In addition to the purposes set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1.1,
it is the purpose of this article:
A. To establish a management program for individual and nonindividual
subsurface sewage disposal systems that discharge 2,000 gallons per
day or less in the Township of Riverside in order to ensure the proper
operation and maintenance of such systems. This article requires existing,
new and proposed individual and nonindividual subsurface sewage disposal
systems to be pumped out at least once every three years in order
to minimize future malfunctions of such systems (except as noted).
B. To regulate individual and nonindividual subsurface sewage disposal
systems in the program area in such a way as to protect public health
and welfare and the environment, and to provide for a means of educating
owners/operators, as defined herein, in the characteristics of such
systems and the proper procedures for altering, operating and maintaining
them.
C. To develop a management program to maintain records and manage systems
in the program area.
D. To promote and assure the proper management and maintenance of individual
and nonindividual sewage disposal systems through time.
This article shall be known as "Individual Subsurface Sewage
Disposal Management Ordinance of the Township of Riverside."
All definitions given in Subchapter 2 (N.J.A.C. 7:9A-2.1 et
seq.) of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Standards for the Construction of Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal
Systems, N.J.A.C., 7:9A-1.1 et seq., and any amendments thereto ("NJDEP
regulations") are hereby incorporated into this article, with the
following additions:
ACCEPTABLE SEPTIC INSPECTOR
Qualified person, firm or corporation, representative or
government unit, or other entity acceptable to the municipality of
Riverside Township.
ACTIVE USE
For initial permits, this term shall mean "the use or direction
of wastewater to a system after the adoption date of this article."
For renewal licenses, this term shall mean "The use or direction of
wastewater to a system at any time during the period of the permit."
EDUCATION PROGRAM
An educational program prepared and administered by the Burlington
County Health Department regarding the fundamentals of individual
and nonindividual subsurface sewage disposal systems and the proper
procedures for the operation and maintenance of such systems. The
educational program shall be deemed to be in accordance with N.J.A.C.
7:9A-3.14.
ENFORCING OFFICIAL
The Township Administrator of the Township of Riverside or
his or her designee for the permit program.
INSPECTION REPORT
A written report that details the operational status of the
system and notes any deficiencies, including, but not only, soil depressions,
odors, evidence of previous system failures, and grease trap function,
if applicable, as prepared by the licensed professional that completed
the required inspection.
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL
A professional engineer or a septic inspector as licensed
or recognized by the municipality and appointed on an annual basis.
NONINDIVIDUAL SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
An on-site individual subsurface sewage disposal system serving
a property other than a single family home and discharging no greater
than 2,000 gallons per day of wastewater. Such systems include but
are not limited to those systems described at N.J.A.C. 7:9A-7.4(c).
Typical examples include but are not limited to commercial buildings,
restaurants, retail food establishments, commercial/residential mixed
uses, systems servicing multiple units, and government buildings.
OPERATOR'S PERMIT
A permit issued to an applicant pursuant to this article
for the operation of an individual or nonindividual subsurface sewage
disposal system.
OWNER OR OPERATOR
The person who owns or leases the realty upon which an individual
or nonindividual subsurface sewage disposal system is located and/or
the person who uses or operates said system. The owner of the reality
and the operator of the system, if different, are jointly and severally
liable for the obligations imposed by this article.
PLOT PLAN
A sketch drawn by the owner/operator, or agent on their behalf,
showing the type (if known) and location of the individual or nonindividual
subsurface sewage disposal system including tank(s) and disposal field(s)
servicing the property, as well as the location and type of any on-site
water supply. All plots shall be drawn to scale and list the dimensions
used.
REGISTERED SEPTIC SLUDGE REMOVAL OPERATOR
Any person, firm or corporation that has been registered
by the NJDEP and found qualified by this municipality to pump out
an individual or nonindividual subsurface sewage disposal system.
RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
Any fixed or mobile restaurant; coffee shop; cafeteria; short
order cafe; luncheonette; grill; tearoom; sandwich shop; soda fountain;
tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; nightclub; roadside stand; industrial
feeding establishment; private, public, or nonprofit organization,
institution, or group preparing, storing or serving food; catering
kitchen; commissary; box lunch establishment; retail bakery; meat
market; delicatessen; grocery store; public food market, or any similar
place in which food or drink is prepared for retail sale or service
on the premises or elsewhere, and any other retail eating or drinking
establishment or operation where food is served, handled or provided
for the public with or without charge.
SYSTEM
An individual or nonindividual subsurface sewage disposal
system, including all of the component parts thereof.