The Town of Boonton shall have the authority to collect fees
for the sanitary sewer services rendered by the Town of Boonton. The
Mayor and Town Council[1] are authorized to prepare schedules of sanitary sewer
rates for posting, publication, and/or distribution.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Pipe providing a service connection from the sanitary sewer
main to the lateral, and including the cleanout.
A completed sewage system put in place for future use (contingent
upon expansion), rather than to meet immediate development needs.
A vertical access pipe to locate at the terminus of the branch
connection, provided for branch connection maintenance.
A lateral serving more than one dwelling unit.
An appropriation of land to some public use made by the owner
and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public.
A right to use the land of another for a specific purpose.
The unit of measure used for billing sewer service charges.
One equivalent unit shall equate to 300 gallons per day, as projected
using the estimating criteria prescribed in this chapter.
Any constructed element which becomes part of, is placed
upon, or is affixed to real estate.
The pipes conducting or transporting sewage from individual
buildings to the branch connection.
Any system of continuous piping. The pipe owned by the Town
and located in the public right-of-way or the sanitary sewer easement
that is part of the sanitary sewer system.
An inspection chamber located at changes in horizontal and
vertical directions for underground utility conduits whose dimensions
allow entry, exit, and working room.
Wherever the word "municipality" appears in the text of the
Local Sewer Service Rules, it shall be understood to mean the Town
of Boonton.
Structures or buildings constructed the human occupancy of
which require the installation of sanitary sewerage facilities.
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, gas
pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade tree, or
for another special use.
Facilities constructed, operated, and maintained for the
sole purpose of collecting, transporting, and carrying away of sewage
from realty improvements which have been designed in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the state.
Any construction work on, or improvement in connection with,
residential development limited to streets, roads, parking facilities,
sidewalks, drainage structures, and utilities.
A.
There is adopted by the Town, for the purpose of establishing rules
and regulations affecting the installation, maintenance, repair and
control of plumbing and drainage of buildings and the connection thereof
with an outside sewer, "The Local Sewer Service Rules Governing the
Use of the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority Treatment System,
February 1982." Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.1,
a copy of the rules is annexed to this article and three copies of
the same have been and are now filed in the office of the Town Clerk
and will remain on file there for the use and examination of the public.
B.
The "local sewer system" is defined as systems of sewer and appurtenances,
including sewer mains, pumping stations, grinder pumps, building sewer
laterals and cleanouts, owned and operated by the Town of Boonton
for the collection, transportation and pumping of sewage and other
such wastes, as permitted under the Local Service Rules cited above,
to the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority facilities.
C.
The maintenance and operations of the entire Town sanitary sewer system shall comply with the rules and regulations set forth by the Boonton Sewer Department as stated in Chapter 229, Sewers and Water.
D.
The maintenance and construction shall adhere to the rules and regulations
of the State Department of Health, New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority, and be
in accordance with the Town of Boonton Department of Health.
E.
The Town hereby establishes the following program to ensure the elimination
of sources of groundwater and surface water into the local sewer system:
(1)
Any person who permits or has permitted on his or her property any
connection of a sump pump, roof drain or area drain to the local sewer
shall cause said restricted discharge to be immediately disconnected
from the local sewer system at said person's sole cost and expense.
(2)
After a sump pump, roof drain or area drain has been disconnected
from the local sewer system, the owner thereof shall be permitted
to continue utilizing said sump pump, roof drain or area drain in
accordance with the following requirements:
(a)
The pump shall have a permanent piping installation to direct
flow at least 10 feet from a building structure and at a location
which will minimize infiltration to the building foundation and/or
local sewer system.
(b)
The pump or drain discharge pipe shall not discharge water,
either directly or indirectly, to a public right-of-way, easement
or public property without permission from the Town Engineer. The
Town Engineer, when evaluating a request to redirect flow from a pump
or a drain, shall require the submittal of the following information:
[1]
A written proposal noting thereon how the flow in intended to
be redirected to discharge to a storm sewer or the gutter line of
a street so that icing or street erosion conditions will not occur.
[2]
A sketch submitted showing the connection of the pump or drain
line to a storm sewer, and submission of any required street opening
permit, if work is to be done in the Town right-of-way.
(c)
The new pump or drain connection shall not discharge water onto
any adjacent property.
(d)
No pump or drain connection shall be made to the local sewer
system.
(3)
The Town reserves the right to inspect for such pump, stormwater
drain connections or any other stormwater management conveyance systems
entering into the Town sanitary sewer system.
F.
Any new sanitary facilities shall be closed-conduit flow connecting
into the existing Town sanitary sewer system. Sanitary sewer facilities
shall not discharge into any man-made channels, ditches, or swales
or natural channels, ditches, streams, tributaries, rivers, or any
other open-flow bodies of water. Stormwater surface runoff shall be
prohibited from entering in any new or existing sanitary facilities.
G.
When a public or private sewer system is available or at any time
becomes available within 200 feet of a building, connection must be
made to the public or private system within one year of receipt of
notice from the Town Administrator or the Board of Health. In the
event of adverse weather conditions and on application to the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, the period of time to which connection must
be made may be extended for a reasonable period of time.
H.
The number and location of such connections shall be made in accordance
with a map of the sewer system of the Town, or any supplements or
additions made, on file with the Town Clerk.
I.
The owner of each property is responsible for the maintenance of
each building and house connection serving such property. At the owner's
expense, the owner of the property shall ensure the transmission of
sanitary sewage from the building to the branch connection is operating
properly and remains unobstructed at all times.
A.
The Town shall make available the current sewer usage rates upon
request.
B.
The owner shall submit an application and the appropriate fees for
each and every new sanitary sewer connection. Upon approval, the Town
shall issue a sewer connection permit. The following fees shall be
assessed to the applicant as follows:
C.
The Construction Code Official or an authorized Town representative shall have the authority to conduct an inspection of a building connection to the Town sanitary sewer system. The inspection fees shall be as provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
D.
Any repairs or improvements to the branch connection between the
sewer main and the service lateral, including sanitary cleanout, shall
be work performed by the Town. Any work to be performed inside the
structure, such as maintenance to toilet facilities or any appurtenances
inside the structure, or repairs or improvements to the service lateral,
shall be included in the costs incurred to the owner and/or applicant
of the property. The service lateral connection shall be installed
at the expense of the owner and/or applicant of the property.
(1)
Installation of a new service lateral connection: at the cost of
labor and materials at current rates.
E.
In addition to sewer service charges which have been established,
a separate charge in the nature of a connection fee for each connection
in any new property to the sewerage system shall be imposed upon the
owner or occupant at the property so connected. The connection charges
shall be uniform within each class of users and the amount thereof
shall not exceed the actual costs of the physical connection plus
an amount representing a fair payment toward the cost of the system
and computed in the following manner:
(1)
The amount representing all debt service, including but not limited
to sinking funds, reserve funds, the principal and interest on bonds,
and the amount of any loans and interest thereon, paid by the Town
to defray the capital cost of developing the system as of the end
of the immediately preceding budget year shall be added to all capital
expenditures made by the Town not funded by a bond ordinance or debt
for the development of the system as of the end of the immediately
preceding budget year.
(2)
Any gifts, contributions or subsidies to the Town received from,
and not reimbursed or reimbursable to, any federal, state, county
or municipal government or agency or any private person, and that
portion of amounts paid to the Town by a public entity under a service
agreement or service contract which is not repaid to the Town by the
local unit or units, shall then be subtracted.
(3)
The remainder shall be divided by the total number of service units
served by the appropriate sewer service district at the end of the
immediately preceding budget year, and the results shall then be apportioned
to each new customer according to the number of service units attributed
to that connector, to produce the connector's contribution to the
cost of the system. In attributing service units to each connector,
the estimated average daily flow of sewage for the connector shall
be divided by the average daily flow of sewage for the average single-family
residence in the area served by the local unit or units to produce
the number of service units to be attributed.
(4)
The connection fee shall be recomputed at the end of each budget
year, after a public hearing is held. The revised connection fee may
be imposed upon those who subsequently connect to the system in that
budget year.
(5)
The combination of the connection fee and the aforesaid sewerage
use charges shall be such that the revenues of sewerage facilities
shall be adequate to pay the expenses of operation and maintenance
of the sewerage facilities, including improvements, extensions, enlargements
and replacements to sewerage facilities, reserves, insurance, principal
and interest on any bonds, and to maintain reserves or sinking funds
therefor as may be required under the bond covenants or any contracts,
or as may be deemed necessary or desirable.
The owner shall be billed quarterly for the sanitary sewer service
to the buildings on the property owned.
Prior to the transfer of title of any real property containing a building connected to the local sewer system, the owner shall obtain a certificate of compliance from the Construction Code Official, or an authorized representative of the Town, stating the property is in compliance with the provisions of this article. The property owner shall apply for the certificate on a form provided by the Town. The inspection fee shall be paid by the property owner in accordance with § 229-4. The Construction Code Official, or an authorized representative of the Town, shall inspect the property and shall issue the certificate if said property is found to be in compliance with the provisions of this article.
A.
The owners of all structures used for human occupancy, employment,
recreation or other purposes requiring toilet facilities located within
the jurisdiction of the Town of Boonton and that have access to a
sanitary sewer main located in the public right-of-way or a sanitary
sewer easement shall be required, at the owner's expense, to connect
to the Town sanitary sewer system prior to issuance of a certificate
of occupancy.
B.
Each structure shall have at a minimum one sanitary sewer service
connection. Multiple sanitary sewer service connections may be installed
to one structure.
C.
The owner of a structure must apply and be granted approval for any
new service connection and/or maintenance to any existing service
connection to the Town sanitary sewer system.
D.
Each application shall determine the number of equivalent number
of connections assigned to the building, structure or premises to
be connected in accordance with the following standards and provisions:
(1)
Each single-family individual detached residential building is assigned
one equivalent connection.
(2)
All other residential buildings are assigned one equivalent connection
for each dwelling unit in the building.
(3)
The number of equivalent connections for all other buildings, structures,
or premises shall be determined by design flow as established by the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3,
as may be modified and amended. The computed design flow, based on
gallons per day, shall then be divided by 300 (GPD). The quotient
shall be rounded connections (e.g., 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, 2.00....).
In no event shall the equivalent connection assigned to any building,
structure or premises be less than one equivalent connection.
E.
All plans shall depict the planned pipes, joints, mains, service
laterals, and appurtenances and shall be submitted to the Town for
approval. A permit for construction shall be issued only after a construction
plan for the proposed work is approved. In accordance with N.J.A.C.
5:21-6.2(c)(12)(vi), as-built drawings that include the location of
plumbing wyes, as supplied by the contractor, shall be submitted to
the Town Engineer.
F.
A riser with an inspection cleanout or observation tee-wye shall
be provided in the lateral between the edge of pavement and the property
line, or within a designated easement designated by the Town Construction
Department. The inspection cleanouts shall be placed between the curb
or edge of pavement and property line, or within a designated easement
and shall be fitted with either a metallic cap or a nonmetal cap fitted
with a metallic plug that is suitable for locating the cleanout. Caps
shall have a depressed or inverted nut and in a walkway shall have
a highway-type box and lid to protect from tripping.
G.
Tee-wye connections shall be the same material as the sanitary sewer
main. Saddles shall be used only for connection to an existing main.
The pipe size and specifications shall comply with the regulations
and requirements of the Plumbing Subcode of the Uniform Construction
Code (N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.15).
H.
The type of material used for the house connection or the lateral
from the street main to the cleanout shall be as follows: four-inch
cast-iron soil pipe, extra heavy; four-inch PVC pipe, Schedule 40
or SDR 35; four-inch ABS plastic pipe, SDR 35; or four-inch ductile
iron pipe.
I.
Laterals for buildings from the street main to the cleanout shall
be designed to have adequate conveyance capacity.
In case any property owner shall neglect to make such sewer
connection or to provide a proper toilet installation in the building,
within the time aforesaid, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen will undertake
to have the same built and constructed by awarding a contract therefor,
and the cost and expense of doing so shall be and become a lien upon
the property affected and collected in the manner hereinafter stated.
In case any sewer connections or toilet installations shall
be made by the Town as provided herein, the cost and expense thereof,
with interest at the rate of 6% per annum, shall be paid on demand,
or in equal installments, with interest, over a period not exceeding
five years. Upon failure of such owner to pay such amount demanded,
or such installments, with interest at the rate of 6% per annum, as
they shall become due, the amount will be certified to the Collector
by the Town Clerk, and collected at the same time and in the same
manner as taxes are collected.
A.
The Town shall have the right at any time upon reasonable cause to
inspect any structure connected to the local sewer for any prohibited
discharge into the local sewer system.
B.
The owner of the property shall be responsible for all the costs
incurred for the proper maintenance of all of the service connections
to the public sewer system on the property owned. The owner shall
be responsible for making sure all sanitary sewers services are functioning
properly in all of the buildings on the property owned and all sanitary
facilities, including but not limited to toilets, sink drains, and
shower drains, are operational at all times.
C.
The Town shall be responsible for the proper maintenance of all service
connections, sanitary sewer mains, and sanitary sewer manholes located
in the public right-of-way and property owned by the Town.
D.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5.2, any capital improvements
projects, maintenance projects, or construction projects to the Town
of Boonton sanitary sewer facilities shall be subject to the "Local
Public Contracts Law," N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.
E.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-6, the Town of Boonton may enter
into a contract for emergency repair work to the Town of Boonton sanitary
sewer system when an unexpected sanitary sewer main or service connection
occurs. An emergency exists when the sanitary sewer main or service
connection breakage is beyond the control of the Town.
F.
Only gravity flow to the public sewer shall be permitted. Installation
of force mains or pumps to the public sanitary sewer system other
than appurtenances associated with internal toilet facilities shall
be prohibited.
G.
If the gravity flow is no longer functioning properly to adequately
discharge the flow into the public sewer system, the existing building
sewer connections shall be repaired.
H.
The joint made between the building sewer and the building drain
shall be securely fastened and watertight. The owner shall make the
necessary repairs to the building service connections if there are
any leaks occurring.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, without legal authority to do
so, to disturb, alter, tamper with, injure, change, obstruct access
to or to interfere with any part of the local sewer system.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming
pool or pool water, individual water-softener discharges, sump-pump
discharges or industrial process waters into any sanitary sewer system
pipe or conduit owned and/or operated by the Town of Boonton or into
any approved sanitary sewer system without a permit.
C.
Stormwater surface runoff and all other unpolluted process water
or drainage shall be discharged to such drainage systems specifically
designated for stormwater management.
D.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any sanitary
sewer owned or maintained by the Town or into any approved sanitary
sewer system any of the following:
(1)
Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, lubricating oils and greases,
flammable or explosive liquids, gases, oil-based paint and lacquers,
tars, plastics, petroleum products and other viscous substances.
(2)
Garbage.
(3)
Abrasives, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass,
rags, feathers, tar, plastics or woods.
(4)
Solid or viscous substances which are capable of causing obstructions
in sewers or interference with the proper functioning of the treatment
processes.
(5)
Wastes containing viable pathogenic bacteria other than those normal
to domestic sewage.
(6)
All wastes containing corrosive matters or toxic or poisonous substances
in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with the sewage treatment
process or create any hazard to humans, animals, sewers, structures,
equipment or personnel of the sewage treatment works.
(7)
Any noxious, toxic, corrosive or malodorous solids, liquids or gases,
which either singly or by interaction with other substances are capable
of creating a public nuisance and hazard to life or preventing entry
into sewers for their maintenance and repair.
(8)
Any radioactive isotopes and antibiotic wastes.
(9)
Any substances with a pH less than five, with a pH greater than 10
or with a temperature greater than 110° F.
A.
Any person, who shall violate any provisions of this Local Sewer Rules or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof shall, upon conviction, be punished by the penalty stated in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty. Each violation of rules and each and every day the same is violated shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The fine and penalty shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedy or penalty provided by law.
B.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, or failing to comply with any of the requirements hereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
If the owner of any properties affected hereby shall neglect, after
notice has been properly provided, to make any such connection, the
Mayor and Board of Alderman may cause such connection to be made under
the direction and supervision of the Town Administrator, or they may
award one or more contracts for the making of such connections. The
true costs of any such connections shall be recorded as assessments
against the properties affected. This remedy shall be in addition
to the penalties and fines set forth hereinabove.
A.
New sanitary sewer mains should be located as close to the center
line of the roadway as possible and no closer than five feet from
the edge of pavement. Sanitary sewer mains shall be no closer than
10 feet from the right-of-way line.
B.
Sanitary sewer mains shall be located at a minimum distance of 10
feet from any water mains. Sanitary sewer laterals and service connections
shall be at a minimum of 18 inches below the bottom of any water main
or water service connections.
C.
The slope for a gravitational sanitary sewer main shall be adequate
enough to maintain conveyance velocities between 2.5 feet per second
and 10 feet per second and shall be as follows:
|
Pipe Diameter
(inches)
|
PVC Pipe
(Polyvinylchloride)
Pipe Slope
(percent)
|
All Other Pipe
Material Pipe Slope
(percent)
|
|---|---|---|
|
8
|
0.30
|
0.40
|
|
10
|
0.20
|
0.29
|
|
12
|
0.15
|
0.22
|
|
14
|
0.12
|
0.17
|
|
15
|
0.10
|
0.16
|
|
16
|
0.09
|
0.14
|
|
18
|
0.075
|
0.12
|
|
20
|
0.065
|
0.10
|
|
21
|
0.06
|
0.095
|
|
24
|
0.05
|
0.08
|
|
27
|
0.042
|
0.067
|
|
30
|
0.035
|
0.058
|
|
36
|
0.028
|
0.046
|
D.
The minimum cover for sanitary sewer pipe shall be three feet measured
from the top of ground to the top of the sanitary sewer pipe.
E.
The minimum pipe diameter for sanitary sewer main shall be eight
inches. The minimum pipe diameter for a sanitary sewer connection
or lateral shall be four inches.
F.
The distance between sanitary sewer manholes shall not exceed 500
feet.
G.
The minimum diameter of manholes is 48 inches; a minimum access diameter
of 27 inches shall be provided.
H.
All sanitary sewer manholes shall be suitable for H-20 loading capacities.
I.
All sanitary manhole covers shall have the words "SANITARY SEWER"
cast integrally into the manhole cover. All sanitary manhole covers
in unpaved rights-of-way or in remote areas shall be provided with
a locking device.
A.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.1, for maintenance, installation,
and construction projects above the plans, specifications, and bid
proposal documents shall be prepared for the erection, alteration
or repair of a building, structure, facility, or other improvement
to real property. The project shall include an itemized list of pay
items to be constructed.
B.
The materials and methods of construction and installation shall
adhere to the Uniform Building Code and the Uniform Construction Code.
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:21-6.1(e), all materials used for sanitary
sewer systems shall be manufactured in the United States of America.
C.
For site plans to be used during the construction and maintenance
of sanitary sewer mains and sanitary sewer service connections, the
materials and methods of construction shall adhere to the New Jersey
Department of Transportation's Standard Specifications for Road and
Bridge Construction, latest edition.
D.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.2, the following shall be included
with the construction bid documents:
(1)
Plans shall be prepared in accordance with the Map Filing Law, N.J.S.A.
46:26b-1 et seq. The plans shall convey to the contractor enough information
for the project to be successfully completed.
(2)
Project specifications for the itemized pay items required for the
successful completion of the project.
(3)
Bid proposal documents shall contain a bid proposal, project description,
legal notice for advertising the project, a guarantee commonly referred
to as inspection fees, retainage, escrow, bid bond, performance guarantee
and/or performance bond, certificate from a surety company, statement
of corporate ownership, listing of subcontractors performing work
on the contract, documents provided by the Town in the bid plans,
specifications, or bid proposal documents for the bidder to acknowledge
the bidder's receipt of any notice or revisions or addenda to the
advertisement or bid documents, and a copy of the contractor's and
the subcontractor's business registration.
E.
The proposed sanitary sewer piping and sanitary sewer manholes shall
be located with a station and offset. The sanitary sewer pipe size,
length, material, and grades shall be labeled. The top of manhole
rim elevations and the pipe inverts shall be provided. The pipe inverts
shall be shown to the nearest 0.01 foot.
A.
The Superintendent of the Boonton Sewer Department, or the designated
representative such as the Plumbing Subcode Official or the engineer,
shall have the authority to inspect all and any construction activities
of sanitary sewer main and sanitary sewer main leakage repairs.
B.
The Superintendent of the Boonton Sewer Department, or the designated
representative such as the Plumbing Subcode Official, shall have the
authority to inspect all and any construction activities of sanitary
sewer main, sanitary sewer service connection construction, and the
resetting of sanitary sewer manholes.
C.
The Superintendent of the Boonton Sewer Department, or the designated
representative such as the Plumbing Subcode Official, shall have the
authority to inspect all and any construction activities of any building
service connections to the public sanitary sewer service connections.
No permit shall be issued for any construction activities, installations,
or maintenance for the existing Town sanitary sewer system by any
owner or entity unless there is an enforceable agreement on the part
of the person, firm, or other entity for the construction granting
the Town a permanent easement of at least 20 feet in width for the
purpose of maintaining and operating the Town sanitary sewer system.
If the sanitary sewer main is deeper than 15 feet measured from the
top of ground to the design invert, the permanent easement shall be
30 feet wide. The sanitary sewer easement shall be properly filed
with the Town, the county and the state as required by the Map Filing
Law, N.J.S.A. 46:26b-1 et seq. The tax assessment maps shall be prepared
and filed as required by N.J.A.C. 13:40-5.1.
A.
Maintenance and construction shall not commence until a construction
set of plans and technical specifications clearly depicting the work
to be performed by the contractor has been approved by the Boonton
Sewer Department.
B.
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:21-6.1(c), closed-conduit sanitary
sewer facilities shall only be constructed in areas indicated for
sanitary sewer service in the State of New Jersey Statewide Water
Quality Management (WQM) Plans and where permitted by the NJDEP through
sewer connection approval.
A.
Prior to any construction activities and as a condition of final
plan approval, the owner of the property shall have deposited the
appropriate guarantees or inspection fees in accordance with N.J.S.A.
40:55D-53 with the Town Clerk.
B.
The minimum amount of moneys deposited with the Town Clerk for field inspections to be made during any installations and construction shall be as provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule. Any unused deposits shall be returned to the applicant or owner of the property upon final acceptance of the project.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-21 of the Local Public Contracts
Law, the guarantee, commonly referred to as inspection fees, retainage,
escrow, bid bond, performance guarantee and/or performance bond, shall
be in the amount of 10% of the total cost of construction, but not
in excess of $20,000, and may be given at the option of the bidder
by certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond. The guarantee shall
be payable to the Town Clerk so that if the contract is awarded to
the bidder, the bidder will enter into the contract furnishing any
performance bond or other security required as a guarantee or indemnification.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53h, if the balance is reduced
to below 10% of the original deposited funds, the contractor shall
make additional deposits of 25% of the inspection fees for additional
field inspections by the Town Engineer. The Town Engineer shall not
perform any inspection if sufficient funds to pay for those inspections
are not on deposit.
D.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.1, if the moneys deposited
by an applicant with the Town for municipal inspection fees or to
satisfy the guarantee requirements exceed $5000, the moneys deposited
shall be held in escrow. The money, until repaid or applied to the
purposes for which it is deposited, including the applicant's portion
of the interest earned, shall continue to be the property of the applicant
and shall be held in trust by the Town. The Town shall deposit the
escrow or guarantee in a banking institution or savings and loan association
in this state insured by an agency of the federal government, or in
any fund or depository approved for such deposits by the state, in
an account bearing interest at the minimum rate currently paid by
the institution or depository on time or savings deposits.
E.
At the completion of the installation and/or construction, the applicant
or owner of the property shall be required to request in writing to
the Town the release of performance bonds, escrow moneys, and/or inspection
fees.
A.
The permit application for a new service connection to the Town sanitary system shall be in accordance with § 229-4.
B.
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7 and 5:23-2.8, the following
work to be performed shall require a permit:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
(1)
Any addition, alteration, replacement, or relocation of sanitary
sewer pipe.
(2)
The replacement of any existing plumbing piping and the installation
of drains in structures.
(3)
Any new installations of additional lavatories, water closets, tubs,
showers, washers or dishwashers in existing space of one- and two-family
dwellings or any other structures with human occupancy where the new
installation of additional fixtures can be accommodated with no increase
in the size of the house or building drain.
Construction and/or maintenance on the Town sanitary sewer system
shall commence within one year from the issuance of all permits issued
by the Town. After one year from issuance, all permits issued by the
Town for construction and/or maintenance on the Town sanitary sewer
system shall expire, and the applicant must apply for new permits.
A.
Any construction activity occurring in the public right-of-way shall
use the traffic control measures in accordance with the Manual of
Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), latest edition.
B.
The Superintendent of the Boonton Sewer Department shall be notified
24 hours in advance of any construction activity on the Town sanitary
sewer system.
C.
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.17A(d), the applicant or owner
of the property shall request an inspection from the Town of Boonton
Sewer Department when the work to be performed granted by the permit
issued is complete. The inspection by an authorized Town of Boonton
Water Department representative will inspect the work performed within
30 days from the inspection request. When the work visible at the
time of inspection complies with all rules and regulations of the
Town of Boonton, a certificate of approval shall be issued.
Upon completion of the maintenance and construction activities,
a complete set of as-built plans shall be submitted to the Town. Final
acceptance and release of the performance bonds shall not occur until
the as-built plans have been submitted to the Town. The maintenance
guarantee shall not commence until final acceptance of a project.
