[Amended 6-21-1982 by Ord. No. 15-1982; 10-4-1982 by Ord. No. 24-1982; 5-6-1985 by Ord. No. 6-1985]
A.Â
BACKWATER VALVE
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BUILDING
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
CHLORINE DEMAND
CITY
COMBINED SEWAGE
COOLING WATER
DIRECTOR OF REVENUE AND FINANCE
ENGINEER
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
GREASE or FATS
HEAVY METALS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MAJOR INDUSTRY
NATURAL OUTLET
NJDEP
NONSTATIONARY SOURCE
NORMAL SEWAGE
NYPDES
OTHER WASTES
PART
PERSON, ENTERPRISE, ESTABLISHMENT or OWNER
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS
pH
PLUMBING CODE
PLUMBING SUBCODE OFFICIAL
PRETREATMENT
PRIVATE SEWER
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWAGE
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES
SEWER
SEWER SYSTEM, SEWAGE WORKS or SEWERAGE SYSTEM
SLUG
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
USEPA
WATERCOURSE
Definitions. Unless the contents specifically indicate
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
A backflow prevention device that shall be installed after
all sewer fixtures in a building along the sanitary sewer lateral
to the public sanitary sewer main. The valve is used to prevent outbound
sewer flows from re-entering the building, as well as to prevent sewer
flows from the public main to overflow fixtures within the building.
The backwater valve shall be installed in circumstances where the
elevation of the upstream manhole is above the sewer fixtures within
the building, to prevent blockage or flow restriction in the main
to back into the building.
[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord. No. 19-2022]
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for five days
at 20º C., expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Any structure contained within exterior walls and from which
sewage originates.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of the drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall
and shall mean and include a house sewer or a private sewer.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or to an existing extension from a public sewer when available.
The measure of the organic matter present in the sewage as
determined by the dichromatic reflux method and expressed in milligrams
per liter.
The amount of chlorine expressed in milligrams per liter
or parts per million by weight, which will complete the normal reactions
with all chemicals and materials in the sewage leaving an excess of
0.1 milligram per liter (1.1 parts per million by weight), after 30
minutes' contact time at room temperature of approximately 70º
F.
The City of Pleasantville, in the County of Atlantic, State
of New Jersey.
A mixture of rainfall runoff and sewage.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other but which shall be free
from odor and oil. It shall contain no polluting substances which
would produce BOD or suspended solids in excess of 10 parts per million
by weight.
The Director of the Department of Finance of the city.
The City Engineer of the City of Pleasantville or his authorized
representative.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state which will separate
by gravity from wastewater through treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated in such a manner that the discharged wastewater
does not interfere with the wastewater facilities.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample
of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent.
The electronegative metals with a density greater than five
grams per cubic centimeter, including but not limited to lead, chromium,
mercury, nickel and zinc, plus the nonmetallic element arsenic.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trades or businesses, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
An industrial user of municipal wastewater facilities that
has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per work day; has in its waste
toxic substances injurious to the treatment process or sewer system;
is found by the USEPA, NJDEP or municipality to have a significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on municipal wastewater facilities or upon the quality of effluent
from these wastewater facilities; or has a detrimental effect upon
human health or welfare.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
or successor agency.
Any mobile vehicle, piece of equipment or appurtenance thereof
that is utilized in the discharge of waste or wastewater to any sewer
or natural outlet. The term includes but is not limited to tank trucks
and dump trucks, as well as associated equipment and appurtenances.
Fixed, permanent or semipermanent equipment is excluded from the category
of nonstationary source and is regulated elsewhere in this article.
Sewage shall be regarded as normal for the city if analyses
show, by weight, a daily average of not more than 180 parts per million
of suspended solids, not more than 210 parts per million of BOD and
not more than 25 parts per million of chlorine demand each. One part
per million equals 8.34 pounds per million gallons.
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
Garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand,
lime, cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dye stuffs, acids, chemicals
and all other discarded matter which is not sewage or industrial waste.
As used in relation to the term "sewer system," includes
all lateral sewers or all combined sewers or all branch sewers or
all interceptor sewers or all trunk sewers and any sewage treatment
and disposal works, each part with necessary appurtenances, including
sewage pumping stations.
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, association,
society, corporation (public or private) or group, including heirs,
executors, administrators or assigns, using the sewage works or sewerage
system.
That portion of the total extractable grease or fats which
is not retained on an activated alumina absorption column after elutriating
with hexane.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The Plumbing Code of the city, as amended.
The Plumbing Subcode Official of the city.
Treatment given to waste from other than residential users,
prior to its direct or indirect discharge to municipal wastewater
facilities to remove illegal and/or undesirable waste constituents
or to reduce the strength of waste prior to discharge to owned wastewater
facilities.
A building sewer and connection or other not controlled by
the City of Pleasantville or other public authority or municipality.
The garbage that has been shredded to such degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers with no particles greater than 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by the City of Pleasantville.
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories
or institutions, free from storm- and surface waters and industrial
wastes.
The water-carried human or animal wastes from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with
such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be present.
The admixture with "sewage," as above defined, of industrial waste
or other wastes as hereinafter defined also shall be considered sewage
within the meaning of this article.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and to which storm-,
surface and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are used or
useful, in whole or part, in connection with the collection, treatment
or disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes and which
are either owned or operated or maintained or used by the City of
Pleasantville, individually or jointly with other municipalities,
including sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal
works.
Any discharge of water, excluding rainfall, runoff sewage
or industrial waste, which in concentration of any given constituent
or in quantity of flow exceed, for any period of duration longer than
15 minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration
or flows during normal operation.
A pipe or conduit which carries storm- and surface water
and drainage but which excludes sewage and industrial wastes. It may,
however, carry cooling water or other unpolluted waters.
The Director of the Water Pollution Control Department of
the city.
Those solids that either float on the surface of or in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtration.
Any water or waste containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil; acid or alkali; phenols or other substances
imparting taste or odor in receiving waters; toxic or poisonous substances
in suspension, colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous
gases. It shall contain not more than 10,000 parts per million by
weight of dissolved solids, of which not more than 2,500 parts per
million shall be a chloride, with permissible volumes subject to review
by the engineer, and not more than 10 parts per million each of suspended
solids and BOD. The color shall not exceed 50 parts per million.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or successor
agency.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
B.Â
Usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful to place, deposit or permit the
deposit in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within
the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city any human
or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B.Â
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet
within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city,
any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except
where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the
subsequent provisions of this article and the Public Health Law.
C.Â
The discharge of industrial cooling water to the city's
sewer system is not permitted, except by specific written approval
by the engineer.
D.Â
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 when the building on such property
is situated within 200 feet of the public sewer. Should the building
be beyond 200 feet and the water table will permit, the installation
of an acceptable septic tank system may be permitted upon approval
by the office of the Atlantic County Board of Health.
E.Â
The owner of any house, building or property which
is used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other similar
purpose within the city and which abuts on any street, alley or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
sewer is hereby required, at his expense, to install suitable toilets
and facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with
the proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of this
article, within 90 days after the date of official notice from the
Plumbing Subcode Official to do so, provided that said public sewer
is within 200 feet of the building. In no event shall the city be
required to furnish a public sewer to a point within 200 feet of any
building.
F.Â
No portion of this article shall be construed to interfere
with or modify the requirements of design, inspection and approval
which are imposed by the appropriate health officials and the State
and County Health Departments.
A.Â
No person shall uncover, make any connection with
or open into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written sewer permit in accordance
with the regulations as established by the City, including the plumbing
code of the City, as amended. No work authorized by any such written
sewer permit shall be performed by any person other than a licensed
contractor or contracting firm who has been licensed by the State
of New Jersey and/or the City of Pleasantville. Such work requiring
a licensed contractor shall include, but not be limited to, the opening
of any street or roadway, all excavations required for the construction
or repair of sanitary sewer facilities, the opening of, the altering
of, or the connection to the sanitary sewer system of the City of
Pleasantville.
[Amended 12-19-2005 by Ord. No. 39-2005]
B.Â
The owner shall make application to the Plumbing Subcode
Official on a form furnished by the City. The application shall be
supplemented by plans, specifications or other information considered
pertinent by the Plumbing Subcode Official. A permit and inspection
fee of $20 shall be paid at the time the application is filed. Signing
of the application shall signify assent to the rules, regulations
and schedule of sewer service rates and charges of the city. All applications
for permission to discharge into the public sewers, other than normal
sewage from toilets, baths, showers, wash bowls and sinks, shall be
in writing, signed and sealed by a professional engineer licensed
in New Jersey, and shall contain complete information as follows for
review by the City Engineer:
(1)Â
Existing equalizing or pretreatment facilities.
(2)Â
Total daily flow in gallons.
(3)Â
Period of time during which flow in Subsection B(2) is discharged, namely, hours of the day and days per week.
(4)Â
Peak rate of flow.
(5)Â
Character and concentration with respect to:
(a)Â
Suspended solids, total and volatile.
(b)Â
Dissolved solids, total and volatile.
(c)Â
Five-day BOD (biochemical oxygen demand).
(d)Â
Temperature.
(e)Â
pH (hydrogen, ion concentration).
(f)Â
Oil and grease.
(g)Â
Sulfides.
(h)Â
Alkalinity, total and caustic.
(i)Â
Maximum size of solids.
(j)Â
Data with respect to any chemical constituent.
(6)Â
Any additional information and data requested by the
City Engineer as to every connection existing and as to any connection
to be made with the public sewers thereto for the discharge of waste
other than normal domestic sewage from toilets, baths, showers, wash
bowls and sinks.
C.Â
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner of
the property being served. In all buildings in which the building
sewer is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary
sewage carried by such building sewer shall be lifted by approved
pump facilities. The owner shall indemnify the city for any loss or
damage that may directly be occasioned by installation of the building
sewer.
D.Â
A separate independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of
another or an interior lot, and no sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway.
Under such conditions, the building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
building sewer. Each side of the duplex house having a solid vertical
partition making it capable of divided ownership shall require a separate
building sewer.
E.Â
Old building sewers may be used in connection with
new buildings only when they are found, on examination by the Plumbing
Subcode Official, to meet all requirements of this article.
F.Â
The building sewers shall be constructed in accordance
with the applicable portions of the city's Plumbing Code, as amended.
G.Â
All excavations for building sewer installations shall
be adequately guarded with barricades and lights, so as to protect
the public from hazard. Streets, sideways, sidewalks and other public
property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in
a manner satisfactory to the city or other appropriate governmental
agencies. All necessary permits to the opening of streets shall be
obtained from the City Engineer in advance of the issuance of any
sewer permit.
H.Â
Building sewers shall be serviced and repaired by
the owner of the property being served. Evidence of willful damage
to building sewers shall be a violation of this article.
I.Â
The holder of the sewer permit shall notify the Plumbing
Subcode Official when the building sewer is ready for inspection and
connection to the public sewer. All work from the curb to within five
feet of the building shall be inspected by the Plumbing Subcode Official.
All work must be left uncovered and convenient for examination until
after the necessary inspection. Inspection shall be made as soon as
practicable after notification, but no dirt or other materials removed
in connection with the works shall be replaced until written consent
has been received from the Plumbing Subcode Official. The Plumbing
Subcode Official may apply any appropriate test of pipes, fittings
and equipment, and the plumber or contractor, at his own cost, shall
furnish all necessary tools, labor and help and shall remove or repair
any defective work when so ordered by the Plumbing Subcode Official.
J.Â
The owner shall be responsible for the payment of
all bills rendered by the city for sewer service and when due as fixed
by law. All unpaid charges and fees incurred shall be a lien against
the property with lawful interest until paid.
K.Â
Whenever a cesspool or septic tank and facility is
abandoned or its use discontinued or prohibited on account of the
connection of the premises with a sewer or for any other reason, all
accumulations of excrementitious matter in or about the cesspool or
septic tank shall be removed and the excavation filled with suitable
approved material.
L.Â
When an application made to tie into the sanitary
sewer collection system requires connection to an existing service
lateral or main, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to
determine the location, depth and condition of the service lateral
prior to connecting. Any information provided to the applicant by
the city with regard to location, depth and condition of the service
lateral shall be approximate only representing the best available
information known to the city at the time of the application. Said
information shall be only employed as a guideline to the applicant.
The city shall not be responsible for the verification of true existing
conditions.
[Added 12-15-1986 by Ord. No. 38-1986]
M.Â
When an application made to tie into the City's sanitary sewer collection system requires the construction of a new service lateral or main, all new construction shall be the responsibility of applicant. Such construction shall have a six-inch lateral to run from curb to main and also must be personally inspected by a Water Pollution Control Supervisor or Water Pollution Control Officer in accordance with Chapter 235.
[Added 12-15-1986 by Ord.
No. 38-1986; amended 9-6-2017 by Ord. No. 14-2017]
N.Â
For all
new service applications made to the City, it shall be the responsibility
of the applicant to verify if the elevation of the first upstream
manhole of the public sanitary sewer system is higher than the flood
level rim of all fixtures and/or drain inlets within the building.
Fixtures and/or drain inlets subject to backflow and overflow from
blocked or restricted public sewers shall be protected by the installation
of a backwater valve. Backwater valves shall conform to ASME A112.14.1
and be installed so that their internal working parts are accessible
for periodic cleaning, repair or replacement. When backwater valves
are installed in sanitary drainage systems, a notice shall be posted
at the building water service shutoff valve(s) describing where backwater
valves are located.
[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord. No. 19-2022[1]]
O.Â
Prior to any connections, construction or installation
of sanitary sewer systems, proper application shall be made to the
Water Pollution Control Department for review and determination.
[Added 12-15-1986 by Ord. No. 38-1986]
A.Â
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, foundation or basement sump drainage, cooling water or other
unpolluted waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.Â
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such storm sewers or combined sewers specifically
designated or to a natural outlet approved by the engineer. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged, upon
approval by the engineer, to a public or private storm sewer or a
natural outlet.
C.Â
Engineer's approval required for industrial waste.
(1)Â
So far as is practicable, industrial wastes may be
discharged into the city's sewer system with or without pretreatment,
provided that the consent of the engineer is first obtained and the
rules, regulations and standards hereinafter prescribed are complied
with in the judgment of the engineer.
(2)Â
Written approval by the engineer is required for all
new discharges of industrial wastes added to the city's sewer system
after the effective date of this article. These shall include all
wastes in which the quantity, temperature or chemical characteristics
are altered in operation procedures and equipment changes.
D.Â
No industry shall discharge any flow directly into
a sanitary, combined or storm sewer. All such discharge shall be through
a manhole or other approved flow sampling structure, to be located
between the sidewalk and curb or other location agreed upon in writing
between such industry and the engineer and to be built by the owner.
Each manhole or approved sampling structure shall be kept safe and
accessible at all times. When required by the city, the NJDEP and/or
the USEPA, an industry shall install and maintain additional facilities
at its own expense, including, for example, meters, sealed automatic
monitoring systems or other appurtenances, to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of wastes. Construction, installation and
maintenance of such additional facilities shall be the responsibility
of the industry, which shall keep these facilities safe and accessible
to the city at all times. Design and construction of such additional
facilities shall be subject to the requirements of the governmental
authority requiring them.
E.Â
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
to any public sewer any of the following described substances, materials,
waters or wastes:
(1)Â
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150º F. (65º C.), except by written approval by the engineer.
In such case, the engineer may require installation, by the industry,
of an approved temperature recorder in the receiving sewer.
(2)Â
Any water or wastes which contain grease or oil or
other substances that will solidify or become discernibly viscous
at temperatures under 150º F.
(3)Â
Any water or wastes containing mineral oil and grease
exceeding on analysis an average of 100 parts per million (834 pounds
per million gallons) or any floating oil, without written approval
of the engineer.
(4)Â
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(5)Â
Any water or wastes that contain more than two parts
per million by weight of the following gases: hydrogen sulfide, sulfur
dioxide or oxides of nitrogen.
(6)Â
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rubber, rags, feathers, tar, fleshings, entrails, lime slurry,
lime residues, beer or distillery slops, chemical residues, paint
residues, cannery waste, bulk solids or any solid or viscous substance
capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(7)Â
Any water or wastes that contain phenols in such quantity
that the aggregate of contributions throughout the area of service
creates treatment difficulties or produces a plant effluent which
may be unsatisfactory.
(8)Â
Any water or wastes, or acids or alkaline in reaction
and having corrosive properties, capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works. Free acids
and alkalis of such wastes must be neutralized, at all times, within
a permissible range of pH between 5.0 and 9.0.
(9)Â
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in toxic amounts as defined by USEPA regulations or in sufficient
quantity to damage the sewage works, injure or interfere with any
sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals
or create any hazard in the receiving waters or the wet weather overflows
of the effluent of the sewage treatment plant or result in a violation
of effluent limitations or other conditions contained in any NPDES
permit.
(10)Â
(11)Â
Cyanide (CN) or any of its compounds amenable to chlorination
in excess of 0.08 parts per million by weight as CN in the wastes
from any outlet into the public sewers with a peak day concentration
not exceeding 0.2 parts per million. Total cyanide (CN) shall not
exceed 0.5 milligrams per liter at any time.
(12)Â
Any water or wastes containing the discharge of strong
acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether
neutralized or not.
(13)Â
Any waters containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity the unusual provision, attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(14)Â
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance, which
either singly or by interaction with any waste is capable of creating
a public nuisance, hazard or menace to life or property or of preventing
entry into sewers for their maintenance and repair.
(15)Â
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration that may exceed limits established by the city in
compliance with applicable state or federal regulations, without special
limits.
(16)Â
Any waters or wastes that for a duration of 15 minutes
have a concentration greater than five times that of normal sewage
as measured by suspended solids and BOD.
(17)Â
Any concentrated dye wastes, spent tanning solutions
or other wastes which are highly colored or wastes which are of unusual
volume, concentration of solids or composition as, for example, total
suspended solids of inert nature (such as fuller's earth), and/or
total dissolved solids (such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride
or sodium sulfate) or unusual in BOD.
(18)Â
Any waters or waste which, by interaction with other
water or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases
or develop color of undesirable intensity or form suspended solids
in objectionable concentration or create any other condition deleterious
to structures and treatment processes.
(19)Â
Any wastes discharged at a flow rate that is excessive
over a relatively short period of time, which cause or may cause an
upset of the treatment process and a substantial loss of treatment
efficiency or which may exceed the hydraulic capacity of the sanitary
sewer system.
(20)Â
Any garbage other than properly shredded garbage.
F.Â
Any discharge into the public sewer of wastes whose
concentration of suspended solids or BOD or grease causes, at the
municipal sewage works, a monthly increase in the average daily analysis
of any of these constituents in excess of 2% of the annual daily average
for the previous year is prohibited unless specifically approved by
the city.
G.Â
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction
Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee, they are
necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease
in excessive amounts or any inflammable wastes, sand and other harmful
ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for
private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of the type and capacity as approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official,
Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee
and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for
cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed
of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme
changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction
and, as approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official,
Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee, watertight and equipped
with removable covers which, when mounted in place, shall be gastight
and watertight.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]
H.Â
All grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained
by the owner, at his expense, in continuous, efficient operation at
all times.
I.Â
It is the responsibility of the establishment owner,
lessee or assign to carry out all proceedings necessary to have any
and all grease interceptors opened and ready for inspection and to
see that the equipment is put back in proper operation after the inspection.
All inspections will be conducted by the Plumbing Subcode Official,
Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee,
annually.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]
J.Â
Forms for periodic inspections will be furnished by
the owner, lessee or assign and posted as close as possible to the
interceptor to which it applies. The form shall also be protected
from soiling. In those instances where the interceptor is chemically
treated, the method and chemicals of such treatment shall be approved
by the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent
of Public Works and/or designee. Any proposed chemical changes shall
be furnished to the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official,
Superintendent of Public Works or designee for approval.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]
K.Â
Fees; schedule for payment.
(1)Â
The fee for inspection, as required in the schedule
listed, will be the same as the plumbing fee in force at the time
of the requested or required inspection. The minimum fee will include
the first three interceptors at one location prepared and ready for
inspection. Other interceptors that are prepared and ready for inspection
at the same time and are in excess of the first three units will be
inspected at an additional fee to be 1/2 the minimum fee each. The
schedule for payment of the fee for inspection is as follows:
(2)Â
The above schedule may be altered by the Plumbing
Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public
Works and/or designee if deemed necessary. The owner, lessee or assignee
shall be notified, in writing, of any schedule change.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]
L.Â
All existing food service establishments without grease
interceptors shall install grease interceptors and follow the inspection
schedule as set forth. The existing food service establishments shall
have one year from the effective date of this article to install a
grease interceptor.
M.Â
A similar schedule will be required for all other
types of interceptors or separators. The Plumbing Subcode Official,
Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee
shall be responsible for the scheduling of interceptors of all types.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]
N.Â
The Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official,
Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee shall require all interceptors
to be efficient in operation and may, at the expense of the owner,
lessee or assign, require all independent laboratory tests to ascertain
the concentration of grease being emitted from the effluent line of
the unit. All collected grease shall be kept in steel drums and stored
in refrigerated coolers. Disagreeable odors shall require deodorants
to combat said offensive odors.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]
O.Â
Pretreatment.
(1)Â
The admission into the public sewers of any waters
or wastes having the following characteristics shall be prohibited.
(2)Â
Where necessary, in the opinion of the engineer, the
owner shall provide, at his expense, such pretreatment as may be necessary
to:
(3)Â
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
related to the proposed pretreatment facilities shall be submitted
for approval of the engineer. No construction of such facilities shall
be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
(4)Â
When pretreatment standards are adopted by NJDEP or
USEPA for any given class of industries, then any industry within
that class shall conform to the NJDEP or USEPA timetable for adherence
to pretreatment requirements, as well as all other applicable requirements
promulgated by the NJDEP or USEPA in accordance with the provisions
of law. Additionally, such industries shall comply with such more
stringent standards necessitated by local conditions as determined
from time to time by the city.
P.Â
Where pretreatment facilities are provided for any
waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner, at his expense, and shall be
subject to the periodic inspection by the engineer. They shall be
the type and capacity approved by the engineer and must produce an
effluent conforming to the provisions of this article. The owner shall
maintain operating records and shall submit to the engineer a monthly
summary report of the character of the influent and effluent, as may
be prescribed by the engineer to show satisfactory performance of
the treatment facilities.
Q.Â
Any approval of the engineer of a type, kind or capacity
of an installation shall not relieve the owner of the responsibility
of revamping, enlarging or otherwise modifying an installation if
it is found inadequate to accomplish the intended purpose.
R.Â
All measures, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made herein shall be determined
in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Sewage and shall be determined at a control manhole or other approved
sampling structure provided for herein, upon suitable samples taken
at said control manhole or other approved sampling structure. In the
event that no manhole or other approved sampling structure has been
required, the control manhole or other approved sampling structure
shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public
sewer to the point at which the building is connected.
S.Â
No statement contained in this article shall be construed
as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the city
and any industrial user whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength
or character may be accepted by the city for treatment subject to
extra payment therefor by the industrial concern.
T.Â
Without having first obtained the signed, written
permission of the city, no person shall directly or indirectly discharge
or cause to be discharged any quantity of waste or wastewater to any
public sewer or natural outlet from a nonstationary source, including,
for example, but not limited to the discharge of industrial waste
from any tank truck. Each and every individual operator and/or owner
of a nonstationary source that discharges in violation of this section
shall be subject to the penalties prescribed.
U.Â
The right is reserved by the city to stop and prevent,
at any time, the discharge into the public sewers of any waste which
may injure the sewers or adversely affect sewage treatment or which
is not in conformity with the requirements and standards now or hereafter
set by the city, and the city may, at any time, without notice and
without recourse, sever the connection and cause removal of any sewer
or drain through which the waste may be discharged.
No authorized person shall maliciously, willfully
or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with
any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the public
sewage works. Any person violating these provisions shall be subject
to immediate arrest under charges of disorderly conduct.
The engineer and other duly authorized officers
of the city, the NJDEP and USEPA, bearing proper credentials and identification,
shall be permitted immediately upon all private and public property
for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article during
any reasonable hour of the day or at any time during an emergency.
The hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. shall be reasonable for
this purpose.