[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Township of Freehold by Ord.
No. 25 (Ch. BH-VIII of the Revised General Ordinances),
as amended through Ord. No. BH-01-92. Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 270.
A code regulating the location, construction,
use, maintenance and method of emptying or cleaning individual sewage
disposal systems; the issuance of permits to locate, construct, empty
or clean the systems; and fixing penalties for the violation thereof
is hereby adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq. A copy of
the code is annexed to this chapter and made a part of it without
inclusion of the text.
The code established and adopted by this chapter
is described and commonly known as the "Standards for (Construction
of) Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems" of New Jersey (1990),
N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1 et seq. as supplemented and amended from time to time.
Three copies of the code have been placed on
file in the offices of the Board of Health and the Township Clerk
for the use and examination of the public.
A.
Permit required. No person shall locate, construct
or alter any individual sewage disposal system until a permit for
the location, construction or alteration of the sewage disposal system
shall have been issued by the Board of Health.
B.
Issuance of permit. 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 individual sewage disposal system as
proposed is in compliance with the code.[1]
A.
Certificate required. New individual disposal systems
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 system for sewage disposal, until the Board of Health shall have
issued a certificate indicating that the disposal system has been
located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit
issued and the requirements of the aforesaid code. Issuance of such
certificate shall not be required for alterations to an existing individual
sewage disposal system.
B.
Issuance of certificate. The Board of Health may issue
such a certificate if an engineer licensed to practice professional
engineering in New Jersey submits a statement in writing signed by
him to the Board of Health that the disposal system has been located
and constructed in accordance with the terms of the permit issued
and the requirements of the code.
[Amended 7-11-2024 by Ord. No. BH O-24-2]
A.
Prior to the issuance of a continued certificate of
occupancy, an applicant must submit an on-site septic inspection report
to the Board of Health in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:9A-12. 6. The
on-site inspection shall be valid for a period six months.
B.
As part of the system inspection protocol required
for the on-site inspection report, all septic tanks must be pumped
and evaluated as per Appendix E of N.J.A.C. 7:9A.
In the event a license or permit or certification
required by this chapter is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing
shall be held thereon 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 hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work
in and about any individual sewage disposal system 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 disposal system, 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 and issuance
of a permit to locate, construct or alter an individual sewage disposal
system: $350.
