constructed except in strict accordance with such plans and specifications
and application as are submitted to and approved by the Board of Health, and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of any permit issued thereunder
and therefor.
C.
No part of any individual sewage disposal system shall
be located or constructed closer than 15 feet to any dwelling, restaurant
or other place of public assembly; nor shall any part of such system be constructed
in any place reserved to, used for or subject to, without special permission
from the Board of Health, the passage of motor vehicles; nor shall any area
in which any part of a sewage disposal system is located be paved over with
concrete, bituminous or other paving hard surface; nor shall any part of such
system be constructed in ground subject to surface flooding or where groundwater
may interfere with the satisfactory percolation of sewage; nor shall any sanitary
sewage or the flowing from any individual sewage disposal system be discharged
into any well upon the surface of the ground, upon any thoroughfare, nor shall
it be discharged into any watercourse.
D.
The Board of Health may issue a permit if an application
for the same is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey, stating that the design
of the individual sewage disposal system as proposed is in compliance with
the code and said application has been reviewed and approved by the local
Board of Health.
E.
Notwithstanding the provision of the said code pertaining
to septic tanks, the following higher requirements for single-family dwellings
shall govern insofar as the liquid capacity of the tank is concerned, and
also requirements for commercial institutions, offices or stores:
(1)
Four bedrooms or less, single-family dwelling: not less
than 1,500 gallons capacity.
(2)
Five or six bedrooms, single-family dwelling: not less
than 1,750 gallons capacity.
(3)
For commercial institutions, offices or stores: a minimum
of 1,500 gallons capacity and a grease trap as required by the Plumbing Inspector.
F.
Final grading of lots in the area and location of sewage
disposal systems shall be such that no more than 18 inches of soil covers
the septic tank. Cover for disposal pits and trenches shall conform to the
drawings and be at final grade level.
G.
No septic tank or dry well shall be left uncovered nor
shall any septic tank or dry well be abandoned without first
obtaining approval from the Board of Health.
New individual 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 Board of Health
shall have issued a certificate indicating that said plumbing system and said
disposal system have been located and constructed, including the posting in
a conspicuous place near the building sewer trap of a diagram showing the
exact location of septic tank, dry wells, laterals and their measurements
thereon, in compliance with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements
of the aforesaid code. Issuance of such certificates shall not be required
for alteration to an existing individual sewage disposal system.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 116-5B, regarding certificates of completion; former § 116-6, License required for septic tank cleaners; and former § 116-7, Hearing after denial of license or certification, which immediately followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 270, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I).
A.
The Board of Health may, in its discretion, refuse to
issue any permit applied for until the plans submitted with the application
are amended if in the Board's opinion the same do not suit or conform to the
soil composition or if any other matters be required which will tend to render
the location not obnoxious and not a hazard or danger to the public health
or to the public safety. Percolation tests shall not be acceptable to the
Board of Health that have been taken in frozen ground or below freezing temperatures
and/or filled ground unless earth has been suitably compacted or has been
in place for six months. Wherever the grade has been changed more than 24
inches, either fill or cut, a new percolation test shall be made in the new
location as directed by the Board. Percolation tests shall be performed by
a licensed professional engineer of the State of New Jersey and the resultant
data tabulated on a percolation test report with a certificate to the effect
that the percolation tests were made on the premises in accordance with the
procedure prescribed by the Department of Environmental Protection, State
of New Jersey, and that the engineer's seal be affixed and signed thereon.[1]
B.
The Board of Health may, on its own motion and prior
to the issuance of any permit applied for, inspect the proposed site to determine
soil composition, drainage conditions or any other matters which it may deem
advisable or necessary in order to protect the public health and public safety.
C.
The Board of Health may order all further work in and
about any individual sewage disposal system which is being erected or installed
in violation of the code, to be stopped forthwith, except such work as shall
be necessary to remedy such violation, and, thereafter, the work continued
without any violation of any of the provisions of the code, and after issuance
of any such order and the service of a copy thereof upon any person connected
with or working in and about the erection or installation of any such disposal
system or any part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon except as
aforesaid.
No person shall alter, repair, renovate and construct any existing individual
subsurface sewage disposal system until a permit has been issued by the local
Board of Health. Application for a permit to alter, repair, renovate and construct
any existing individual sewage disposal system shall be made to the Board
of Health and shall be accompanied by three sets of plans and specifications.
In addition to the foregoing, there shall be included with the application
a plot plan of the property showing the existing facilities and proposed additions
or changes thereto, including actual dimensions and locations of septic tanks,
dry wells, seepage pits and/or laterals, and a statement to the effect that
the provisions of all applicable ordinances and codes adopted by the Board
of Health, Borough of Shrewsbury, will be fully complied with. The Health
Officer or Sanitary Inspector shall inspect the individual sewage disposal
system prior to the covering up of any portion of an individual sewage disposal
system to determine whether there has been complete compliance with this chapter
and the code.
Fees and charges are herewith established in conformance with the current
schedule of fees as adopted by the Monmouth County Regional Health Commission.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of or any order promulgated under this chapter or the
Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems (N.J.A.C. 7:9A)
made a part hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less
than $250 nor more than $500 for each violation.[1]
B.
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
