[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Brick 12-15-1970
by Ord. No. 93-70 (Ch. 302 of the 1989 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Whenever there has been or shall have been established within the municipal
limits of the Township of Brick a public system of water supply operated and
maintained by the Township or any public agency, lawfully created for such
purpose by the governing body thereof, and in pursuance thereof water supply
mains have been installed in the bed of any street, public or private, the
owners of any and all buildings fronting or located upon such street or streets
shall be required, at their own expense, to make connections from such buildings
to said water supply mains.
As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any house or other structure designed for residential, industrial
or commercial use, whether privately or publicly owned, for the normal use
of which the supply of water is required.
The engineer for the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority or
his authorized agent is hereby empowered to inspect and examine any such proposed
connection and to approve or disapprove the manner, method and materials utilized
in making such connection.
When such water supply system in any such street of the Township is
available to furnish water supply, notice shall be given by the Township to
all property owners along the lines of said water supply system to connect
their buildings therewith in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
Said notice shall be addressed to the owner of said property as the
name of said owner appears in the last tax duplicate of the Township, shall
describe the property by lot and block designation as the same appears on
the Tax Map of the Township and by the street address, and shall state that,
by order of the governing body of the Township of Brick, the owner is required
to connect the building on said property with the water supply system. Said
notice shall inform the penalty to be imposed for failure to comply with said
notice and order in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
Said notice may be served on the owner personally or by leaving it at
his usual place of abode with a member of his family above the age of 18 years
if the owner has a place of abode within the Township of Brick; or said notice
may be served within or without the limits of the Township by mailing the
same by regular mail to the last known post office address of said owner as
the same appears on the last tax duplicate of the Township.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be exclusive,
and the provisions hereof and the water connections herein directed may be
compelled and enforced in any manner provided by law.
[Amended 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 666-89]
Any person, association or corporation who shall violate this chapter by failing to comply with any order issued in accordance with the provisions hereof, within 30 days after notice by the proper officer of said governing body, as aforesaid, shall, upon complaint by the Township Clerk or by any other person and upon conviction, be subject to the penalties as provided in Chapter 1, § 1-15, General penalty, for each violation. Each day of failure to comply with such order after the expiration of the thirty-day limitation provided for therein shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter. Penalties under this chapter may be enforced by the Township or by any interested person in the Municipal Court of this Township, in such manner as may be provided by law.
