[1969 Code § 66-1]
The Superintendent of Public Works, under the direction of the
Public Works Committee of the Borough, shall have full charge of all
public sewers and drains or conduits within the Borough, and all connections
therewith shall be constructed, made and kept in repair under the
supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works, subject only to
revision by the Mayor and Borough Council.
[1969 Code § 66-2]
The Superintendent of Public Works shall have power to stop
and prevent the discharge of sewage from any premises within the Borough
into any public street, watercourse or any public place, or into any
cesspool, drain or private sewer, and may direct that proper connections
be made with the public sewer for the removal of sewage from any premises
whenever it may seem to the Superintendent or Public Works Committee
that the public interests will be served thereby.
[1969 Code § 66-3]
No connection, except for sewage, shall be made with either
lateral or main sewer.
[1969 Code § 66-4]
All cesspools upon properties connected with sewers shall, immediately
after such connection is made, be abolished and the vaults cleaned
and filled up in the manner required by the Board of Health.
[1969 Code § 66-5]
All connections of private sewers shall be made only by the
Superintendent of Public Works or under his supervision.
[1969 Code § 66-6; Ord. No. 77-4]
If any person desires to construct or install at his, her or
its own expense any lateral sewer to be connected to the main sewer,
or water line to be connected to the water main, such work shall be
done under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works and
before proceeding with such work, said person or persons or corporation
shall perform the following acts:
a.
Said person shall submit to the Plumbing Subcode Official and the
Superintendent of Public Works plans for the construction and/or installation
of any lateral sewer to be connected to the main sewer or water line
to be connected to the water main; and prior to the issuance of any
permit required as hereinafter set forth, shall deliver a bond to
the Borough of Elmwood Park in a sum to be determined by the Mayor
and Borough Council specifically indemnifying and saving harmless
the Borough of Elmwood Park against all damages and costs from any
injury which may have accrued to any persons or property by reason
of any negligence or carelessness on said person or persons or corporations
part during the progress of said work, or by reason of any injury
or obstruction which said person or persons or corporation may do
or cause to be done to any of the sewers, drains, or water mains of
the Borough in any manner whatsoever.
b.
Prior to the commencement of any construction or installation, but
subsequent to the submission of the plans and bond as heretofore set
forth, said person shall make application for a permit to the Borough
Clerk evidencing the submission of plans and bond and further guaranteeing
that said person shall replace and restore all streets and settling
of pavement and any such opening immediately upon completion of the
water and/or sewer connection and with the same or comparable materials
as that existing prior to said opening and shall maintain same in
good condition for a space of six months to the satisfaction of the
Superintendent of Public Works and the Borough Engineer and all openings
made as hereinbefore provided shall be closed within 48 hours after
commencement of work. During the period when the street or pavement
are open, the person, persons, or corporation themselves or their
agents, servants or employees, shall insure that the street or pavement
opening shall be adequately and safely protected to prevent injury
or harm to any persons or property.
[1969 Code § 66-7; Ord. No. 77-4]
All pipes and materials used in connection with the construction
and/or installation of any sewer lateral to be connected to the main
sewer or water line to be connected to the water main shall conform
with specifications on file in the office of the Borough Clerk as
to the type of pipe to be used in connection with the construction
and/or installation. Specifications shall be supplied to the Borough
by the Borough Engineer and subject to his review on an annual basis.
[1969 Code § 66-8]
The streets, roads and avenues shall be opened in such manner
and the material excavated shall be so deposited that the public will
be subjected to as little inconvenience as possible, and so as to
provide for the free flow of water along the gutters.
[1969 Code § 66-9; Ord. No. 05-25 § 1; Ord. No. 06-1 § 1]
The sum of $200 shall be paid to the Department of Public Works at the time of granting of said permits as set forth in subsection 25-1.6 to connect each dwelling unit. Dwelling unit shall be defined as individual connection to the main sanitary sewer collection system.
[1969 Code § 66-10; Ord. No. 77-4; Ord. No. 05-25 § 1; Ord. No. 06-1 § 1]
In addition to the permit fees outlined in subsection 25-1.9, there shall be a separate charge in the nature of a connection fee or tapping fee for each connection, per living unit, of any property, to the sewage system. Such charge shall be in addition to the actual costs of connection, which shall be borne by the property owner or occupant.
Each owner of real estate whose property is hereafter connected
with the main sanitary sewer collection system shall pay the sum of
$1,000 per living unit. This connection fee is within that allowed
by N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11.
[1969 Code § 66-11]
In addition to the charges aforementioned, each owner of real
estate whose property is located upon a County or State road within
the municipality, such property owner shall be required to pay all
costs and charges required by the State or County for the opening
of any of the streets, roads or avenues, and also all costs and charges
required by the State or County for the replacement and restoration
of all such streets, roads and avenues.
[Ord. No. 06-1 § 2]
[1969 Code § 66-12]
As used in this section:
Shall mean that portion of the sanitary sewer system of any
building which extends from a point of five feet beyond the inside
face of the wall of the building to its connection with the public
sewer.
[Ord. No. 77-4]
All outside house sewer piping shall conform to specifications
on file in the office of the Borough Clerk or as supplied by the Borough
Engineer.
[1969 Code § 66-17; Ord. No. 77-3; Ord. No. 85-19]
As used in this section:
Shall mean oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that
it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved
pretreatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of flotable
fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere
with the collection system.
Shall mean an outlet, including storm sewers and combined
sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body
of surface or groundwater including the Passaic River or any of its
tributaries.
Shall mean a sewer that carries liquid and water-carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and
institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface
waters that are not admitted intentionally.
Shall mean waste derived principally from dwellings, office
buildings, and sanitary conveniences. When segregated from industrial
wastes, may come from industrial plants or commercial enterprises.
Shall mean the spent water of a community. The preferred
term is "wastewater."
Shall mean a pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage
water.
Shall mean a drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater,
subsurface water, or unpolluted water from any source.
Shall mean a measurement of suspended solids, and/or biochemical
oxygen demand and/or chemical oxygen demand, and/or any other parameter
determined by PVSC as a fair indicator of the relative use, other
than volumetric, of PVSC facilities by industrial wastes.
[1969 Code § 66-18; Ord. No. 77-3; Ord. No. 85-19]
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within
the Borough any wastewater or other polluted waters except where suitable
treatment has been provided and where a National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System Permit has been obtained from the appropriate governmental
authority, where required.
[1969 Code § 66-19; Ord. No. 77-3; Ord. No. 85-19]
No person shall make connection on roof downspouts, foundation
drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff of groundwater
to a building sewer or drain, which in turn is connected directly
or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer unless approved by the Borough
for purpose of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
[1969 Code § 66-20; Ord. No. 77-3; Ord. No. 85-19]
The Governing Body shall appoint or designate some suitable
person to administer this section.
[1969 Code § 66-21; Ord. No. 77-3; Ord. No. 85-19]
All users of the wastewater facilities shall comply with the
requirements of the written rules and regulations of the PVSC which
have been adopted and which from time to time shall have been adopted,
which regulations shall become effective upon filing of certified
copies in the office of the Borough Clerk.
[1969 Code § 66-22; Ord. No. 77-3; Ord. No. 85-19]
Violations of any of the provisions of this section or any permit
issued under the authority of this section may result in the termination
of the permit and/or the termination of the authority to discharge
into the system.
[1969 Code § 66-23; Ord. No. 77-3; Ord. No. 85-19]
[Ord. No. 93-20 § 1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean a device designed and installed so as to separate
and retain harmful, hazardous or undesirable matter from normal wastes
which permitting normal sewage or liquid waste to discharge into the
sanitary sewer system by gravity of the Borough of Elmwood Park.
[Ord. No. 93-20 § 2; Ord. No. 94-11]
Interceptors are required to be installed in each facility,
business or commercial establishment generating liquid waste containing
grease, oil, flammable waste, sand, solids, and other ingredients
harmful to the building of a sanitary sewer drainage system, or a
public sanitary sewer or sanitary sewerage treatment plant or process.
All food establishments, dry cleaners, laundries are specifically
mandated to have interceptors. Residential premises are exempt from
this requirement.
[Ord. No. 93-20 § 2]
The type and size of each interceptor shall be in compliance
with the Uniform Construction Code regulation N.J.A.C. 5:23 et seq.
as amended. The appropriate construction permit shall be obtained
before the installation of any device pursuant to and in accordance
with this section.
[Ord. No. 93-20 § 2]
Each interceptor shall be so installed that it is readily accessible
for inspection by the appropriate municipal department responsible
for the enforcement of this section.
[Ord. No. 93-20 § 2]
Interceptors shall be maintained in an efficient operating condition
by periodic removal of accumulated grease, scum, oil or other floating
substance and solids deposited in the interceptor. In any event, periodic
removal shall be no less often than every six months and a written
record must be kept of each and every such maintenance procedure.
[Ord. No. 93-20 § 3]
a.
The Plumbing Subcode Official and the Board of Health are hereby
designated to administer the provisions of this section and are hereinafter
referred to as the "enforcement officers."
b.
An inspection shall be made of each premises required to have an
interceptor on a quarterly basis by the enforcement officers. This
inspection shall review the operation and maintenance records required
to be kept by the owner in addition to inspecting that the unit is
operational. There shall be an annual fee established for this inspection
payable to the Borough Construction Department at the beginning of
each calendar year in the sum of $50 per inspection.
c.
Whenever the enforcement officer determines that there is a violation
of any provision of this section, he shall give notice of such violation
to the person, persons or entities responsible therefore under this
section. Such notice shall be in writing and shall include a concise
statement of the reasons for its issuance. Such notice shall be deemed
to be properly and sufficiently served if a copy thereof is sent by
registered or certified mail to the last known address of the person
or entity upon which the same is served, as shown by the most recent
tax lists of the municipality, or a copy thereof handed to such person
or persons or a copy thereof left at the usual place of abode or office
of such person or entities. Notice shall be given as aforesaid within
or without the municipality. The notice shall also state that unless
the violation is abated, removed, cured, prevented, cessation of or
cure of the condition violated cannot reasonably be effected within
the ten-day period; and, in such cases, the enforcement officer shall
state such reasonably required extended period in the notice, which
shall then be applicable instead of the aforesaid 10 days. In the
event the violation is not abated, removed, cured, prevented or desisted
from or otherwise fully remedied within the ten-day period or within
such extended period as set forth in the notice pursuant to the foregoing,
a summons shall then issue against the person, entity or entities
so notified.
[Ord. No. 93-20 § 4;
New]
[Ord. No. 05-33 §§ I
- VI]
a.
Purpose. The purpose of this subsection is to prohibit the spilling,
dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater to the municipal
separate storm sewer system (MS4) operated by the Borough of Elmwood
Park, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for the failure to comply.
b.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
PERSON
STORMWATER
Definitions. For the purpose of this subsection, the following terms,
phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated
herein unless their use in the text of this subsection clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
Shall mean a conveyance or system of conveyances (including
roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs,
gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains) that is owned
or operated by Borough of Elmwood Park or other public body, and is
designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm association, or political subdivision of this State subject to
municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted
to the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
c.
Prohibited Conduct. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials
other than stormwater to the municipal separate storm sewer system
operated by the Borough of Elmwood Park is prohibited. The spilling,
dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater in such a
manner as to cause the discharge of pollutants to the municipal separate
storm sewer system is also prohibited.
d.
Exceptions to Prohibition.
1.
Water line flushing and discharges from potable water sources.
2.
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement
sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwaters).
3.
Air conditioning condensate (excluding contact and non-contact cooling
water).
4.
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).
5.
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir
discharges and diverted stream flows.
6.
Residential car washing water and residential swimming pool discharges.
7.
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
8.
Flows from firefighting activities including the washing of firefighting
vehicles.
9.
Vehicle and equipment washwater from municipal operations pursuant
to Part I, Section F.8e of the Borough's Tier A Municipal Stormwater
General Permit.
10.
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:
(a)
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following their use
for their intended purposes; and
(b)
Equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing materials
immediately following salt and de-icing material applications. Prior
to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and de-icing materials
must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent
practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and sweeping).
Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse or properly
discarded.
e.
Enforcement. This subsection shall be enforced by the Department
of Public Works/Health Department of the Borough of Elmwood Park.
f.
Penalties. Any person(s) who continues to be in violation of the
provisions of this subsection, after being duly notified, shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed $100.
[Ord. No. 05-36 §§ I
- V]
a.
Purpose. The purpose of this subsection is to prohibit illicit connections
to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Borough
of Elmwood Park, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare,
and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
b.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
ILLICIT CONNECTION
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
NJPDES PERMIT
NON-CONTACT COOLING WATER
PERSON
PROCESS WASTEWATER
STORMWATER
Definitions. For the purpose of this subsection, the following terms,
phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated
herein unless their use in the text of this subsection clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory. The definitions below are the same as or
based on corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
Shall mean waste and wastewater from humans or household
operations.
Shall mean any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges
domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or
other industrial waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate
storm sewer system operated by the Borough of Elmwood Park, unless
that discharge is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the
Tier A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852).
Nonphysical connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks,
flows, or overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Shall mean nondomestic waste, including, but not limited
to, those pollutants regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of
the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(a), (b), (c)).
Shall mean a conveyance or system of conveyances (including
roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs,
gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains) that is owned
or operated by Borough of Elmwood Park or other public body, and is
designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Shall mean a permit issued by the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
Shall mean water used to reduce temperature for the purpose
of cooling. Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw
material, intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product.
Non-contact cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides
to control fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion
inhibitors.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean any water which, during manufacturing or processing,
comes into direct contact with or results from the production of use
of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact cooling water.
Shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted
to the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
c.
Prohibited Conduct. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
through an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Borough of Elmwood Park any domestic sewage,
non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater).
d.
Enforcement. This subsection shall be enforced by the Department
of Public Works of the Borough of Elmwood Park.
e.
Penalties. Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this subsection shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $100.
