[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township
of Vernon 8-12-1986. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Any corporation, company, partnership, association, entity,
person or persons, hereinafter known as the "supplier," engaged in
the full-time or seasonal supply of potable water to two or more dwelling
units in Vernon Township via a system of aqueducts, reservoirs, pumps,
well(s), storage tank(s), pipeway(s), control valves and appurtenances,
or any combination thereof (hereinafter known as the "system") shall
supply potable water to its appropriate customers, and/or dwelling
units on a continuing regular basis.
[Amended 11-13-2008 by Ord. No. 08-21]
Each supplier shall register with the Vernon Township Health
Officer within 90 days of the enactment of this chapter, or within
30 days of transfer and/or change of the nature of ownership of the
system(s) once this chapter is in effect.
A.
The aforementioned registration shall include the name, address and
telephone number of the supplier, a thorough description of the system(s),
its capacity of storage and delivery, the number of dwelling units
currently serviced by the system and the maximum number of dwelling
units and/or bedrooms allowed to be serviced by the system.
B.
The supplier, and/or its agent, shall maintain an emergency service
telephone number on a twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week basis.
Every customer serviced by the system(s), the Vernon Township Health
Officer and the Vernon Township Police Department shall be provided
with that emergency service telephone number by the supplier, identifying
the system(s) to which it applies.
The supplier(s) shall provide and maintain a system(s) capable
of providing at least 600 gallons of potable water per day per dwelling
unit serviced by the system(s), or at least 200 gallons of potable
water a day per bedroom per dwelling unit serviced by the system,
whichever is greater.
The system shall include the watershed, reservoirs, pumps, wells,
tanks, pipeways, valves, rights-of-way, power and whatever combination
of the above and all other appurtenances that may be required to provide
potable water to the dwelling units up to and including any water
meters and/or shutoff valves controlling the supply to the dwelling
unit.
[Amended 11-13-2008 by Ord. No. 08-21]
The supplier shall provide the Vernon Township Health Officer
with a certified statement of system capacity, stamped and signed
by a professional engineer licensed in the State of New Jersey or
a photocopy of a similar document containing the same information
on file with the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission, Department
of Environmental Protection or any other public entity exercising
regulatory control over the system.
[Amended 11-13-2008 by Ord. No. 08-21]
A.
The supplier shall immediately notify the Vernon Township Health
Officer of any service interruptions of potable water to one or more
dwelling units supplied by the system. In the event the service interruption
occurs on a weekend, holiday or time when the Vernon Township Health
Officer is closed for business, the supplier shall notify the Vernon
Township Police Department.
B.
The supplier shall notify the Vernon Township Health Officer of any
proposed disconnections from, or cessation of service to, any dwelling
unit or units connected to the system at least two weeks prior to
said disconnection or cessation.
A.
If a system cannot provide the required volume of potable water specified
by this chapter for a continuous period of over 24 hours, the system
shall constitute a failing system. In this event, temporary measures
on the part of the supplier to provide an emergency water supply to
all customers on the systems must be immediately initiated, implemented
and maintained during the period the system is deemed failing. Such
temporary measures must be approved by the Vernon Township Health
Officer, and water provided must be certified potable.
[Amended 11-13-2008 by Ord. No. 08-21]
B.
Every effort must be made on the part of the supplier to reinstate
a failing system to its original and/or approved design specifications;
however, such conditions shall not exceed 10 days. Failure to fulfill
emergency measures shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 11-13-2008 by Ord. No. 08-21]
A.
The supplier shall obtain a permit from the Vernon Township Health
Officer prior to adding one or more dwelling units to the system.
The nature of the addition to the system shall be kept in a file on
the system at the Vernon Township Health Officer. The permit issued
by the Vernon Township Health Officer shall declare that such an addition
is within the certified capacity of the system and that a sealed affidavit
by a professional engineer licensed by the State of New Jersey shall
attest to same and be kept on file and be made part of the permit.
B.
In the event that any permit or certification required by this chapter
is denied by the Vernon Township Health Officer, a hearing shall be
held thereon before the Mayor and Township Council within 30 days
after the request is made by the applicant. Upon such hearing the
Mayor and Township Council shall grant or deny the issuance of the
permit and place the reason for its decision on the public record.[1]
A.
B.
Violations involving more than one dwelling unit shall constitute
separate offenses.
C.
Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Throughout the text of this chapter, the singular shall constitute
the plural and the plural shall constitute the singular unless a contrary
interpretation is expressly provided therein.
