[Adopted 7-8-1976 as Section 13-1 of the Revised General
Ordinances of 1975]
The Mayor and Council of the borough has entered
into an agreement with the Bergen County Sewer Authority for the disposal
of the sanitary waste of the borough through the facilities of the
Bergen County Sewer Authority, and the charges of the Bergen County
Sewer Authority for disposal of the sanitary waste are determined
by measuring the flow of sanitary waste through a meter or other measuring
device, and the charges to the Mayor and Council of the borough for
sewage disposal have been increased by the discharge of industrial
waste greatly in excess of normal domestic sewage load.
[Added 12-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1287]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any room or group of rooms or any part thereof located within
a building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which
are used or designed to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and
eating.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewerage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm water
system operated by the Borough of Palisades Park, unless that discharge
is authorized under a NJDES permit other than the Tier A Municipal
Stormwater General Permit (NJDES Permit Number NJ0141852). Nonphysical
connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows or overflows
into the municipal separate stormwater system.
[Added 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1453]
Nondomestic waste, including, but not limited to, those pollutants
regulated under Section 307(a), (b) or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [33 U.S.C. 1317 (a), (b) or (c)].
[Added 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1453]
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Borough of Palisades Park or other public body and is designed
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater. Municipal separate
stormwater system does not include a combined sewer system, which
is a system designed to carry sanitary sewage at all times and to
collect and transport stormwater from streets and other sources.
[Added 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1453]
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling.
Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material,
intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product. Noncontact
cooling water may, however, contain algaecides or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers and/or corrosion inhibitors.
[Added 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1453]
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
[Added 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1453]
The common wastewater and water and carried wastes from human
dwellings and from toilets and lavatory fixtures, kitchens, laundries
and similar facilities of business and industrial buildings. In general,
sanitary waste shall not include stormwater from roofs, yards, streets
or open places, water from land surfaces or brooks, clean overflows
from springs, wells, large volumes of subsoil drainage, large volumes
of clean water from air-conditioning or other cooling or condensing
facilities or clean wastewater from hydraulically operated contrivances.
Any generator of sanitary waste for which the estimated flow
will exceed 350,000 gallons per year shall be considered a significant
user under this section. Significant user may include but is not limited
to multifamily residences, launderettes, laundries, laundromats, car
wash, bakeries, industrial plants, day-care centers and all other
retail and commercial establishments.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Added 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1453]
No wastes, other than domestic sewage from toilets,
baths, showers, washbowls and sinks, shall be discharged into the
sanitary sewers or laterals tributary thereto unless an application
for the discharge of such wastes has been filed with the Mayor and
Council and approved by the Mayor and Council.
In the case of new connections, the applications
shall be made and approval for the connections obtained before the
connections are effected.
All applications for permission to discharge
or continue to discharge into the sanitary sewers or laterals tributary
thereto wastes other than normal domestic sewage from toilets, baths,
showers, washbowls and sinks shall be in writing, duly verified and
under oath and shall contain complete information as to the nature
and estimated quantity of the waste to be discharged and any additional
information and data requested by the Mayor and Council as to every
connection existing and as to any connection hereafter to be made
with the sanitary sewers or laterals tributary thereto for the discharge
of waste other than normal domestic sewage from toilets, baths, showers,
washbowls and sinks.
Readily accessible means shall be provided by
the owner, tenant or occupant of the premises to allow the Mayor and
Council or its representatives to make periodic examination and determination
of the volume, character and concentration of the waste being discharged
into the sewers or laterals tributary thereto or 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
made by the governing body or the Bergen County Sewer Authority, and
the Mayor and Council may, at any time, without notice and without
recourse, sever the connection and cause the removal of any sewer
or drain through which such waste may be discharged.
Under no circumstances shall any of the following
be discharged into any sanitary sewer or lateral tributary thereto:
A.
Groundwater, surface water or rainwater from yards,
areas, courts, cellars, drains, roofs or excavations.
B.
Wastes or substances which the Mayor and Council or
the Bergen County Sewer Authority now or hereafter finds to be harmful.
C.
Any wastes or substances which will cause or result
in:
(1)
Chemical reaction, either directly or indirectly,
with the materials of construction to impair the strength or durability
of sewer structures.
(2)
Mechanical action that will destroy or damage the
sewer structures.
(3)
Restriction of the hydraulic capacity of sewer structures.
(4)
Restriction of the normal inspection or maintenance
of sewer structures.
(5)
Limitation of the effectiveness of the sewage treatment
process.
(6)
Danger to the public health and safety.
(7)
Obnoxious conditions inimical to the public interest.
[Amended 12-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1287]
The charges for sanitary flow attributable to
significant user discharges into the borough's sanitary sewers or
laterals tributary thereto shall be fixed and determined according
to the volume of flow discharged into the borough's sewer system.
The rate to be charged shall be as determined by analysis of the current
rate charged each year to the borough by the Bergen County Sewer Authority
and the cost of maintaining the sewer and the infrastructure.
The charges herein fixed shall be payable and
billed quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of
each year and shall be a lien upon the premises connected with the
sewer system until paid.
[Amended 12-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1287]
A.
A significant user for which the estimated charge
will exceed $2,000 per year shall install a suitable meter or device
for continuously recording the flow discharges into the borough's
sewer system. Plans for complete metering installation shall be submitted
to the Mayor and Council for approval.
B.
In the event that evidence is presented indicating
that more than 20% of the total annual volume of water used for all
purposes does not reach the borough's sewer system, an estimate may
be made of the proper amount to be deducted.
C.
Where a significant user has a private water supply,
all or part of which is discharged into the borough's sanitary sewer
system, the amount of such supply or the part thereof discharged into
the borough's sanitary sewer system shall be metered and included
in the charges to be made.
This article shall apply to and include water from air-conditioning units, refrigerating units and air-cooling systems or water used for machinery-cooling purposes, unless there is no stormwater sewer available for discharge of the same therein. In the event that it is not feasible to discharge the water from air-conditioning units, refrigerating units and air-cooling systems or water used for machinery-cooling purposes into the stormwater sewer, the same may be discharged into the sanitary sewer system upon filing an application therefor as provided in §§ 247-3, 247-4 and 247-5 of this article and paying the charges herein provided.
