[Adopted by the Township Committee 12-12-1977 by Ord. No. 10-77, as amended (Ch. 149, Art. II, of the 1990 Code); readopted by the Board of Health at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 401, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I)]
A. 
Dwellings to connect.
(1) 
Dwellings and/or accessory facilities on the following lots in Harding Township may connect to and use the Morris Township sanitary sewer upon payment of applicable fees:
Block 1, Lots 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Block 2, Lots 14, 15, 16
Block 5, Lots 8.01, 9, 10, 11
Block 23, Lot 1
Block 23.02, Lots 17, 18, 27, 28, 29, 29.01, 29.02, 30
Block 23.03, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Block 24, Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(2) 
Dwellings and/or accessory facilities on the following lots in Harding Township may connect to and use the sanitary collection system in Harding Township leading to the Harding Township Pumping Station upon payment of applicable fees:
[Amended 7-13-2017 by Board of Health Ord. No. 02-2017]
Block 23, Lot 12
Block 23.02, Lots 13, 13.01, 13.02, 13.03, 14, 14.01 through 14.11, 16
Block 24, Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14.01, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20.01, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Block 25, Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 17.01, 17.02, 17.03, 18, 18.01-18.02, 19, 20, 20.01, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Block 25.01, Lots 1, 2, 2.01, 3, 4.01 through 4.43
Block 25.02, Lot 12
Block 25.03, Lots 1 through 112, 114
B. 
No person shall install a sewer line or make a connection between a dwelling on one of the lots listed above in Subsection A and the Morris Township sanitary sewer without:
(1) 
Paying the permit fee required by Subsection F(1) and obtaining a sewer permit from the Harding Township Plumbing Inspector.
(2) 
Complying with the provisions of this section and the rules and regulations of Morris Township adopted by reference under Subsection C.
(3) 
Having such installation and connection supervised by the Harding Township Plumbing Inspector and the Morris Township Sewer Inspector.
(4) 
If a Harding Township road is opened, complying with the provisions of Chapter 346, Article I, entitled "Road Excavations and Connections," of this Code.
C. 
The following provisions of Chapter 71 entitled "Sewers and Sewerage" of the Morris Township Code in effect as of April 25, 1972, are hereby adopted by reference and established in and for the Township of Harding: §§ 71-1, 71-3 (except that Subsections B and J of § 71-3 are not adopted), 71-4 through and including 71-6, 71-8 and 71-9. A copy of said provisions is annexed hereto and made a part hereof, although the text is not set forth in this subsection. Three copies of said provisions have been placed and shall remain on file in the Township Clerk's office for the use and examination of the public as long as this section is in effect.
D. 
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the sewer line shall be paid by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Township of Harding from any loss or damage that may indirectly or directly result from the installation of the building sewer.
E. 
Any and all abandoned cesspools, septic tanks and seepage pits on premises which connect to the Morris Township sanitary sewer shall be fully drained and completely filled with earth immediately upon abandonment of said connection. Any such drainage or filling which is determined to be unsatisfactory in the opinion of the Harding Township Sanitary Inspector shall be addressed pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:9A-12.8, Abandoned systems, as amended and/or supplemented. A permit to alter a subsurface sanitary disposal system shall be obtained from the Board of Health prior to abandonment, and the proper abandonment of the system shall be inspected by a representative of the Board of Health.
F. 
Fees. The following fees shall be paid to the Township of Harding:
(1) 
Permit; inspection; reinspection.
(a) 
For issuance of a sewer permit and the first inspection of the installation and connection by the Harding Township Plumbing Inspector, a sum as provided in Chapter 410, Fees, Board of Health.
(b) 
For each reinspection of such excavation and installation required by the owner's failure to locate and construct said sewer line in accordance with applicable requirements, a sum as provided in Chapter 410, Fees, Board of Health.
(2) 
Sewer service charge.
(a) 
For the sewer service charge per year per single-family unit, to be prorated if service is less than a full year, a sum as provided in Chapter 410, Fees, Board of Health.
(b) 
The effective date to commence billing and collecting the annual service charge for new buildings and existing buildings shall be on the date a new and/or existing building connects with the sewer.
[Amended 7-13-2017 by Board of Health Ord. No. 02-2017]
(c) 
The payment of the annual service charge is required even though the building may be vacant.
(d) 
The sewer service charge hereby imposed shall be due and payable quarterly to the Township on a calendar-year basis.
(e) 
Said sewer service charge shall be due on or before the first day of the first month of the succeeding quarter year and shall be billed and collected by the Harding Township Chief Financial Officer.
(f) 
Any such sewer service charge not paid on the due date shall bear interest at the same rate as uncollected taxes of the Township of Harding and shall become a lien upon the premises connected to the sanitary sewer system until paid; and the Township of Harding shall have the same rights for the collection thereof, together with interest and costs and penalties, as it has by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
(3) 
Pumping station service charge.
(a) 
For the pumping station service charge per year, per single-family unit, imposed on those properties set forth in § 422-15A(2) of this article to be prorated if service is less than a full year, a sum as provided in Chapter 410, Fees, Board of Health, effective January 1, 1991.
(b) 
The effective date to commence billing and collecting the annual service charge for new buildings and existing buildings shall be on the date a new and/or existing building connects with the sewer.
[Amended 7-13-2017 by Board of Health Ord. No. 02-2017]
(c) 
The payment of the annual service charge is required even though the building may be vacant.
(d) 
The pumping station service charge hereby imposed shall be due and payable quarterly to the Township on a calendar-year basis.
(e) 
Said pumping station service charge shall be due on or before the first day of the first month of the succeeding quarter year and shall be billed and collected by the Harding Township Chief Financial Officer.
(f) 
Any such pumping station service charge not paid on the due date shall bear interest at the same rate as uncollected taxes of the Township of Harding and shall become a lien upon the premises connected to the sanitary sewer system until paid; and the Township of Harding shall have the same rights for the collection thereof, together with interest and costs and penalties, as it has by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
(4) 
For connection to the sanitary sewer, a sum as provided in Chapter 410, Fees, Board of Health.
(5) 
All completed buildings on Block 23.01, Lots 1, 2, 7, 19 and 27, and Block 24, Lot 8, for which a certificate of occupancy has been issued and which have a private disposal system which was in use on March 25, 1976, shall be exempt from any charge for connection to the Morris Township sanitary sewer.
There is hereby established in the Township of Harding a public sanitary sewer system which shall be known and designated as "Harding Township Public Sewer System," which system shall include all public sanitary sewer facilities which the Township may from time to time construct, acquire and/or maintain for the purposes of the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage within the Township.
Said sewer system shall be operated by the Township of Harding as a municipal public utility as defined in and subject to the provisions of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated and all fees, rents and other charges received by the Township in connection therewith shall be segregated by the Township and designated as the "Public Sewer Utility Fund" and kept in a fund separate from other Township revenues, to be used only for the purposes of said municipal public utility.