[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Plainsboro 8-21-1986 as Ord. No. 0-86-17. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Individual sewage disposal systems shall be
regulated by the following. Standards regulating the design, installation
and method of emptying or cleaning individual subsurface sewage disposal
systems, the issuance of licenses to locate, construct, empty or clean
said systems and fixing penalties for the violation thereof are hereby
adopted pursuant to c. 188, P.L. 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 3-69.6).
A copy of said standards is annexed hereto and made a part hereof
without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
Said standards established and adopted by § 78-1 are described and commonly known as the "Standards for the Construction of Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems" (N.J.A.C. 7:9-2.1 et seq., 1978).
Three copies of said Standards for the Construction
of Sewage Disposal Systems (N.J.A.C. 7:9-2.1 et seq., 1978) have been
placed on file in the office of the Township Clerk upon the introduction
of this chapter and will remain on file in said office for use and
examination by the public.
The language of Section 7:9-2.60(a) of the standards
is deleted in part to read as follows: the balance of Section 7:9-2.60(a)
is to remain unchanged.
A.
Three percolation tests shall be performed at the
site of each disposal field: one test in each of said disposal field's
limits, one test in the center of said disposal area. Preliminary
tests for tracts involving more than one disposal system must include
one test per lot or as prescribed by the administrative authority.....
A.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual
sewage disposal system until an application for a license for the
location, construction or alteration of said sewage disposal system
shall have been made to the Construction Official.
B.
The Construction Official shall issue a license upon
certification by the administrative authority designated under the
standards hereby adopted that the design of the individual subsurface
sewage disposal system complies with the standards.
New individual subsurface sewage disposal systems
shall not be placed in operation, nor shall new dwellings or buildings
or additions thereto be sold or occupied which must rely on such a
system for sewage disposal, until the administrative authority has
issued a certificate to the Construction Official indicating that
said disposal system has been located and constructed in compliance
with the terms of the license issued and the requirements of the aforesaid
standards.
A.
Persons shall not engage in the business of emptying
or cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or any place used for
the reception or storage of human excrement who do not hold a license
engage in such business issued by the Construction Official. Said
license may be revoked for failure of the licensee to comply with
the provisions of any rule or ordinance of the Township of Plainsboro.
B.
The contents of any septic tank, cesspool, privy or
other receptacle containing human excrement shall not be removed until
a permit for such removal has been obtained from the Construction
Official.
C.
The contents of septic tanks, cesspools, privies or
other places used for the reception or storage of human excrement
shall be removed to a place and in a manner approved by the Construction
Official. If a sanitary sewer is available, it shall be used in preference
to all other means of disposal and in a way and manner acceptable
to the authority having jurisdiction. The contents of septic tanks,
cesspools or privies should be discharged into a trunk sewer. In no
case shall the contents be discharged into the upper end of a lateral
sewer or into any sewer above a pumping station.
D.
One of the following types of disposal sites must
be used by the collector, who will furnish the Construction Official
with the name, address and phone number and a statement from the operator
for a disposal facility that they have an agreement with the applicant
and the date of expiration of the agreement of the owner and operator:
(1)
A sewage treatment plant having an adequate capacity
to treat the wastes and not under administrative orders by the New
Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection.
(2)
A landfill operating in compliance with the State
Sanitary Code and approved for sewage disposal.
(3)
Any other method of disposal as may be approved by
the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection.
In any case any license or certification required
by this chapter is denied by the Construction Official, or the administrative
authority, a hearing shall be held thereon before the Township Committee
within 15 days after a request therefor is made by the applicant,
and upon such hearing the Township Committee shall affirm, alter or
rescind the previous determination and take action accordingly within
15 days after the date of such hearing.
The administrative authority may order all further
work in and about any individual subsurface sewage disposal system,
which is being erected or installed in violation of the standards,
to be stopped forthwith, except such work as shall be necessary to
remedy such violation, and, thereafter, the work continued without
any violation of any of the provisions of the standards and after
issuance of any such order and the service of a copy thereof upon
any person connected with or working in and about the erection or
installation of any such disposal system, or any part thereof, no
further work shall be done thereon except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges are herewith
established:
A.
For the filing of an application and plans for a license
to locate and construct an individual sewage disposal system: $50.
B.
For the filing of an application and plans for a license
to alter an existing individual sewage disposal system: $10.
C.
For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal
system, or part thereof, caused by the failure of the licensee to
locate and construct or alter the same in accordance with the terms
of the license issued or the terms of the aforesaid standards: an
inspection fee of $25.
D.
For the issuance or renewal of a license to a person
or corporation engaged in the business of cleaning or emptying, receptacles
for the reception and storage of human excrement or other putrescible
matter: $20.
E.
For the issuance of a permit to clean or empty any
receptacle used for the reception or storage of human excrement or
other putrescible matter: $1.
F.
For the witnessing of percolation tests as required in § 78-4 of this chapter, a fee of $25 for each and any test shall be paid, in addition to all other fees required by this chapter.
G.
For the witnessing of a soil log as may be required
by this chapter, a fee of $25 for each and every soil log shall be
paid, in addition to all other fees required by this chapter.
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of or any order promulgated under this chapter
or the Standards for the Construction of Individual Subsurface Sewage
Disposal Systems (1978) as made a part hereof shall, upon conviction
thereof, pay a penalty of not less than $2 nor more than $100 for
each violation.
B.
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
The following regulations shall apply for all
public sewage systems Which have been or may hereafter be constructed
or acquired in the Township.
A.
All dwellings or other buildings or structures required
or permitted to install sanitary facilities shall, when located upon
a street in which a sewer main and curb connection have been constructed,
be required to connect with the sewer, notwithstanding the existence
or sufficiency of any on-site individual disposal system or the adaptability
of same in the manner provided by N.J.S.A. 40:63-54 et seq. This provision
is subject to the right of the supplier of sewage processing capacity
to refuse such connection if the type or quantity of sewerage resulting
therefrom cannot be adequately, processed by existing facilities.
B.
Upon application to the Health Officer, one- and two-person
households in a single dwelling on a separate lot may defer connection
to the sewer system under the following conditions:
(1)
The Health Officer shall annually perform a dye or
other test to determine that the on-site individual disposal system
is working properly.
(2)
The on-site system serves a single dwelling only.
(3)
No modification to the system will be permitted. If
the Health Officer finds that the on-site disposal system is not working
adequately, the owner shall be ordered to tie into the sewer system
immediately.
(4)
Prior to transfer of ownership or change of occupancy
of the dwelling, a tie-in to the sewer system will be made.
(5)
In any case, notwithstanding the above, the deferral
of tie-in to the sewer system shall be for not more than five years
from the date the sewer is available, after which the tie-in will
be mandatory.
(6)
Nothing in this chapter will absolve or defer payment
for any assessment due as established by ordinance or regulations
duly adopted by the Township of Plainsboro or other agency having
jurisdiction over the sewer system.
The real estate to which the benefits of any
sewerage system have been or may be extended may be charged for such
benefit in an amount not exceeding the amount of the benefits actually
received, notwithstanding that the Township may have paid or shall
be obligated to pay any of the costs of such benefits or indebtedness
incurred therefor, as follows:
A.
Tap-in fee. Tap-in fees shall be payable in accordance
with agreements between the Township of Plainsboro and the utility,
where applicable; or such fees that have been approved by the State
Board of Public Utilities. Such agreements are on file in the Township
Clerk's office.
B.
Connection inspection fees. Connection inspection
fees shall be charged by the Township of Plainsboro as part of the
plumbing permit fee required to connect from the dwelling, building
or structure to the curb connector.
C.
Service charge. The, service charge shall be levied
by the utility providing directly to the property owner, except as
may be provided in any agreement between the Township of Plainsboro
and the utility provider. A copy of any such agreement is on file
with the Township Clerk.
