[1967 Code § 75-1]
A permit to connect to the sanitary sewer system of the Township must be obtained and the fee specified herein must be paid before a cut or connection is made to the system including to an existing Y or T. Applications for such a permit must be made on forms approved and furnished by the Administrator. The application must be filed by the owner of the property and, accompanied by the fee prescribed in subsections 22-3.1 and 22-3.4. After a permit has been obtained, the actual connection shall be made by the owner of the property at his own expense.
[Ord. No. 9-84; 1967 Code
§ 75-2; Ord. No. 223-07 § 1]
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 120 days of receipt
of notice from the Township Committee or the Board of Health. In the
event of adverse weather conditions and on application to the Township
Committee or the Board of Health, the period of time within which
connection must be made may be extended for a reasonable period not
exceeding 30 days.
[Ord. No. 223-07 § 1]
The connection required by subsection 22-2.1 above may be deferred for a period not to exceed 20 years (the approximate useful life of a new septic system) from the date of installation when and as long as the existing individual sewage disposal system was constructed during the period of the voluntary sewer ban (which was imposed on September 14, 2000) and the owner can prove that the existing system meets the design requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:9A - Standards for Subsurface Individual Sewage Disposable Systems, and is operating satisfactorily. The owner may pay the current connection fee at the time of the deferral or, in his or her discretion, may pay the connection fee in effect when the physical connection is made to the Township sewer system. Any connection fee paid shall be nonrefundable.
[Ord. No. 9-84; 1967 Code
§ 75-3; Ord. No. 223-09 § 3]
In the event that an individual sewerage disposal system becomes
inoperative at any time or is not functioning in a proper manner and
a public or private sewerage system is available, connection to the
public or private sewerage system must be made within 90 days of receipt
of notice from the Township Committee or the Board of Health.
[1967 Code § 75-4; Ord. No. 5-92 § 1; Ord. No. 409-2018]
In addition to the sewer use charges set forth in Article III of this chapter, a separate charge in the nature of a connection fee or tapping fee for each connection of any property to the sewerage system shall be imposed upon the owner or occupant at the property so connected, and shall be paid into the Municipal Public Sewer Utility.
[Ord. No. 10-92 § 75-4D; Ord. No. 152-04 § 1]
Single-family residences which were in existence on December 28, 1983 shall be exempt from the connection fees set forth in subsection 22-3.1. Any single-family residence which was in existence on December 28, 1983 and which connects to the Township wastewater treatment system on or after February 19, 1992 shall be responsible only for a connection fee of $630.
[Ord. No. 5-92 § 2]
Rates, rentals, connection fees or other charges levied in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40A:26A and 40A:26A-11, and this chapter, shall be a
first lien or charge against the property benefited therefrom. If
any part of the amount due and payable in rates, rentals, connection
fees or other charges remain unpaid for 30 days following the date
for the payment thereof, interest upon the amount unpaid shall accrue
at a rate of interest to be determined in accordance with N.J.S.A.
40A:26A-17. The Township Committee may authorize payment of delinquent
assessments on an installment basis in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-19.
Liens levied in accordance with this section shall be enforceable
in the manner provided for real property tax liens in N.J.S.A. 54:5.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the right
of the Township to discontinue service of any property for the failure
to pay any amount owing within 30 days after the date the amount is
due and payable, if written notice of the proposed discontinuance
of service and of the reasons therefor has been given, within at least
10 days prior to the date of discontinuance, to the owner of record
of the property. In the event that notice is provided by mail, the
notice requirements shall be satisfied if the mailing is made to the
last known address of the owner of record and is postmarked at least
10 days prior to the date of discontinuance.
[1967 Code § 75-4; Ord. No. 26-32; Ord. No. 34-83; Ord. No. 44-86; Ord. No.
37-88; Ord. No. 14-91 § 1]
Payment of the entire contribution shall be made prior to the
issuance of the first Certificate of Occupancy for the development
or building. If however, site plan approvals are granted by the Planning
Board by sections of a residential development, then payment of the
contribution shall be by sections and shall be made prior to the issuance
of the first Certificate of Occupancy in each of the sections. While
the Township is subject to a sewer connection ban, the developer of
any subdivision in the sewer service area who installs dry sewer lines
shall pay the entire contribution prior to the issuance of the first
Certificate of Occupancy for the development. If, however, site plan
approvals are granted by the Planning Board by sections, then payment
of the contribution shall be by sections and shall be made prior to
the issuance of the first Certificate of Occupancy in each of the
sections.
[1967 Code § 75-5]
In the case of a building having several stores, offices or
residences, or a combination of stores, offices and residences, served
by a common drain to the public sewer, the connection fee hereunder
shall be the sum of the fees that would be due if separate connections
were to be made. If a building or portion of a building connected
to the public sewer shall be converted to a use for which the sewer
connection is higher than that previously paid for connection of the
building or portion thereof to the public sewer, a supplementary fee
equal to the difference between the fee for the new use and that previously
paid shall be paid prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit for
the converted premises; except that in case of a building which was
connected to the public sewer prior to the effective date of this
subsection, there shall be credited, in computing the difference,
the fee that would have been paid if the building had been connected
after the effective date.
[1967 Code § 75-7]
Whenever a building serviced by an individual sewage disposal system is ordered to connect to the public sanitary sewer system by the Township Committee and/or Board of Health, the connection fees provided for in subsections 22-3.1 and 22-3.5 hereof may be paid in four annual installments; provided, however, that before any permit for connection pursuant to the order is issued, the first annual installment must be paid.
[Ord. No. 10-93 § c]
If the proposed project will replace a building, structure or
unit with a sewer connection, the proposed project may receive a connection
fee credit under the following terms and conditions:
a.
The existing structure was constructed and connected to the sanitary
sewer system prior to April 1, 1987.
b.
The structure has not been abandoned. A project or use shall be deemed
to have been abandoned if it was continuously vacant for two years
or it was razed two years prior to the submission of an application
for a sewer connection. Such two year period shall be tolled during
any period when the Township was subject to a sewer connection ban.
c.
If the applicant meets all of the above requirements, the applicant
shall receive a credit equivalent to the amount of the connection
fee that would have been owed by the prior use calculated in accordance
with the current ordinance provisions.
[Ord. No. 10-93 § d]
Single family residences that were constructed and occupied
prior to December 28, 1983 and which were unable to connect to the
sanitary sewer system and which are still used as single family residences
shall be exempt from the sewer connection fees set forth above. In
accordance with past practices, qualifying single family residences
shall be responsible for a connection fee of $400.
[1967 Code § 75-8]
Any and all sewer connection work performed within the Township
must be done by a plumber licensed in the Township, and sewer connections
to a sewer line, where a "Y" or "T" does not exist, must be made by
a saddle approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official.
[1967 Code § 75-9]
Where a permit for connection to the sanitary sewer system has
been issued, 24 hours' notice must be given to the Plumbing Subcode
Official and the road foreman before the sewer main is uncovered and
connection to the sewer main is made.
[1967 Code § 75-10]
The person to whom a permit has been issued and/or the person
making the actual connection must notify the Plumbing Subcode Official
when the connection has been completed, so that the Plumbing Subcode
Official can make an inspection on behalf of the Township. The Plumbing
Subcode Official shall notify, in writing, the Secretary of the Board
of Health and the holder of the permit when the connection has been
approved.
[1967 Code § 75-11]
No sewer connection shall be covered until the Plumbing Subcode
Official has completed his inspection and authorized the person making
the connection to cover the line. Any connection covered or made in
violation of the provisions of this article shall be uncovered upon
request of the Plumbing Subcode Official.
[1967 Code § 75-12]
