[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Upper Saddle River as Ch. BH-VI of the Revised General
Ordinances, 1971. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
A code regulating the location, construction, alteration,
use and supervision of individual and semipublic water supplies: requiring
certain permits; providing for the inspection of such supplies and
the fixing of fees; and prescribing penalties for violations, is hereby
adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A 26:3-69.1 to 3-69.6. A copy of the code
is annexed to this chapter and made a part of it without inclusion
of the text herein.
B.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is
described and commonly known as the "Individual and Semipublic Water
Supply Code of New Jersey (1966)."
Three copies of the Individual and Semipublic
Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1966) have been placed on file in
the office of the Secretary of the Board of Health for use and examination
by the public.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any
water supply until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of the water supply has been issued by the Board of Health.
The Board of Health may issue a permit if an
application is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey stating that the
design of the water supply as proposed is in compliance with the code.
New water supplies shall not be placed in operation,
nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions thereto be sold
or occupied which must rely on such a supply for water, until the
Board of Health has issued a certificate indicating that the water
supply has been located and constructed in compliance with the terms
of the permit issued and the requirements of the code. Issuance of
the certificate shall not be required for alteration to an existing
water supply.
The Board of Health may issue the certificate
if an engineer licensed to practice professional engineering in New
Jersey submits a written statement signed by him to the Board of Health
that the water supply has been located and constructed in accordance
with the terms of the permit and the requirements of the code.
If a permit or certificate required by this
chapter is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall be held
before the Board within 15 days after request is made by the applicant;
and, upon the hearing, the Board of Health shall affirm, alter or
rescind its previous determination and take action accordingly within
15 days after the date of the hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work
in and about any water supply which is being erected or installed
in violation of the code to be stopped forthwith, except such work
as shall be necessary to remedy the violation, and thereafter the
work continued without any violation of any of the provisions of the
code; and after issuance of such order and the service of a copy upon
the person connected with or working in and about the erection or
installation of the water supply or any part thereof, no further work
shall be done except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges shall be established:
A.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to locate and construct or alter a water supply: $100.
[Amended 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 2-2018]
B.
For each reinspection of a water supply or part thereof
caused by the failure of the permittee to locate and construct or
alter the same in accordance with the terms of the permit issued or
the terms of the aforesaid code: an inspection fee of $5.
C.
Water sample and/or visual inspection of septic, verbal
report $15.
[Added 11-21-1983; amended 11-17-1986]
D.
Water sample and/or visual inspection of septic, written
report $20.
[Added 11-21-1983; amended 11-17-1986]
E.
Water sample, retest $10.
[Added 11-17-1986]
[Added 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 14-04]
All privately owned water wells which are currently
used to provide potable water within an area delineated by the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as a “currently
known extent” (CKE) of groundwater contamination shall dismantle
and permanently seal their wells. Well sealing shall be done in accordance
with the law, including the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:9-9 (or subsequent
amendments) within 60 days of the date that centrally supplied water
service becomes available to each structure which has been supplied
with well water in the past. All buildings and structures in the CKE
previously supplied with privately owned wells used to supply potable
water must be connected to the centrally supplied public water service.
[Added 6-23-1986]
Any person who violates or neglects to comply
with any provision of this chapter or code established herein or notice
issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable
to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each violation.
