[Adopted 11-14-1991 by Ord. No. 30-91]
The following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation and enforcement of this article:
Includes any building or structure constructed, designed
or used for dwelling purposes or for any other use or occupancy by
human beings, either temporarily or permanently.
Includes a building located on any parcel of land contiguous
to a street in which a sewer has been or is hereafter constructed.
Includes the lateral pipe connecting the system of piping
or plumbing installed within a building for the purpose of collecting
and conveying therefrom sewage and other household wastes with the
sanitary sewer installed in a public street.
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Borough of Rockaway, unless that discharge
is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier A Municipal
Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852). Nonphysical
connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, or
overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
Nondomestic waste, including but not limited to those pollutants
regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [33 U.S.C. §1317(a), (b), or (c)].
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by Borough of Rockaway or other public body, and is designed and used
for collecting and conveying stormwater.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
A permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling.
Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material,
intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product. Noncontact
cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
Any individual, partnership, corporation, owner, tenant,
lessee, occupant, association, organization or other legal entity
residing, owning or operating, managing, leasing or occupying any
premises or commercial or industrial business within the Borough of
Rockaway and serviced by the sanitary sewer system or the municipal
separate storm sewer system.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
Any sewer or sewer main designed or used for the collection
or disposal of sanitary sewage and located in any public street in
the Borough.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
A.
Where any building is located upon any street in the
Borough of Rockaway in which a sanitary sewer has heretofore been
constructed and is in operation, said building shall be connected
with said sanitary sewer within 90 days after this chapter shall take
effect.
B.
Where any sanitary sewer shall hereafter be constructed
in any street in the Borough of Rockaway, the buildings located upon
such street shall be connected with said sanitary sewer within 90
days after the completion of said sewer. Such completion shall be
certified to the Council of the Borough of Rockaway by the Borough
Engineer.
C.
When any building shall hereafter be constructed on
any street in the Borough of Rockaway in which a sanitary sewer exists
and is in operation at the time of such construction, said building
shall be connected with said sanitary sewer during the course of construction,
and no use or occupancy of such building shall be permitted until
said sewer connection has been made, inspected and approved.
When any existing building on any street in
the Borough of Rockaway wherein a sanitary sewer exists and is in
operation is altered for use and occupancy by human beings, either
temporarily or permanently, said building or structure shall be connected
with the sanitary sewer during the course of alteration thereof, and
no use or occupancy of such building shall be permitted until such
sewer connection has been made, inspected and approved.
A.
Applications for permission to connect with the Borough
sanitary sewage system must be made, in writing, to the Borough Clerk
by the owner of the property.
B.
Such application shall give the precise location of
the property, the name and address of the owner and the name and address
of the plumber, contractor or person engaged to do the work, shall
state what work is to be performed and shall be accompanied by a sketch
showing the relative position of the sewer, the property and the proposed
work.
C.
Applications shall be made on forms furnished by the
Borough.
No permit shall be deemed to authorize anything
not stated in the application, and for any misrepresentation in such
application, the permit may be revoked.
A.
Whenever any of the work herein provided for is done,
it shall be at the expense of the owner or owners of the land in front
or upon which the same is done.
B.
Such owner or owners shall also be responsible for
the maintenance, repair and replacement of any lateral installed upon
premises owned by him or them or other work done in connection therewith
to the Borough's main sewer line.
[Amended 5-13-2021 by Ord. No. 10-21]
C.
Such owner shall also pay the connection fees applicable
to such building as established from time to time by ordinance duly
adopted by the Mayor and Council.
D.
The fee to permit the applicant to obtain permission for a four-inch sanitary sewer connection from the sewer main to the curbline (not to exceed 30 feet) shall be as provided in Chapter A263, Fees, and when it is necessary to break up permanent pavement to make said connection, there shall be an additional charge as provided in Chapter A263, Fees. The method of computation shall be as follows:
[Amended 8-11-2005 by Ord. No. 12-05]
(1)
Any dwelling house providing family accommodations
for more than one family shall pay therefor a fee equal to the number
of such families times the rate established.
(2)
Any store premises erected to provide for more than
one store or place of business shall pay therefor a fee equal to the
number of stores plus the number of private family dwellings times
the rate established.
(3)
Any combined store and dwelling premises shall pay
therefor a fee equal to the number of stores plus the number of private
family dwellings times the rate established.
(4)
Where an existing structure is remodeled or enlarged
to provide for additional tenants, the owner or owners shall pay therefor
a sewer connection fee equal to the number of additional tenants times
the rate established.
E.
In the case of an industrial plant or in any other
case where the connection charge is not specifically provided for
in this chapter, the Mayor and Council may, by resolution, fix and
determine the fee to be charged for any such connection.
All fees provided for in this chapter shall
be paid to the Borough Clerk at the time the application is made for
permission to connect with the Borough sewerage system.
Every connection required by this chapter shall
be made with bell-and-spigot soil pipe of cast iron, caulked and leaded,
extending from inside the building foundation to the sewer. All such
connections shall be made and installed in accordance with the Plumbing
Code of the Board of Health of Rockaway and shall be inspected and
approved in accordance with the Health Regulations of the Borough
of Rockaway and the State of New Jersey prior to any use thereof.
If the owner of any property in the Borough
shall fail to make any connection or installation required by this
chapter within the time required herein, the Borough may proceed to
make such connection or installation or cause the same to be made
and charge and assess the cost thereof against such property pursuant
to the authority of N.J.S.A. 40:63-54 et seq.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:63-54 was repealed
by Chapter 53, Laws of 1991.
A.
The owner of a building in the Borough of Rockaway,
which building is connected to the Borough sewerage system by virtue
of a permit issued to said owner by the Borough of Rockaway or Jersey
City, shall allow the Sanitary Inspector or a designated agent, as
a condition to the holding of said permit, to inspect said premises
no less than semiannually. Any permit heretofore issued or hereafter
issued to an owner of any building in the Borough of Rockaway shall
be deemed to imply consent to said inspection as a term and condition
of the issuance and continuance of said permit. The Sanitary Inspector
or a duly authorized agent shall present proper credentials to the
owner, and the inspection made shall be limited to the purposes hereinafter
stated.
B.
In the event that the Sanitary Inspector or a duly
authorized agent shall determine, upon making said inspection, that
the owner of said building has connected to the sanitary sewer line
a sump pump or pumping device which directly or indirectly injects
water without sewerage into the sanitary sewerage system, the Sanitary
Inspector shall cause to be served upon said property owner a notice
of the violation and shall give said owner a reasonable time within
which to disconnect said illegal hookup or prevent the injection of
water as aforementioned. The notice shall contain a date upon which
a reinspection shall be made to determine compliance with the terms
herewith. Thereafter, the owner shall, at the owner's expense, immediately
disconnect said connection and/or provide for diversion of said waters
to some other area or pipeline which will not cause said water to
be injected into the sanitary sewerage system.
C.
Any person violating any of the terms of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof by the Municipal Judge, be subject
to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000 and/or imprisonment
of not more than 90 days or 90 days' community service, all in the
discretion of the Court. For each day after the owner shall have been
required to correct the hookup which shall be deemed a violation of
this section, it shall be considered a separate violation of this
section, and the owner shall be subject to said fine and/or imprisonment
as aforesaid.
[Amended 8-24-2006 by Ord. No. 15-06]
A.
There is hereby adopted by the Borough of Rockaway
in the County of Morris, for the purpose of establishing rules and
regulations affecting the installation, maintenance, repair and control
of pumping and drainage of buildings and the connection thereof with
an outside sewer, the Local Sewer Service Rules Governing the Use
of the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority Treatment System,
February 1982. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.1, a
copy of said rules is annexed to this chapter, and three copies of
the same have been and are now filed in the office of the Clerk of
Rockaway Borough and will remain on file there for the use and examination
of the public.
B.
Wherever the word "municipality" appears in the text
of the Local Sewer Service Rules, it shall be understood to mean the
Borough of Rockaway.
C.
The office of the Construction Official of the municipality
shall be empowered to enforce the provisions of the Local Sewer Service
Rules in the manner provided by Article VII of said rules.
D.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of the
Local Sewer Service Rules or shall fail to comply with any of the
requirements thereof shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine
of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000 and/or imprisonment in
the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or 90 days' community
service, all in the discretion of the Court. Each violation of said
rules and each and every day the same is violated shall be deemed
to be a separate and distinct offense. Said fine and penalty shall
be in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedy or penalty provided
by law.
[Amended 8-24-2006 by Ord. No. 15-06]
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
through an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Borough of Rockaway any domestic sewage, noncontact
cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other
than stormwater).
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05;
amended 8-24-2006 by Ord. No. 15-06]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by one or more of the following: by a fine of not less
than $100 nor more than $2,000; by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days;
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, all in
the discretion of the Court.
[Added 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 19-05]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced
by the Superintendent of Public Works or the Sanitary Inspector or
the Borough Engineer or the office of the Construction Official.
