[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Cedar Grove 3-30-1953, Ch. 18, Art. 2, of the former Revised Ordinances; amended
in its entirety 3-4-1963. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 119.
Public health nuisances — See Ch. 179.
Public improvement specifications — See Ch. 201.
Individual sewage disposal systems — See Ch. 213.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 230.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 234.
Water — See Ch. 259.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
Municipal and County Sewerage Act — See
N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-1 et seq.
[Amended 12-21-1970 by Ord. No. 70-25; 2-5-2007 by Ord. No.
07-666]
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly
demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words used in
the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory. The definitions below are the
same as or based on corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C.), expressed in milligrams per liter.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The quantity of chlorine which must be added per unit volume
to produce a residual chlorine concentration of 2.0 milligrams per
liter after 15 minutes under standard laboratory conditions, expressed
in milligrams per liter.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures, expressed
in milligrams per liter.
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing
of foods and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Township of Cedar Grove, unless that discharge
is authorized under an NJPDES permit other than the Tier A municipal
stormwater general permit (NJPDES Permit No. NJ0141852). Nonphysical
connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, or
overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Nondomestic waste, including, but not limited to, those pollutants
regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), or (c)].
A conveyance or system of conveyance (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township of Cedar Grove or other public body and is designated
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
A permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling.
Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material,
intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product. Noncontact
cooling water may, however, contain algaecides, or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ions concentration
in moles per liter.
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
A sewer which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage as defined in this section.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land’s surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continually
or intermittently.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural
outlet within the Township or in or upon any area under the jurisdiction
of said Township any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted
waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance
with this chapter.
A.
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used
for human occupancy, employment or recreation or other purposes, situated
within the Township and abutting on or having a permanent right of
access to any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is located
a public sanitary sewer of the Township, shall at his expense:
(1)
Install suitable toilet facilities therein.
(2)
Connect such facilities directly with the proper public
sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90
days after the date of official notice from the Township Manager to
so do, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet of any property
line.
B.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by an individual sewage disposal system, as provided in Chapter 213, Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar individual sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned or removed or filled with suitable material as directed by the Health Officer.
C.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Subsection B, the Council may, for a period of one year and at its discretion from year to year thereafter, waive the requirements thereof relating to immediate sewer connections of dwellings with the comprehensive sanitary sewer system. Such waiver by the Council shall be based upon the following conditions:
It shall be unlawful to make any connection to the sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the Department of Public Works as provided in § 217-15, and such connections shall be made by a licensed plumber under the direction and supervision of the Township Engineer or his representative and in the manner hereinafter set forth.
[Amended 5-16-1977 by Ord. No. 77-45]
A.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the Township from any loss or damage that
may indirectly or directly be occasioned by the installation of the
building sewer. The maintenance of the building sewer shall be the
responsibility of the owner of the property served.
B.
The Township shall, however, repair structural damage
to that portion of any building sewer which lies under the public
roadway, provided that such structural damage is not caused or contributed
to by any act or omission of the owner of the property served.
C.
The Township assumes no responsibility for any other
damages or consequential damages which may be related to the structural
defect or repair.
D.
The Township Engineer shall preliminarily determine,
from all facts and information made available to him, whether the
building sewer malfunction is of a maintenance nature or the result
of structural damage before any work is undertaken by the Township.
The property owner shall bear the responsibility to demonstrate to
the Township that the malfunction of the sanitary sewer lateral is
not of a maintenance nature but rather a structural failure. The substantiation
shall be by a licensed plumber or by a firm recognized in the sewer
maintenance business, and at the cost of the homeowner.
E.
In the event that the Township undertakes excavation
and it is later determined that the malfunction is not such structural
failure for which the Township is responsible, the owner shall bear
the cost of the work done or materials provided by the Township.
F.
The Township shall have the right to proceed against
third parties for any structural repair made at its expense.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building; except that, where one building stands
at the rear of another on an interior lot and no building sewer is
available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining
alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front
building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered
as one building sewer. In the case of multiple housing units, it is
not necessary to have a separate and independent building sewer for
every building, but instead the sewage from the various principal
buildings shall be gathered together into one or more building sewers
of a size satisfactory to the Township Engineer and carried out to
the nearest public sewer adjacent to the property.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Township Engineer or his representative, to meet all the requirements
of this chapter.
A.
Pipes. The building sewer shall be either cast-iron
soil pipe (Commercial Standard CS-188-59 of the Department of Commerce)
or asbestos-cement pipe conforming to the following specifications:
That portion of the building sewer from the main to the curb shall
be six-inch-diameter, Class 2400, and that portion of the building
sewer from the curb to the house shall be either four-inch-diameter
standard pipe Class 1500 or, if six-inch diameter, extra heavy pipe
Class 2400 with a maximum length per section of 6 1/2 feet. Joints
shall be tight and waterproof. Cast-iron pipe with leaded joints may
be required by the Township Engineer where the building sewer is exposed
to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground
or at a depth providing less than three feet of cover under driveways
or roadways, the sewer shall be of cast-iron soil pipe, except that
nonmetallic material may be accepted if installed on a suitable concrete
bed or cradle as approved by the Township Engineer.
B.
Size and slope. The size and slope of the building
sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Township Engineer, but
in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches for cast-iron
soil pipe and asbestos-cement house connection pipe. The slope of
such four-inch pipe shall not be less than 1/4 inch per foot, and
of such six-inch pipe shall not be less than 1/8 inch per foot.
C.
Location. Whenever possible, the building sewer for
new construction shall be brought to the building at an elevation
below the basement floor. In existing buildings where no plumbing
facilities are provided in the basement, the building sewer may be
above the cellar floor. Building sewers shall not be laid parallel
to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be
weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from
frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight
alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made
only with properly curved pipe and fittings. Where required, a standpipe
with a brass plug shall be furnished at the curb.
D.
Sewage pump. In all buildings in which any building
drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary
sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by a sewage pump of a
type acceptable to the Township Engineer and discharged to the building
sewer.
E.
Trench work. All excavations required for the installation
of a building sewer shall be open trench work or another method which
would permit proper inspection. Pipelaying and backfill shall be performed
according to the manufacturer's recommendations; however, no blocking
of pipes will be allowed except under fittings. Backfill shall be
placed by hand and tamped to a height one foot above the pipe. No
backfill shall be placed until the piping has been inspected.
F.
Joints and connections.
(1)
All joints and connections shall be made gastight
and watertight.
(2)
Caulked joints for cast-iron bell and spigot soil
pipe shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and secured with molten
lead. At least 12 ounces of soft lead shall be used for each inch
in diameter of the pipe used. Lead shall be run in one pouring and
caulked tight.
(3)
Sulfur-base compound joints used with a cast-iron
bell and spigot building sewer line shall be caulked with jute or
hemp leaving a two-and-one-half-inch uniform depth for securing the
joint with the compound. Care shall be taken to prevent overheating
the compound, which should not be poured until the surface is free
from bubbles and shows a mirrorlike appearance. Manufacturer's instructions
shall be followed in the preparation and pouring of the compound jointing
material.
(4)
Asbestos-cement sewer pipe joints shall be made with
sleeve couplings of the same composition as the pipe and sealed with
rubber rings in accordance with the specifications of the manufacturer.
(5)
Joints between asbestos-cement pipe and metal pipe
shall be made by means of an adapter coupling approved by the Township
Engineer, or his representative, and caulked as specified above.
(6)
Other jointing materials and methods equal to the
standards approved above may be used only by approval of the Township
Engineer.
The holder of the building sewer permit shall
notify the Department of Public Works when the building sewer is ready
for inspection. The installation shall be made under the supervision
of the Township Engineer, or his representative, within 24 hours of
the receipt of notice by the Township engineering office.
All excavations for building sewer installations
shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public
property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in
a manner satisfactory to the Township Engineer.
In addition to the requirements of this chapter,
where the applicant for the building sewer permit must connect to
a public sewer discharging into the sewerage system of an adjacent
municipality or governing body, the provisions of any ordinance or
ordinances, rules and regulations of such municipality or governing
body concerning the connection to a public sewer shall govern and
apply, as well as the applicable terms of any agreement in connection
herewith entered into between the Township and such adjoining municipality.
[Amended 12-21-1970 by Ord. No. 70-25]
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to
any sanitary sewer.
B.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or
wastes to any public sanitary sewer:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150º F.
(2)
Any waters or wastes which may contain more than 100
milligrams per liter of fat, oil or grease.
(3)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid, gas or vapor.
(4)
Any garbage.
(5)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, manure or any other solid
or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in
sewers or interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(6)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of
the sewage works.
(7)
Any waters or wastes containing chemicals or chemical
compounds of a strength which would impair metal, concrete, wood or
painted structures or of a poisonous or toxic nature in sufficient
quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the
receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant. These include arsenic
and arsenicals, copper and copper salts, mercury and mercurials, silver
and silver compounds, zinc, toxic dyes (organic and minerals), sulfonamides,
phenols and their derivatives, creosols, alcohols, formaldehydes,
chlorine in excess of 25 parts per million, iodine, fluorine, bromine,
all strong oxidizing agents, such as peroxides, chromates, dichromates,
permanganates, etc., compounds producing hydrogen sulphide or any
other toxic, inflammable or explosive gases, either upon acidification,
alkalization, reduction or oxidation and strong reducing agents, such
as nitrates, sulfites, sulphides, etc.
(8)
Any waters or wastes containing more than 350 milligrams
per liter by weight of suspended solids or containing suspended solids
of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is
required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(9)
Any waters or wastes containing inert (nonvolatile)
solids in either suspended, dissolved or colloidal state, of such
character and/or quantity as to adversely affect treatment processes.
(10)
Any waters or wastes from industrial, hospital
or laboratory procedures which contains viable pathogenic organisms.
(11)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as will adversely affect treatment processes or,
after treatment of the composite sewage, fail to meet requirements
of state, federal or other public agencies having jurisdiction over
the receiving waters.
(12)
Any waters or wastes which contain materials
which exert or cause discoloration within the sewage treatment plant
or in the receiving waters or exhibit a true color of more than 100
units on the platinum-cobalt scale.
(13)
Any unusual volume of flow or concentration
of wastes resulting in the application of shock or slug loads at the
sewage treatment plant.
(14)
Any waters or wastes having an average daily
flow greater than 10,000 gallons; provided, however, that the Council
may waive such requirements by contract with any user if the best
interests of the Township so require.
(15)
Any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical
oxygen demand greater than 300 milligrams per liter by weight.
(16)
Any waters or wastes having a chemical oxygen
demand greater than 250 milligrams per liter by weight.
(17)
Any waters or wastes having a chlorine demand
greater than 20 milligrams per liter by weight.
(18)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
[Amended 8-27-1979 by Ord. No. 79-105]
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when necessary, in the opinion of the Health Officer, for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or
any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except that
such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units.
B.
When the need for such an interceptor is determined,
a plumbing permit shall be obtained prior to the installation. All
interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Plumbing
Inspector for adequate removal of grease, oil, sand or other ingredients
which may be harmful to the public sewer system, with proper installation
certified by the Plumbing Inspector. Interceptors shall be located
for ready accessibility and ease of cleaning in inspection. The owner
shall furnish design data indicating required interceptor capacity
and installation detail with the permit application. An interceptor
shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with
easily removable covers, which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight
and watertight.
C.
Interceptors shall be maintained and regularly cleaned
by the owner.
D.
If the owner fails to provide a required interceptor
or fails to regularly clean an installed interceptor, the general
penalty provisions in the Township Code shall apply.
A.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
through an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the township of Cedar Grove any domestic sewage,
noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater).
[Added 2-5-2007 by Ord. No. 07-666[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided
for the redesignation of former Subsection B as Subsection C.
C.
Where necessary, the owner of any property served
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling
and measurement of the wastes. Such manholes, when required, shall
be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the Township Engineer. The manholes shall be
installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him
so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
[Amended 3-21-1966 by Ord. No. 66-4; 1-9-1978 by Ord. No. 77-64; 4-20-1987 by Ord. No. 87-293; 11-7-1988 by Ord. No. 88-326; 9-20-1993 by Ord. No. 93-428; 3-4-2019 by Ord. No. 19-838]
The owner or his agent shall make application
on a form furnished by the Township. The permit application shall
be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent by the Township Engineer. A connection fee shall
be paid to the Township at the time the application is filed in the
amount of $2,500 per equivalent connection for any new or increased
capacity connection to the sanitary sewer system. An equivalent connection
for the purposes of this section shall be a use with a design flow
of 100,000 gallons per year. Each and every dwelling unit, whether
it be attached or detached housing, shall be considered as one equivalent
connection regardless of design flow. In all the other cases the amount
of gallons shall be calculated using the design flow criteria established
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy
in N.J.A.C. 7:9-1 et seq. In determining the number of equivalent
connections for purposes of computing the connection fee, the equivalent
connection shall be computed by dividing the sewer use flow per year
for the building, structure or premises by 100,000 gallons and the
quotient shall be the number of equivalent connections assigned to
the particular building, structure or premises. The number of computed
equivalent connections shall be rounded to the next highest 1/4. In
no event shall the equivalent connection assigned to a building, structure
or premises be less than one equivalent connection. The permit shall
expire 12 months after the date of issue.
A.
There is hereby established a sewerage service charge
for the use, operation, maintenance and construction of the sewerage
system of the Township, to be imposed upon the owners of properties
served thereby at the rates hereinafter set forth.
B.
The sewerage service charge hereby imposed shall be
a quarterly charge based upon the water consumption of the properties
served as measured by the quantity of water supplied for the current
quarter year as hereinafter set forth.
C.
Properties served by the sewerage system of the Township
shall pay a quarterly charge in accordance with the following schedule:
[Last amended 10-16-2017 by Ord. No. 17-817[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also stated that its provisions
would be reflected in the water billing date of 11-1-2017.
D.
Properties using other than Township water and served
by the Township sewerage system shall pay a sewerage service charge
based on the consumption of other than Township water. This sewerage
service charge should be measured by the quantity of water used by
such properties. The Township Engineer can require the owner of each
such property to install without cost to the Township a meter or meters
to measure the quantity of water received from such source or sources
and discharged into the Township sewers. No meters shall be installed
or shall be used for such purposes without the approval of the Township
Engineer. The sewerage service charge based on such quantity of water
shall be the same in amount as is required to be paid by the owners
of property receiving the same amount of water from the Township.
If the owner of said property is not required to install an approved
meter or meters, the Township Engineer may make an estimate of the
quantity of such water used by said property and discharged into the
Township's sewers from said property.
E.
Whenever a property upon which a sewerage service
charge is hereby imposed uses water for an industrial or commercial
purpose or for irrigation of lawns and gardens or filling swimming
pools, such that the water so used is not discharged into the sewerage
system of the Township, the quantity of water so used and not discharged
into the Township's sewers shall be excluded in determining the sewerage
service charge of said property, provided that the quantity of water
so used and not discharged into the Township's sewers is measured
by a device or devices, meter or meters approved by the Township Engineer
and installed without cost to the Township and provided, further,
that the water supply is metered. The sewerage service charge to be
paid by the owner, occupant or applicant for service of said property
shall be computed at the rates hereinabove provided, based upon the
consumption of Township water less the quantity not discharged into
the Townships sewers.
[Amended 5-18-1992 by Ord. No. 92-401]
F.
All sewerage service charges shall be due and payable
at the same time that water bills are now due and payable and shall
be subject to the same penalties as the charges for water. Said payments
shall apply to all properties subject to the payment of sewerage service
charges without regard to the source of water used by them. The aforesaid
charges for the use of said public sewers shall draw the same interest
from the time they become due as taxes upon real estate and shall
be a lien upon the premises connected until paid, and the Township
shall have the same remedies for the collection thereof with interest,
costs and penalties as it has by law for the collection of taxes upon
real estate and water rents.
G.
The Tax Collector is hereby charged with the duty
of collecting all sewerage service charges.
H.
Whenever the sewer service to any property begins
after the first day or terminates before the last day of any calendar
quarter, the sewer rental for such property for such quarter shall
be for that portion of the quarter during which the said property
is served.
All meters or other measuring devices installed
or required to be used under the provisions of this chapter shall
be under the control of the Township Engineer. The owner of the property
upon which any such measuring device is installed, which shall be
at said owner's expense, shall be responsible for its maintenance
and safekeeping; and all repairs thereto shall be made at the owner's
cost, whether such repairs are made necessary by ordinary wear and
tear or other causes. Charges for such repairs, if made by the Township,
shall be due and payable at the same time, collected in the same manner
and be subject to the same penalties as the sewer service charge.
Duly authorized employees of the Township bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Added 2-5-2007 by Ord. No. 07-666[1]]
This chapter shall be enforced by the Township
of Cedar Grove by the Police Department and/or other authorized municipal
officials of the Township of Cedar Grove.
[Amended 7-30-1984 by Ord. No. 84-222; 10-23-2006 by Ord. No. 06-656]
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $2,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
