[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Washington
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-18-1993 by Ord.
No. 30-93 (Sec. 14A of the Revised General Ordinances)]
This article shall be known as the "Mandatory Sewer Connection Ordinance
of the Township of Washington."
[Amended 7-17-1995 by Ord.
No. 21-95]
The owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation or any other purpose situated within the Township abutting
on or having easement or right-of-way access to any street, easement or right-of-way
in which there is now located a public sewerage system is required, at the
owner's expense, to install suitable sanitary sewer facilities and to connect
such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the
provisions of this article and with the rules and regulations of the Washington
Township Municipal Utilities Authority or the Hackettstown Municipal Utilities
Authority, as the case may be, and the Washington Township Board of Health.
A.Â
Structures within existing sewered districts. Any new
occupied structure within an existing sewered district or along the line of
any existing sanitary sewer shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system
and have received a certificate of acceptance before a certificate of occupancy
is issued.
B.Â
Districts sewered by a developer under a local improvement
ordinance, pursuant to a Washington Township Municipal Utilities Authority
Capital Project or under an order of necessity issued by the State Department
of Environmental Protection and Energy. The house sewer shall be satisfactorily
connected to the house connection provided for each existing occupied structure
capable of discharging sewage and any existing individual disposal system
satisfactorily disconnected from the house plumbing system within 120 calendar
days after receipt of written notice to the owner by the Township to connect
to the sanitary sewer system. Said notice will be given by the Health Officer
to each owner of record as determined by the records of the Tax Assessor of
the Township of Washington. "Occupied structure," as used in this section,
shall be construed to mean any structure for which a certificate of occupancy
has been issued or any structure which is being or has been actually occupied
or used for human habitation or use and is deemed suitable for such occupation
or use.
C.Â
Any person who fails to comply with any order issued
pursuant to this article after notice by the Health Officer of the Township
to make the required connection shall be liable for a penalty as set forth
herein. Such notice may be served upon the owner personally or by leaving
it at his usual place of abode with a member of his family above the age of
18 years.
All sanitary sewer work shall comply with all applicable Township, Municipal
Utility Authority, Board of Health, state and federal regulations.
[Amended 4-16-2007 by Ord. No. 9-07]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties provided in § 1-3 of this Code.
[Adopted 3-21-2005 by Ord. No. 10-05]
The purpose of this article is to prohibit illicit connections to the
municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Township of Washington
so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties
for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use
in the text of this ordinance clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When
not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include
the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and
words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory. The definitions below are the
same as or based on corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic sewage,
non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other
than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by
the Township, unless that discharge is authorized under a NJPDES permit other
than the Tier A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number
NJ0141852). Nonphysical connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks,
flows or overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Nondomestic waste, including but not limited to, those pollutants
regulated under § 307(a), (b), or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), or (c)].
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage
systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made
channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated by the Township or other
public body, and is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
A permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES)
Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling. Such
waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate
product (other than heat) or finished product. Non-contact cooling water may,
however, contain algaecides or biocides to control fouling of equipment such
as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association,
or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct
contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate
product, finished product, by-product, or waste product. Process wastewater
includes, but is not limited to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact
cooling water.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that
runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, is captured
by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage facilities, or is conveyed
by snow removal equipment.
No person or persons, firm, association or corporation shall discharge
or cause to be discharged through an illicit connection to the municipal separate
storm sewer system operated by the Township any domestic sewage, non-contact
cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other than stormwater).
[Amended 5-16-2005 by Ord. No. 17-05]
All police officers of the Township, regular and special, the Department
of Public Works Superintendent or his/her duly authorized designee, the Health
Officer or his/her duly authorized designee, the Zoning Officer and/or his/her
duly authorized designee and the Township Engineer and/or his/her duly authorized
designee, are hereby given full power and authority and are charged with the
duty to enforce all provisions of this article.
[Amended 4-16-2007 by Ord. No. 9-07]
Any person or persons, firm, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties provided in § 1-3 of this Code.
