[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Cranbury 6-5-1997.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the location, construction, use and maintenance of
individual sewage disposal systems, the issuance of permits to locate and
construct systems and fixing penalties for the violation thereof is hereby
adopted pursuant to P.L. 1950, c. 188 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 3-69.6). A copy
of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without inclusion of
the text thereof herein.
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Editor's Note: The ordinance adopted 6-5-1997 also deleted former
Ch. 159, adopted 11-1-1979, as amended.
Said code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly
known as "Standards for Individual Sewage Disposal Systems" (N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1.1
et seq.).
Three copies of the Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New Jersey
(1963) have been placed on file in the office of the Clerk of the Township
of Cranbury upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file
in said office for the use and examination of the public.
A.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any individual
sewage disposal system until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of said sewage disposal system shall have been issued by the Board of Heath.
B.
The Board of Health may issue a permit if an application
for the same is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey, stating that the design
of the individual sewage disposal system as proposed is in compliance with
the code.
C.
Notwithstanding the issuance of a permit, as provided
herein, the design of the individual sewage disposal system must be in compliance
with the code at the time of installation.
D.
No building permit for a new or altered dwelling, building
or structure, which must rely on new or altered individual sewage disposal
system for sewage disposal, shall issue unless and until a permit for the
construction or alteration of such individual sewage disposal system is issued
by the Board of Health in accordance with this chapter.
A.
New individual disposal systems shall not be placed in
operation, nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions thereto be sold
or occupied, which must rely on such a system for sewage disposal, until the
Board of Heath shall have issued a certificate indicating that said disposal
system has been located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the
permit issued and the requirements of the aforesaid code.
B.
The Board of Health may issue such a certificate if an
engineer licensed to practice professional engineering in New Jersey submits
a statement in writing, signed by him, to the Board of Heath that said disposal
system has been located and constructed in accordance with the terms of the
permit issued and the requirements of the aforesaid code.
In case any permit or certification required by this chapter is denied
by the Board of Heath, a hearing shall be held thereon before the Board within
15 days after request therefor is made by the applicant; and upon such hearing
the Board of Health shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination
and take action accordingly within 15 days after the date of such hearing.
The Board of Heath may order all further work in and about any individual
sewage disposal system, which is being erected or installed in violation of
the code, to be stopped forthwith, except such work as shall be necessary
to remedy such violation and, thereafter, the work continued without any violation
of any of the provisions of the code; and after issuance of any such order
and the service of a copy thereof upon any person connected with or working
in and about the erection or installation of any such disposal system or any
part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges are hereby established:
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of or any order promulgated under this chapter or the
Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New Jersey (1963) made a part hereof
shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less then $5 nor more
than $500 for each violation.
B.
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
