[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Cedar Grove 5-5-2014 by Ord. No. 14-772. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 271.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 228.
The purpose of this chapter is to:
A.
Require the retrofitting of existing storm drain inlets which are
in direct contact with repaving, repairing, reconstruction, or resurfacing
or alterations of facilities on private property;
B.
Prevent the discharge of solids and floatables to the municipal separate
storm sewer systems operated by the Township so as to protect public
health, safety, and welfare; and
C.
Prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
A.
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
B.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
PERSON
SOLID AND FLOATABLE MATERIALS
STORM DRAIN INLET
WATERS OF THE STATE
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words,
and their derivations shall have the meanings defined herein unless
otherwise stated:
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 and is designed and used for collecting and conveying
stormwater. MS4s do not include combined sewer systems, which are
sewer systems that are designed to carry sanitary sewage at all times
to collect and transport stormwater from streets and other sources.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to the
jurisdiction of this Township.
Sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or
settleable solids.
An opening in a storm drain used to collect stormwater runoff
and includes, but is not limited to, a grate inlet, curb-opening inlet,
slotted inlet, and combination inlet.
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, and bodies
of surface water or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, subject
to the jurisdiction of this Township.
A.
No person in control of private property shall authorize the repaving,
repairing, resurfacing, reconstructing, or altering of any service
that is in direct contact with an existing storm drain inlet on that
property.
C.
This section shall not apply to persons in control of a residential
lot with one single-family house.
A.
Storm drain inlets identified in § 196-3 above shall comply with the standard provided by this section to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets.
B.
Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever
they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect
stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body
under that grate:
(1)
The New Jersey Department of Transportation bicycle-safe grate, which
is described in Chapter 2.4 of the New Jersey Department of Transportation
Bicycle Compatible Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines;
or
(2)
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate has
an area of no more than seven square inches or is no greater than
0.5 inch across the smallest dimension.
C.
Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in grate
inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination
inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates,
and grates of spacer bars in slotted drain. Examples of ground surfaces
include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking
areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels,
and stormwater basin floors.
D.
Whenever design engineers use a curb-opening inlet, the clear space
in that curb opening (or each individual clear space, if the curb
opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have an area of no more
than seven square inches or be no greater than two inches across the
smallest dimension.
E.
This standard does not apply where:
(1)
The Township Engineer agrees that this standard would cause inadequate
hydraulic performance that cannot practically be overcome by using
additional or larger storm drain inlets that meet these standards;
(2)
Flows are conveyed through any device (e.g., end-of-pipe netting
facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that
is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable
materials that cannot pass through one of the following:
(3)
Flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars with
one-inch spacing between the bars; or
(4)
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines,
pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules, N.J.A.C.
7:4-7.2(e), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that
constitutes encroachment or will damage or destroy New Jersey Register-listed
historic property.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Township Manager's
office, Township Engineer, and Police and Building Departments of
the Township of Cedar Grove.
Any person who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 for
each storm drain inlet that is not retrofitted to meet the design
standard.