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City of Absecon, NJ
Atlantic County
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[1997 Code § 282-2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City of Absecon City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human or animal excrement, garbage, sewage or other objectionable waste.
[1997 Code § 282-3]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of Absecon City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
[1997 Code § 282-4]
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
[1997 Code § 282-5]
The owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City is hereby required, at the owner's expense, to install suitable plumbing systems therein and to connect such facilities directly to the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within 120 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property line and is situated so that the sewage can flow by gravity from the customer through the building sewer and service lateral into the public sewer.
[1997 Code § 282-6]
The discharge of cooling water to the sewerage system is not permitted except by specific written approval by the engineer.