[Adopted as Sec. 14-2 of the Revised General
Ordinances]
These rules and regulations are established
to:
A.
Require use of public sewers.
B.
Prohibit the discharge of sewage and waste into the
sewage system in excess of its carrying capacity.
C.
Prohibit or regulate the discharge of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes, which may cause maintenance and/or operating
difficulties of the sewers or other structures and equipment appurtenant
to the sewerage system.
D.
Require the treatment before introduction to the sewage
system of such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength and/or
the durability of structures appurtenant to the system by direct or
indirect chemical action or which may adversely affect normal treatment
processes at sewage treatment plants.
E.
Establish the characteristics of the sewage and industrial
wastes that are prohibited from discharge into the public sewers.
F.
Establish the design standards, materials and methods
of construction for connecting to the public sewer.
G.
Establish the fees for permit application and connection
to the public sewer.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° centigrade, expressed in mg/l (milligrams per liter) by
weight.
The Board of Health of the Borough of Norwood.
The amount of chlorine which must be added to water or waste
to produce a residual chlorine content of at least 0.1 milligrams
per liter after a minimum contact time of 10 minutes.
The duly appointed Health Officer of the Borough or his authorized
deputy, inspector, agent or representative.
Includes any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or
any other facility, located on the premises, intended or used for
the disposal of sewage.
Either an individual, partnership or corporation to whom
the Board of Health of the Borough or the State of New Jersey has
issued a license to practice plumbing in the Borough during the period
when such license is valid.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter solution.
A sanitary sewer system/works owned and/or controlled by
the Borough.
Wastewater or water-carried waste from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments. Sewage shall
be further classified as follows:
A.
DOMESTIC OR SANITARY SEWAGE -- The solid and liquid
waste from toilet and lavatory fixtures, kitchens, laundries, bathtubs,
shower baths or equivalent plumbing fixtures as discharged from dwellings,
business and industrial buildings.
B.
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE OR WASTES -- Includes the water-carried
wastes or any industrial process as distinct from domestic or sanitary
sewage. All substances carried in industrial wastes, whether dissolved,
in suspension or mechanically carried by water shall be considered
as industrial wastes.
C.
STORMWATER -- Includes the runoff or discharge of rain and melted snow or other water from roofs, surfaces of public or private lands, swimming pools or elsewhere. Stormwater also shall include subsoil drainage as defined in Subsection D below.
D.
SUBSOIL DRAINAGE -- Includes water from the soil percolating
into subsoil drains and through foundation walls, basement floors
or underground pipes.
E.
COOLING WATER -- Includes the wastewater from air-conditioning,
industrial cooling, condensing and hyraulically powered equipment
or similar apparatus.
F.
SEWER
GARBAGE -- Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of
produce. "Properly shredded garbage" shall mean garbage which has
been shredded so that no garbage particles will be greater than 1/2
inch in any dimension.
The pipe or conduit, together with manholes and other structures
or equipment appurtenant thereto, provided to carry sewage and waste
liquids. Sewers shall be further classified as follows:
G.
PUBLIC SEWER -- A trunk, main or lateral sewer up
to and including the Y-branch or tee provided for connection thereto,
and to which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights,
and which is controlled by a public authority. The public sewer shall
include the house connection but does not include the property owner's
connection.
H.
SANITARY SEWER -- A sewer which carries only sanitary
sewage and to which stormwater, subsoil drainage and cooling water
are not intentionally admitted.
I.
STORM SEWER OR DRAIN -- A pipeline carrying stormwater
or subsoil drainage.
J.
BUILDING DRAIN -- That part of the lowest horizontal
piping of a building sanitary sewer system that receives the discharge
from the sanitary waste pipes inside the walls of the building and
conveys it to the property owner's connection, beginning five feet
outside the inner face of the building wall.
K.
PROPERTY OWNER'S CONNECTION -- The extension from
the building drain to the house connection.
L.
HOUSE CONNECTION -- The pipe laid incidental to the
original construction of a public sewer from said public sewer up
to two feet inside the curbline of the street, highway or similar
location, and there capped, having been provided and intended for
extension and for use at some time thereafter as part of a property
owner's connection.
M.
SEWER INSPECTOR
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
WATERCOURSE
BUILDING SEWER (house sewer) -- That part of the horizontal
piping of a building drainage system extending from the building drain
to its connection with the public sewer and includes the property
owner's connection and the house connection.
The Borough Engineer or such other person, authorized by
the Borough to inspect sewer connections, as may be designated by
the governing body of the Borough to issue permits and to review and
approve the construction and installation of sewers and sewer connections
to ensure compliance with the provisions of this article, the current
Plumbing Code, and all pertinent ordinances of the Borough or the
Board of Health of the Borough.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by filtering
as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage
and Industrial Waste, American Public Health Association.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously
or intermittently.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or
permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner upon public or private
property within the Borough or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the Borough any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste, except in approved sanitary landfill areas as licensed by the
state and municipal health departments.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural
outlet or storm sewer within the Borough or in any area under the
jurisdiction of the Borough any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes
or other polluted waters.
C.
Connection to the public system required.
(1)
The owner of any house, building or other property
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose
situated within the Borough and abutting on or having easement access
or right-of-way to any street, easement, alley or right-of-way in
which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
sanitary sewer shall be required at his expense to install suitable
toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly
with the public sewer system in accordance with the provisions of
this article within one year after the date of official notice to
do so from the Mayor and Council of the Borough, provided that said
public sewer is within 300 feet of such owner's property line. If
a public health nuisance exists, the Norwood Board of Health shall
issue a notice to any property owner along the line of any sewer,
that said property owner shall connect his house within 60 days of
said notice. Any owner who fails to comply with said notice shall
be subject to a fine of $25, and an additional fine of $10 for each
day of delay after the expiration of the 60 days in which provisions
of the order or notice are not complied with. Such notice may be served
upon the owner personally, or by leaving it at his usual place of
abode with a member of his family above the age of 14 years, and in
the event of a corporate owner, by mailing a copy to the registered
agent of said corporation by certified mail. Said fine shall be imposed,
after hearing, by the Judge of the Municipal Court upon the complaint
of the Norwood Board of Health or its authorized agent.
(2)
If, after the expiration of said one year from the date of official notification, or in the event of a finding by the Board of Health that a public health nuisance exists, at the expiration of 60 days from such notification, the owner has failed to install such toilet facilities or to make such connections as set forth by the provisions of this article, and after said owner has received official notice as provided in Subsection C(1) above, the Borough or the Board of Health may cause such installation or connection to be made under the direction and supervision of the Sewer Inspector, and the Borough may award one or more contracts for the making of such improvements by a contractor selected by the Borough in accordance with the Local Public Contracts Law. Before proceeding to make any such installation or connection, the Borough or the Board of Health shall notify the owner of such contemplated installation or connection, which notice shall be served in the manner provided in Subsection C(1) above. That notice shall contain a description of the property affected as well as a description of the required installation or connection and notice that unless the installation or connection is completed in 30 days after service thereof, the Borough will proceed to make such installation or connection, or cause the same to be done pursuant to the authority of this subsection. When any such toilet installation or sewer connection shall be made by the Borough, a true and accurate account of the cost of said installation or connection shall be kept and apportioned to the property or properties affected, and a true statement of such costs attested to by the Board of Health or the Sewer Inspector shall be filed with the Borough Clerk; and the Mayor and Council shall examine such statement and if properly made shall confirm it and file it with the Tax Collector of the Borough who shall record the installation of the sewer connection in the same book in which he records sidewalk or other assessments. Every such installation or sewer connection which shall bear interest and penalties from the same time and at the same rate as assessments for local improvements in the Borough and from the time of confirmation shall be a first and paramount lien against the respective property or properties so connected with the sewer to the same extent as assessments for local improvements and shall be collected and enforced in the same manner. In the event that such installation or sewer connection is made following a finding by the Board of Health of a public health nuisance and a sixty-day notice, the charges, interest and penalties for such installations and connection shall be imposed and collected independent of any penalties imposed under Subsection C(1) above.
D.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to
any sanitary sewer. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
drains or storm sewers or to a natural outlet provided by the Borough
Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may
be discharged upon approval of the Board of Health and the Borough
Engineer to a storm drain or natural outlet.
A.
Where a public or private sanitary sewer system is not available under the provisions of § 189-7C, the building sewer shall be connected to a septic tank or other individual sewage disposal facility complying with the provisions of the current Plumbing Code of the Borough.
B.
At such time as a public or private sewer system becomes available to a property served by an individual sewage disposal facility as provided in § 189-7C, a direct connection shall be made to the public or private sewer system in compliance with this article, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar individual sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
A.
No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged
into any public sewer of the Borough any waste, substance or waters
other than such kinds or types of waters or water-carried wastes for
the conveyance of which the particular public sewer be intended, designed
or provided, including any overflow, effluent or cleanings from septic
tank, cesspool, subsurface drainage trench, bed or filter or other
receptacles storing organic waste.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to
any sanitary sewer.
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or
wastes to any public sewer:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° Fahrenheit.
(2)
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease.
(3)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, paint and lacquers,
alcohol, tar, fuel oil, lubricating oils and greases or other flammable
or explosive liquids, solid, gas or vapor.
(4)
Any garbage except properly shredded garbage.
(5)
Any ashes, cinders, stones, sand, abrasives, mud,
straw, shavings or sawdust, metal, sticks, coarse rubbish, glass,
rags, feathers, tar, plastics, waste, rubber, animal guts or tissues,
entrails, blood, hair, hides, wood, paunch manure or any other substance
likely to damage, destroy or cause an obstruction to the flow in any
sewer or which may interfere with the proper operation of the sewage
works.
(6)
Any water, sewage or wastes having a pH lower than
5.5 or higher than 9.5 or having any other corrosive or detrimental
property capable of causing damage or hazard to the sewage works personnel.
(7)
Waste shall contain no solids in solution which will
precipitate greater than 1,000 parts per million upon acidification
(pH below 5.5), alkalization (pH above 8.5), oxidation or reduction.
(8)
Color shall not exceed an intensity of 500 parts per
million. Samples shall be diluted with distilled water to bring the
range within 10 to 50 parts per million and judged on a basis of intensity
or transmission of light rather than true color (Platinum Cobalt Standard).
(9)
Solid or viscous substances which are capable of causing
obstruction in sewers or interference with the proper functioning
of the treatment processes.
(10)
Wastes containing viable pathogenic bacteria other
than those normal to domestic sewage.
(11)
All wastes containing corrosive matters or toxic or
poisonous substances in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere
with the sewage treatment process or create any hazard to sewers,
structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works; and specifically
the following chemicals: arsenic and arsenicals; copper and copper
salts; mercury and mercurials; silver and silver compounds; zinc;
toxic dyes (organic or mineral); sulfanimides; phenols and their derivatives;
cresols; alcohols; aldehydes; chlorinated hydrocarbons; chlorine in
excess of 100 parts per million; iodine; fluorine; bromine; all strong
oxidizing agents, such as peroxides, chromates, dichromates, permanganate,
etc.; compounds producing hydrogen sulphide or any other toxic, inflammable
or explosive gases, either upon acidification, alkalization, reduction
or oxidation; strong reducing agents, such as nitrates, sulphites,
sulphids, strong acids or strong alkalis.
(12)
Radioactive wastes or materials may be discharged
into a public sewer if Conditions I and II below are met and if either
Condition III or IV is also met, provided that such discharges have
also been approved by any and all local, state and federal regulatory
agencies having jurisdiction.
(a)
Condition I. Such wastes must be readily soluble
or dispersible in water.
(b)
Condition II. The gross quantity of all radioactive
materials so discharged must not exceed one curie per year.
(c)
Condition III. The daily quantity of radioactive
material, if diluted by the average daily volume of sewage discharge
into the system from the installation, must not exceed the maximum
concentrations allowed by regulations of the United States Atomic
Energy Commission.
(d)
Condition IV. Daily quantities of radioactive
materials up to the maximum permitted by the United States Atomic
Energy Commission may be so discharged, provided that the total monthly
quantities, if diluted by the average monthly volume of sewage discharged
from the installation, do not exceed the concentrations permissible
under Condition III above.
(13)
Any noxious or malodorous gas, vapor or substance
capable of creating a public or private nuisance.
D.
The admission in the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 350 milligrams per liter by weight, or containing more than 350 milligrams per liter by weight of suspended solids, or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Subsection C, or having a chlorine demand of more than 15 milligrams per liter by weight, or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily flow of the Borough shall be subject to the review and approval of the Mayor and Council or Board of Health. Where necessary, in the opinion of the Mayor and Council or Board of Health, the owner shall provide at his expense such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 milligrams per liter, the suspended solids to 350 milligrams per liter by weight, or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in Subsection C, or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters and wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Mayor and Council or Board of Health and of any or all state regulatory agencies having jurisdiction, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
E.
Pretreatment facilities.
(1)
At all premises where wastes or substances specified
to be excluded from public sewers by these regulations are present
and liable to be discharged directly or indirectly into said sewers,
suitable and sufficient piping layouts, oil, grease, sand and flammable
waste traps or separators, screens, settling tanks, diluting devices,
storage or regulating chambers, treatment cooling or other equipment
and devices shall be provided. These shall be maintained and properly
operated by the owner of the premises or his agent at his expense
to ensure that no waste or substance is discharged in violation of
the requirements of these regulations.
(2)
Such facilities for pretreatment of wastes or waters
discharged to public sewers shall be approved by the Mayor and Council
or the Board of Health and by any or all state regulatory agencies
having jurisdiction. The Mayor and Council or the Board of Health
or state agencies may require of any owner installing pretreatment
facilities plans, specifications and a description of the facilities
which are proposed.
(3)
On premises where any of the waste or substances as
described in this subsection are present, the Mayor and Council or
the Board of Health may require the owner to provide, operate and
maintain, at his (the owner's) expense, a sampling well or wells,
flow-measuring devices, manholes or other appurtenances, all readily
accessible, on the building sewer from said premises near the point
where said sewer connects to the public sewer. By means of sampling
well or wells, flow-measuring devices or other appurtenances, the
owner, occupants of said premises, Health Officer or any public officer
having legal jurisdiction may secure samples of or examine the wastes
being discharged into the public sewer for the purpose of determining
compliance or noncompliance with the requirements of these regulations.
(4)
The Mayor and Council or the Board of Health or their
duly authorized representatives shall have the right to enter and
inspect any part of the premises served by public sewers upon which
there may be reason to believe that violations of the requirements
of these regulations have occurred or are likely to occur for the
purpose of ascertaining the facts as to such violation or suspected
violation or of obtaining samples of wastes or of inspecting flow-measuring
devices or treatment facilities provided to prevent prohibited discharges.
F.
Determination of wastewater characteristics.
(1)
When required by the Mayor and Council or Board of
Health, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying
industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the
building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely
located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Mayor and Council or the Board of Health. The manhole shall
be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by
him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(2)
All measurement tests and analysis of the characteristics
of water and wastes to which reference is made herein shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public
Health Association, Inc., a copy of which is hereby adopted, is annexed
hereto and made a part hereof and incorporated herein as fully as
if set forth at length.
(3)
Two copies of said Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater have been placed on file in the office of
the Borough Clerk and the Secretary of the Board of Health of the
Borough, and said copies shall remain on file in said offices so long
as this section is in effect, for the use and examination of the public.
(4)
All such measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of water and wastes shall be determined at the control manhole provided
for herein, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.
In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control
manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in
the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
A.
Connections to, alterations to or repairs to any public sewer or the manholes or other appurtenances of said sewer system in the Borough shall not be made by any person without a permit issued by the Borough or its duly authorized agent. However, a sewer connection permit shall be issued to any person described by the provisions of § 189-11 below, and in no event shall the issuance of such a permit be conditioned on obtaining a plumbing license from the Board of Health of the Borough or the State of New Jersey, and laying pipe inside property lines and the work involved in connecting to an existing lateral sewer is hereby declared to be work not requiring a licensed plumber.
B.
No unauthorized person shall open the cover of, enter
or alter any manhole or other appurtenance of any public sewer, place
or insert in any public sewer or its appurtenances any foreign material
which said sewer or its appurtenances was not intended to receive,
nor shall any person damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper in
any way with any public sewer or its appurtenances. Any person violating
this provision of these regulations shall be subject to arrest under
a charge of disorderly conduct.
A.
Application for sewer connection permits shall be
made on forms prescribed by the governing body and signed by the owner
of the property or his agent. Signing said application shall signify
assent to all of the rules and regulations and fee requirements for
examination and inspection by the Sewer Inspector. The prescribed
forms shall be obtained from the Sewer Inspector or by writing to
the Borough Clerk.
B.
The application shall state the location and character
of the work to be performed, the person who is to perform such work,
the time limit for completion of the work, the general character of
the wastes which are to be discharged into the sewer by the applicant
and such other information or specifications as may be deemed pertinent
by the governing body.
C.
Sewer connection permits shall be issued by the Sewer
Inspector or the Borough Clerk upon the satisfactory completion of
the application as aforesaid and upon the payment of a connection
inspection and examination fee in accordance with the following schedule:
(2)
For Class B permits (industrial sewage or wastes as defined in § 189-6 herein), for the additional mandatory review of the application plans and specifications and inspection of the sewer connection by the Borough Engineer, a deposit fee of $200 shall be paid with the application to cover costs of such review and inspection, any amount in excess of such costs to be refunded to the applicant upon completion of final inspection.
D.
Any permit may be suspended or terminated by the governing
body on written notice to the permittee for violation of the conditions
of said permit or for violation of the provisions of this article.
A.
Old building sewers may be used and connected to a
public sewer, when serving new buildings, only when they are found
on examination or test by the Sewer Inspector to meet all requirements
of this article. The Sewer Inspector may require, where indicated,
the uncovering of old sewers for inspection. All property owner's
connections shall be installed and connected to the proper house connections
as provided for incidental to the original construction of a public
sewer from said public sewer up to two inches inside the curbline
of the street, highway or similar location. The location of said house
connections is on record with the Borough for use on making the property
owner's connections.
B.
A separate and independent connection shall be provided
for every building or premises, except that where one building stands
at the rear of another on an interior lot and no sewer is available
or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining courtyard,
right-of-way, easement or driveway, the connection from the front
building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered
as one connection; provided, however, each building, premises or user
shall bear and be charged at its annual service charge.
C.
Soil vent pipes.
(1)
No building shall be connected to a public sewer unless
the plumbing system of said building has a soil vent pipe extended
to a point above the roof.
(2)
No running trap, main house trap or other device which
might prevent the free flow of air throughout the whole course of
the building sanitary system, building drain and said soil vent pipes
will be allowed.
D.
The property owner's connection shall be cast-iron
soil pipe or asbestos-cement pipe. All pipe materials shall conform
with the latest standard specifications of the American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM). Any part of the property owner's connection
that is located within 10 feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed
of cast-iron soil pipe with leaded joints. Cast-iron pipe with leaded
joints may be required by the Sewer Inspector where property owner's
connection is exposed to damage by tree roots, but in any case the
pipe shall be protected against damage by roots. If installed in filled
or unstable ground, the property owner's connection shall be of cast-iron
soil pipe, except that asbestos-cement pipe may be accepted if laid
in a suitable concrete encasement as approved by the Sewer Inspector.
No property owner's connection shall be located within five feet of
a cellar drain or ground drain unless pipe is of cast iron with leaded
joints. When a building connection or a building sewer lateral is
installed in a separate trench from the water service pipe and if
said trench does not traverse any driveway, filled area or other area
that may be subject to traffic settlement, jarring or other factors
that may jeopardize the pipe or its function, medium-weight cast-iron
pipe shall be used. In all other cases where cast-iron pipe is used,
it must be extra-heavy weight. Asbestos-cement pipe may be used, except
where specifically prohibited, provided that the following conditions
are met:
(1)
The pipe shall be installed upon a bed of gravel at
least six inches in depth, size of gravel not to exceed 3/4 inch.
(2)
Said pipe when used at a depth of less than two feet
or under driveways at a depth of less than four feet must be encased
in a six-inch sheath of concrete.
(3)
A flexible connection must be used when hooked up
to a rigid end.
(4)
Maximum length of pipe shall be 10 feet.
(5)
All pipe must be properly braced every five feet.
(6)
Joints shall be approved rubber O-ring seats.
(7)
The pipe shall have a minimum length of five feet
and be rated at a crushing strength of 2,400 pounds.
E.
The size and slope of the property owner's connection
shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor and Council or the Board
of Health, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches.
The slope of all pipe shall be not less than 1/4 inch per foot.
F.
In all buildings where the building drain is too low
to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage or its wastewaters
carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means
and discharged to the property owner's connection through a cast-iron
force main. All building drains whether force mains or gravity lines
shall be of cast-iron soil pipe from the inner face of the building
wall to the point of connection with the property owner's connection.
All joints, including that with the property owner's connection, shall
be made gastight and watertight by a method approved by the Sewer
Inspector.
G.
All excavations required for the installation of a
building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved
by the Sewer Inspector. Whenever possible, the property owner's connection
shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement
floor. All property owner's connections shall be laid at uniform grade
and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction
shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings. The property
owner's connection shall be laid on firm, undisturbed soil or a suitable
foundation; they shall be located at a sufficient distance from other
parallel pipes to permit alterations or repairs to any such pipes
or the sewer pipe without disturbing the others; they shall be well
cleaned inside after laying, and they shall conform to all reasonable
requirements for good construction. Backfill placed over the property
owner's connection shall be done with hand tools to a depth of at
least one foot over the pipe, using fine earth free from stones and
rubbish. Backfill shall be well and carefully tamped over the sewer.
The open ends of the property owner's connections and building drains
shall be kept closed or protected during construction and during periods
when work is suspended in order to exclude from the public sewer all
water or debris which might obstruct, damage or otherwise be detrimental
to the public sewer or sewage works. Abandoned property owner's connections
or drains shall be likewise promptly closed and sealed off from any
public sewer at the expense of the owner of the property. Sewer lateral
trenches shall not be backfilled until inspected and approved by the
Sewer Inspector. Said approval for backfilling is not to be considered
a guaranty by the Board of Health or the Mayor and Council of the
Borough that said house connection will function satisfactorily. All
pipe shall be so installed that the legend cast thereon indicating
the weight of the pipe may be seen from above. The contractor or homeowner
shall make every effort to protect pavements, curbs, walks, trees,
etc., from damage. In the event of damage it shall be the responsibility
and obligation of the homeowner or contractor to repair same at his
cost and in accordance with Borough specifications.
H.
All joints and connections for or between property
owner's connections, building drains shall be made gastight and watertight,
to wit:
(1)
Cast-iron pipe lead joints shall be firmly packed
with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead. Federal Specifications
QQ-L-156, not less than one inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring
and caulking tight. No paint, varnish or rothe coating shall be permitted
on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and
approved.
(2)
Sewer joints of cast-iron pipe or asbestos-cement
pipe or other approved pipe, or between such pipes and metals, may
be made with rubber or similar gaskets conforming to the latest ASTM
specifications.
I.
When the property owner's connection trench has been
excavated and the property owner's connection repaired, altered or
constructed and is ready for inspection and connection to the public
sewer, the Sewer Inspector shall be notified during regular working
hours not less than 24 hours in advance of the time when the connection
to the public sewer is planned. The connection of the property owner's
connection to the public sewer shall be made under the supervision
of the Sewer Inspector, and a record of all said connections shall
be kept by him. A written clearance to backfill shall be given the
drain layer at this time. If any person constructs, installs, alters
or repairs any property owner's connection or drain connecting with
a public sewer in the Borough in violation of any section of these
regulations or fails to give adequate notice to the Sewer Inspector
for an inspection of the work, said Sewer Inspector may order all
or any portion of the work to be uncovered for inspection and approval.
J.
Cleanouts shall be provided at a maximum of not more
than 60 feet apart in length of the house connection. Cleanouts shall
be the same size as the house connection and brought up to the ground
level and fitted with a brass or lead ferrule. Cleanouts shall also
be installed at each change in horizontal direction of the building
sewer greater than a forty-five-degree angle.
K.
All excavations for sewer installations shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard.
L.
The house connections shall be maintained by the Borough.
The property owner's connection shall be maintained by the property
owner.
M.
The installation of a public sewer system in any street,
lane, road, etc., by the Borough or by other shall not imply Borough
ownership or acceptance of such streets, lanes, roads,. etc., unless
and until they otherwise comply with Borough requirements for acceptance,
ownership and maintenance.
N.
If any person, after proper order or direction from
the Health Officer or Sewer Inspector, fails to remedy any violation
of this section or of any other section of these regulations, the
Mayor and Council or the Board of Health may disconnect the property
owner's connection on the property where the violation exists from
the public sewer and may collect the cost of making such disconnection
from any person or persons responsible for, or willfully concerned
in, or who profited by such violation of the requirements of these
regulations.
The Sewer Inspector or any member of the Board
of Health shall have the right, upon identifying himself or themselves,
to enter in and upon any premises, at any reasonable hour of the day
or night, to make any reasonable examination or inspection required
by this article to determine whether any nuisance exists therein or
thereon, or to determine whether the provisions of this article and
the rules and regulations thereunder are being followed or obeyed.
A.
Any person who, either as owner, occupant, tenant,
plumber or otherwise, shall be convicted of violating any of the provisions
of this article or the Plumbing Code shall be subject to a fine of
not more than $100 in the discretion of the Municipal Judge or other
magistrate before whom such conviction may be had, and in default
of the payment of such fine, any person, either as owner, occupant,
tenant, plumber or otherwise, shall be imprisoned in the County Jail
for a period not exceeding 30 days in the discretion of the Municipal
Judge or other magistrate before whom such conviction may be had.
B.
In addition to the penalties hereinbefore provided,
the governing body may in its discretion revoke, for any period not
exceeding one year, the license of any offender who shall be convicted
of a second offense of violating any of the provisions of this article.
This article and ordinances supplementary thereto
and amendatory thereof shall be considered part of the Plumbing Code
of the Board of Health of the Borough and is annexed thereto and made
a part thereof and incorporated therein as fully as if set forth at
length. All rules and regulations set forth in the Plumbing Code,
but not specifically set forth herein, shall be construed as to be
part of this article and shall regulate that which is not regulated
specifically herein. However, all parts of the Plumbing Code inconsistent
with this article shall be considered not applicable for the specific
purposes as set forth herein.
