[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Haledon 8-14-1985 by Ord. No. 7-10-85 (Ch. 176 of the 1984
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Whenever used in the within chapter, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
An outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
ground water, including the Passaic River or any of its tributaries.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with minor quantities of ground-, storm- and surface waters
that are not admitted intentionally.
Waste derived principally from dwellings, office buildings
and sanitary conveniences. When segregated from industrial wastes,
it may come from industrial plants or commercial enterprises.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
A measurement of suspended solids and/or biochemical oxygen
demand and/or chemical oxygen demand and/or any other parameter determined
by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission as a fair indicator of the
relative use, other than volumetric, of Passiac Valley Sewerage Commission
facilities by industrial wastes.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural
outlet within the municipality any wastewater or other polluted waters,
except where suitable treatment has been provided and where a National
Pollution Discharge Elimination system permit has been obtained from
the appropriate governmental authority, where required.
No person shall make connection on roof downspouts,
foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or drain which in turn is connected
directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer unless approved
by the municipality for purpose of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
The governing body shall appoint or designate
some suitable person to administer the within chapter.
All users of the wastewater facilities shall
comply with the requirements of the written rules and regulations
of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission which have been adopted
and which from time to time shall have been adopted, which regulations
shall become effective upon filing of certified copies in the office
of the municipal Clerk after the effective dates of the within chapter.
A.Â
Violations of any of the provisions of the within
chapter or any permit issued under the authority of the within ordinances
may result in the termination of the permit and/or the termination
of the authority to discharge into the system.
B.Â
Any person violating any of the provisions of the
within chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to
exceed $500 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both. Each
and every day in which a violation of any provision of this chapter
exists shall constitute a separate violation.
No ordinance heretofore adopted by the municipality
shall be effected by the within chapter except that if any provisions
of the prior chapter is in conflict with the provisions of the within
chapter, the provisions of the within chapter shall control.
[Added 11-30-2012 by Ord. No. 10-18-2012[1]]
A.Â
Any user
of the sanitary sewer and collection system with multiple housing
units shall pay an annual fee of $100 per unit in excess of three
units. All fees charged under this subsection shall be billed annually.
This subsection is intended to apply to apartment buildings where
all units are assessed as a whole rather than condominium units that
are assessed as individual units.
B.Â
All laundromats,
car washes, restaurants and food preparation establishments shall
pay an annual fee of $500. All fees charged under this subsection
shall be billed annually.
C.Â
All fees
charged under this section shall be billed annually.
D.Â
Sewer bills
shall be due and payable by February 1 of each year.
E.Â
The charges
hereby imposed shall be payable to the Borough of Haledon and shall
draw the same interest as taxes upon real estate and shall be a lien
upon the property connected to the sanitary sewer until paid. The
Borough shall have the same remedies for the collection thereof, with
interest, costs and penalties, as it has by law for the collection
of taxes on real estate.
F.Â
The fees
established by this section shall not apply to users of the sanitary
sewer system that pay for their sewer service directly to Passaic
Valley Sewerage Commission.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided an effective date of
1-1-2013.
