Section definitions. Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in these rules and regulations shall be as follows:
ACTUAL FLOW The volume of sewage and other wastes that a domestic treatment works receives; actual flow shall be determined by the arithmetic average of the metered daily volumes of waste received at a treatment works for the preceding period of three consecutive calendar months. Where peak flows have been determined by the NJDEP to be seasonal in nature, the seasonal peak flow period shall be used in determining actual flow.
ADEQUATE CONVEYANCE CAPACITY (1) That in the downstream sewers, the peak dry-weather flow does not exceed 80% of the depth of the pipe, and the peak wet-weather flow does not result in overflows or discharges from any unpermitted location; and
(2) That in downstream pumping stations with two pumps, peak dry-weather flow shall be handled by one pump, and in pumping stations with more than two pumps, peak dry-weather flow shall be handled with the largest pump out of service, and the peak wet-weather flow does not result in any overflow or discharge.
AGENT, EMPLOYEE, OFFICER, PERSONNEL, OR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TOWNSHIP A person or persons directly employed by the Township, or appointed by the Township by majority vote at a public meeting, charged with responsibility to carry out a specific task as set forth in these regulations. Such persons may include Township personnel, professional consultants and their employees, and other regulatory agencies.
AIRPORT A building or group of buildings intended for use as a terminal facility used for aircraft takeoff and landing. This includes facilities for handling passengers and cargo and for servicing aircraft.
APPLICANT, CUSTOMER, DEVELOPER, OWNER, PERSON or USER Any person, corporation or organization applying for (or contracting for): sewer connections; or for use, products or services; or who uses said services; or who is the owner or occupant (or both) of any real property which directly or indirectly has been connected to the sewer system or to which directly or indirectly has been furnished or supplied the use, products or services of the sewer system or sewer services facilities or products.
ASSEMBLY HALL Any building (or portion thereof) used for the gathering together of 50 or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, education, instruction, worship, entertainment or amusement.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS Any establishment where motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles or approved containers, including any building used for minor automotive repair work. Minor repairs include the exchange of parts, oil changes, engine tune-ups and similar routine maintenance work.
AVERAGE RESTAURANT A restaurant that provide table service to its patrons during typical daytime/evening business hours (e.g., 5:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m.).
BAR/COCKTAIL LOUNGE A business establishment where refreshments, including alcoholic beverages, may be procured.
BATHHOUSE A building or group of buildings containing dressing rooms, which may or may not include showers.
BEAUTY SHOP A building in which hairdressing, facials, and/or manicures are done. The number of stations shall be the maximum number of persons for whom hairdressing services could be performed at any one time. This shall include barbershops.
BOARDING HOUSE A building arranged or used for lodging for compensation, with or without meals, and not occupied as a single-family unit. Dormitories, where group sleeping accommodations are provided in one room, or in a series of closely associated rooms, for persons not of the same family group, shall be included.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND) The quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm by weight, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for five days at 20°C.
BOWLING ALLEY A building intended for recreational use for the game of bowling. This shall not include restaurant and/or bar areas, which shall constitute a separate occupancy.
BUILDING Any structure (or portion thereof) occupied or intended for supporting or sheltering any occupancy. An occupancy is the purpose for which a building, or portion thereof, is used.
BUILDING SEWER The part of the sanitary sewer service line that extends from the inspection riser to a dwelling or structure.
CAMP A building or group of buildings, cabins, tents, or recreational vehicles (or spaces provided for such) for shelter and/or temporary residence of persons for hunting, fishing, recreational and/or educational purposes.
CATASTROPHE A natural event (such as an earthquake, fire, tornado, etc.) or an event clearly beyond the control of the customer (such as arson, etc.) that renders an improved property unsuitable for use. It shall not include circumstances arising from financial hardship, bankruptcy, poor management practices, etc.
CATERING/BANQUET HALL A building intended for use in providing meals and refreshments to relatively large groups of people, usually in honor of a person or event.
CHURCH A building intended for use in public worship. This shall include facilities incidental to typical church activities (e.g., office, classrooms, storage areas, general purpose areas, small kitchen, etc.). This shall not include facilities such as schools, camps, etc., which shall constitute a separate occupancy.
CLEANOUT A vertical pipe located in a building sewer or lateral, used for inserting cleaning tools, for flushing, or for inserting inspection equipment.
CLUB A building or group of buildings intended for use by a group of persons, who typically secure a membership for the common use of various recreational facilities (e.g., golf, tennis, volleyball, basketball, swimming, etc.).
COLLECTION SEWER Any collection sanitary sewers located under highways, roads, streets and public or private rights-of-way with branch service laterals that collect and convey sanitary sewage or industrial wastes (or a combination of both) and into which stormwaters, surface waters and groundwaters or unpolluted industrial waters or liquids are not intentionally admitted.
COMMITTED FLOW or PROJECTED FLOW The sum of the actual flow plus the sum of all flows that are anticipated from connections that have been approved but are not yet in operation. The flow to be anticipated from any such connection shall be that flow referred to in the NJDEP approval.
CONNECTION Any physical or operational change to a collection system or to the plumbing or piping of any building, project, facility or other structure (either proposed or existing) for which a building permit or other municipal approval is required and which connects directly or indirectly to any portion of the sewage collection system.
CONNECTION PERMIT A document issued by the Township, upon receipt of applicable fees, authorizing an applicant to construct the piping and appurtenances necessary to provide sanitary sewerage service to a building in accordance with these rules and regulations. No discharge of sewage into the piping shall be permitted until a use permit has been issued.
CURB SERVICE/DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT A restaurant that provides service to patrons while they remain in their automobiles. Any portion of the building that is dedicated to any other type of service shall be considered a multiple occupancy.
DESIGN FLOW The average daily volume of wastewater which a domestic treatment works was designed to treat or convey or the maximum permissible volume of flow to a domestic treatment works as established by an NJPDES permit or a treatment works approval, whichever permit or approval is most recently issued.
DINNER THEATER A restaurant that includes facilities for entertainment of its patrons before, during or subsequent to the meal.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE The normal wastes from residences, commercial establishments, institutions and industrial establishments, limited exclusively to the wastes from kitchens, bathrooms, water closets, lavatories and laundries.
FACTORY A building containing facilities and equipment for manufacturing.
FAIRGROUND An area intended for outdoor gatherings of persons for competitive exhibition (as of farm products), usually with accompanying entertainment and amusements.
FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT A restaurant that specializes in foods that can be prepared and served quickly, without providing table service to its patrons, during typical daytime/evening business hours (e.g., 5:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m.). This shall include coffee shops, snack bars, etc.
FORCE MAIN A pressure pipe located under highways, roads, streets and public or private rights-of-way that conveys pumped sanitary sewage or industrial wastes (or a combination of both).
GARBAGE Solid wastes resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale of food products and produce.
GASOLINE FILLING STATION The portion of an automobile service station intended to be used for the storage and dispensing of motor fuels into motor vehicles. The number of positions shall be the maximum number of passenger-type vehicles that could be served at any one time. The establishment may include an office for recordkeeping purposes with provisions for selling a limited amount of retail products (e.g., cigarettes, motor oil, beverages, maps, etc.).
GROSS FLOOR AREA The floor area within the perimeter of the outside walls of the building under consideration, without deduction for hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns or other features.
GROUND GARBAGE The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension. Discharge of such residues into the sanitary sewerage system is prohibited.
GUEST Any person hiring or occupying a room for living or sleeping purposes.
HOTEL Any building containing six or more guest rooms intended to be used, rented or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes by guests; usually a multistory building with enclosed passageways, which usually provides a full complement of services to guests. This shall not include: coffee shops, restaurants, bar/cocktail lounges, room service, guest laundry, banquet and meeting facilities, recreational facilities, etc., which shall constitute a separate occupancy.
IMPROVED PROPERTY Any property within the sewered area upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals, from which structure sanitary sewage or industrial wastes, or both, shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE Solid or liquid substances discharged, permitted to flow, or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinct from domestic sewage.
INFILTRATION Groundwater, runoff water or rainwater which unintentionally enters the sewerage system through leaks in building sewers, service laterals, collection sewers, intercepting sewers, manholes, pumping stations or any other structure used for the conveyance of sewage.
INSPECTION RISER The vertical riser pipe located where the lateral connects with the building sewer running from the customer's structure. The inspection riser utilizes a sanitary tee/wye fitting to provide an unobstructed view of the lateral pipe. Said point is the area where the Township's responsibility ends and the consumer's responsibility begins.
INSTITUTION All structures in which six or more people suffering from physical limitations because of health or age are to be harbored for medical care or other care or treatment, or in which people are detained for penal or correction purposes, or in which the liberty of the inmates is restricted. Institutions shall include: board and care facilities, halfway houses, group homes, social rehabilitation facilities, alcohol and drug centers, convalescent facilities, hospitals, nursing homes (intermediate care and skilled nursing), mental hospitals, detoxification facilities, prisons, jails, reformatories, detention centers, correctional centers, and prerelease centers. Facilities in which five or fewer persons are to be harbored shall be considered residential establishments.
LABOR CAMP A building or group of buildings and/or tents erected for shelter and/or temporary residence of workmen and laborers during the execution of a relatively large-scale construction project, lumbering, mining or similar activity.
LATERAL That portion of the service line that runs from the main line to the inspection riser.
LAUNDROMAT A self-service commercial laundering establishment where appliances (typically coin-operated) are provided for the washing of clothing.
LODGING HOUSE or TOURIST HOME Any building containing five or fewer guest rooms intended to be used, rented or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes by guests; commonly referred to as "bed-and-breakfasts," "cottages," or "country inns."
MAIN The Township-owned or leased piping and appurtenances, in or along public highways and streets or along privately owned rights-of-way, used for the collection of domestic sewage or industrial wastes from its customers.
MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY The total number of persons that are permitted to occupy a building (or portion thereof) at any one time, as determined in accordance with local building codes.
MEDICAL OFFICE A building intended for use in the provision of medical services, without facilities for accommodating patients overnight. This shall include medical, dental, chiropractic and veterinary offices and clinics.
mg/l Milligrams per liter.
MINI-MARKET Any portion of a building at an automobile service station that is intended to be used for retail purposes or the storage of retail products.
MOTEL or TOURIST CABIN A building or group of buildings containing six or more guest rooms intended to be used, rented or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes by guests; usually one-, two- or three-story buildings with unenclosed passageways, which provide limited or moderate services to guests. This shall not include: food service, banquet and meeting facilities, recreational facilities, etc., which shall constitute a separate occupancy.
NEW SERVICE Any sewer connection which had not previously been made or which requires a sewer extension permit from NJDEP.
NJDEP The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
NONRESIDENTIAL CLUB A club that does not provide facilities for overnight accommodation of members.
NONRESIDENTIAL USER or NONRESIDENTIAL UNIT All users and connections other than those defined as a "residential user," including but not limited to: business, commercial, industry, restaurants, taverns, theaters, camps, churches, schools, hospitals, boarding homes, nursing homes, hotels, motels or the like.
OCCUPANCY The purpose for which a building (or portion thereof) is used. Each occupancy provided at any establishment shall be considered separately for fee determination purposes, except where such other uses are integral and necessary to the primary intended use of the establishment. For example, office or laundry areas within a hotel (used exclusively for conducting hotel business or laundering hotel linens, etc.) would not be considered a multiple occupancy. On the other hand, a restaurant, bar/cocktail lounge, pool bathhouse, banquet hall, etc., within a hotel would be considered as multiple occupancies. The total fee would be the sum of the fees for each occupancy as determined by the fee schedule.
OFFICE BUILDING A building intended for use in the performance of business transactions or the provision of services.
PARTS PER MILLION or ppm A unit of measure of the amount of dissolved solids in a solution in terms of a ratio between the number of parts of solids to a million parts of total volume — ppm.
pH The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, and indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
PICNIC PARK An area maintained for ornamental or recreation purposes (with facilities for picnicking).
POLLUTANT Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical waste, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat-wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
PUMPING STATION A sewage pumping or ejector station located in a sewerage collection system for the pumping or lifting of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes, or a combination of both, from a low elevation to a higher elevation.
RACQUET CLUB A club that provides facilities for playing racquet games (e.g., tennis, badminton, racquetball, etc.).
RENEWAL OF SERVICE An application for a renewal of existing sewer service to an existing structure or replacement structure in the case of a complete destruction of the prior structure or a change in ownership or use. A change in use shall include a change in the character of usage or a change in the size of the facility or extent of the usage. An application shall not be considered for renewal of service if main extension approval is required by NJDEP.
RESIDENTIAL CLUB A club that provides facilities for overnight accommodation of members.
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
RESIDENTIAL USER or RESIDENTIAL UNIT A single-family, condominium, townhouse, multifamily, apartment, trailer or mobile home that is designed and used exclusively for providing living accommodations.
RESTAURANT A building intended for use as a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be procured.
SADDLE A plumbing fitting used to connect a new lateral to an existing sewer main.
SCHOOL Any structure intended for use in the education and teaching of children. This shall include facilities for child-care services.
SERVICE BAY The portion of an automobile service station intended or designed to be used for temporary storage of motor vehicles during repairing or servicing of such vehicles. The number of bays shall be the maximum number of passenger-type vehicles that could be stored at any one time.
SERVICE LINE The entire length of piping from the building or structure being connected to the sanitary sewer main. This is comprised of the building sewer and lateral components of the piping.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT The plant and facilities of the Hamilton Township Department of Water Pollution Control to which the sewer system is to be connected for the purpose of treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes collected by the sewer system.
SEWER Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewerage system used or usable for sewage collection purposes and to which groundwater, surface water and stormwater are not admitted intentionally.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and Industrial Waste, situated in the sewered area and owned or operated (or both) by the Township as the case may be.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
SLUG Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds, for any period of longer duration than 15 minutes, more than five times its average hourly concentration or flow.
SPECIFICATIONS The standard specifications adopted by the Township for the construction of sewers, force mains, pumping stations and appurtenances.
SPORTS STADIUM A large, usually unroofed, area with tiers of seats for spectators at sporting events.
STANDARD METHODS The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the most recent edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes," published jointly by the American Public Health Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
STORE or SHOPPING CENTER All buildings and structures that are occupied for display and retail sales purposes involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise incidental to such purposes. This includes, among others, retail stores, shops, salesrooms and markets.
STORM SEWER A sewer that carries stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes.
SURCHARGE The extra charge in addition to the service charge rental that is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established by NJDEP influent limits.
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 filtration. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods."
SWIMMING POOL Any structure that contains water over 24 inches in depth and which is intended to be used for swimming or recreational bathing. This includes in-ground, aboveground and on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs and spas. This definition shall include a swimming pool that is an accessory use to a single-family residence.
SYSTEM The sewage collection system of the Township, including all mains, force mains, pumping stations and appurtenances.
THEATER A building intended for commercial showing of theatrical productions or motion pictures, including a projection room, screen and seating for patrons. The building may include a snack bar for the use of patrons, which shall not constitute a multiple occupancy.
TOWNSHIP The Township of Robbinsville, unless otherwise indicated.
TOWNSHIP'S ATTORNEY The attorney appointed, by majority vote at a public meeting, as a consultant to Robbinsville.
TOWNSHIP'S CONSULTANT Any one or a combination of persons possessing expertise in a particular area of knowledge, appointed by majority vote at a public meeting as an advisor to the Township of Robbinsville. These persons shall include but not necessarily be limited to: the Township Engineer, Attorney, Auditor, Bond Counsel and Appraiser.
TOXIC POLLUTANT Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the USEPA or NJDEP, or anything that may poison or affect the operation of the bacteria in the sewage treatment process at the Hamilton Township Department of Water Pollution Control facility.
USEPA The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
USE PERMIT A document issued by the Township Engineer, subsequent to approved connection of a building to the sanitary sewerage system, granting permission for the discharge of sewage from the building in accordance with these rules and regulations.
UTILITIES ENGINEER The professional engineer appointed by majority vote at a public meeting as a consultant to the Township.
VISITOR CENTER A building that is intended to provide information to tourists, usually with restroom facilities. This building shall not include restaurants, which shall constitute a separate occupancy.
WAREHOUSE A building intended for the storage of merchandise or commodities.