[Adopted by Ord. No. O-81-22 (§ 15-5
of the Revised General Ordinances), as amended through Ord. No. O-86-24]
Whenever there has been or shall have been established
within the Township a public system of sewage disposal operated and
maintained by the Township or by any public agency lawfully created
for such purpose by the Township Committee and sewage disposal lines
have been installed in any street, public or private, the owners of
any and all buildings fronting or located upon such street or streets
shall be required, at their own expense, to make connections from
such buildings to said sewage disposal system.
The owner of every existing house, building
or structure and the owner of every building, house or structure to
be constructed or acquired which may be occupied or used by human
beings located on the property along the line of any public sewerage
system created pursuant to the provisions of the Sewerage Authority
Law, P.L. 1946, c. 138, as amended and supplemented in Title
40, Chapter 14A of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, now or hereafter
constructed or acquired in the Township shall connect and hook up
the sewerage facilities emanating from such house, building or structure
to such sewerage system within 30 days after the date on which notice
has been given to connect and hook up.
The Township Engineer or his agent is hereby
empowered to inspect and examine any such proposed connection and
to approve or disapprove the manner, method and materials utilized
in making such connection.
If, following notice as hereinafter provided,
the owner of any property affected hereby shall neglect or fail to
make such connection, the Township Committee may cause the same to
be made under the direction of the Engineer or his agent or award
a contract for the making of such connection.
Before proceeding to make any connection or
awarding any contract for the making thereof, the Township Committee
shall cause notice of such proposed connection to be given to the
owner of any properties affected thereby in the manner provided by
law.
When any sewer connection shall be made either
by the Township or by contract awarded thereby, a true and accurate
account of the cost and expense shall be kept and apportioned to the
property or properties thereby connected, and a true statement of
such costs under oath shall be filed by the Township Engineer with
the Township Clerk. The Township Committee shall examine the same
and, if properly made, shall confirm it and file such statement with
the Tax Collector who shall thereupon file said charge as a special
assessment.
Every sewer connection charge shall bear interest
and penalties from the same time and at the same rate as assessments
for local improvements and from the time of confirmation shall be
a lien against the respective property or properties so connected
to the sewerage system to the same extent as assessments for local
improvements and shall be collected and enforced in the same manner.
If any house, building or structure referred to in § 270-13 above shall be used for industrial or commercial purposes, the owner thereof shall connect and hook up the sewerage facilities emanating from the sewerage system within 30 days after the date on which notice has been given to connect and hook up, under and pursuant to rules and regulations on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
