[Adopted 8-17-1971 by Ch. BH-IX of the Revised General
Ordinances]
A code regulating the location, construction,
use, maintenance and method of emptying or cleaning individual sewage
disposal systems and the issuance of permits to locate, construct,
empty or clean the systems and fixing penalties for the violation
thereof is hereby adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq. A
copy of the code is annexed to this article and made a part hereof
without inclusion of the text.
[Amended 8-21-1979]
The code established and adopted by this article
is described and commonly known as "Standards for the Construction
of Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems," promulgated by
the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection, and such
amendments thereto and revisions thereof as may be hereafter promulgated.
Three copies of the Standards for the Construction
of Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems have been placed
on file in the offices of the Secretary of the Board of Health and
the Township Clerk for the use and examination of the public.
A.
Permit required. No person shall locate, construct
or alter any individual sewage disposal system until a permit for
the location, construction or alteration of the sewage disposal system
shall have been issued by the Board of Health. Any permit to locate,
construct or alter any individual sewage disposal system issued by
the Board of Health shall expire one year after the date of issuance.
All existing permits for the location, construction or alteration
of any individual sewage disposal system heretofore issued by the
Board of Health shall expire one year from the date of the adoption
of this section.
[Amended 11-16-1982]
B.
Approval of plans and specifications. Application
for the approval of plans and specifications for an individual sewage
disposal system shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer
licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey and shall bear his
seal.
[Amended 10-3-1988 by Ord. No. 6-1988; 3-5-1990 by Ord. No. 4-1990]
C.
Temporary facilities. No person shall locate, erect
or use any temporary privy, portable facility or sanitary toilet facility
until a permit for the location of the temporary privy has been issued
by the Byram Township Board of Health. Every temporary privy, portable
facility or toilet facility shall be properly enclosed, screened,
ventilated, kept in repair and maintained at all times in a clean
and sanitary condition. No such facility shall be located or maintained
within 10 feet of any property line or within 25 feet of any door
or window of any building used for human occupancy, and no such facility
shall be constructed under or within any building or structure used
for human occupancy. The contents of such facility shall be completely
covered with inert material or otherwise effectively treated or removed
at the end of each shift or working day.
A.
Certificate required. 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 has issued a
certificate indicating that the disposal system has been located and
constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit issued and
the requirements of the aforesaid code. Issuance of such certificate
shall not be required for alterations to an existing individual sewage
disposal system.
B.
Issuance of certificate. The Board of Health may issue
such certificate if an engineer licensed to practice professional
engineering in New Jersey submits a written statement, signed by him,
to the Board of Health stating that the disposal system has been located
and constructed in accordance with the terms of the permit issued
and the requirements of the code.
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Editor's Note: Former § 278-6, Emptying
or cleaning septic tanks, was repealed 2-11-1997 by Ord. No. BH1-1996.
If a license or permit or certification required
by this article is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall
be held thereon before the Board within 15 days after request is made
by the applicant, and the Board of Health shall affirm, alter or rescind
its previous determination and take action accordingly within 15 days
after the hearing.
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 the violation and,
thereafter, the work continued without any violation of any of the
provisions of the code. After issuance of such order and the service
of a copy upon the person connected with or working in and about the
erection or installation of the disposal system or any part thereof,
no further work shall be done except as aforesaid.
[Amended 6-20-1978; 4-26-1983; 10-3-1988 by Ord. No. 6-1988; 11-7-1988 by Ord. No. 7-1988; 3-5-1990 by Ord. No. 4-1990]
The following fees and charges shall be established:
A.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to locate and construct an individual sewage disposal system: $150.
This fee shall only include the cost of initial site inspection.
B.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to alter an existing individual sewage disposal system: $75. This
fee shall only include the cost of site inspection. "Alteration" means
any change in the physical configuration of an existing individual
subsurface sewage disposal system or any of its component parts, including
replacement, modification, addition or removal of system components
such that there will be a change in the location, design, construction,
installation, size, capacity, type or number of one or more components.
The term "alter" shall be construed accordingly.
[Amended 8-13-1991 by Ord. No. BH1-1991]
C.
An applicant shall apply for the review of a proposed
septic design by an authorized agent of the Board of Health to either
construct a new system or alter an existing system prior to or simultaneously
with the application for said permit. A fee of $25 shall be charged
for the initial review of each proposed design. This fee shall not
be credited to the cost of any fee to install a new system or alter
an existing system.
D.
A fee of $25 shall be charged for each plan review after the initial review, referenced in Subsection C above, which is caused by the applicant's failure to submit an application and plans which conform to the requirements of state law and these ordinances. For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal system or part thereof caused by the failure of the permittee to locate, construct or alter the same in accordance with the terms of the permit issued or the terms of the aforesaid code, a reinspection fee of $25 shall be charged.
E.
A fee of $25 plus $5 for each hole shall be charged
for the observation, inspection and recording of any soil log or percolation
test by the authorized agent of the Board of Health.
F.
Where an application is before the Board for waiver
of any health standard and the Board feels that a review and report
by one or more of the Township's professional staff is necessary,
an escrow of $250 shall be paid. The appropriate staff individuals
will charge against this escrow for time spent outside the Board meetings
preparing a report on the subject application. Should the charges
exceed the $250 initially deposited, additional funds shall be paid
by the applicant upon request. Should there be a surplus of funds
in the escrow account following resolution of the application, the
excess shall be returned to the applicant.
G.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to repair an existing individual sewage disposal system: $25. This
fee shall only include the cost of site inspection. "Repair" means
to fix, refurbish or replace one or more components of an individual
subsurface sewage disposal system in a manner that will restore, preserve
and not change the original location, design, construction and installation,
size, capacity, type or number of the components of the system.
[Added 8-13-1991 by Ord. No. BH1-1991]
[Amended 7-18-1978; 2-19-1980; 10-3-1988 by Ord. No. 6-1988; 2-11-1997 by Ord. No. BH1-1996]
Notwithstanding the requirements of the code established and adopted pursuant to § 272-1 of this article, the following minimum requirements shall apply within the Township of Byram with respect to the location, design, construction, alteration, use and supervision of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems:
A.
Septic tanks serving single-family dwelling units
with four or fewer bedrooms shall have a minimum capacity of 1,500
gallons. Septic tanks serving single-family dwelling units with five
or more bedrooms shall have an additional capacity of at least 250
gallons per bedroom.
B.
All septic systems must have either a single tank
with two compartments or two tanks providing the required capacity.
The septic tank must be provided with a manhole frame and cover for
septic tank access on each compartment and installed at the finished
grade of the property. The manhole and frame must be equivalent to
Campbell Foundry Pattern No. 1302A and constructed with a bituminous
seal where the casting meets the top of the septic tank. The finished
grading must divert surface water away from the manhole cover, which
shall be left exposed.
C.
There shall be a minimum distance of 100 feet between
all water wells and the disposal field.
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Editor's Note: Former § 272-11,
Aerobic wastewater treatment units, added 10-17-1972, as amended 8-13-1991,
was repealed 2-11-1997 by Ord. No. BH1-1996.
