[Adopted 12-2-1976 as Ch. 126 of
the 1976 Code]
All houses and other buildings abutting on the
streets in which a sewer is laid or shall be laid shall be connected
with the sewer by the owner, agent or lessee of said premises.
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall make any connections
with the system of sewers unless and until a permit for that purpose
has been obtained from the officer or employee of the Township of
South Hackensack designated for that purpose by the Township Committee.
Such permit shall be issued upon an application's being made therefor,
giving the name of the owner, the location of the premises and such
other data as the Township Committee may from time to time require.
The type of pipe used in making connections to the sewer system shall
be as specified by the officer or employee of the Township of South
Hackensack issuing the permit.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
through an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Township of South Hackensack any domestic sewage,
noncontact cooling water, process wastewater or other industrial waste
(other than stormwater).
[Added 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-20]
[Amended 12-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-14]
Upon the pipes being laid, the person making said connection shall notify the person designated by the Township Committee of that fact for the purpose of having said pipes inspected, and no such trench shall be backfilled until the said pipes and their connections with the sewer have been inspected and passed upon by the person designated by the Township Committee for the purpose of making the inspection. For each separate and individual connection with the sewer system, of whatever frontage, the sum as provided in Chapter 108, Fees, shall be paid. The said fee shall be paid to the officer or employee designated to issue permits, at the time application for such permit is made.
Sewage shall be the only matter permitted to
flow in the said system of sewers.
All connections and joints hereafter made shall
be made as follows:
A.
If made of vitrified stoneware, hub-and-spigot sewer
pipe shall have the joints made with oakum, tar and cement consisting
of one part sand and one part cement, beveled out not less than one
and one-half (1 1/2) inches on the barrel of the pipe beyond
the hub and worked into the joint as far as it will go.
B.
Connections made with extra-heavy cast-iron pipe,
where specified by the inspector, shall have joints run with molten
lead and be caulked watertight.
Except by the express direction or permission
of the Township Committee in each case or as otherwise in this chapter
provided, no one shall injure, break, remove or meddle with any manhole,
lamphole, flush tank, catch basin or other appliance or appurtenance
of said sewer system or any portion thereof.
All fees received by the officer or employee
authorized to issue permits for sewer connections shall be reported
to the Township Committee and accounted for and paid over to the Township
Treasurer at the first regular meeting in each month.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days, a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the Judge
before whom such conviction shall be had.
