It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited on public or private property within the Borough of Allendale or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial waste, except as provided in this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage, except as hereinafter provided.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 217, Individual Sewage Disposal Systems.
The owner of any dwelling, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes which produce sanitary sewage or industrial waste, abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required, at his expense, to connect the building sewer directly with the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so.
If, after the expiration of said 90 days from the date of official notification, the owner of any property affected by the provisions of this chapter has failed to make such sewer connection as required by Article II hereof after receiving official notice requiring such action as hereinbefore provided, the Borough may cause such connection to be made under the direction and supervision of the Board of Health or such other official or department of the Borough as may hereafter be designated by the Borough or award one or more contracts for the making of such improvements by a contractor selected by the Borough on an annual basis as a result of open competitive bidding.
Before proceeding to make any such connection, the Board of Health or such other official or department of the Borough as may hereafter be designated by the Borough shall cause notice of such contemplated installation or connection to be given to the owner of any properties affected thereby. The notice shall contain a description of the property affected, sufficiently definite in terms to identify it, as well as a description of the required connection and notice that, unless the connection shall be completed within 30 days after the service thereof, the Borough will proceed to make such connection or cause the same to be done, pursuant to the authority of § 220-6 hereof. The notice shall be served in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:63-56, 40:63-57 and 40:63-58.[1]
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Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:63-56, 40:63-57 and 40:63-58 were repealed by L.1991, c. 53, § 1, effective 1-1-1992.
When any such sewer connection shall be made by the Borough, a true and accurate account of the cost and expense shall be kept and apportioned to the property or the properties thereby connected with the sewers, and a true statement of such costs, under oath, shall be forthwith filed by the Board of Health, or such other official or department of the Borough as may hereafter be designated by the Borough, with the Borough Clerk. The Borough shall examine the same and, if properly made, shall confirm it and file such statement with the Tax Collector of the Borough, who shall record the cost of the installation of the sewer connection in the same book in which he records other assessments.
Every such sewer connection charge 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.
No such charge for sewer connections shall be invalid by reason of any error or omission in stating the name of the owner or owners of properties affected by such sewer connections, nor for any other informality, where such property or real estate has actually been improved by such sewer connection.
[Amended 9-25-1986]
A. 
The Mayor and Council, by resolution duly adopted, after public hearing, with 10 days' written notice to owners within 200 feet of the applicant's property, may waive the provisions of this article requiring connection with the sanitary sewer system of the Borough upon the following grounds:
(1) 
Where said Mayor and Council finds evidence of substantial hardship because of unusual physical conditions; and
(2) 
Where it is found that the operation of the present septic tank system is adequate.
B. 
Said waiver shall be for a period to be determined by the Mayor and Council, such period not to exceed three years.