[Adopted 8-12-1971 by Ord. No. 4-71 (Ch.
143, Art. III of the 1981 Code)]
A.
A code regulating the location, construction, alteration,
use and supervision of individual and semipublic water supplies, requiring
certain permits, providing for the inspection of such supplies, the
fixing of fees and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby
adopted pursuant to P.L. 1950, c. 188 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 3-69.6).
A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without
inclusion of the text thereof herein.
B.
Said code established and adopted by this article
is described and commonly known as the "Individual and Semipublic
Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1966)" as approved by the State Department
of Health, July 1, 1966.
A.
Section 9.1 of the Individual and Semipublic Water
Supply Code of New Jersey (1966) be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
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9.1 Licenses or permits — Water
supplies shall not be located, constructed or altered until the administrative
authority or its authorized agent has issued a license or permit for
such location, construction or alteration, except that emergency repairs
may be made, provided that an application for a permit is made within
five days after the completion of said emergency repairs.
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Three copies of said Individual and Semipublic
Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1966) have been placed on file in
the office of the Director of the Division of Health upon the introduction
of this article and will remain on file in said office for the use
and examination by the public. All references in said code to the
Board of Health shall mean and include the Division of Health in the
Department of Administration.
A.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any water
supply until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of said water supply shall have been issued by the Division of Health.
No permit shall be required for the installation of wells used for
the purpose of irrigation of a residential property.
B.
The Division of Health may issue a permit if an application
for the same is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey stating that the
design of the water supply as proposed is in compliance with the code.
A.
New water supplies 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 supply for water, until the
Division of Health shall have issued a certificate indicating that
said water supply 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 alteration
to an existing water supply.
B.
The Division 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 Division
of Health that the water supply has been located and constructed in
accordance with the terms of the permit and the requirements of the
aforesaid code.
In case any permit or certification required
by this article is denied by the Division of Health, a hearing shall
be held thereon before the Director within 15 days after request therefor
is made by the applicant, and upon such hearing the Division of Health
shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination and take
action accordingly within 15 days after the date of such hearing.
The Division of Health may order all further
work in and about any water supply which is being erected or installed
in violation of the code to be stopped forthwith, except such work
as shall be necessary to remedy such violation, and thereafter, the
work continued without any violation of any of the provisions of the
code; and after issuance of any such order and the service of a copy
thereof upon any person connected with or working in and about the
erection or installation of any such water supply, or any part thereof,
no further work shall be done thereon except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges are herewith
established.
A.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to locate and construct a water supply: $25.
B.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to alter an existing water supply: $15.
C.
For the issuance of a permit to locate and construct
or alter a water supply: $5.
D.
For each reinspection of a water supply, or part thereof,
caused by the failure of the permittee to locate and construct or
alter the same in accordance with the terms of the permit issued or
the terms of the aforesaid code, an inspection fee of $10 shall be
charged.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of or any order promulgated under this article or the Individual and Semipublic Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1966) made a part hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties in § 4-3 of the Code for each violation.
B.
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
