A.
The municipality shall fully utilize those powers
it possesses through enabling statutes and ordinances to effect the
purposes of this chapter.
B.
The municipality shall employ qualified individuals
to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Those employees shall
include a certified SEO and may include a codes enforcement officer,
secretary, administrator and other persons as required. The municipality
may also contract with qualified persons or firms as necessary to
carry out the provisions of this chapter.
C.
All permits, records, reports, files and other written
material relating to the installation, operation and maintenance and
malfunction of on-lot sewage disposal systems in the municipality
shall become the property of the municipality. Existing and future
records shall be available for public inspection during required business
hours at the official municipal office. All records pertaining to
sewage permits, building permits, occupancy permits and all other
aspects of the municipality's sewage management program shall be made
available, upon request, for inspection by representatives of the
DEP.
E.
The Municipal Board/Council shall establish all administrative
procedures necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this
chapter.
A.
Appeals from decisions of the municipality or its
authorized agents under this chapter shall be made to the Municipal
Board/Council in writing within 30 days from the date of the decision
in question.
B.
The appellant shall be entitled to a hearing before
the Municipal Board/Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting
if the appeal is received at least 14 days prior to that meeting.
If the appeal is received within 14 days of the next regularly scheduled
meeting, the appeal shall be heard at the subsequent meeting. The
municipality shall thereafter affirm, modify, or reverse the aforesaid
decision. The hearing may be postponed for a good cause shown by the
appellant or the municipality. Additional evidence may be introduced
at the hearing, provided that it is submitted with the written notice
of appeal.
C.
A decision shall be rendered in writing within 30
days of the date of the hearing. If a decision is not rendered within
30 days, the release sought by the appellant shall be deemed granted.
Any person failing to comply with any provisions
of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 and
costs and not more than $300 and costs or, in default thereof, shall
be confined in the county jail for a period of not more than 30 days.
Each day of noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent
of such inconsistency.
If any sentence or clause, section or part of
this chapter is found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
such findings shall not affect or impair any of the remaining parts
of this chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intent that this
chapter would have been adopted had such part not been included.
