[Derived from Sec. 16-14 of the 1999 Code of the Township of Clinton]
It is in the best interests of all residents of the Township that certain residential developments located within sewer service areas be constructed with dry sanitary sewers for possible future use where sanitary sewer service is not now available.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DRY SANITARY SEWERS
Sanitary sewers which are not physically connected to convey sanitary sewage to a publicly owned treatment works.
SANITARY SEWERS
All facilities as of any particular time situated in a sewered area for the collection, pumping, treatment and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
A. 
The design of all sanitary sewers and dry sanitary sewers must be approved in advance by the Township Engineer and the Township Sewerage Authority Engineer.
B. 
Commencing upon the effective date of this article, any new single-family residential development located upon lots which are located within sewer service areas as defined herein, may utilize individual on-site septic systems, provided that the systems are approved by the Township Board of Health and the Hunterdon County Health Department and on condition that dry sanitary sewers are then installed for possible future use as and when sanitary sewerage treatment capacity becomes available.
Sewer service areas are defined as those areas depicted on Plate V-I entitled "Recommended Wastewater Management Plan" contained in the Wastewater Management Plan for the Township of Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, dated November 1988, revised to February 1989, and as amended and as may be amended hereafter from time to time.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 47, Art. I, Wastewater Management Plan.
As a further condition for permitting single-family residential development within service areas to be served by on-site septic systems, legally enforceable guarantees, satisfactory to the Township as well as the Township Sewerage Authority, must be provided prior to any construction, that the use of on-site septic systems shall be discontinued when sanitary sewer service becomes available to the development.
It shall be up to the discretion of the Clinton Township Sewerage Authority as to what parts of the dry sanitary sewer system must be constructed as a condition of permitting on-site septic system within sewer service areas pursuant to this article.