As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DIVISION
The Atlantic County Division of Public Health.
EXISTING CONSTRUCTION
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.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
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.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
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.
SEWAGE HOLDING TANK
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.