[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Wanaque 12-20-1990 as Ord. No. 5-90.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 91.
Sewer connections — See Ch. 133, Art. X.
Public noncommunity and nonpublic water systems — See Ch. 138.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 135, Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual, adopted 11-15-1960, as amended.
Chapter 135 shall be entitled "Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual," and pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 et seq., including N.J.S.A. 58:11-36 and N.J.S.A. 13:1B-3, and the amendments thereto, there is adopted Chapter 7:9A-1.1 through 7:9A-12.8 of the New Jersey Administrative Code and the supplements and additions thereto.
No person shall locate, construct, alter or repair any individual sewage disposal system, nor shall a completed or altered system be backfilled without the approval of the Wanaque Borough Health Department (Health Department).
A. 
The Health Department shall examine all applications for permits and approve or deny, in whole or in part, the application within twenty (20) business days. If the application is denied in whole or in part, the Health Department shall set forth the reason therefor in writing. If the Health Department fails to grant, in whole or in part, or deny an application within twenty (20) days, such failure shall be deemed a denial of the application for the purposes of an appeal as provided by law, unless such period of time has been extended with the consent of the applicant.
B. 
Suspension of permit. Any permit issued shall become invalid if the authorized work is not commenced within nine (9) months after the issuance of the permit or completed within one (1) year after the issuance of the permit. The Health Department may consider an extension beyond the one-year period completion date, provided that an application is made in writing prior to the termination of the one-year period, explaining the reason for the delay. Said extension, if granted, shall not exceed three (3) months, commencing from the original date of termination.
C. 
Approved plans. The Department of Health shall stamp or endorse in writing the approved plans. One (1) set of approved plans shall be retained by the Department of Health, and the other set shall be kept on the construction site, open to inspection to the Health Department or its authorized representatives at all reasonable times.
D. 
Revocation of permits. The Health Department may revoke a permit or approval issued under the provisions of this Code in case of any false statement or misrepresentation of fact in the application or in the plans on which the permit or approval was based.
E. 
Posting of permit. A true copy of the permit shall be kept on the site of operations, open to inspection during the entire time of prosecution of the work and until the completion of the same.
F. 
Notice to start. At least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of work under a sanitary permit, notice shall be given to the Health Department.
G. 
Conditions of permit. The issuance of the sanitary permit shall be conditioned upon the following:
(1) 
The payment of appropriate fees.
(2) 
That work will conform to the approved application, plans and specifications on which the permit has been issued, including prior approvals and any amendments thereto.
(3) 
That the permit is a license to proceed with the work and shall not be construed as authority to violate, cancel or set aside any of the provisions of the regulations.
(4) 
That the owner, his agent, contractor or other employees will assist the enforcing agency in its inspection work, if requested.
[Amended 5-19-2004 by Ord. No. 2-0-04]
There shall be a fee established pursuant to this chapter as follows:
A. 
To certify a new test hole: $100.
B. 
To certify an alteration/repair to a test hole: $75.
C. 
The filing of an application and plans for permit to locate and construct an individual sewer disposal system: $200.
D. 
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit to alter or repair an existing individual sewage disposal system: $75
New individual sewage 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 Health Department shall have issued a certificate indicating that such disposal system has been located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the Code adopted by this chapter. Issuance of such certificate shall be required for alterations to an existing individual sewage disposal system.
No person shall own or operate an individual sewage disposal system which is designed, constructed or located in a manner that will permit the discharge of an effluent onto the surface of the ground or into any watercourse.
Any person violating any of the provisions of or any order promulgated under this chapter or the New Jersey Administrative Code, Chapter 7:9A-1.1 through 7:9A-12.8, adopted by this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) for each violation.