Pursuant to the authority of N.J.S.A. 26:3-31d, the owner of
any property along the line of which there exists a sanitary sewer
shall connect his or her house or other building with such sanitary
sewer.
Any person who shall fail to comply with any order issued by the Health Officer of the Township to make the required connections within 30 days after notice by the said officer shall be subject to the penalty prescribed in § 269-5. Such notice may be served upon the owner personally or by leaving it in his or her usual place of abode with a member of his or her family above the age of 18 years.
No person shall install, replace or repair any house sanitary
sewer from the front property line to the Township collector or interceptor
sewer until application shall have been approved by the Superintendent
and a written permit has been issued by him. (A plumbing permit is
also required to install, replace or repair any house sanitary sewer
from the residence to the front property line from the Uniform Construction
Code Enforcement Bureau.)
The permit fee for the installation, replacement or repair of
a sanitary house sewer from the property line to the collector sewer
shall be $40.
Any person who violates any provision of § 269-4 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment in the county/municipal jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof as determined by the Municipal Court Judge. Each day on which a violation of an ordinance exists shall be considered a separate and distinct violation and shall be subject to imposition of a separate penalty for each day of the violation as the Municipal Court Judge may determine.
The owners of all houses, buildings, public buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment or recreation, or other purposes,
situated within the Township and abutting on, or having a permanent
right of access to any street, alley or right-of-way in which there
is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer
of the Township, are hereby required at their expense to install suitable
toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly
with the proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of
this article, within 30 days after official notice from the Township
of Montclair to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100
feet of any property line or right of access. The capacity and treatment
charges for the use of the sewer system shall begin 30 days after
the date of official notice set forth above.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful to install any building sewer or to make any
connection to the public sewer without first obtaining a building
sewer permit, and such installations and connections shall be made
under the direction and supervision of the Superintendent of the Montclair
Sewer Utility in the manner hereinafter set forth.
B.Â
Building sewer permits shall be required for residential structures,
public buildings and commercial services, the fee for which shall
be as set forth in this chapter.
C.Â
The owner or his agent shall make application on a form furnished
by the Township. The permit applications shall be supplemented by
any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent
in the judgment of the Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer Utility
or required by state law.
D.Â
Permits will expire four weeks after date of issuance but will be
subject to renewal for an additional period of four weeks.
E.Â
Where the building sewer has been extended by the Township from the
main or lateral to the curb or property line, the following shall
apply:
(1)Â
After securing the building sewer permit, the applicant shall notify
the Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer Utility when the excavation
is made and the pipe is installed and connected. No backfill is to
be placed without the written approval of the Superintendent of the
Montclair Sewer Utility.
F.Â
Where the building sewer has not been extended by the Township from
the main or lateral to the curb or property line, the following rules
shall apply:
(1)Â
The applicant shall secure a building sewer permit and pay the required
fee.
(2)Â
The applicant shall do all of the excavation required, supply all
of the materials and do all of the work.
(3)Â
The applicant shall notify the Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer
Utility 24 hours before the excavation is ready for the installation
of the branch connection.
(4)Â
After inspection and approval by the Superintendent of the Montclair
Sewer Utility, the work shall be completed by the applicant.
G.Â
The joint made between the building sewer and the building drain
shall be secure and watertight. Standard fittings, approved by the
Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer Utility and/or the Plumbing
Inspector shall be used for this joint.
H.Â
All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard.
I.Â
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer
Utility, when notified, to inspect the installation of any branch
connection or building sewer, to determine whether the same complies
with all of the provisions hereof and any other ordinances, the enforcement
of which is within the Superintendent's jurisdiction. When the
Superintendent is satisfied that the installation complies with the
aforesaid requirements, the Superintendent shall indicate written
approval on the permit.
J.Â
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the property owner. The property
owner shall indemnify the Township of Montclair from any loss or damage
that may indirectly or directly be occasioned by the installation
of the building sewer. In order to guarantee and protect the Township
of Montclair for any loss or damage that may indirectly or directly
occur by the installation of said building sewer from the main to
the curb or property line or the excavation for the installation of
any branch connection or any other work, the owner or his agent shall
post with the Township of Montclair a performance bond in the amount
of $5,000 to guarantee the payment of any damage which may occur to
the property of the Township of Montclair; such performance bond shall
be written by a surety company authorized to do business in the State
of New Jersey and approved by the Township Attorney and shall be posted
with the Township prior to the issuance of the building sewer permit.
K.Â
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building except where:
L.Â
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, upon inspection by the Superintendent of
the Montclair Sewer Utility and/or Plumbing Inspector, to meet all
the requirements of this article. Pressure testing and/or video inspection
of an existing building lateral may be required in the discretion
of the Superintendent or the Township Engineer, and the expense for
any such testing or inspection shall be borne by the property owner.
M.Â
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage carried by such drain shall
be lifted by a sewage ejector.
N.Â
When abandoning an out-of-service building lateral, the entire pipeline
must be removed and the stub must be capped at the sewer main. All
such work must be done under the supervision of the Superintendent
of the Montclair Sewer Utility.
O.Â
The property owner shall be responsible for the repair and maintenance
of building laterals up to the branch connection at the public sewer.
All meters or other measuring devices installed or required
to be used under the provisions of this article shall be under the
control of the Township and shall be of a type specified by the Township
and shall be installed by the owner at the owner's expense. The
owner of the property upon which any such measuring device is installed
shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all
repairs thereto shall be made at the owner's cost, whether such
repairs are made necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other causes.
Costs for such repairs, if made by the Township, shall be due and
payable at the same time, collected in the same manner and be subject
to the same penalties as are the charges for sewer use.
No person shall break, damage, uncover, deface or tamper with
any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the Township
of Montclair sewage disposal system.
A.Â
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming
pool or pond water or cooling water to any sanitary sewer.
B.Â
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to
any public sewer:
(1)Â
Explosive wastes: wastes which create fire or explosive hazard to
the PVSC treatment plant, collection systems or the operation of the
system. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline,
kerosene, naptha, benzene, toluene, xylene and ethers. Materials that
flash below 90° using the Pensky- Martens closed tester (ASTM-D93-80)
are prohibited.
(2)Â
Corrosive wastes: wastes which will cause corrosion or deterioration
of the PVSC treatment plant or collection system. All wastes shall
have a pH not less than 5.5 or greater than 9.5.
(3)Â
Solids and viscous wastes: solids or viscous wastes in amounts which
would cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer, or otherwise interfere
with the proper operation of the PVSC treatment plant. Prohibited
materials include, but are not limited to, uncomminuted garbage, bones,
hides or fleshings, cinders, sand, glass, ashes, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, rags, feather, offal, plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair,
entrails, lime residues, beer or distillery slops, chemical slops,
chemical residues, paint or ink residues, cannery waste bulk solids,
antibiotic wastes, free mineral acid, concentrated pickling wastes
or plating solutions or any other solid or viscous substance capable
of causing obstruction to the flow or other interference with the
proper operation of the PVSC sewerage treatment plant ("treatment
plant") system.
(4)Â
Garbage or refuse: any discharge from garbage grinders or from dishwashers
with garbage grinders as an accessory, but excluding residential garbage
disposals.
(5)Â
Noxious materials: noxious or malodorous compounds which, either
singly or by interaction with other wastes, are capable of creating
a public nuisance or hazard to life or are or may be sufficient to
prevent entry into a sewer for its maintenance or repair.
(6)Â
Radioactive wastes: radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration that they do not comply with regulations or orders
issued by the appropriate authority having control over their use
and which will, or may, cause damage or hazards to the treatment plant
or personnel operating the system.
(7)Â
Interference: any waste, including oxygen-demanding wastes, released
at a flow rate or concentration which will cause interference with
the PVSC treatment plant or with disposal of the sludge resulting
from the treatment process.
(8)Â
Excessive discharge rate: industrial wastes discharged in a slug
of adequate volume or strength to cause a treatment process upset
or loss of treatment plant efficiency.
(9)Â
Heat: any discharge which contains heat in amounts which could inhibit
biological activity in the treatment process or cause loss of treatment
efficiency or cause the temperature of the influent to the treatment
plant to exceed 104° C.
(10)Â
Unpolluted wastes: any unpolluted water, including, but not
limited to, cooling water or uncontaminated stormwater, which will
increase the hydraulic load on the treatment plant.
(11)Â
Dilution water: any water added for the purpose of diluting
wastes which would otherwise exceed applicable maximum concentration
limits.
(12)Â
Violations: wastes which cause the PVSC treatment plant to violate
its New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Eliminator System permit, applicable
receiving water standards, permit regulating sludge disposal or any
other permit issued to the sewerage treatment plant.
(13)Â
Extremely hazardous wastes: those wastes designated by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency as sufficiently toxic that
they shall not be discharged to a sanitary sewer in any concentration.
(14)Â
Septic tank or cesspool wastes.
(15)Â
Slug: any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds, for any
period or duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the
average twenty-four-hour concentration of flow during normal operation
and/or may adversely affect the collection system and/or performance
of the wastewater treatment works.
(16)Â
Any wastewater which contains total dissolved sulfides in excess
of:
(17)Â
Any water or wastes containing toxic or poisonous substance
in such concentration, either singly or by interaction with other
wastes, as to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to interfere
with any sewage treatment process or to create any hazard in the receiving
waters of the sewage treatment plant.
(18)Â
Any high-strength waste or special waste.
(19)Â
Any water or wastes which may contain soluble oil or grease
or any water containing floatable fats, oils, greases or other substances
in sufficient concentrations that might solidify and/or cause to solidify
or become viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 150°
F. (0° C. and 65° C.).
(20)Â
Any concentrated dye wastes, spent tanning solutions or other
wastes which are highly colored or wastes which are of usual volume,
concentration of solids or composition that may create obstruction
to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation
of the system or the quality of the effluent from the system.
(21)Â
Concentration and characteristics:
(a)Â
Any waters containing suspended solids of such character and
quantity that unusual provision, attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the PVSC sewage treatment plant.
|
Characteristics
|
Item
|
Limitation
|
|---|---|---|
|
Temperature
|
Maximum
|
110°
|
|
PH
|
Allowable range
|
5.5 to 9.0
|
|
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
|
5 day maximum
|
220 mg/l
|
|
Suspend solids
|
Maximum
|
220 mg/l
|
|
Color
|
Maximum
|
220 Co. Pt. Units
|
|
Nitrogen
|
Maximum
|
40 ppm
|
|
Phosphorus
|
Maximum
|
15 ppm
|
(b)Â
The above-listed concentrations and characteristics may be altered
by the PVSC sewage treatment plant as required by regulatory agencies,
treatment or reuse requirements or in the event of cumulative overload
of the system.
(c)Â
Maximum allowable concentrations. Users not subject to categorical
standards shall not exceed the following limits:
|
Item
|
MG/1
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Acetylene generation sludge
|
None
| |
|
Arsenic
|
1.0
| |
|
Barium
|
4.2
| |
|
Cadmium
|
0.1
| |
|
Chromium (total)
|
8.0
| |
|
Copper
|
8.0
| |
|
Cyanide
|
0.1
| |
|
Iron (total)
|
5.0
| |
|
Lead
|
0.5
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.1
| |
|
Mineral acid (free)
|
None
| |
|
Nickel
|
1.0
| |
|
Nitrous oxide
|
10.0
| |
|
Oils, minerals
|
15.0
| |
|
Selenium
|
0.05
| |
|
Silver
|
0.03
| |
|
Sulphur dioxide
|
0.4
| |
|
Zinc
|
8.0
|
C.Â
Grease, oil and sand interceptors.
(1)Â
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when necessary,
in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer Utility,
for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials
capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped
with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be
gastight and watertight.
(2)Â
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained
by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation
at all times.
A.Â
Extensions of the public sewer lines shall be by and at the expense
of the person making the extension. Said person shall submit to the
Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer Utility complete plans and specifications
of the extension that is contemplated, prepared by a licensed professional
engineer, along with an application for a sewer extension permit,
the fee for which shall be $100, to be paid to the Township of Montclair
when the application is made.
B.Â
The applicant shall proceed with the construction of the sewer extension
as shown on the approved plans, and all work shall be subject to the
inspection and approval of the Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer
Utility. No work shall be covered or backfilled without the approval
of the Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer Utility.
C.Â
In addition to the sewer extension permit fee provided for in this section, the applicant or the user of the sewer shall secure a building sewer permit for each connection to the extension and shall pay the fee provided for under Chapter 269.
D.Â
Any permit for sewer extension shall expire at the end of six months
from the date of issuance. Such permit may be extended by the Superintendent
of the Montclair Sewer Utility for an additional six months if such
an extension is in the best interests of the Township.
The Superintendent of the Montclair Sewer Utility and other
duly authorized employees of the Township bearing proper credentials
and identification shall be permitted to enter in and upon all buildings,
structures and properties for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this article.
A.Â
Fee established. A connection fee shall be payable to the Township
of Montclair for all buildings, structures or premises which are hereafter
connected to the Township sanitary sewer system. The purpose of the
connection fee is to pay the cost of the physical connection and a
fair payment toward the capital cost of the Township's sewer
system pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11.
B.Â
Connection fee schedule.
(1)Â
The amount of the connection fee for any building, structure or premises
shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
|
Classification
|
Connection Fee
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Existing single-family dwellings served by an individual private
well or by an individual septic system
|
$1,650
| |
|
New single-family dwellings
|
$1,900
| |
|
New single-family dwellings, developer-installed connections
|
$1,600
| |
|
Multifamily dwellings, including apartments, townhouses, condominiums,
cluster homes and duplexes
|
$1,450 (per dwelling unit)
| |
|
Low-income dwelling units and facilities providing permanent
housing for elderly or handicapped persons and operated by charitable,
nonprofit organizations which are tax exempt under § 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code
|
$633 (per dwelling unit)
| |
|
Nursing homes and dormitories
|
$1,300 (per bed)
| |
|
Hospitals
|
$3,450 (per bed)
| |
|
Motels and hotels
|
$1,300 (per room)
|
(2)Â
Connection fees for all other business, industrial and public buildings
are based on meter size as follows:
|
Meter Size
(inches)
|
Connection Fee
| |
|---|---|---|
|
5/8
|
$3,465
| |
|
1
|
$13,515
| |
|
1Â 1/2
|
$27,050
| |
|
2
|
$53,650
| |
|
3
|
$107,735
| |
|
4
|
$187,980
| |
|
6
|
$401,905
| |
|
8
|
$1,004,380
| |
|
10
|
$1,612,305
| |
|
Special events
|
The connection fee for a permanent connection to be used at
special events for no more than 12 days per calendar year shall be
10% of the connection fee listed in this schedule.
|
C.Â
Payment. All connection fees shall be due and payable to the Township
at such times as a permit is issued for connection to the sanitary
sewer system, except that any premises or building for which a building
sewer permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this chapter
shall be exempt from payment of the connection fees set forth in this
section.
[Amended 11-29-2016 by Ord. No. O-16-048]
The below rates and charges shall be in effect commencing on
the date shown. The Township Council shall review said rates and charges
annually to preserve the self-liquidating status of the utility. Each
user shall pay an annual rental charge for use of the sewer system
and an annual usage fee for treatment of discharges to the system.
The rental charge, also known as the "capacity charge," shall be based
on the size of the user's water meter. The treatment charge shall
be based on actual treatment costs incurred by the utility, to be
billed to all users according to a formula as set forth below. These
annual charges shall be payable each year in two equal installments
on June 30 and December 1, except that annual charges for "large institutional
users" (to be defined in accordance with written guidelines prepared
by the Superintendent and approved by the Township Manager) shall
be paid in one annual payment due on June 30 of each year.
A.Â
Capacity charges.
|
Effective January 1, 2017
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Meter Size
(inches)
|
Annual Charge
|
Due June 30
|
Due December 1
| |
|
5/8 x 3/4
|
$136.74
|
$68.37
|
$68.37
| |
|
3/4
|
$205.09
|
$102.55
|
$102.54
| |
|
1
|
$342.08
|
$171.04
|
$171.04
| |
|
1.5
|
$682.58
|
$341.29
|
$341.29
| |
|
2
|
$1,092.45
|
$546.23
|
$546.22
| |
|
2 compound
|
$1,366.74
|
$683.37
|
$683.37
| |
|
3 compound
|
$3,077.13
|
$1,528.57
|
$1,538.56
| |
|
4 compound
|
$6,836.85
|
$3,418.43
|
$3,418.32
| |
|
6 compound
|
$13,672.12
|
$6,836.06
|
$6,836.06
| |
|
Effective January 1, 2018
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Meter Size
(inches)
|
Annual Charge
|
Due June 30
|
Due December 1
| |
|
5/8 x 3/4
|
$186.74
|
$93.37
|
$93.37
| |
|
3/4
|
$280.08
|
$140.04
|
$140.04
| |
|
1
|
$467.17
|
$233.54
|
$233.53
| |
|
1.5
|
$932.18
|
$466.09
|
$466.09
| |
|
2
|
$1,491.92
|
$745.96
|
$745.96
| |
|
2 compound
|
$1,866.51
|
$933.26
|
$933.25
| |
|
3 compound
|
$4,202.35
|
$2,101.18
|
$2,101.17
| |
|
4 compound
|
$9,336.88
|
$4,668.44
|
$4,668.44
| |
|
6 compound
|
$18,671.60
|
$9,335.80
|
$9,335.80
| |
|
Effective January 1, 2019
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Meter Size
(inches)
|
Annual Charge
|
Due June 30
|
Due December 1
| |
|
5/8 x 3/4
|
$236.73
|
$118.37
|
$118.37
| |
|
3/4
|
$355.06
|
$177.53
|
$177.53
| |
|
1
|
$592.23
|
$296.12
|
$296.11
| |
|
1.5
|
$1,181.73
|
$590.87
|
$590.86
| |
|
2
|
$1,891.31
|
$945.66
|
$945.65
| |
|
2 compound
|
$2,366.18
|
$1,183.09
|
$1,183.09
| |
|
3 compound
|
$5,327.32
|
$2,663.66
|
$2,663.66
| |
|
4 compound
|
$11,836.36
|
$5,918.18
|
$5,918.18
| |
|
6 compound
|
$23,669.99
|
$11,835.00
|
$11,834.99
| |
B.Â
Treatment charge. The treatment charge shall be calculated by taking
the total of all water consumed in the municipality during the billing
cycle for the first quarter of the current year and dividing this
total into the actual total of all treatment billings incurred by
the utility for said year from the regional wastewater treatment authorities
serving the municipality, to determine an actual rate of wastewater
treatment cost per 100 cubic feet of water consumption. Each user
shall then be billed an annual charge for treatment that is equal
to the aforesaid rate per 100 cubic feet times the user's actual
total cubic feet of water consumption during the billing cycle for
the first quarter of the current year. Said annual charge shall be
payable in two equal installments on June 1 and December 1 of each
year, except that annual treatment charge for "large institutional
users" (to be defined in accordance with written guidelines prepared
by the Superintendent and approved by the Township Manager) shall
be paid in one annual payment due on August 1 of each year. The treatment
charge for any user who connects to the sewer system after January
1 of any year shall be prorated for the year in question and shall
be calculated on the basis of the average water consumption for that
user's meter class. The Township Council may, by resolution,
extend the due date for payment of capacity and/or treatment charges
due under this article.
C.Â
If legal title to any property has been transferred to a bona fide
purchaser in an arm's length transaction between January 1, 2006,
and August 1, 2006, as confirmed by the lawful recording of a deed
in the Essex County Register's Office, upon request of the property
owner and receipt of appropriation documentation, the capacity and
treatment charge for the year 2006 shall be prorated so that the party
who acquired title after August 1, 2006, shall be responsible only
for payment of a proportionate share of the 2006 charges applicable
to the period of said person's ownership.
A.Â
For all property owners subject to the requirements of this article
who, as of the effective date of this chapter, obtain water, either
in whole or in part, from sources other than the Township of Montclair,
the Township shall provide and install, at its expense, water meters
to register water consumption for the subject property. All such meter
installations shall be maintained by the property owner in a continuous
state of accurate operation.
B.Â
Any property owner subject to the requirements of this article who,
after the effective date of this chapter, arranges to and obtains
water, either in whole or in part, from sources other than the Township
of Montclair, shall provide, install and maintain, at the property
owner's expense, water meters approved by the Montclair Water
Department which shall register water consumption for the subject
property. All such meter installations shall be subject to the approval
of the Montclair Water Department and shall be maintained by the property
owner in a continuous state of accurate operation.
