No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a permit from
the appropriate municipal official.
B.
In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make
application for the permit on a form furnished by the Sewer Department.
The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
Permits shall be issued by the Superintendent upon the approval of
the plans and specifications by the Superintendent and the payment
of permit, inspection, installation and connection fees and charges
as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 5-9-1990 by Ord. No. 5-1990]
The permit and inspection fees to be paid to the Borough upon application for a building sewer permit shall be as provided in Chapter 275, Fees.
The permit will expire 120 days after the date
of official notice to connect but will be subject to renewal for not
to exceed 60 days with the approval of the Superintendent.
A.
The aforesaid sewer connection between the public
sewer and the curbline shall be installed by the Borough of North
Haledon without charge to the property owner, provided that a written
request therefor was made on or prior to the adoption of Ordinance
No. 2-1981.[1] Subsequent to this date, the cost incurred by the Borough
for installation of the connection and restoration of the area following
installation shall be paid by the property owner. The property owner
shall be required to deposit with the Borough Treasurer, before commencement
of work, an amount estimated by the Superintendent as necessary to
cover the cost of the installation. The property owner shall thereafter,
upon completion of the installation, supplement such deposit or be
reimbursed in the event of a difference between the actual and estimated
costs.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2-1981, adopted
1-28-1981, is on file in the office of the Borough Clerk.
B.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the applicant,
and the applicant shall indemnify the municipality from any loss or
damage that may be occasioned by the installation of the building
sewer. All sewer connections shall be in accordance with the requirements
of the municipality as otherwise provided by ordinance. In the case
of connection into the PVSC sewer, the connection shall be in accordance
with the conditions contained in the approval of the PVSC.
C.
The Borough shall in every instance install the service
connection at a place and in a manner determined by the Engineer,
and the building sewer shall in every instance be installed by the
property owner subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:63-52 through
40:63-64.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:63-52 through 40:63-64 were repealed
by P.L. 1991, c. 53. See now N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-1 et seq.
D.
If more than one sewer connection is required by a
property owner, the cost of the additional sewer connection shall
be paid for by the property owner under the same terms and conditions
of payment as described above.
A separate and independent building sewer and
service connection shall be provided for every building and for each
unit in a townhouse.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
A.
The service connection pipe shall be six-inch, class
extra strength, vitrified clay pipe, conforming to ASTM Designation
C700, or six-inch, extra-heavy class, cast-iron soil pipe and fittings,
conforming to ASTM Designation A-74, or six-inch, polyvinyl chloride
sewer pipe with bell and spigot and O-ring rubber-gasketed joints
with fittings conforming to ASTM Designation D-3034 with a wall thickness
designation of SDR 35.
B.
The maximum laying length for vitrified clay pipe
and cast-iron soil pipe shall be five feet. The PVC pipe shall be
installed as per manufacturer's recommendations and as specified in
ASTM Designation D-2321.
C.
The building sewer from the property line or easement
line to the building shall be constructed from one of the materials
previously mentioned and shall be either six inches or four inches
in diameter.
D.
Particular care shall be employed to secure thorough
compaction under, around and over the pipe to a height at least 12
inches above the top of the pipe. Under driveways and sidewalks, the
pipe shall be completely enclosed in three-quarter-inch crushed stone
to 12 inches above the top of the pipe.
E.
The slope of four-inch pipe shall not be less than
1/4 inch per foot and of the six-inch pipe not less than 1/8 inch
per foot.
F.
The Engineer shall determine whether any commercial
or industrial sewer and building sewer necessitates a larger pipe
diameter or higher standards based on the use to be made by the property
owner.
Whenever possible, the building sewer for new
construction shall be brought to the building at an elevation below
the basement floor. In existing buildings where no plumbing facilities
are provided in the basement, the building sewer may be above the
cellar floor. Building sewers shall not be laid parallel to or within
three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The
building sewer shall not be laid in the same trench with the water
service connection and shall be provided with a minimum horizontal
separation of 10 feet and normally shall be placed at a lower elevation
and at least 18 inches below the bottom of the water service line.
The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The
building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment
insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made with properly
curved pipe and fittings. A standpipe or cleanout with brass plug
shall be furnished at the property line or easement line.
[Amended 5-5-1990 by Ord. No. 7-1990]
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts,
foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer, which in turn is connected directly
or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer, unless approved by the municipality
for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
[Amended 7-16-2008 by Ord. No. 5-2008[1]]
In all buildings in which any building sewer or piping or drainage facilities connected thereto are too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by a grinder pump of a type and size acceptable to the Engineer and discharged to the service connection or building sewer. The Borough shall maintain existing grinder pump systems at a place and in a manner determined by the Engineer. All new grinder pump systems shall be supplied and maintained by the property owner. The property owner shall bear all costs, including but not limited to equipment, connection thereof and power supply. The Borough shall not allow property owners to install and/or maintain private sewerage disposal systems. Such existing private sewerage disposal systems shall be abandoned in compliance with § 479-33.
All excavation required for the installation
of a building sewer shall be open trench work or other method which
would permit proper inspection. Pipe laying and backfill shall be
performed according to the manufacturer's recommendations; however,
no blocking of pipes will be allowed except under fittings. Backfill
shall be placed by hand and tamped to a height one foot above the
pipe. No backfill shall be placed until the piping has been inspected,
tested and approved.
[Amended 7-16-2008 by Ord. No. 5-2008]
The holder of the building sewer permit shall
notify the Plumbing Subcode Official when the building sewer is ready
for inspection and connection to the service connection. This notice
shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the time the inspection
is desired. Inspections shall be performed within three business days
of the time for which it was requested. The work shall not proceed
in a manner which will preclude the inspection until it has been made.
The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Plumbing
Subcode Official.
A.
All excavations for building sewer and service connection
installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and electric
lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks,
parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the
work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Engineer. No
person shall perform any of the work set forth in this chapter for
any other person in the Borough of North Haledon unless he/she shall
be a licensed plumber or sewer contractor in the Borough and shall
first file an individual surety bond in the penal sum of $3,000, payable
to the Borough of North Haledon, and must extend at least one year
after the date of completion.
B.
Individual property owners or members of their families
may install their own building sewers duly after prior approval by
the Borough of North Haledon based on evidence of competence in performing
such work. However, in the event that an individual property owner
or members of his/her family shall elect to install their own building
sewer rather than use a licensed plumber or sewer contractor, the
individual property owner must file an individual surety bond in the
penal sum of $3,000. In lieu of filing the surety bond of $3,000,
an individual property owner may execute an agreement with the Borough
of North Haledon at the time of application agreeing to the following
conditions:
[Amended 11-12-1986 by Ord. No. 12-1986]
(1)
The Borough shall have the right and authorization
to do such work or repairs as may be required as a result of the installation
of the sewer connection by the individual property owner. If the Borough
shall undertake such corrective work or repairs, the individual property
owner shall reimburse the Borough for the cost of the same.
(2)
The individual property owner shall indemnify and
save harmless the Borough and its agents and employees from any liability
that may occur as a result of the installation of the sewer connection
by the individual property owner.
(3)
The individual property owner shall restore, in a
manner satisfactory to the Borough, the streets, sidewalks and other
public property which may have been disturbed in the course of the
work.
In addition to the requirements of this chapter,
where the applicant for the building sewer permit must connect to
a public sewer discharging into the sewerage system of an adjacent
municipality, the provisions of any ordinance or ordinances, rules
and regulations of such municipality or governing body concerning
the connection to a public sewer shall govern and apply, as well as
the applicable terms of any agreement in connection herewith entered
between the Borough and such adjoining municipality.
Upon approval for the completion of the building
sewer, all existing private sewerage systems, such as septic tanks,
seepage pits, cesspools or jet-air tanks, shall be pumped out and
filled to the surface with an approved granular material within one
week.
[Added 11-12-1986 by Ord. No. 12-1986]
A.
No person shall divert or pump the waste from any
existing private sewage system, such as septic tanks, seepage pits,
cesspools or jet-air tanks, into any North Haledon sewer line. All
such waste must be eliminated by the use of tank trucks which shall
transport the waste to a sewer plant equipped for the treatment and
elimination of these wastes.
B.
The diverting and pumping of waste from the private
sewage system and the transporting of the same to a sewer treatment
plant shall be performed by a contractor who has been duly licensed
to perform such services.
