Each coach space shall be provided with at least a three-inch building
sewer, trapped below the frost line and extending at least four inches above
the surface of the ground. It shall be further protected by a concrete collar
at least three inches in depth and extending 12 inches from the connection
in all directions. The sewer outlet shall consist of a three-inch or larger
quarter-bend or Y, capped with standard ferrules with three-inch screw plugs
provided with keeper chains fastened to the concrete collar. The hose connecting
the trailer coach to the sewer outlet shall be watertight, equipped with a
threaded connection to connect to the sewer outlet and with either a threaded,
fitted or clamped connection for the coach drain. The trailer court owner
shall maintain in good repair several spare connecting hoses to be used when
privately owned hoses do not meet the requirements of this provision.
A.
Sewer lines shall be laid in trenches separated horizontally
from any potable water line by at least five feet of undisturbed or well compacted
earth or laid in a common trench with the potable water line placed on a firm
foundation at the side of the trench at least 12 inches above the top of the
sewer line.
B.
The minimum size of sewer lines shall be six inches and
shall be laid at the following minimum grades:
|
|
Pipe Size
(inches)
|
Vitrified Tile, Concrete
|
Asbestos Cement
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
6
|
0.65%
|
0.40%
| |
|
8
|
0.40%
|
0.24%
| |
|
10
|
0.29%
|
0.18%
| |
|
12
|
0.22%
|
0.14%
|
C.
All sewer line joints shall be made as watertight as
possible to minimize groundwater infiltration.
A.
Manholes shall be located at every change in direction,
at every junction of two or more branch sewers and at intervals of not more
than 400 feet extending to grade and provided with cleanout plugs may be used
in place of manholes on six-inch lines, and be at intervals of not more than
100 feet.
B.
Where tight manhole covers and cleanouts are employed,
each sewer lateral serving a row of coach spaces shall be properly vented
at its upper end. Where septic tanks are used, the line(s) entering the tanks
shall be vented between the tank end and the first trailer-coach connection.
Where the sewer lines of a trailer court are not to be connected to
public sewer system, a disposal system shall be installed in accordance with
the Standards for Construction of Sewerage Facilities for Realty Improvements
promulgated by the State Commissioner of Health in accordance with c. 199,
P.L. 1954.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 et seq., The Realty Improvement
Sewerage and Facilities Act (1954).
