Borough of Closter, NJ
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2023-07-27
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 160 Sewers
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Article IV Enforcement and Penalties
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administrator
- Ch 5 Assessment, Board of
- Ch 9 Claims and Bills
- Ch 10 Contracts
- Ch 11 Court, Municipal
- Ch 12 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 14 Emergency Services
- Ch 16 Environmental Commission
- Ch 18 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 21 Fire Department
- Ch 23 Food and Assistance Board
- Ch 26 Health, Board of
- Ch 28 Housing Authority
- Ch 29 Improvement Commission
- Ch 30 Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 35 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 38 Map, Official
- Ch 43 Officers and Employees
- Ch 46 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 48 Personnel Policies
- Ch 50 Police Department
- Ch 52 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 53 Purchasing Agent
- Ch 56 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 58 Sexual Harassment
- Ch 59 Shade Tree Commission
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 65 Alarm Systems
- Ch 67 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 69 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 71 Animals
- Ch 75 Bicycles and Skateboards
- Ch 79 Borough Property
- Ch 81 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 85 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 87 Business and Residential Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 89 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 92 Driveways
- Ch 93 Construction and Repair of Sidewalks and Curbs
- Ch 95 Dumpsters
- Ch 100 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Fences
- Ch 106 Fire Prevention
- Ch 108 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 110 Games of Chance
- Ch 111 Garage Sales
- Ch 112 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 114 Hazardous Substance Costs Recovery
- Ch 116 Hunting and Trapping
- Ch 120 Jewelry, Secondhand
- Ch 125 Library Materials
- Ch 127 Licenses
- Ch 129 Limousine or Livery Service
- Ch 132 Newsracks
- Ch 134 Noise
- Ch 141 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 142 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 145 Poolrooms
- Ch 147 Property Maintenance
- Ch 151 Rental Property, Short-Term
- Ch 160 Sewers
- Ch 160 Art IV Enforcement and Penalties
- § 160-11 Enforcement.
- § 160-12 More stringent provisions to apply.
- § 160-13 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 162 Shopping Carts
- Ch 164 (Reserved)
- Ch 167 Soil Movement
- Ch 169 Solid Waste
- Ch 170 Stormwater Management
- Ch 170A Stormwater Control
- Ch 171 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 173 Subdivision of Land and Site Plan Review
- Ch 176 Swimming Pools
- Ch 178 Television and Movie Filming
- Ch 179 Towing and Storage
- Ch 180 Trailers and Camp Cars
- Ch 181 Tree Preservation and Removal
- Ch 183 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 185 Vending Machines
- Ch 189 Water
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 250 Revised Health Code
- Ch DL_RHC Disposition List
- Appendix
- Ch A300 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A301 Fees and Deposits
- Ch A302 Public Land, Leasing of
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 10-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 1997:750]
The Borough Engineer, Health Officer, Construction Official and Superintendent
of Public Works shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose
of inspection, observation, sampling and testing to ensure compliance with
the provisions of this article.
Any effluent limitations and other requirements currently in effect
or which are adopted henceforth by the EPA, DEPE or any other governmental
entity having jurisdiction shall apply in any instance where they are more
stringent than those set forth in this article, and said law, regulation,
code or order shall supersede this article.
A.Â
Any person who violates any provision of this article
shall be served by the Construction Code Official with written notice stating
the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the
satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, no later than the period
of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.Â
If a violation is found to exist hereunder, the borough
shall be entitled to recoup any and all costs incurred by the borough for
inspections and for remedying damage to the sewer system directly attributable
to the violation.
C.Â
Any person who continues any violation beyond the time limit provided for in said notice described in Subsection A of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to one (1) or more of the following: a fine not exceeding one thousand ($1,000.) dollars; imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days; or a period of community service not exceeding ninety (90) days. Each day that such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
