A code regulating the location, construction, use, maintenance and method
of emptying or cleaning individual sewage disposal systems; the issuance of
permits to locate, construct, empty or clean the systems; and fixing penalties
for the violation thereof is hereby adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
et seq. A copy of the code is annexed to this chapter and made a part of it
without inclusion of the text.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly
known as the "Standards for (Construction of) Individual Subsurface Sewage
Disposal Systems" of New Jersey (1990), N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1 et seq. as supplemented
and amended from time to time.
Three copies of the code have been placed on file in the offices of
the Board of Health and the Township Clerk for the use and examination of
the public.
In the event a license or permit or certification required by this chapter
is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall be held thereon before the
Board within 15 days after request is made by the applicant; and, upon the
hearing, the Board of Health shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination
and take action accordingly within 15 days after the hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work in and about any individual
sewage disposal system which is being erected or installed in violation of
the code, to be stopped forthwith, except such work as shall be necessary
to remedy the violation, and thereafter the work continued without any violation
of any of the provisions of the code, and, after issuance of such order and
the service of a copy upon the person connected with or working in and about
the erection or installation of the disposal system, or any part thereof,
no further work shall be done except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges shall be established:
A. For the filing of an application and plans and issuance
of a permit to locate, construct or alter an individual sewage disposal system:
$350.
Violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
361, Article
I, General Penalty.