[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Freehold
by Ord. No. 25 (Ch. BH-VIII of the Revised General Ordinances),
as amended through Ord. No. BH-01-92. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 270.
A code regulating the location, construction, use, maintenance and method
of emptying or cleaning individual sewage disposal systems; the issuance of
permits to locate, construct, empty or clean the systems; and fixing penalties
for the violation thereof is hereby adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
et seq. A copy of the code is annexed to this chapter and made a part of it
without inclusion of the text.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly
known as the "Standards for (Construction of) Individual Subsurface Sewage
Disposal Systems" of New Jersey (1990), N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1 et seq. as supplemented
and amended from time to time.
Three copies of the code have been placed on file in the offices of
the Board of Health and the Township Clerk for the use and examination of
the public.
A.
Permit required. No person shall locate, construct or
alter any individual sewage disposal system until a permit for the location,
construction or alteration of the sewage disposal system shall have been issued
by the Board of Health.
B.
Issuance of permit. The Board of Health may issue a permit
if an application is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey stating that the design
of the individual sewage disposal system as proposed is in compliance with
the code.[1]
A.
Certificate required. New individual disposal systems
shall not be placed in operation, nor shall new dwellings or buildings or
additions thereto be sold or occupied, which must rely on such a system for
sewage disposal, until the Board of Health shall have issued a certificate
indicating that the disposal system 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 alterations to
an existing individual sewage disposal system.
B.
Issuance of certificate. The Board of Health may issue
such a certificate if an engineer licensed to practice professional engineering
in New Jersey submits a statement in writing signed by him to the Board of
Health that the disposal system has been located and constructed in accordance
with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements of the code.
A.
Emptying or cleaning of septic tank. No person shall
engage in the business of emptying or cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies
or any place used for the reception or storage of human excrement who does
not have a license to engage in such business issued by the New Jersey Public
Utilities Commission.
B.
Proof that system has been pumped. Prior to the issuance
of a continued certificate of occupancy, the owner, at the time the certificate
is applied for, shall provide written proof to the Board of Health that the
septic system has been pumped out. For purposes of this provision, written
proof may be provided that the septic system has been pumped out within the
previous three years of the date of application for a continued certificate
of occupancy. If no such proof is provided, the Health Officer shall recommend
the rejection of the application for a continued certificate of occupancy
for the premises at which the septic system is located.
In the event a license or permit or certification required by this chapter
is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall be held thereon before the
Board within 15 days after request is made by the applicant; and, upon the
hearing, the Board of Health shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination
and take action accordingly within 15 days after the hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work in and about any individual
sewage disposal system which is being erected or installed in violation of
the code, to be stopped forthwith, except such work as shall be necessary
to remedy the violation, and thereafter the work continued without any violation
of any of the provisions of the code, and, after issuance of such order and
the service of a copy upon the person connected with or working in and about
the erection or installation of the disposal system, or any part thereof,
no further work shall be done except as aforesaid.
The following fees and charges shall be established:
A.
For the filing of an application and plans and issuance
of a permit to locate, construct or alter an individual sewage disposal system:
$350.
