It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to:
A. Place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary
manner upon public or private property within the Township of Saddle
Brook or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Township, any
human or animal excrement, garbage, industrial waste, foul liquids
or other objectionable waste.
B. Discharge to any natural outlet, gutter, stream, ditch,
culvert, catch basin or watercourse in the Township of Saddle Brook
or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Township, any sanitary
sewage, industrial waste or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this Part of this chapter.
C. Uncover any portion of the public sewers or drains
or the connection branches thereof or open any manhole except with
the written permission of the Township Council of the Township of
Saddle Brook or some person designated by the Township Council to
issue permits.
D. Open any public street or place for the purpose of
making sewer connection or make or cause to be made any connection
with a house sewer lateral or a public sewer except under a special
written permit signed by the Township Council or such other official
or department of the Township as may hereafter be designated by the
Township Council, allowing such specific connection, and under the
supervision of the Township Council or such other official or department.
E. Make or cause or allow to be made any excavation within
four feet of any public sewer or blast any rock within 10 feet thereof,
save with the express written permission of the Inspector employed
by the Township Council and under his supervision and control.
F. Use or cause or allow the use of any metal, mechanical
or electrical cutters, eels, snakes or any other sewer cleaning apparatus
within the Township without first having registered his or its name
and place of business at the office of the Division of Health of the
Township upon forms to be furnished by said Division. The fee for
such registration shall be $15, payable in advance. The registration
shall be renewed annually on or before December 31 of each year. In
addition to the payment of the fees herein provided, each registrant
shall enter into a bond to the Division of Health of the Township
of Saddle Brook, with surety satisfactory to the Division, on the
forms to be prescribed by the Division of Health, in the sum of $1,000,
for faithful performance of any sewer cleaning work done by him or
it. The bond shall indemnify and save harmless said Township of Saddle
Brook for any expense or costs paid by said Township of Saddle Brook
in the correction or replacement due to his or its negligence or mistake
or that of any person working under his or its direction in the performance
of the work done.
G. Break or cut or remove any pipe of any main or public
sewer or make or cause to be made any connection with such sewer except
through the specific branch or branches allotted for the purpose,
the allotment of such connection and its location to be designated
by the Township Council of the Township or such other official or
department as may hereafter be designated by the Township Council
of the Township.
H. Discharge or cause or permit the discharge into any
main or public sanitary sewer, directly or indirectly, of any clear
drainage, swimming pools, air-conditioning units, groundwater, surface
water or rainwater from sidewalks, yards, area, courts, roofs or any
sump, cistern or tank overflow, uncontaminated cooling water and unpolluted
industrial process water. The items covered under this subsection
shall be discharged to storm sewers or natural outlets approved by
the Township Council.
I. Discharge or cause or permit the discharge into any
main or public sewer, directly or indirectly, of any drainage or overflow
from cesspools, manure pits, privies or other receptacles storing
or designed to store organic wastes.
J. Connect or cause or permit the connection with any
main or public sewer, directly or indirectly, of any garbage disposal
units, exhausts, boiler blowoffs, sediments, drips or any pipes carrying
or constructed to carry hot water, acids, dyes, brine, germicides,
greases, brewery mash, gasoline, naphtha, benzine, oil, flammable
or explosive liquids, industrial wastes, radioactive materials or
any other substance detrimental to the sewers or their appurtenances
or to the operation of the sewer system or sewage disposal works.
K. Throw or deposit or cause or allow to be thrown or
deposited in any fixtures, vessel, receptacle, inlet or opening connected
directly or indirectly with any main or public sewer any straw, garbage,
wood, glass, feathers, tar, plastics, vegetables, parings, ashes,
cinders, rags or viscous substance capable of causing obstructions
to the flow in the sewers, except feces, urine, necessary toilet papers
and liquid house slops; or allow any house sewer connection with a
main or public sewer to be likewise connected with any privy vault,
cesspool or underground drain or with any channel conveying water
or filth, except such soil pipes, house drains, house sewers and other
plumbing works as shall have been duly inspected and approved by the
Inspector employed by the Division of Health.
Except as hereinafter provided, no persons shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sanitary sewers:
A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
120º F.
B. Any water or waste which may contain more than 50
parts per million by weight of fat, oil, wax or grease.
C. Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D. Any water or waters having a pH lower than 6.5 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structure, equipment and personnel of
the sewage works.
E. Any waters or water containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
F. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such matters at the sewage treatment plant.
G. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
H. Any waters or wastes which may create conditions deleterious
to or interfering with the operation of the sewage works, sewage treatment
plant or treatment processes, hazardous to personnel, or create a
public nuisance.
I. Waters, wastes or other material which is not permitted
by the requirements of the Passaic Valley Sewer Commissioners.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the owner at his expense in continuously efficient
operation at all times.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Plumbing Inspector, the
owner of any property served by a house connection or house sewer
carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole
in the house sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the waste. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Plumbing Inspector. 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.