[Adopted 4-13-1961 by Ord. No. 8-61 (Ch. 71, Art. I, of the
1969 Code)]
A.Â
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BRANCH CONNECTION
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COLLECTOR OF SEWER FEES
COMBINED SEWER
ENGINEERING INSPECTOR
GARBAGE
HEALTH OFFICER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
OPERATOR
PERSON
pH
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SEWER CHAIRPERSON
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
A tee or wye attached to or built in a public sewer to receive
a building sewer.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil and waste pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning
five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the branch connection
at the public sewer or other place of disposal.
The Collector of Sewer Fees as appointed by the Township
Committee of the Township of Morris or his authorized deputy, agent
or representative.
A sewer in which both surface runoff and sewage are received.
A representative under the Township Engineer with the duties
of inspecting construction projects and activities.[1]
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing
of foods and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.[2]
The Health Officer appointed by the Board of Health of the
Township of Morris.
The liquid wastes from industrial and laboratory processes
as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The operator of the sewage treatment plant duly appointed
by the Morris Township Committee.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The duly appointed Plumbing Inspector of the Township of
Morris.
As herein referred to, any septic tanks, cesspools, sewage
disposal devices or subsurface drainage system.
A sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal right and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and in which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not permitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from any buildings
or structures.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The Chairperson of the Sanitary Sewer Standing Committee
as appointed by the Morris Township Committee, or his authorized agent
or representative.[3]
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage.[4]
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
The duly appointed Attorney of the Township of Morris.
The Engineer as duly appointed by the Morris Township Committee.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continually
or intermittently.
B.Â
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
[Amended 11-9-1995 by Ord. No. 34-95]
A.Â
The owners of all houses or buildings designed or intended for human
occupancy are hereby required, at their expense, to install suitable
toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly
with any available public sewer in accordance with the provisions
of this article. A sewer shall be considered available if it is an
active sewer and is located within 100 feet of the owner's property
or a usable right-of-way. Such connection shall be made within 90
days after date of official notice from the Township of Morris, except
where an exemption or deferral has been granted by the Township Committee.
B.Â
A deferral may be granted for a period not to exceed five years where
and as long as the following conditions are met:
(1)Â
The existing individual sewage disposal system was constructed after
April 2, 2012, or the owner can prove that the existing system meets
the design requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:9A, Standards for Individual
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, and is operating satisfactorily.[1]
(2)Â
The existing individual sewage disposal system is pumped and inspected
not less than once every three years.
(3)Â
The owner, prior to selling, renting or transferring title to the
property, shall have the home or building connected.
(4)Â
The owner pays the connection fee required by this article at the
time of application for the deferral.
(5)Â
The owner pays the capital and debt service portions of the annual
sewer service charge each year.
C.Â
An exemption may be granted where access to an otherwise available
sewer would require extraordinary expenditure, result in peculiar
and exceptional practical difficulties, result in adverse environmental
impact or cause exceptional and undue hardship. If an exemption is
granted, the sewer shall be deemed unavailable.
D.Â
The owner of property for which exemption is sought must demonstrate full compliance with the requirements of Subsections A and B above. An exemption granted pursuant to this section shall remain in effect only for such period of time as the conditions listed in Subsections A and B above are complied with. The inability or failure to maintain compliance with conditions listed in Subsections A and B above shall result in the automatic revocation of the exemption.
E.Â
Application for either deferral or exemption shall be made to the
Township Committee of the Township of Morris within 60 days of receipt
of official notice requiring connection to the public sewer facility.
F.Â
Except in the cases where a deferral or an exemption has been granted,
the annual sewer service charge for the use of the sewer shall begin
90 days after the date of the official notice set forth above. In
those cases where a deferral has been granted, the annual sewer service
charge shall commence upon the expiration of the deferral period.
In those cases where an exemption has been granted, the annual sewer
service charge shall commence 90 days after revocation of the exemption.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful to install any building sewer or to make any
connection to the public sewer without first obtaining a building
sewer permit, and such installations and connections shall be made
under the direction and supervision of the Engineering Inspector in
the manner hereinafter set forth.[1]
B.Â
Building sewer permits shall be of two classes:
[Amended 6-8-1961 by Ord. No. 19-61; 9-11-1985 by Ord. No. 29-85; 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15; 4-20-2016 by Ord. No.
06-16]
(1)Â
For residential service, the fee for which shall be $6,000 per dwelling
unit.
(2)Â
For service to establishments producing commercial, public building
or industrial wastes and/or laboratory wastes, the fee for which shall
be based on historic water usage or flows based on N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3
(projected flow criteria), as amended, and the fee shall be calculated
by using a ratio of $900/100 gallons of daily flow to calculate the
connection fee, but no less than $6,000.
C.Â
The owner or his agent shall make application on a form furnished
by the Township. The permit application shall be supplemented by any
plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in
the judgment of the Engineering Inspector or required by state law.
[Amended 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
D.Â
Permits will expire four weeks after date of issue but will be subject
to renewal for a further period of four weeks.
E.Â
Where the building sewer has been extended by the Township from main
or lateral to the curb or property line, the following rules shall
apply:
(1)Â
The applicant, after securing the building sewer permit, shall notify
the Engineering Inspector when the excavation is made and the pipe
is installed and connected. No backfill is to be placed without the
written permission of the Engineering Inspector.
[Amended 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
F.Â
Where the building sewer has not been extended by the Township from
main or lateral to the curb or property line, the following rules
shall apply:
(1)Â
The applicant shall secure a building sewer permit and pay the required fee. The applicant shall do all of the excavation required, supply all of the materials and do all of the work and shall notify the Engineering Inspector 24 hours before the excavation is ready for the installation of the branch connection; after the inspection by the Engineering Inspector, the work shall be completed by the applicant. The street opening fee, backfilling and repaving shall be as required under Chapter 439, Article V, Street Openings.
[Amended 6-11-1965 by Ord. No. 13-65; 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
G.Â
The joint made between the building sewer and the building drain
shall be secure and watertight. Standard fittings, approved by the
Engineering Inspector and/or the Plumbing Inspector, shall be used
for this joint.
[Amended 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
H.Â
All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard.
I.Â
It shall be the duty of the Engineering Inspector, when notified
to inspect the installation of any branch connection or building sewer,
to determine whether the same complies with all the provisions hereof
and any other ordinances, the enforcement of which is within his jurisdiction.
When he is satisfied that the installation complies with the aforesaid
requirements, he shall evidence his written approval on the permit.
[Amended 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
J.Â
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the Township of Morris from any loss or damage that may
indirectly or directly be occasioned by the installation of the building
sewer. In order to guarantee and protect the Township of Morris for
any loss or damage that may indirectly or directly occur by the installation
of said building sewer from the main to the curb or property line
or the excavation for the installation of any branch connection or
any other work, the owner or his agent shall post with the Township
of Morris a performance bond in the amount of $5,000 to guarantee
the payment of any damage which may occur to the property of the Township
of Morris; such performance bond shall be written by a surety company
authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey and approved
by the Township Committee of the Township of Morris and shall be posted
with the Township of Morris prior to the issuance of the building
sewer permit.
[Amended 9-14-1961 by Ord. No. 30-61]
K.Â
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and the rear building is an accessory use as established under Chapter 95, Zoning, and while both buildings remain under the same ownership.
L.Â
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Engineering
Inspector and/or Plumbing Inspector, to meet all the requirements
of this article.
[Amended 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
M.Â
In all buildings in which any building sanitary drain is too low
to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage carried by such
drain shall be lifted by a submersible grinder pump installation as
manufactured by the Environment/One Corporation of Schenectady, New
York, or Barnes Pumps, Inc., of Mansfield, Ohio, or approved equal.
The grinder pump installation shall be installed, owned and operated
by the building owner in conformance with the Township standard details
and specifications for this type of facility. The pump installation
shall be capable of performing satisfactorily under the actual conditions
to be encountered for the building being served. A simplex or duplex
grinder pump system shall be installed as required. The design of
the proposed grinder pump installation shall be approved by the Township
prior to issuing any permit to construct the same.
[Amended 9-11-1991 by Ord. No. 30-91]
All meters or other measuring devices installed or required
to be used under the provisions of this article shall be under the
control of the Township and of a type specified by the Township and
shall be installed by the owner at the owner's expense. The owner
of the property upon which any such measuring device is installed
shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all
repairs thereto shall be made at the owner's cost, whether such
repairs are made necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other causes.
Costs for such repairs, if made by the Township, shall be due and
payable at the same time, collected in the same manner and be subject
to the same penalties as are the charges for sewer use.
No person shall break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper
with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the
Township of Morris sewage disposal system.
A.Â
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming
pool or pond water, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process
waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.Â
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to
any public sewer:
[Amended 12-10-1975 by Ord. No. 34-75]
(1)Â
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.;
(3)Â
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other solid or
viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works;
(4)Â
Mineral acidity, pH not less than 5.5;
(5)Â
Caustic alkalinity, pH not greater than 10.0;
(6)Â
Must not contain any explosive or flammable substance and no gases
or vapors, either free or occluded in concentration, toxic or dangerous
to humans, animals or aquatic life in streams or to the sewer system;
(7)Â
No excessive amount of grease or oil that will solidify or become
viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F.;
(8)Â
Suspended solids shall not exceed a daily average of 250 milligrams
per liter, unless authorized otherwise under the Township Industrial
Pretreatment Program;
[Amended 7-18-2001 by Ord. No. 17-01[2]]
(9)Â
Five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) shall not exceed a daily
average of 250 milligrams per liter, unless authorized otherwise under
the Township Industrial Pretreatment Program;
[Amended 7-18-2001 by Ord. No. 17-01]
(10)Â
Shall not contain sulfides in any measurable concentration;
[Amended 4-13-1977 by Ord. No. 15-77]
(11)Â
Must not contain any toxic or irritating substances which will
create conditions hazardous to public health and safety;
(13)Â
Must contain no poisons in sufficient quantities to endanger
man or interfere with biological processes;
(14)Â
Must not contain any substance which the municipality now or
hereafter finds to be harmful;
(15)Â
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating
a public nuisance;
(16)Â
Gasoline, naphtha, petroleum products or any substance which
may create an explosion hazard in the system;[4]
(17)Â
Surface water or rainwater from yards, areas, courts, cellars,
drains or roofs;
(19)Â
Milk, brewery or distillery waste in any form;
(20)Â
Any color that cannot be removed from the wastes by the existing
treatment system or process; and
(21)Â
In addition, any waste or substance which shall cause or result
in:
(a)Â
Chemical reaction, either directly or indirectly, with the materials
of construction, to impair the strength or durability of any sewer
structure.
(b)Â
Mechanical action that will destroy or damage the sewer structure.
(c)Â
Restriction of hydraulic capacity of sewer structures.
(d)Â
Restriction of normal inspection or maintenance of sewer structure.
(e)Â
Placing of unusual demands of quantity or quality on the sewage
treatment equipment or process, plant or sewers.
(f)Â
Limitation of effectiveness of the sewage treatment process.
(g)Â
Danger to public health and safety.
(h)Â
Obnoxious conditions inimical to the public interest.
C.Â
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when necessary,
in the opinion of the Engineering Inspector, for the proper handling
of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable
wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall
be equal to those manufactured by the Josam Manufacturing Company
and shall be of the type and capacity required to remove the grease,
oil or sand and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be
constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt
and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction,
watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted
in place, shall be gastight and watertight.[6]
D.Â
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained
by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation
at all times.
E.Â
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Subsection B, or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Township of Morris, shall be prohibited unless approved by the Township Committee. Where necessary, the owner shall provide at his expense such preliminary treatment as may be necessary, as determined by the Township Engineer, to reduce the quality and quantity of such wastes to these limits. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Township Engineer and of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
[Amended 12-10-1975 by Ord. No. 34-75]
F.Â
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters
or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and
effective operation by the owner at his expense.
G.Â
All industrial users and any other users contributing more than 25,000
gallons per day shall, when required by the Township Engineer, install,
operate and maintain an acceptable flow-metering device and report
readings of said device to the Township upon request.
[Amended 12-10-1975 by Ord. No. 34-75; 7-18-2001 by Ord. No. 17-01]
H.Â
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Subsections B and E shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and shall be determined at the control manhole or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.[7]
I.Â
The maintenance of the building sewer, whether constructed by the
Township or otherwise, and building drain shall be the responsibility
of the owner of the property served. Property owners are responsible
for maintenance and repairs of individual service connections from
the sewer main to the building foundation.[8]
J.Â
No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement or arrangement between the Township and any
industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength
or character may be accepted by the Township for treatment at an additional
charge, provided that the Township has been advised in writing, by
a qualified consulting sanitary engineer retained by the Township
at the expense of the industrial applicant, that the industrial waste
of the applicant can be adequately treated by the then-existing sewage
treatment plant and at what additional cost to the applicant for the
treatment.
K.Â
The disposal into the sewer system of any pollutant by any person
is unlawful except in compliance with federal standards promulgated
pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of
1972 (FWPCAA) and any more stringent state and local standards.
[Added 8-11-1976 by Ord. No. 23-76]
L.Â
The Township of Morris shall have authority to ensure compliance
of major contributing industries with federal pretreatment standards
that have been or will be promulgated and any other applicable requirements
promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with
Section 307 of FWPCAA.
[Added 8-11-1976 by Ord. No. 23-76]
M.Â
When deemed necessary by the Township of Morris, all major contributing
industries, other industries and any and all other users shall file
a periodic report on the constituents and characteristics of their
wastewaters.
[Added 8-11-1976 by Ord. No. 23-76]
N.Â
In addition to all other remedies and penalties set forth herein
for the enforcement of this article, the Township of Morris shall
have the right, upon the commission of any violation of the terms
of this article, to terminate the disposal authorization of such person
causing any such violation.
[Added 8-11-1976 by Ord. No. 23-76]
A.Â
All extensions of the public sewer lines shall be by and at the expense
of the person making the extension. He shall submit complete plans
and specifications, prepared by a qualified licensed professional
engineer, of the extension that is contemplated to the Sewer Chairperson.
If the extension is deemed acceptable, the applicant shall be required
to file for a NJDEP sewer extension permit and receive said permit
prior to commencement of construction of the extension.
[Amended 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
B.Â
When the Sewer Chairperson is satisfied that all of the requirements
of the Township of Morris have been met, and when approval of the
NJDEP has been obtained, he will issue a permit for said sewer extension.
[Amended 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
C.Â
The applicant shall proceed with the construction of the sewer extension
as shown on the approved plans, and all of his work shall be subject
to the inspection and approval of the Township Engineer. No work shall
be covered or backfilled without the approval of the Township Engineer.
D.Â
In addition to the sewer extension permit fee provided for in this section, the applicant or the user of the sewer shall secure a building sewer permit for each connection to the extension and shall pay the fee provided for under § 410-3B.
E.Â
Any permit for a sewer extension shall expire at the end of six months
from the date of issue. Such permit may be extended by the Sewer Chairperson
for an additional six months if in his opinion such an extension is
in the interest of the Township.
The Sewer Chairperson and other duly authorized employees of
the Township bearing proper credentials and identification shall be
permitted to enter in and upon all buildings, structures and properties
for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article.
[Amended 6-17-2015 by Ord. No. 20-15]
Each and every person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in § 1-3, General penalty, of this Code. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.