[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Lacey
7-3-1974 as Ch. 140 of the 1974 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-4-1974]
No building permit for the construction of a realty improvement shall
be issued nor shall the construction of any realty improvement commence, unless
the same is serviced by an approved water supply and an approved sewerage
system, and no sewerage system shall be altered, repaired, extended or supplemented,
until:
A.
Written application for the particular installation or
construction has been made to the Board of Health in form furnished or approved
by the said Board or by the New Jersey Department of Health.
B.
A fee of fifteen dollars ($15.) has been paid to the
township, which fee shall accompany the application.
C.
The Board of Health shall have certified that the proposed
water supply system and sewerage facilities are in accordance with the requirements
of N.J.S.A. 58:11-24 et seq. and the standards for construction of such water
supply and sewerage facilities promulgated by the State Department of Health
and those established by this chapter.
A.
The Board of Health shall issue certifications as provided in § 412-1 hereof if the Township Engineer certifies to the Board that the application and accompanying engineering data are in compliance with N.J.S.A. 58:11-24 et seq. and the standards established by that act and this chapter.
B.
The certification shall be in the form of a permit to construct a potable water supply system and sewage disposal system. The permit shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from date of issue. In the event that construction has not been completed and the potable water supply system and the sewage disposal system have not been approved during the life of the permit, a new application must be made as set forth in § 412-1.
C.
All certifications and permits for potable water supply
systems and sewage disposal systems issued prior to the adoption of this amendment
shall expire within one (1) year of the effective date of this amendment.
D.
Any applicant constructing an individual water supply
system under this chapter shall be required to furnish a copy of the water
analysis to the Board of Health, which analysis shall include a test for coliform,
and the Board of Health shall not issue a certificate of compliance unless
said water analysis indicates that organisms of the coliform group are absent
from the water.
E.
For each reinspection of the individual sewage disposal
system or individual water supply or part thereof caused by the failure of
the applicant to comply with the requirements of this chapter and N.J.S.A.
58:11-24 et seq. and the standards for construction of such water supply and
sewerage facilities promulgated by the State Department of Health, a reinspection
fee of ten dollars ($10.) shall be charged.
The Board of Health shall issue or deny certification within fifteen
(15) days after receiving an application for certification, except that where
the Board finds the data submitted by an applicant incomplete, the time for
acting thereon shall be extended by fifteen (15) days beyond the date of submission
of adequate supplemental or amendatory data. Denial of certification shall
be supported by a statement of reasons for such action. In the event of such
denial, upon request of the applicant within ten (10) days from the date of
such denial, a hearing shall be held thereon before the Board within fifteen
(15) days, and upon such hearing the Board shall affirm, alter or rescind
its previous determination, which action shall be taken within fifteen (15)
days after the date of such hearing.
If any change in the physical conditions of the lands of a realty improvement,
which change will materially affect the operation of the water supply system
or sewerage facilities covered by any certification issued under this chapter,
shall occur after certification, the certification shall become null and void,
and a new certification shall be obtained before construction may proceed.
No septic tank, tile field, seepage pit or system or structure designed
to provide sewerage facilities to any realty improvement shall be covered
from view until the same has been inspected by an authorized representative
of the Board of Health and permission to cover the same has been given by
the Board or its authorized representative.
All proposed water supply systems and sewerage facilities for the proposed
realty improvements shall be in compliance with the standards for the construction
of water supply systems and sewerage facilities for realty improvements promulgated
by the State Commissioner of Health pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:11-36, except
as follows:
A.
To Section 3.2, Chapter 199, shall be added "The distance
between the septic tank and seepage pit shall be a minimum of six (6) feet."
B.
In those areas of the township where building lines have
been established on streets by the erection of dwellings or other structures
and said building line is less than that which would be required in order
to obtain conformance with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance of this
municipality,[1] and where such conformance would impose undue hardship on an individual
property owner insofar as front yard setback is concerned, or in all waterfront
property, the sewage disposal system shall be constructed between the proposed
new building or structure to be erected and the street, unless previous construction
on adjoining land or lands would make such erection of the new sewage disposal
system first referred to in this section conflict with other provision or
provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance of this municipality or
with the state law. The minimum distances may be reduced as follows:
C.
To Section 9.2, Chapter 199, shall be added "In those
areas in which a high water table exists and it is not practical to make a
percolation test as required by Section 9 of Chapter 199, P.L. 1954, the seepage
area shall be based on a percolation rate determined from an analysis of the
soil conditions."
D.
The soil borings shall be made by the Engineer for the
applicant and shall extend to a depth which will penetrate pervious material.
However, in no case shall the depth of the borings be less than twenty (20)
feet.
E.
To Section 13.8, Chapter 199, shall be added "Where,
in the opinion of the administrative authority, conditions and experience
have clearly indicated that the use of tile fields or disposal beds is impractical,
the administrative authority shall grant special permission allowing seepage
pits to be built and extend into the water table. These seepage pits shall
be constructed having a depth sufficient to penetrate the meadow sod, mud
or impervious material. There shall be a minimum of eighteen (18) inches between
the inlet pipe invert and the groundwater table."
F.
Job-site-constructed sewerage facilities will require
individual design details as part of the application and exhibit.
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,
all words and phrases shall have the same meanings as defined by N.J.S.A.
58:11-24.
Any person or corporation violating any provision of this chapter or
any of the provisions of N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 et seq., except as modified herein,
shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.) for each offense
and an additional penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.) for each day of continuance
of violation after notice of the violation shall have been given to such person
or corporation by the State Department of Environmental Protection or the
Board of Health of the Township of Lacey, to be collected and enforced by
summary proceedings for the collection of penalties pursuant to the Penalty
Enforcement Law (N.J.S.A. 2A:58-1 et seq.).
The enforcement and penalty provisions of this chapter shall be in addition
to those remedies provided by N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 et seq.
A copy of this chapter shall be filed with the State Department of Health
within ten (10) days after the adoption hereof.
