[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township
of Middletown 5-8-1987 (Ch. 289
of the 1996 Township Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewer connections — See Ch. 398.
A code regulating the location, construction, maintenance and
repair of individual sewage disposal system is hereby established
pursuant to Chapter 9A, Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage
Disposal Systems, N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1.1 et seq. (Reference Chapter 199)
Wherever the sewage disposal of any building cannot be connected
to the public sewer, it must be connected to an approved septic tank.
Any other means of disposal shall be unlawful in the Township of Middletown.
No septic system shall be constructed, reconstructed or repaired
without a permit for that purpose being first obtained from the Department
of Health and Social Services.
A.
Before any permit is issued, a detailed plot plan shall be submitted
to the Department of Health and Social Services on application blanks
supplied for this purpose. This plan shall show the plot property
lines or boundaries, size of the lot, location of the house, size
of the house, septic tank and its drains and the proposed work to
be done. It shall also show any well, lake, stream or other bodies
of water within 100 feet of the nearest property line.
B.
Before any permit is issued for any proposed new residence or other
building, a percolation test must be performed at the site of each
disposal area, as prescribed by the State Board of Health, by an engineer
licensed to practice professional engineering in New Jersey. Reports
shall be furnished to the Middletown Township Department of Health
and Social Services indicating the results of each percolation test
in minutes per inch, the date of the test, effect of recent rain or
lack of rain, the depth to groundwater when encountered and the type
or types of soil encountered, together with the thickness of each
layer and all other factors affecting the percolation test results.
This test must be taken on the final grade.
[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479]
Upon approval of the application, a permit shall be issued and a fee as set forth in Chapter 240, Fees, shall be collected for each inspection of the work.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § H7.05, Construction;
§ H7.06, Capacity; § H7.07, Dimensions; § H7.08,
Cover; § H7.09, Location; § H7.10, Connections;
§ H7.11, Seepage pit; § H7.12, Filter material;
§ H7.13, Distribution lines; § H7.14, Drainage
trench inspection; § H7.15, Sealer; § H7.16, Backfill;
§ H7.17, Drainage trench location; and § H7.18,
Drainage fields, which previously followed this section, were repealed
8-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-2479.
No septic system shall be allowed at any time to overflow its
contents on the surface of the ground or to have its contents accessible
to flies or mosquitoes or to allow its contents to gain access to
any surface water or subsoil water drain, well, water supply, lake
or stream. Any septic tank or drainage trench in this condition shall
be considered defective and a detriment to the public health.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § H7.20, Repairs; § H7.21,
Approval required; § H7.22, Plumbing Inspector's duties;
and § H7.23, Plumbing Inspector's rights, which previously
followed this section, were repealed 8-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-2479.
It shall be unlawful for any person to prevent, obstruct, resist
or interfere with any officer heretofore named or any person employed
for or by this Department of Health and Social Services in entering
upon any land as aforesaid for any of the specified purposes of this
chapter.
No building permit shall be issued for any type of new construction
or any alteration, addition or repair to an existing building where
a septic system has failed until plans for said system have been filed
and approved; and the system has been inspected and approved.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation or their agent not complying with any section or part of any section of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter and shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-4 of this Code.
[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479[1]]
B.
Said penalty is to be recovered by and in the name of the Department
of Health and Social Services of the Township of Middletown.
C.
Violation of any section or part of any section of this chapter shall
be deemed to be a separate violation for which a penalty may be recovered.
D.
Each day that a violation shall be allowed to exist shall be deemed
a separate violation for which a penalty may be recovered.
The courts, justice of the peace, recorder or magistrate shall,
at any time, amend all defects and errors in the complaint and process.
