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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 74-16, adopted on
1-22-1975, provided for a perpetual service contract between the City
of Bridgeton and the Cumberland County Sewerage Authority. The City
has a contract with the Cumberland County Utilities Authority, and
said documents are on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk.
A.
Generally. The sewer use regulations of the Cumberland
County Utilities Authority, as may be amended by the Cumberland County
Utilities Authority, shall be the sewer use regulations of the City
of Bridgeton in addition to those regulations specific to the City
of Bridgeton.
B.
Supervision. The Director of the Division of Water
and Sewer shall exercise supervision of the sewerage facility and
its operation and shall enforce the rules and regulations of the Division.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12; 12-1-2009 by Ord. No.
09-04]
A.
Unauthorized disposal. No person shall place, deposit
or permit to be deposited on public or private property, into streams
or bodies of water within the City any animal excrement or sanitary
waste, including garbage or industrial waste.
B.
Connection to public sewer.
(1)
Each premises fronting on a public way or easement
in which a public sewer is now in operation shall be connected separately
and independently with the public sewer main directly in front of
the building or dwelling or use on the premises, or nearest in a downstream
direction, with the exception of a premises which is receiving sewer
services through a common private sewer line at the time of the passage
of this chapter. If the common private sewer line must be replaced,
service by common sewer line shall be discontinued, and each premises
shall be connected individually and independently with the public
sewer.
(2)
All premises fronting on a public way or easement
in which a public sewer shall be constructed or placed in operation
shall connect to the public sewer within 90 days after such operation
begins.
(3)
All toilets, sinks, bathtubs, wash basins or tubs
or other fixtures for receiving wastewater located in or connected
with any building shall be connected with the public sewer.
(4)
New or replacement sewer lines or pipes shall be compatible
with the existing sewer lines or pipes. No connection line or pipe
from the public sewer main to the wall of the building or to the premises
shall be less than four inches in diameter.
(5)
Old building sewers may be used in connection with
new buildings, provided they are of good condition and conform to
the requirements of these regulations.
(6)
The owner at owner's expense shall be responsible
for keeping the sewer line from the premises to the public sewer line
in good working order and repair, and free from blockage.
(7)
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any
building or structure unless the owner of said building or structure
complies with the terms of this section.
(8)
The Director may prohibit any person from connecting
to the public sewer if, in the Director's opinion, the sewage is detrimental
to the public sewer system or to the health, welfare, or safety of
the City and its citizens.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12]
(9)
All building sewers and all laterals or connections
of the building sewer to the public sewer system shall conform to
the requirements of the building and plumbing codes or any other applicable
rule or regulation of the City, the Cumberland County Utilities Authority
or the State of New Jersey. The owner of a premises with a below-grade
sewer line shall have the sewer line equipped with backup or check
valves to prevent backup of effluent.
C.
Responsibility for installation, connection, maintenance
and repair; indemnification.
(1)
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation
and connection of a premises to the public sewer line shall be the
responsibility of the owner(s) of the premises.
(2)
All costs and expenses incidental to the maintenance
and repair of lateral sewer lines or pipes from the public sewer line
to the building, structure or use on the premises shall be the responsibility
of the owner(s) of the premises.
(3)
Laterals from the public sewer line to the curbline
shall be laid, repaired or replaced at the expense of the owner(s)
of the premises. Such lateral shall be laid, repaired or replaced
by or under the supervision of the Division. The Division shall provide
or require that all new or replacement sewer lines be compatible with
the existing sewer lines.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12; 12-1-2009 by Ord. No.
09-04]
(a)
The Division shall install four-inch sewer lines
or laterals from the public sewer line to the curbline. When the Division
provides this service, the owner or applicant shall deposit a sum
equal to the costs of connection, renewal, installation, repair, replacement,
or other service at the time of application.
(b)
The installation, repair and replacement of
sewer lines over four inches from the public sewer to the curbline
shall be contracted out by the owner at the owner's expense to an
approved contractor. The City shall approve the material, supervise
the installation, repair or replacement and charge an inspection fee.
(4)
Sewer lines from the curbline to the building, structure
or use on the premises shall be laid, repaired or replaced by and
at the expense of the owner(s) of the premises. All new or replacement
lines must be compatible with the City's sewer lines. The installation,
repair or replacement shall be contracted out by the owner at the
owner's expense to an approved contractor. The City shall approve
the materials, supervise the installation and charge an inspection
fee.
(5)
The owner(s) whose premises is receiving sewer services
through a common private sewer line shall be responsible for the maintenance,
operation and cost of repairs of the common sewer line and shall be
severally liable. If the common sewer line which serves more than
one premises or building must be replaced, service by common sewer
line shall be discontinued, and the owner(s) of each property or premises
shall be individually responsible for the installation of its own
private sewer line and connection to the public sewer line.
(6)
If the owner of any premises in the City fails to
connect, install, repair, replace or maintain private sewer lines
or meters, etc., as required by the City, the City may make or cause
to be made the connection, installation, repair or maintenance and
bill the owner of said property for the costs and expenses thereof.
The owner of said property shall be subject to the same penalties
for nonpayment of these costs and expenses as for nonpayment of sewer
rents.
(7)
It is expressly stipulated that no claim shall be
made against the City by reason of the breaking of any public sewer
line or from the maintenance of the public sewer line or the cleaning
or clearing of a public sewer line or from the shutting off of sewer
services.
D.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation
and connection of the premises to the public sewer and all costs and
expenses incidental to the maintenance and repair of the lateral sewer
lines from the public sewer to the premises shall be the responsibility
of the owner(s) who shall indemnify the City for any loss or damage
that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
or the connection or the maintenance and repair.
A.
When any owner of premises shall install a meter or
measuring device upon proper application to the Director as provided
herein, such installation shall be at the owner's expense, and the
owner shall be responsible for its maintenance and all repairs thereto,
whether such repairs are made necessary by ordinary wear and tear
or other causes. Should repairs to the meter or measuring device be
made by the City upon request of the owner, all bills for such repairs
shall be due and payable at the same time and be collected in the
same manner and be subject to the same penalties for nonpayment as
are the bills for sewerage service.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12]
B.
Measurements, tests and analyses of waste and wastewater
of industrial or permitted users shall be determined in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Cumberland County Utilities
Authority. A permitted and/or industrial user at its own expense and
as required by the Cumberland County Utilities Authority shall install
all necessary sampling and metering devices and other appurtenances
or structures to facilitate observation, sampling or measurement of
waste or wastewater.
C.
The Director shall have the right to make reasonable
inspection of all devices or meters installed by owners of the premises.
If the Director discovers a mechanical defect or an error in recording,
then the Director may order the owner to have the same repaired. If
the owner shall not repair or cause to have repaired said meter or
device within 10 days, then the Director may have the same repaired,
adjusted, calibrated or replaced, and such costs shall be charged
against the owner and shall be included in the next bill and collected
as any sewer charge.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12]
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12]
The Director or any duly authorized officer
under the Director, or the Executive Director or his agent shall have
the right to enter upon any land, water or premises connected to the
sewer system at any reasonable time or, if an emergency, at anytime,
for the purposes of making surveys, studies, investigations or inspections
or for examining pipes and equipment or for sampling, analyzing and
inspecting the quality and quantity of wastewater or other discharges
from the premises into the sewer system or for the purpose of reviewing
and copying any records required to be kept by the Authority or the
City.
No person shall commit any of the following
acts:
A.
To uncover any portion of the sewer system or open
any manhole except with the written permission of the Director.
B.
To open any public street or place or to break, cut
or remove any pipe or appurtenance of the sewer system except with
permission of the Director.
C.
To make or cause to be made any connection with or
opening into the sewer system or alter or disturb any public sewer
or appurtenance thereof without permission of the Director.
D.
To discharge or cause to be discharged into any sewer
system, directly or indirectly, any groundwater, surface water or
rainwater from yards, areas, courts or roofs or foundation drains
except with the permission of the Director.
A.
No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly,
deposit, cause or allow to be discharged or deposited into the sewer
system any wastewater, toxic substances or other substances, except
in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Cumberland County
Utilities Authority.
B.
The admission of any water or wastewater having the
following characteristics shall be subject to review of the Cumberland
County Utilities Authority:
(1)
A five-day BOD concentration greater than 250 parts
per million; or
(2)
A suspended solids concentration in excess of 250
parts per million, by weight; or
(3)
Incompatible pollutants, as defined within the Rules
and Regulations of the Cumberland County Utilities Authority; or
(4)
Pollutants subject to pretreatment standards of federal
and state government; or
(5)
An average daily discharge in excess of 25,000 gallons.
C.
No person shall discharge into the sewer system waste
or wastewater substances which are prohibited by or exceed prescribed
limits or which violate restrictions of the Cumberland County Utilities
Authority.
D.
All industrial users connected to or proposing to
be connected to or discharging into the sewer system will obtain an
industrial wastewater discharge permit in accord with the Rules and
Regulations of the Cumberland County Utilities Authority and shall
adhere to such rules and regulations.
A.
Whenever the Director or the Executive Director of
the Cumberland County Utilities Authority is of the opinion or has
reason to believe that a person is actually or probably evading or
disregarding the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations
of the Authority, including noncompliance with the conditions of an
industrial user permit, or there is the necessity for alterations,
extensions or repairs, or there are discharges into the sewers of
any substance liable to injure the sewerage facilities, the Director
or the Executive Director may serve upon such person personally, or
by regular and certified mail, return receipt requested, at the last
known address, a written notice stating the nature of the violation,
providing a reasonable time for the satisfactory correction thereof,
advising that suspension of sewer services may occur if the violations
or alterations, extensions or repairs are not corrected.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12]
B.
If the violation, alterations, extensions or repairs
are not corrected by timely compliance, the Director or Executive
Director may suspend sewer services. A person notified of the suspension
of sewer services shall immediately stop or eliminate the contribution
of wastewater. Reinstatement may occur at cost to the user upon proof
by written statement that the violations have been corrected, that
alterations, extension, or repairs have been made or that improper
discharges have been eliminated.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12]
C.
The Director or Executive Director may sever the connection
or cause the removal of any sewer line or pipes or drain if the person
fails to comply with the notice of suspension, or if the Director
or Executive Director deems the situation an emergency in that there
is an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health and welfare
of persons or the environment, the Director or Executive Director
shall be authorized to act without notice and recourse.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12]
D.
Sewer services may be terminated for nonpayment of
rent, charges or fees.
A.
Application for an extension of a sewer within the
public right-of-way shall be to the Division of Water and Sewer, who
shall consult with the City Engineer.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12; 12-1-2009 by Ord. No.
09-04]
B.
The applicant shall submit the necessary engineering
drawings and/or other details as are determined to be necessary by
the City Engineer or other appropriate agency.
C.
The application and submission shall be reviewed by
the City Engineer and the Cumberland County Utilities Authority, if
necessary, and to any other appropriate or county agency for approval.
The City Council shall determine whether to grant an extension of
the public sewer main based upon its assessment of the need and ability
of the sewerage system to accommodate such expansion. The City Council
may set reasonable terms and conditions and may make the extension
of the public sewer main as local improvements with costs assessable
to owners of the property abutting said main.
D.
Applicants shall be responsible for all costs of the
extension project, including those for assessment, inspection escrow,
miscellaneous fees and costs, permits, costs of excavation and of
bonding as may be required by the City Engineer and City Council or
Authority.
E.
Final approval of the extension project is dependent
upon the applicant meeting bonding requirements as required by the
City Engineer, City ordinances and CCUA, paying any and all necessary
fees, escrows, costs, bonding expenses, and any other payments associated
with the project.
A.
Application for connection or renewal, for repairs
and/or replacement of sewer lines or pipes, for permits or any other
sewerage services from the Division of Water and Sewer shall be in
writing to the Division on a form provided by the Division and signed
by the owner or the owner's agent.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12; 12-1-2009 by Ord. No.
09-04]
B.
If required, the applicant must secure appropriate
state or county permits, including, in the case of a new connection,
a connection fee permit from the CCUA and necessary permits for opening
a state or county highway or road, as well as permits from the City
code enforcement officers.
C.
The application must be obtained and proof of payment
of fees, including the new connection fee of the CCUA, and of expenses,
escrows and all other costs must be provided to the Division prior
to the start of the installation, replacement, repair, construction
or connection.
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12; 12-1-2009 by Ord. No.
09-04]
