As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AS-BUILT PLAN
A plan prepared by the Sewer Engineer showing existing house
sewer laterals.
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN
The lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system within
a building, which receives the discharge from soil and waste pipes
and conveys it to the building connection.
BUILDING CONNECTION
That part of the sewage system beginning five feet outside
the inner face of the building wall that receives the discharge from
the building drain and conveys it to the building sewer lateral.
BUILDING SEWER LATERAL
That part of the sewage system that runs from the sewer main
to the curbline and includes all necessary fittings.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The liquid waste from industrial processes, as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
MAIN SEWER or PUBLIC SEWER
The sewers laid longitudinally along the center line or other
part of the street or other right-of-way in which all owners of abutting
properties have equal rights and which is controlled by the Borough.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
pH
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the weight
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PLUMBING
The practice of installing, maintaining, extending, repairing
and altering plumbing systems. It is also the installed plumbing system
piping, materials, plumbing fixtures and appurtenances of such systems
in connection with the following: sanitary drainage or storm drainage
facilities together with their venting systems, a public or private
water supply system and fire protection systems within or adjacent
to any building, structure or conveyance.
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
A person licensed and authorized to inspect plumbing pursuant
to the provisions of State Uniform Construction Code Act, N.J.S.A.
52:27D-119 et seq.
PLUMBING SYSTEM
The sanitary and storm drainage facilities, together with
their venting systems and plumbing fixtures, a public or private water
supply system and the fire protection systems within or adjacent to
any building, structure or conveyance to a point of connection to
a public or private sewage system, public or private water supply
or other acceptable terminal.
SANITARY SEWAGE
That domestic sewage, with storm and surface water excluded,
such as sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels, office and commercial buildings,
factories and institutions).
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer, which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground water are not admitted.
SEWAGE
Any liquid waste containing animal, chemical or vegetable
matter in suspension or solution.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping and disposing of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER ENGINEER
The person or firm of duly licensed engineers retained or
appointed by the Borough in connection with the construction, installation
and maintenance of the municipal sewer system; and, if no one has
been appointed or such services have been completed, the term shall
mean the Borough Engineer.
SEWER INSPECTOR
The Sewer Inspector of the Borough or his authorized deputy,
agent or representative.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries storm or surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial waste.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A. Liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150º
F.
B. Water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts
per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease.
C. Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D. Water or waters having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher
than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structure, equipment and personnel of the sewage
works.
E. Waters or water containing a toxic or poisonous substance
in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
F. Waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such
character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such matters at the sewage treatment plant.
G. Noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of
creating a public nuisance.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 12-14]
A. Prior to
issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a grease-producing establishment
in which a grease interceptor is required, the applicant shall pay
an initial fee of $150 to the Borough Clerk. A yearly fee of $150
shall thenceforth be payable to the Borough Clerk to cover the Borough's
costs for inspecting grease interceptors, for enforcement of the requirements
of this chapter. Existing grease-producing establishments having a
grease trap shall also pay a yearly fee of $150.
B. The fee
shall be payable to the Borough Clerk on or before the 15th day of
July in each year, and all such licenses shall expire on the 14th
day of July of the following year.
[Added 12-1-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-35]
A. Findings; purpose.
(1)
The federal government has enacted the amended Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, now known as the "Federal Clean Water Act"
(33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.).
(2)
The Bergen County Utilities Authority has enacted rules and
regulations, as required by the Federal Clean Water Act, in incorporating
an industrial cost recovery system, a user charge system and regulations
pertaining to the use of sanitary sewers.
(3)
The Borough of Paramus is within the district serviced by the
Bergen County Utilities Authority and has contracted with the Bergen
County Utilities Authority for the removal and treatment of the wastewater
contained within the sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Paramus.
(4)
The Borough of Paramus desires to assure that the sanitary sewer
pump stations operated and maintained by the Borough of Paramus shall
at all times conform to the best sanitary engineering practices and
comply with the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act.
(5)
The purpose of the sanitary sewer pump station maintenance fee
is to provide a fair payment toward the capital costs of the sanitary
sewer pump stations operated and maintained by the Borough of Paramus.
B. Compliance with the Bergen County Utilities Authority. The use of
the sanitary sewer system shall be in full and complete compliance
with the relevant rules and regulations enacted by the Bergen County
Utilities Authority.
C. System adopted.
(1)
The Borough of Paramus hereby adopts and enacts the user charge
system contained in the rules and regulations of the Bergen County
Utilities Authority, as if set forth at length herein, as the sanitary
sewer pump station maintenance fee system of the Borough of Paramus,
and the Borough of Paramus does hereby authorize the immediate implementation
hereof by the appropriate municipal official, to be designated by
resolution of the governing body of the Borough of Paramus.
(2)
Nothing contained herein shall preclude the Borough of Paramus
from challenging any amendments to the relevant rules and regulations
of the Bergen County Utilities Authority which may be hereafter adopted.
D. Copies available for cost. Copies of the rules and regulations of
the Bergen County Utilities Authority can be obtained from the Bergen
County Utilities Authority for the cost of publication.
E. Amount of charges.
(1)
The Borough of Paramus sanitary sewer pump station maintenance
fee shall be computed as follows:
(a)
The projected flow to the sanitary sewer system, measured by
gallons per day, for any application submitted to the Planning Board
or the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Paramus that will
result in such a discharge to the sanitary sewer system shall be determined
by the type of establishment and associated measurement unit and gallons
per day measurement as has been determined and established by the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, as has been memorialized
by regulation at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3.
(b)
The sanitary sewer pump station maintenance fee shall then be calculated by multiplying the projected flow for any such application submitted to the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Paramus, which projected flow is the gallons per day flow measurement determined pursuant to Subsection
E(1)(a), by the sanitary sewer annual user charge as calculated for the current year pursuant to Borough of Paramus Code Chapter
363 and then multiplying that calculation by 365 days.
[Amended 11-9-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-46]
Example:
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Projected Gallons Per Day (gpd) Flow (10 1-bedroom units)
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150 gpd x 10 units = 1,500 gpd
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Paramus Current Year Sewer User Fee
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$3/1,000 gallons
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Calculation
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$3/1,000 x 1,500 gpd = $4.50
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Based on 365 days
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$4.50 x 365 = $1,642.50
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(2)
The sanitary sewer pump station maintenance fee calculated pursuant to Subsection
E(1)(a) for any affordable housing unit shall then be multiplied by 1/2 to determine the sanitary sewer pump station maintenance fee to be collected for any affordable housing unit subject thereto.
F. Collection of sanitary sewer pump station maintenance fee. The entire sum of the sanitary sewer pump station maintenance fee calculated pursuant to Subsection
E shall be collected at the time of issuance of the first building permit applicable thereto.
When required by the Sewer Department, the owner
of any property served by a building connection or building sewer
carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the waste. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Plumbing Inspector and the Sewer Department. 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.