[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Eatontown
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewage treatment and disposal — See Ch. 264.
[Adopted 7-23-1969 as Ch.
60, Art. I, of the 1969 Code]
The sewer maintenance charge for the use of the sewer facilities of
the Borough of Eatontown, in the County of Monmouth, shall be in force and
payable by the owners of all properties using the sewer system of the Borough
of Eatontown and shall be as follows: On the Borough Hall property of the
Borough of Eatontown, the Borough has constructed and maintained a sewer system,
consisting of a large septic tank into which sewage from adjoining properties
can be drained and disposed of in said tank. The use of said sewerage system
by the owners of the adjoining properties requires a certain annual maintenance
on the part of the Borough of Eatontown. The maintenance charge for the use
of said sewerage system by any adjoining property owner shall be a base annual
charge of $15 for each connection into said sewerage system. Said $15 shall
cover the use of said sewer into said system for one single store or one single
dwelling per building. If there are any other dwellings or stores in said
building using the same connection, there shall be an additional total charge
of $5. In this connection, the term "dwelling" shall mean such individual
family and occupying separate apartments, even though they may be in the same
building.
All such maintenance charges shall be an annual charge for year beginning
April 1 of each year and extending to the following April 1, and such charges
shall be payable to the Borough Treasurer and payable on the first day of
April for a year in advance.
The said annual rental shall be for the year from April 1 to the following
April 1 and the rent charge shall be for the entire year and shall be due
whether used the entire year or not, it being understood that the use of the
said sewer connection for any part of the year from April 1 to the following
April 1 shall be considered as a yearly rental for which the above rates shall
apply.
The said sewer rental shall be payable April 1 of each year and if not
paid within 30 days thereafter the users of the said sewers shall be considered
in arrears.
All sewer charges in arrears shall bear interest at the rate of 8% per
annum until paid.
A.
Such charges for connection with and use of the sewer
of the Borough of Eatontown, from the time they become due as taxes upon real
estate, shall be a lien upon the premises connected with said sewer until
paid, and the Borough of Eatontown shall have the same remedies for the collection
thereof for interest costs and penalties as they have by law for the collection
of taxes upon real estate.
B.
All property owners using the said sewer shall be obliged
to provide for the connection from the house into the sewage-disposal tank
and be responsible for the condition and maintenance of the same. The Borough
of Eatontown at all times has the right to declare when the maximum number
of users shall be connected with such sewage-disposal system and place a limit
upon the number of connections to same.
The Borough of Eatontown shall not be held liable in any circumstances
for the payment of any damages resulting from anything happening to the sewer
system or its operating whatsoever, nor shall any action or suit at law or
in equity be brought to enforce the payment of any such claim.
[Adopted 7-23-1969 as Ch.
60, Art. II, of the 1969 Code]
The owner of any dwelling or other building occupied by persons located
upon any street in which a sanitary sewer is now constructed shall, within
60 days after the date of the completion of the construction of a sewage treatment
plant in this Borough, install a toilet in such dwelling or other building,
unless a toilet is now installed therein or shall have been installed therein
prior to said date and shall, prior to said date, connect such toilet therein
or so installed therein in such dwelling or other building with such sewer.
The owner of any dwelling or building to be occupied by persons and
hereafter erected upon any street in which a sanitary sewer is constructed
shall, prior to occupancy of such dwelling or other building or within 60
days after the date of the completion of construction of said sewage treatment
plant, whichever date shall be later, install a toilet in such dwelling or
other building and shall connect such toilet and dwelling or other building
with such sewer.
The owner of any dwelling or other building occupied by persons now
located upon any street in which a sanitary sewer may hereafter be constructed
shall, within 60 days after the date of the completion of such sewer or within
60 days after the date of the completion of said sewage treatment plant, whichever
date shall be later, install a toilet in such dwelling or building unless
a toilet is now installed therein or shall have been installed therein prior
to said date and shall connect such toilet therein or so installed therein
in such dwelling or other building with said sewer.
The connection required by this article should be made with minimum
size four-inch asbestos-cement pipes with asbestos cement and rubber rings,
or with vitrified-clay pipes with oakum and bituminous joints, or with cast-iron
soil pipes with oakum lead-calked and leaded, and extending from inside the
building foundation to the sanitary sewer in the street.
[Added 11-26-1980 by Ord.
No. 17-80]
All connections, directly or indirectly, to the local municipal sanitary
sewer lines for sump pumps, roof leaders, areaway drains, swimming pools,
ornamental ponds, water-cooled refrigeration, air-conditioning units, fire
sprinkler systems and any other similar connections are hereby prohibited.
[Added 11-26-1980 by Ord.
No. 17-80]
All existing connections, directly or indirectly, to the local municipal
sanitary sewer lines as heretofore stated in the preceding section shall be
disconnected and physically cut off no later than February 1, 1981.
[Added 11-26-1980 by Ord.
No. 17-80]
No water from any sump pump shall be permitted to flow on the properties
of neighbors, sidewalks, public streets or lanes or into the sanitary sewer
system.
[Amended 11-26-1980 by Ord.
No. 17-80]
A.
If the owner of any property shall fail to make any connection
or installation required by this article within the time herein required,
the Borough may proceed to make such connection or installation, or cause
the same to be made and assess the cost thereof as a lien against such property,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:63-52 to 40:63-64.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:63-52 to 40:63-64 were repealed by L. 1991,
c. 53.
B.
In addition to being subject to the remedies and penalties
hereinbefore prescribed for the enforcement of this article, any person who
shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject
to pay a fine not exceeding $500 or to be imprisoned in the county jail for
a period not exceeding 90 days, or to both. Each day that the violation exists
shall constitute a separate violation of the terms of this article.
[Added 11-26-1980 by Ord.
No. 17-80]
While it shall primarily be the responsibility of the Construction Official
and/or Housing Inspector to enforce the provisions of this article, it may
also be enforced upon the complaint of any Borough official or private citizen.
