The following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation and enforcement of this article:
BUILDING
Includes any building or structure constructed, designed
or used for dwelling purposes or for any other use or occupancy by
human beings, either temporarily or permanently.
BUILDING LOCATED ON ANY STREET
Includes a building located on any parcel of land contiguous
to a street in which a sewer has been or is hereafter constructed.
CONNECTION
Includes the lateral pipe connecting the system of piping
or plumbing installed within a building for the purpose of collecting
and conveying therefrom sewage and other household wastes with the
sanitary sewer installed in a public street.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
ILLICIT CONNECTION
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Borough of Rockaway, unless that discharge
is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier A Municipal
Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852). Nonphysical
connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, or
overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Nondomestic waste, including but not limited to those pollutants
regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [33 U.S.C. §1317(a), (b), or (c)].
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by Borough of Rockaway or other public body, and is designed and used
for collecting and conveying stormwater.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
NJPDES PERMIT
A permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling.
Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material,
intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product. Noncontact
cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, owner, tenant,
lessee, occupant, association, organization or other legal entity
residing, owning or operating, managing, leasing or occupying any
premises or commercial or industrial business within the Borough of
Rockaway and serviced by the sanitary sewer system or the municipal
separate storm sewer system.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
PROCESS WASTEWATER
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
SEWER
Any sewer or sewer main designed or used for the collection
or disposal of sanitary sewage and located in any public street in
the Borough.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
When any existing building on any street in
the Borough of Rockaway wherein a sanitary sewer exists and is in
operation is altered for use and occupancy by human beings, either
temporarily or permanently, said building or structure shall be connected
with the sanitary sewer during the course of alteration thereof, and
no use or occupancy of such building shall be permitted until such
sewer connection has been made, inspected and approved.
No permit shall be deemed to authorize anything
not stated in the application, and for any misrepresentation in such
application, the permit may be revoked.
All fees provided for in this chapter shall
be paid to the Borough Clerk at the time the application is made for
permission to connect with the Borough sewerage system.
Every connection required by this chapter shall
be made with bell-and-spigot soil pipe of cast iron, caulked and leaded,
extending from inside the building foundation to the sewer. All such
connections shall be made and installed in accordance with the Plumbing
Code of the Board of Health of Rockaway and shall be inspected and
approved in accordance with the Health Regulations of the Borough
of Rockaway and the State of New Jersey prior to any use thereof.
If the owner of any property in the Borough
shall fail to make any connection or installation required by this
chapter within the time required herein, the Borough may proceed to
make such connection or installation or cause the same to be made
and charge and assess the cost thereof against such property pursuant
to the authority of N.J.S.A. 40:63-54 et seq.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
through an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Borough of Rockaway any domestic sewage, noncontact
cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other
than stormwater).
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05;
amended 8-24-2006 by Ord. No. 15-06]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by one or more of the following: by a fine of not less
than $100 nor more than $2,000; by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days;
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, all in
the discretion of the Court.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced
by the Superintendent of Public Works or the Sanitary Inspector or
the Borough Engineer or the office of the Construction Official.