[Adopted 4-8-1955]
[Amended 12-30-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
All owners of property along the line of any sewer constructed
or hereafter to be constructed for the purpose of carrying off sewage
in any streets of the borough shall connect their houses and other
buildings with the sewer in the street adjoining said property, upon
notice from the Borough Council or Board of Health to make such connection.
A service connection charge (tap-in fee) shall be paid before any
sewer connection is completed. Before such connection is made, a permit
must be secured and 24 hours' notice given to the Superintendent of
Public Works. Applications for such connections shall be made to the
Utilities Clerk, and the permit fee paid.
[Added 12-26-1991; 12-30-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
Where any house, building or structure is or has been required
to connect and when said connection has been made to the sanitary
sewerage system of the Borough of Wenonah in compliance with this
ordinance, any existing cesspool, seepage pit, septic tank and similar
private waste water disposal facilities shall be cleaned of its contents
and filled with suitable material and inspected by the Construction
Code Official of the Borough of Wenonah or such other appropriate
governmental official or agency to ensure that no public health or
safety hazards are in evidence. Where said connection has previously
been made, such property shall also comply with this section.
[Amended 12-26-1991; 12-30-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by one
or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or in any
place provided by the Borough for the detention of prisoners, for
any term not exceeding 90 days; or a minimum fine of $100 but not
exceeding $1,250 or by a period of community service not exceeding
90 days.
Any person who is convicted of violating this chapter within
one year of the date of a previous violation of this chapter, and
who was fined for the previous violation, shall be sentenced by a
court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine
imposed by the Court upon a person for a repeated offense shall not
be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation
of this chapter, but shall be calculated separately from the fine
imposed for the violation of this chapter.
Any person convicted of the violation of this chapter may, in
the discretion of the Court by which he was convicted and in default
of the payment of any fine imposed therefor, be imprisoned in the
county jail or place of detention provided by the municipality for
any term not exceeding 90 days, or be required to perform community
service for a period not exceeding 90 days.
[Amended 2-28-1991; 12-30-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
Such connection shall be of such type, size and construction
as the Borough of Wenonah, either by ordinance of the Mayor and Council
or of the Board of Health, or the Plumbing Subcode Official may hereafter
require. Any property (commercial, residential or otherwise), connected
to the public sewerage system of the Borough of Wenonah, shall have
a backwater valve installed where plumbing fixtures are subject to
backflow from the public sewer.
[Added 12-30-2003 by Ord.
No. O-03-16]
All connections must be made by a New Jersey licensed and registered
plumber.
[Added 12-11-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-23; amended 12-17-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
Prior to connection of any property with the public sewer system
of the Borough, a property owner or representative shall obtain a
sewer connection permit issued by the Borough Clerk, or his/her designee,
after payment of a fee in the sum of $2,300 for a single-family residence.
All other connections shall be charged a fee equal to the number or
fraction of such additional number of a "domestic consumer equivalent
unit" represented by the demand for service of a single-family residence
connecting to the system. The term "single-family residence" shall
include all forms of such properties and the ownership thereof, including,
but not limited to, single-family homes, apartments, townhomes and
all other forms of structures and properties designated or modified
in design to accommodate residential occupancy. In no case shall any
fee be charged less than one unit as a connection fee regardless of
the use, type, design or other features of the property to be connected.
Common use of a sewer lateral or other connection to the public sewer
system shall not be cause for reduction or elimination of any connection
fees.
[Added 12-11-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-23]
The Borough Engineer shall be responsible to compute a water
or sewer connection fee for all properties to be connected to the
public water or sewer systems of the Borough other than single-family
residential properties. The Engineer shall compute such connection
fee in units or fractions of units represented by the demand for service
of a single-family residence connecting to the system(s) in accordance
with recognized standards.
[Repealed 12-30-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
