A code regulating the location, construction,
alteration, use and supervision of individual and semipublic water
supplies, requiring certain permits, providing for the inspection
of such supplies and the fixing of fees and prescribing penalties
for violations is hereby adopted pursuant to Chapter 188, P.L. 1950
(N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 26:3-69.6). A copy of said code was annexed
and made a part of the adopting ordinance without the inclusion of
the text thereof therein.
Said code established and adopted by this article
is described and commonly known as the "Individual and Semipublic
Water Supply Code of New Jersey (1966)," and the required number of
copies have been placed on file in the office of the Board of Health.
A.
No person shall locate, construct or alter any water
supply until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of said water supply shall have been issued by the Board.
B.
The Board 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 water supply as proposed is in compliance with this
code.
A.
New water supplies shall not be placed in operation
nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions thereto which must
rely on new water supplies be sold or occupied until the Board shall
have issued a certificate indicating that said water supply has been
located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the permit
issued and the requirements of the aforesaid code. Issuance of such
certificate shall not be required for alteration of an existing water
supply.
B.
The Board may issue such a certificate if an engineer
licensed to practice professional engineering in New Jersey submits
a signed statement to the Board that said water supply has been located
and constructed in accordance with the terms of the permit and the
requirements of the aforesaid code.
The Board may order all further work in and
about any water supply 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, or may order the work continued
without any violation of any of the provisions of the code. 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 water supply or any part thereof, no further
work shall be done thereon except as provided in said order.
The following fees and charges are herewith
established:
A.
For the issuance of a permit to locate and construct
or alter a water supply: $10.
B.
For the inspection of a new or altered water supply:
$5.
C.
For each reinspection of a water supply or part thereof
caused by the failure of a permittee to locate and construct or alter
the same in accordance with the terms of the permit issued or the
terms of the aforesaid code: $10.
