[Adopted 4-19-1988 by Ord. No. 13-1988]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Atlantic County Division of Public Health.
Includes all buildings and structures used for private residential
or commercial purposes which have previously been constructed and
have previously received approvals for existing individual sewage
disposal systems. For the purpose of this definition, buildings or
structures that have been renovated shall be considered existing structures.
A system for the disposal of sanitary sewage into the ground,
which is so designed and constructed to treat sewage in a manner that
will retain most of the settleable solids in a septic tank and to
discharge the liquid portion to an adequate disposal field.
All buildings and structures requiring a building permit
used for private residential or commercial purposes, which are either
under construction or have recently been completed but have not yet
had a certificate of occupancy issued, and which are not served by
an approved sewerage system, the useful occupancy of which will require
the installation or erection of sewerage facilities.
A watertight receptacle which receives the discharge of sewage
from a building sewer or part thereof.
Any application submitted to the Division pursuant to the Realty Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act, N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 and the Standards for Construction of Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, N.J.A.C. 7:9-2.1 et seq., shall be disapproved by the Division unless exempted pursuant to § 116-9.
A.
The Division shall have the authority to issue a permit
for the repair or replacement of existing sewage holding tanks installed
prior to 1977 and existing sewage holding tanks installed during or
after 1977 which were previously approved by the Division.
B.
The Division shall have the authority to issue a permit
for use of a holding tank for existing structures serviced by individual
sewage disposal systems if the individual sewage disposal system is
no longer functioning properly and poses a threat to the public health
and if the physical characteristics of the property make it impossible
to have a new standard or alternative individual sewage disposal system
installed in accordance with the guidelines set forth in N.J.A.C.
7:9-2.1 et seq. or to have the property connected to a sanitary sewer
system.
C.
The Division shall have the authority to issue emergency
permits for temporary use of a holding tank, subject to conditions
prescribed by the Division to protect the public health, in the case
of failing or destroyed individual sewage disposal systems which may
be repaired or replaced in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:9-2.1 et seq.
Emergency permits may be issued for a period of 30 days and may be
renewed for a maximum of five additional thirty-day periods.
