City of Pleasantville, NJ Article I Sewer Connections; Usage; Enforcement

[Amended 6-21-1982 by Ord. No. 15-1982; 10-4-1982 by Ord. No. 24-1982; 5-6-1985 by Ord. No. 6-1985]

§ 235-1 Definitions.

A. Definitions. Unless the contents specifically indicate otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:

BACKWATER VALVE

A backflow prevention device that shall be installed after all sewer fixtures in a building along the sanitary sewer lateral to the public sanitary sewer main. The valve is used to prevent outbound sewer flows from re-entering the building, as well as to prevent sewer flows from the public main to overflow fixtures within the building. The backwater valve shall be installed in circumstances where the elevation of the upstream manhole is above the sewer fixtures within the building, to prevent blockage or flow restriction in the main to back into the building.

[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord. No. 19-2022]

BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")

The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for five days at 20º C., expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).

BUILDING

Any structure contained within exterior walls and from which sewage originates.

BUILDING DRAIN

That part of the lowest horizontal piping of the drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall and shall mean and include a house sewer or a private sewer.

BUILDING SEWER

The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or to an existing extension from a public sewer when available.

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)

The measure of the organic matter present in the sewage as determined by the dichromatic reflux method and expressed in milligrams per liter.

CHLORINE DEMAND

The amount of chlorine expressed in milligrams per liter or parts per million by weight, which will complete the normal reactions with all chemicals and materials in the sewage leaving an excess of 0.1 milligram per liter (1.1 parts per million by weight), after 30 minutes' contact time at room temperature of approximately 70º F.

CITY

The City of Pleasantville, in the County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey.

COMBINED SEWAGE

A mixture of rainfall runoff and sewage.

COOLING WATER

The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other but which shall be free from odor and oil. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids in excess of 10 parts per million by weight.

DIRECTOR OF REVENUE AND FINANCE

The Director of the Department of Finance of the city.

ENGINEER

The City Engineer of the City of Pleasantville or his authorized representative.

FLOATABLE OIL

Oil, fat or grease in a physical state which will separate by gravity from wastewater through treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if it is properly pretreated in such a manner that the discharged wastewater does not interfere with the wastewater facilities.

GARBAGE

Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

GREASE or FATS

Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent.

HEAVY METALS

The electronegative metals with a density greater than five grams per cubic centimeter, including but not limited to lead, chromium, mercury, nickel and zinc, plus the nonmetallic element arsenic.

INDUSTRIAL WASTES

The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trades or businesses, as distinct from sanitary sewage.

MAJOR INDUSTRY

An industrial user of municipal wastewater facilities that has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per work day; has in its waste toxic substances injurious to the treatment process or sewer system; is found by the USEPA, NJDEP or municipality to have a significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on municipal wastewater facilities or upon the quality of effluent from these wastewater facilities; or has a detrimental effect upon human health or welfare.

NATURAL OUTLET

Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.

NJDEP

The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or successor agency.

NONSTATIONARY SOURCE

Any mobile vehicle, piece of equipment or appurtenance thereof that is utilized in the discharge of waste or wastewater to any sewer or natural outlet. The term includes but is not limited to tank trucks and dump trucks, as well as associated equipment and appurtenances. Fixed, permanent or semipermanent equipment is excluded from the category of nonstationary source and is regulated elsewhere in this article.

NORMAL SEWAGE

Sewage shall be regarded as normal for the city if analyses show, by weight, a daily average of not more than 180 parts per million of suspended solids, not more than 210 parts per million of BOD and not more than 25 parts per million of chlorine demand each. One part per million equals 8.34 pounds per million gallons.

NYPDES

The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

OTHER WASTES

Garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dye stuffs, acids, chemicals and all other discarded matter which is not sewage or industrial waste.

PART

As used in relation to the term "sewer system," includes all lateral sewers or all combined sewers or all branch sewers or all interceptor sewers or all trunk sewers and any sewage treatment and disposal works, each part with necessary appurtenances, including sewage pumping stations.

PERSON, ENTERPRISE, ESTABLISHMENT or OWNER

Any individual, firm, company, partnership, association, society, corporation (public or private) or group, including heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, using the sewage works or sewerage system.

PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS

That portion of the total extractable grease or fats which is not retained on an activated alumina absorption column after elutriating with hexane.

pH

The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.

PLUMBING CODE

The Plumbing Code of the city, as amended.

PLUMBING SUBCODE OFFICIAL

The Plumbing Subcode Official of the city.

PRETREATMENT

Treatment given to waste from other than residential users, prior to its direct or indirect discharge to municipal wastewater facilities to remove illegal and/or undesirable waste constituents or to reduce the strength of waste prior to discharge to owned wastewater facilities.

PRIVATE SEWER

A building sewer and connection or other not controlled by the City of Pleasantville or other public authority or municipality.

PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE

The garbage that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers with no particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.

PUBLIC SEWER

A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by the City of Pleasantville.

SANITARY SEWAGE

Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions, free from storm- and surface waters and industrial wastes.

SEWAGE

The water-carried human or animal wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be present. The admixture with "sewage," as above defined, of industrial waste or other wastes as hereinafter defined also shall be considered sewage within the meaning of this article.

SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES

Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

SEWER

A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and to which storm-, surface and ground water are not intentionally admitted.

SEWER SYSTEM, SEWAGE WORKS or SEWERAGE SYSTEM

All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are used or useful, in whole or part, in connection with the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes and which are either owned or operated or maintained or used by the City of Pleasantville, individually or jointly with other municipalities, including sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal works.

SLUG

Any discharge of water, excluding rainfall, runoff sewage or industrial waste, which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceed, for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.

STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN

A pipe or conduit which carries storm- and surface water and drainage but which excludes sewage and industrial wastes. It may, however, carry cooling water or other unpolluted waters.

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

The Director of the Water Pollution Control Department of the city.

SUSPENDED SOLIDS

Those solids that either float on the surface of or in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtration.

UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE

Any water or waste containing none of the following: free or emulsified grease or oil; acid or alkali; phenols or other substances imparting taste or odor in receiving waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous gases. It shall contain not more than 10,000 parts per million by weight of dissolved solids, of which not more than 2,500 parts per million shall be a chloride, with permissible volumes subject to review by the engineer, and not more than 10 parts per million each of suspended solids and BOD. The color shall not exceed 50 parts per million.

USEPA

The United States Environmental Protection Agency or successor agency.

WATERCOURSE

A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

B. Usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.

§ 235-2 Use of public sewer required; general restrictions.

A. It shall be unlawful to place, deposit or permit the deposit in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.

B. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the subsequent provisions of this article and the Public Health Law.

C. The discharge of industrial cooling water to the city's sewer system is not permitted, except by specific written approval by the engineer.

D. It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage when the building on such property is situated within 200 feet of the public sewer. Should the building be beyond 200 feet and the water table will permit, the installation of an acceptable septic tank system may be permitted upon approval by the office of the Atlantic County Board of Health.

E. The owner of any house, building or property which is used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other similar purpose within the city and which abuts on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sewer is hereby required, at his expense, to install suitable toilets and facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of this article, within 90 days after the date of official notice from the Plumbing Subcode Official to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 200 feet of the building. In no event shall the city be required to furnish a public sewer to a point within 200 feet of any building.

F. No portion of this article shall be construed to interfere with or modify the requirements of design, inspection and approval which are imposed by the appropriate health officials and the State and County Health Departments.

§ 235-3 Building sewers and connections.

A. No person shall uncover, make any connection with or open into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written sewer permit in accordance with the regulations as established by the City, including the plumbing code of the City, as amended. No work authorized by any such written sewer permit shall be performed by any person other than a licensed contractor or contracting firm who has been licensed by the State of New Jersey and/or the City of Pleasantville. Such work requiring a licensed contractor shall include, but not be limited to, the opening of any street or roadway, all excavations required for the construction or repair of sanitary sewer facilities, the opening of, the altering of, or the connection to the sanitary sewer system of the City of Pleasantville.

[Amended 12-19-2005 by Ord. No. 39-2005]

B. The owner shall make application to the Plumbing Subcode Official on a form furnished by the City. The application shall be supplemented by plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent by the Plumbing Subcode Official. A permit and inspection fee of $20 shall be paid at the time the application is filed. Signing of the application shall signify assent to the rules, regulations and schedule of sewer service rates and charges of the city. All applications for permission to discharge into the public sewers, other than normal sewage from toilets, baths, showers, wash bowls and sinks, shall be in writing, signed and sealed by a professional engineer licensed in New Jersey, and shall contain complete information as follows for review by the City Engineer:

(1) Existing equalizing or pretreatment facilities.

(2) Total daily flow in gallons.

(3) Period of time during which flow in Subsection B(2) is discharged, namely, hours of the day and days per week.

(4) Peak rate of flow.

(5) Character and concentration with respect to:

(a) Suspended solids, total and volatile.

(b) Dissolved solids, total and volatile.

(c) Five-day BOD (biochemical oxygen demand).

(d) Temperature.

(e) pH (hydrogen, ion concentration).

(f) Oil and grease.

(g) Sulfides.

(h) Alkalinity, total and caustic.

(i) Maximum size of solids.

(j) Data with respect to any chemical constituent.

(6) Any additional information and data requested by the City Engineer as to every connection existing and as to any connection to be made with the public sewers thereto for the discharge of waste other than normal domestic sewage from toilets, baths, showers, wash bowls and sinks.

C. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner of the property being served. In all buildings in which the building sewer is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building sewer shall be lifted by approved pump facilities. The owner shall indemnify the city for any loss or damage that may directly be occasioned by installation of the building sewer.

D. A separate independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of another or an interior lot, and no sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway. Under such conditions, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. Each side of the duplex house having a solid vertical partition making it capable of divided ownership shall require a separate building sewer.

E. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination by the Plumbing Subcode Official, to meet all requirements of this article.

F. The building sewers shall be constructed in accordance with the applicable portions of the city's Plumbing Code, as amended.

G. All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights, so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sideways, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city or other appropriate governmental agencies. All necessary permits to the opening of streets shall be obtained from the City Engineer in advance of the issuance of any sewer permit.

H. Building sewers shall be serviced and repaired by the owner of the property being served. Evidence of willful damage to building sewers shall be a violation of this article.

I. The holder of the sewer permit shall notify the Plumbing Subcode Official when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. All work from the curb to within five feet of the building shall be inspected by the Plumbing Subcode Official. All work must be left uncovered and convenient for examination until after the necessary inspection. Inspection shall be made as soon as practicable after notification, but no dirt or other materials removed in connection with the works shall be replaced until written consent has been received from the Plumbing Subcode Official. The Plumbing Subcode Official may apply any appropriate test of pipes, fittings and equipment, and the plumber or contractor, at his own cost, shall furnish all necessary tools, labor and help and shall remove or repair any defective work when so ordered by the Plumbing Subcode Official.

J. The owner shall be responsible for the payment of all bills rendered by the city for sewer service and when due as fixed by law. All unpaid charges and fees incurred shall be a lien against the property with lawful interest until paid.

K. Whenever a cesspool or septic tank and facility is abandoned or its use discontinued or prohibited on account of the connection of the premises with a sewer or for any other reason, all accumulations of excrementitious matter in or about the cesspool or septic tank shall be removed and the excavation filled with suitable approved material.

L. When an application made to tie into the sanitary sewer collection system requires connection to an existing service lateral or main, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to determine the location, depth and condition of the service lateral prior to connecting. Any information provided to the applicant by the city with regard to location, depth and condition of the service lateral shall be approximate only representing the best available information known to the city at the time of the application. Said information shall be only employed as a guideline to the applicant. The city shall not be responsible for the verification of true existing conditions.

[Added 12-15-1986 by Ord. No. 38-1986]

M. When an application made to tie into the City's sanitary sewer collection system requires the construction of a new service lateral or main, all new construction shall be the responsibility of applicant. Such construction shall have a six-inch lateral to run from curb to main and also must be personally inspected by a Water Pollution Control Supervisor or Water Pollution Control Officer in accordance with Chapter 235.

[Added 12-15-1986 by Ord. No. 38-1986; amended 9-6-2017 by Ord. No. 14-2017]

N. For all new service applications made to the City, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to verify if the elevation of the first upstream manhole of the public sanitary sewer system is higher than the flood level rim of all fixtures and/or drain inlets within the building. Fixtures and/or drain inlets subject to backflow and overflow from blocked or restricted public sewers shall be protected by the installation of a backwater valve. Backwater valves shall conform to ASME A112.14.1 and be installed so that their internal working parts are accessible for periodic cleaning, repair or replacement. When backwater valves are installed in sanitary drainage systems, a notice shall be posted at the building water service shutoff valve(s) describing where backwater valves are located.

[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord. No. 19-2022[1]]

[1] Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsections N and O as Subsections O and P, respectively.

O. Prior to any connections, construction or installation of sanitary sewer systems, proper application shall be made to the Water Pollution Control Department for review and determination.

[Added 12-15-1986 by Ord. No. 38-1986]

P. The city shall have the explicit right to waive any of the conditions noted in Subsections L, M and N above, when the same is determined to be in the best interest of the city.

[Added 12-15-1986 by Ord. No. 38-1986]

§ 235-4 Use of public sewers.

A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, foundation or basement sump drainage, cooling water or other unpolluted waters to any sanitary sewer.

B. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such storm sewers or combined sewers specifically designated or to a natural outlet approved by the engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged, upon approval by the engineer, to a public or private storm sewer or a natural outlet.

C. Engineer's approval required for industrial waste.

(1) So far as is practicable, industrial wastes may be discharged into the city's sewer system with or without pretreatment, provided that the consent of the engineer is first obtained and the rules, regulations and standards hereinafter prescribed are complied with in the judgment of the engineer.

(2) Written approval by the engineer is required for all new discharges of industrial wastes added to the city's sewer system after the effective date of this article. These shall include all wastes in which the quantity, temperature or chemical characteristics are altered in operation procedures and equipment changes.

D. No industry shall discharge any flow directly into a sanitary, combined or storm sewer. All such discharge shall be through a manhole or other approved flow sampling structure, to be located between the sidewalk and curb or other location agreed upon in writing between such industry and the engineer and to be built by the owner. Each manhole or approved sampling structure shall be kept safe and accessible at all times. When required by the city, the NJDEP and/or the USEPA, an industry shall install and maintain additional facilities at its own expense, including, for example, meters, sealed automatic monitoring systems or other appurtenances, to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of wastes. Construction, installation and maintenance of such additional facilities shall be the responsibility of the industry, which shall keep these facilities safe and accessible to the city at all times. Design and construction of such additional facilities shall be subject to the requirements of the governmental authority requiring them.

E. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any public sewer any of the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes:

(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150º F. (65º C.), except by written approval by the engineer. In such case, the engineer may require installation, by the industry, of an approved temperature recorder in the receiving sewer.

(2) Any water or wastes which contain grease or oil or other substances that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures under 150º F.

(3) Any water or wastes containing mineral oil and grease exceeding on analysis an average of 100 parts per million (834 pounds per million gallons) or any floating oil, without written approval of the engineer.

(4) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.

(5) Any water or wastes that contain more than two parts per million by weight of the following gases: hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitrogen.

(6) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rubber, rags, feathers, tar, fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, beer or distillery slops, chemical residues, paint residues, cannery waste, bulk solids or any solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.

(7) Any water or wastes that contain phenols in such quantity that the aggregate of contributions throughout the area of service creates treatment difficulties or produces a plant effluent which may be unsatisfactory.

(8) Any water or wastes, or acids or alkaline in reaction and having corrosive properties, capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works. Free acids and alkalis of such wastes must be neutralized, at all times, within a permissible range of pH between 5.0 and 9.0.

(9) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in toxic amounts as defined by USEPA regulations or in sufficient quantity to damage the sewage works, injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving waters or the wet weather overflows of the effluent of the sewage treatment plant or result in a violation of effluent limitations or other conditions contained in any NPDES permit.

(10) Heavy metals.

(a) Heavy metals in excess of the following concentrations:

[1] Iron, as Fe: five parts per million.

[2] Chromium, as Cr: one part per million.

[3] Nickel, as Ni: one part per million.

[4] Copper, as Cu: one part per million.

[5] Cadmium, as Cd: 0.1 part per million.

[6] Zinc, as Zn: 2.5 parts per million.

(b) At no time shall the hourly concentration exceed three times the average concentration and with contributions from individual establishments subject to control in volume and concentration by the engineer.

(11) Cyanide (CN) or any of its compounds amenable to chlorination in excess of 0.08 parts per million by weight as CN in the wastes from any outlet into the public sewers with a peak day concentration not exceeding 0.2 parts per million. Total cyanide (CN) shall not exceed 0.5 milligrams per liter at any time.

(12) Any water or wastes containing the discharge of strong acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.

(13) Any waters containing suspended solids of such character and quantity the unusual provision, attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.

(14) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance, which either singly or by interaction with any waste is capable of creating a public nuisance, hazard or menace to life or property or of preventing entry into sewers for their maintenance and repair.

(15) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that may exceed limits established by the city in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations, without special limits.

(16) Any waters or wastes that for a duration of 15 minutes have a concentration greater than five times that of normal sewage as measured by suspended solids and BOD.

(17) Any concentrated dye wastes, spent tanning solutions or other wastes which are highly colored or wastes which are of unusual volume, concentration of solids or composition as, for example, total suspended solids of inert nature (such as fuller's earth), and/or total dissolved solids (such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride or sodium sulfate) or unusual in BOD.

(18) Any waters or waste which, by interaction with other water or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases or develop color of undesirable intensity or form suspended solids in objectionable concentration or create any other condition deleterious to structures and treatment processes.

(19) Any wastes discharged at a flow rate that is excessive over a relatively short period of time, which cause or may cause an upset of the treatment process and a substantial loss of treatment efficiency or which may exceed the hydraulic capacity of the sanitary sewer system.

(20) Any garbage other than properly shredded garbage.

F. Any discharge into the public sewer of wastes whose concentration of suspended solids or BOD or grease causes, at the municipal sewage works, a monthly increase in the average daily analysis of any of these constituents in excess of 2% of the annual daily average for the previous year is prohibited unless specifically approved by the city.

G. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any inflammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of the type and capacity as approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. 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 and, as approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee, watertight and equipped with removable covers which, when mounted in place, shall be gastight and watertight.

[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]

H. All grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuous, efficient operation at all times.

I. It is the responsibility of the establishment owner, lessee or assign to carry out all proceedings necessary to have any and all grease interceptors opened and ready for inspection and to see that the equipment is put back in proper operation after the inspection. All inspections will be conducted by the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee, annually.

[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]

J. Forms for periodic inspections will be furnished by the owner, lessee or assign and posted as close as possible to the interceptor to which it applies. The form shall also be protected from soiling. In those instances where the interceptor is chemically treated, the method and chemicals of such treatment shall be approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee. Any proposed chemical changes shall be furnished to the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works or designee for approval.

[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]

K. Fees; schedule for payment.

(1) The fee for inspection, as required in the schedule listed, will be the same as the plumbing fee in force at the time of the requested or required inspection. The minimum fee will include the first three interceptors at one location prepared and ready for inspection. Other interceptors that are prepared and ready for inspection at the same time and are in excess of the first three units will be inspected at an additional fee to be 1/2 the minimum fee each. The schedule for payment of the fee for inspection is as follows:

(a) For up to 60 pounds of grease capacity, the maximum inspection interval shall be 4 months.

(b) For 60 pounds and over of grease capacity, the maximum inspection interval shall be 2 months.

(2) The above schedule may be altered by the Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee if deemed necessary. The owner, lessee or assignee shall be notified, in writing, of any schedule change.

[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]

L. All existing food service establishments without grease interceptors shall install grease interceptors and follow the inspection schedule as set forth. The existing food service establishments shall have one year from the effective date of this article to install a grease interceptor.

M. A similar schedule will be required for all other types of interceptors or separators. The Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee shall be responsible for the scheduling of interceptors of all types.

[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]

N. The Plumbing Subcode Official, Construction Official, Superintendent of Public Works and/or designee shall require all interceptors to be efficient in operation and may, at the expense of the owner, lessee or assign, require all independent laboratory tests to ascertain the concentration of grease being emitted from the effluent line of the unit. All collected grease shall be kept in steel drums and stored in refrigerated coolers. Disagreeable odors shall require deodorants to combat said offensive odors.

[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2006]

O. Pretreatment.

(1) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having the following characteristics shall be prohibited.

(a) A BOD of more than 240 parts per million.

(b) A suspended solid content greater than 300 parts per million.

(c) A quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 235-4, except as defined in Subsection O(1)(a) and (b) above.

(d) An average flow greater than 10,000 gallons per day shall be prohibited unless reviewed and approved by the engineer.

(2) Where necessary, in the opinion of the engineer, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such pretreatment as may be necessary to:

(a) Reduce the BOD to 240 parts per million and the suspended solids to 300 parts per million.

(b) Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents.

(c) Control the quantities and rates of such discharge of waters and wastes.

(3) Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information related to the proposed pretreatment facilities shall be submitted for approval of the engineer. No construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.

(4) When pretreatment standards are adopted by NJDEP or USEPA for any given class of industries, then any industry within that class shall conform to the NJDEP or USEPA timetable for adherence to pretreatment requirements, as well as all other applicable requirements promulgated by the NJDEP or USEPA in accordance with the provisions of law. Additionally, such industries shall comply with such more stringent standards necessitated by local conditions as determined from time to time by the city.

P. Where pretreatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner, at his expense, and shall be subject to the periodic inspection by the engineer. They shall be the type and capacity approved by the engineer and must produce an effluent conforming to the provisions of this article. The owner shall maintain operating records and shall submit to the engineer a monthly summary report of the character of the influent and effluent, as may be prescribed by the engineer to show satisfactory performance of the treatment facilities.

Q. Any approval of the engineer of a type, kind or capacity of an installation shall not relieve the owner of the responsibility of revamping, enlarging or otherwise modifying an installation if it is found inadequate to accomplish the intended purpose.

R. All measures, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made herein shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage and shall be determined at a control manhole or other approved sampling structure provided for herein, upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole or other approved sampling structure. In the event that no manhole or other approved sampling structure has been required, the control manhole or other approved sampling structure shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building is connected.

S. No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the city and any industrial user whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the city for treatment subject to extra payment therefor by the industrial concern.

T. Without having first obtained the signed, written permission of the city, no person shall directly or indirectly discharge or cause to be discharged any quantity of waste or wastewater to any public sewer or natural outlet from a nonstationary source, including, for example, but not limited to the discharge of industrial waste from any tank truck. Each and every individual operator and/or owner of a nonstationary source that discharges in violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed.

U. The right is reserved by the city to stop and prevent, at any time, the discharge into the public sewers of any waste which may injure the sewers or adversely affect sewage treatment or which is not in conformity with the requirements and standards now or hereafter set by the city, and the city may, at any time, without notice and without recourse, sever the connection and cause removal of any sewer or drain through which the waste may be discharged.

§ 235-5 Protection from damage.

No authorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the public sewage works. Any person violating these provisions shall be subject to immediate arrest under charges of disorderly conduct.

§ 235-6 Inspections.

The engineer and other duly authorized officers of the city, the NJDEP and USEPA, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted immediately upon all private and public property for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article during any reasonable hour of the day or at any time during an emergency. The hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. shall be reasonable for this purpose.