[Adopted 5-17-1983 as Ord. No. 83-041]
[Amended 6-19-1984 by Ord. No. 84-058]
The City main sewer shall be known as the sewer
collection system presently constructed in the roadway or easements
and servicing all of the many adjoining properties.
[Amended 6-19-1984 by Ord. No. 84-058]
The sewer connections shall be designated as
follows:
A.
Sewer lateral shall be the portion from the street
curb or curbline to the sewer collection system, or in the event that
no sewer collection system presently exists in the roadway, the sewer
lateral shall be the portion from the street curb or curbline to that
portion of the roadway where, pursuant to the Direction of the Department
of Public Works, the missing section of the sewer collection system
will be constructed.
B.
House connection shall be that portion from the street
curb or curbline to the building.
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068]
It shall be the responsibility of the City to
repair any existing sewer lateral.
It shall be the responsibility of the property
owner to clean and rod, if necessary, the entire sewer connection
which is known as the sewer lateral and house connection from the
building to the collection system at the property owner's expense.
It shall be the property owner's responsibility
to make all necessary repairs to the house connection which is that
portion from the street curb or curbline to the building at the property
owner's expense.
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068]
It shall be the responsibility of the City to
repair the sewer lateral at no cost to the property owner.
In the event that repairs are to be made to
the sewer connection, the City Engineer shall make the determination
whether repairs are to be made to the sewer lateral portion or the
house connection portion of the sewer lateral portion or the house
connection portion of the sewer connection.
[Amended 4-17-1984 by Ord. No. 84-035; 11-12-1985 by Ord. No.
85-096]
Where there are no existing laterals or house
connections and it is required to install a new sewer lateral and/or
house connection, it shall be the sole responsibility of the property
owner to install the sewer lateral and/or house connection at the
property owner's cost and at no expense to the City, except under
the following circumstances:
A.
Said work is done in a redevelopment area and in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:55C-1 et seq.,[1] in which event if authorized by the City Council resolution,
said work may be the responsibility of the City of Paterson at the
City's expense and at no cost to the property owner.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:55C-1 et seq. was
repealed by Chapter 79 of the Laws of 1992. See now the Local Redevelopment
and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.
B.
Said work is done by a nonprofit housing corporation
or a private for-profit corporation assisted by the State of New Jersey
or a federal agency and said work is performed in connection with
the construction of owner-occupied low- or moderate-income housing,
in which event, if authorized by the City Council resolution, the
cost of said work may be assumed, in part or in whole, by the Department
of Community Development, City of Paterson.
[Added 6-19-1984 by Ord. No. 84-058]
In the event that a roadway within the City does not have a section of the sewer collection system constructed therein and further that it is necessary to construct said missing section of the sewer collection system in order to allow a property owner to connect a sewer lateral into the existing sewer collection system, the cost of installing said missing section of the sewer collection system shall be the responsibility of the property owner. However, upon application of said property owner, the City Council may by resolution authorize said work or any part thereof to be the responsibility of the City of Paterson at the City's expense. The City Council shall consider in connection with the above application the location in question, the availability of that portion of the sewer collection system to be constructed to additional property owners and the recommendation of the Department of Public Works. This section shall not be deemed to allow the City to assume the cost of installing sewer laterals or house connections except as particularly specified in § 407-40.
