CHAPTER VII
SEWER AND WATER
7-1 PLUMBING CODE.
7-1.1 Code Established. A code regulating the installation, maintenance, repair and control of the plumbing of buildings, and its connection with outside sewers, cesspools or other receptacles, regulating the practice of plumbing and the issuance of licenses to practice plumbing, is hereby established pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 275, P.L. of 1948. A copy of the code is annexed and made a part of this chapter without the inclusion of the text herein.
7-1.2 Title of Code. The code established and adopted by this section is commonly known as the “Plumbing Code of New Jersey, 1964”.
7-1.3 Public Record. Three copies of the “Plumbing Code of New Jersey 1964” have been placed on file in the office of the clerk of the borough for the use and examination of the public.
7-1.4 Fees. In connection with provisions of this section and the code hereby established and adopted as a part hereof, the following fees shall be charged and received:
7-2 WATER SERVICE.
7-2.1 Rates. The rates for water service to the users and consumers of water in the borough shall be as set forth in the following schedules and shall be collected by the borough clerk. These charges are due when billed. All accounts not paid after 30 days will be considered delinquent. Interest shall be charged at the rate of eight (8%) percent per annum on all delinquent accounts.
“SCHEDULE A”
Flat or Fixture Rates
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Minimum rate: Minimum rate is hereby established for a family unit which shall include: · one (1) kitchen sink · one (1) bathroom sink · one (1) toilet · one (1) tub/shower For purposes of this chapter, a family unit is hereby defined as a single housekeeping unit. In the event a structure contains more than one single housekeeping unit, the rate herein provided shall be determined by multiplying the number of such family units by the minimum rate. (Ord. No. 2007-05 § 1) |
$225.00 |
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Each additional bathroom sink, toilet per family unit |
$4.00 |
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Each additional inside shower, tub or tub/shower per family unit |
$10.00 |
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Each sink (including but not limited to laundry, bar, slop sink), garbage disposal, dishwasher, automatic clothes washer or additional outlet per family unit |
$4.00 |
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Each outside shower per family unit |
$10.00 |
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Each outside faucet or hose connection per family unit |
$19.50 |
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Each Jacuzzi / hot tub per family unit (Ord. No. 2007-05 § 2) |
$100.00 |
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Lawn sprinkler(s) (Ord. No. 2007-05 § 3) |
$100.00 |
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Swimming pool (Ord. No. 2007-05 § 3) |
$100.00 |
No municipal water shall be used for the pumping of piling or other construction except when circumstances would render the installation of piling impossible and in that event, the property owner may apply to the board of commissioners or its designee for relief from this prohibition. Any relief granted hereunder shall be at the sole discretion of the board of commissioners or its designee.
“SCHEDULE B”
All commercial users of water (“commercial” shall include, but not be limited to, the following: motel, hotel, rooming house, lodging house, restaurant, tavern, soda fountain, governmental unit or agency, professional office, marina, boat yard, school, house of worship, or other nonprofit organization, hospital, nursing home, rest or convalescent home, and laundromat) shall be metered, and shall be charged according to the following schedule of minimums:
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Minimum Annual Charge |
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5/8 inch |
60,000 |
$180.00 |
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¾ inch |
80,000 |
$231.00 |
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1 inch |
100,000 |
$284.00 |
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1 ¼ inches |
150,000 |
$411.00 |
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1 ½ inches |
175,000 |
$475.00 |
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2 inches |
200,000 |
$540.00 |
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3 inches |
300,000 |
$798.00 |
Overages for all sizes per 1,000 gallons: $2.60 per 1,000 gallons.
Charges shall be reviewed and revised annually to reflect operation and maintenance costs (including replacements) and debt service.
(Ord. No. 2005-10 § 1)
“SCHEDULE C”
Each residential service within the borough shall have installed by the Public Works Department a water meter.
The cost of the water meter shall be charged to the property owner in accordance with the size of the water service at the property as follows:
¾” line $250.00
1” line $305.00
1 ½” line $500.00
2” line $590.00
For those residential services which currently have operable water meters, Translator Encoder Registers shall be installed by the Public Works Department at a cost to the property owner of $225.00 per residential service.
Each residential service shall have a meter pit installed in the borough right-of-way or easement at the property owner’s expense.
If a property has a meter pit which is not located as required above and is in good condition, the property may use the pit as located, but shall relocate the meter in conformance with this ordinance upon sale of the property.
(Ord. No. 2007-09 § 2)
Major renovation shall mean any repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the assessed value of the structure either before the improvement is started or if the structure has been damaged and is being restored before the damage occurred. Substantial improvement is commenced when the first alteration of any structural part of the building is begun.
(Ord. No. 2006-14 § 1)
7-2.2 New Connections. Prior to any connection of any property to the borough water system, there shall be paid a tappage fee of seven hundred and six ($706.00) dollars payable to the borough at the time of application. (Ord. No. 2002-07 § 1)
7-2.3 Service Charge. A service charge of fifty ($50.00) dollars shall be made each time the water is turned on, and a like charge when the water is turned off for nonpayment of bills, carelessness, leaks, or to repair a meter box or curb stop. (Ord. No. 2002-07 § 2)
In the event the Public Works Department is called upon to turn off or turn on water service to any property after 4:00 p.m. and prior to 7:30 a.m. between Monday through Friday, or on Saturday, Sunday or holiday, there shall be a service charge of one hundred ($100.00) dollars.
These service charges are due when billed. All accounts not paid after 30 days will be considered delinquent. Interest shall be charged at the rate of eight percent per annum on all delinquent accounts.
7-2.4 Responsibility of Frozen Pipes. Any property owner, tenant or other person in charge of any property who permits his water pipes to freeze and thereby causes a loss of water shall be liable to the borough for all loss of water at the rates fixed by this section.
7-2.5 Curb Boxes. All curb boxes are and shall remain the property of the borough and shall not be tampered with. It is the property owner’s responsibility to keep meter pits and curb boxes in good condition. The property owner shall be charged for all expenses incurred by the borough for any repair. (Ord. No. 2002-07 § 3)
7-2.6 Meter Connections and Fees. Prior to receiving a Certificate of Occupancy for new construction and/or major renovations as defined in “Schedule C” above, a service charge of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) shall be payable to the borough for supplying and installing a ⅝ x ¾ inch water meter. Meters larger than ⅝ x ¾ inches shall be supplied by the homeowner and shall be installed by the borough for a service charge of fifty-five dollars ($55.00). Service charges shall be collected by the Borough Clerk. (Ord. No. 2007-05 § 4)
7-3 DETERMINATION THAT THE BOROUGH SHALL JOIN OCEAN COUNTY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY.
7-3.1 Purpose. It is determined by this governing body that it is in the best interest of the borough to become part of the district of the Ocean County Sewerage Authority established pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 14A of Title 40 of the New Jersey Statutes as an aid in obtaining relief from pollution or threatened pollution of waters in or bordering the State of New Jersey from causes arising within the County of Ocean and consequent conditions affecting the public health.
7-3.2 Borough to Join Sewerage Authority. A certified copy of this section together with a certified copy of a resolution of Ocean County Sewerage Authority approving this section, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
7-4 OCEAN COUNTY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY.
7-4.1 Creation of the Sewerage Authority. Pursuant to the Sewerage Authorities Laws, constituting Chapter 138 of the Pamphlet Laws of 1946, of the State of New Jersey, approved April 23, 1946, the Authority was created by virtue of a resolution duly adopted by the board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Ocean, and is a public body politic and corporate of the State of New Jersey, organized and existing under the law, established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare, with all necessary or proper powers to acquire, construct, maintain, operate and use sewerage facilities for the relief of the waters in, bordering or entering the district (as defined in the agreement) from pollution or threatened pollution and for improvement of conditions affecting the public health.
7-4.2 Purpose. The authority is ready to design, finance, construct, maintain, operate and use sewerage facilities for the relief of the waters in, bordering or entering the district as defined in the agreement, from pollution or threatened pollution and for improvement of conditions affecting the public health; and put in operation a regional sewerage system; and pursuant to said Chapter 138, an agreement and supplement thereto with the authority for the disposal of sewage from the borough have been submitted to the borough and it appears after due consideration that it is in the best interest of the borough to enter into an agreement and supplement thereto as approved by the borough attorney.
7-4.3 Necessity. That the borough has ascertained and does hereby determine that it is situate within the district as defined in the agreement of the Ocean County Sewerage Authority, that it can advantageously use the regional sewerage system of the authority, and that it will be economical and in other respects advantageous to it to have waste water, sewage and other wastes treated and disposed of by the Ocean County Sewerage Authority on and pursuant to the terms of an agreement about to be executed between the borough and the Ocean County Sewerage Authority and any supplements or amendments thereto.
That the borough shall enter into an agreement and any supplements or amendments thereto in a form approved by the borough attorney under the corporate seal of the borough which shall be affixed and attested by the borough clerk, and to deliver same.
7-5 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS; CHARGES.
7-5.1 Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this section shall be as follows:
a. “Bod” (denoting biochemical oxygen demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20º centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter by weight.
b. “Combined sewer” shall mean a sewer in which both surface runoff and sewage are received.
c. “Garbage” shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing of foods and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
d. “Industrial cost recovery” shall mean the recovery from the industrial users of the treatment works, of the grant amount allocable to the treatment of waste from such users as defined in the Federal regulations.
e. “Industrial wastes” shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial and laboratory processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
f. “Infiltration” shall mean the water entering the sewer system from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls.
g. “Inflow” shall mean the water discharged into the sewer system from such sources as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, cooling water discharges, surface drains, manhole covers, storm sewers or catch basins.
h. “Ocean County Sewerage Authority” shall mean the sewerage authority created, pursuant to N.J.R.S. 40:14A-1 et seq., of the revised statutes of the State of New Jersey, to provide sewage collection and treatment service to the municipalities of the County of Ocean.
i. “pH” shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution, and indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
j. “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
k. “Private sewage disposal system” shall mean, as herein referred to any septic tanks, cesspools, sewage disposal devices or subsurface drainage system.
l. “Public sewer” shall mean a sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal right and which is controlled by public authority.
m. “Sanitary sewer” shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and in which storm, surface and ground waters are not permitted.
n. “Sewage” shall mean a combination of the water carried wastes from any buildings or structures.
o. “Sewage treatment plant” shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
p. “Sewage works” shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
q. “Sewer” shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
r. “Storm sewer or storm drain” shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage.
s. “Slug” shall mean any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24 hour concentration during normal operation.
t. “Suspended solids” shall mean solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
u. “User charge” shall mean the charge levied on users of the treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacements) of such works as defined in the Federal regulations.
v. “Watercourse” shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continually or intermittently.
7-5.2 Purposes. The purposes of this section are as follows:
a. To establish control and restrictions upon the use of public sewers as set forth in subsection 7-5.3.
b. To impose a user charge on all domestic, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental users of the sewer system of the borough which sewage, contributed to and flowing therein, is conveyed and treated by the aforementioned OCSA, as set forth in subsection 7-5.4.
7-5.3 Use Restrictions.
a. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming pool or pond water, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. All new sewer extensions or connections shall be properly designed and constructed in order to avoid the creation of infiltration and inflow sources within the sanitary sewer system.
b. Except as hereinafter provided, or limited, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150º Fahrenheit or 65º Centigrade.
2. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
3. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, pauch manure or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interferences with the proper operation of the sewage works.
4. Mineral acidity, pH not less than 5.5.
5. Caustic alkalinity, pH not greater than 9.5.
6. Must not contain any explosive or flammable substance and no gases or vapors, either free or occluded in concentration, toxic or dangerous to humans, animals or aquatic life in streams or to the sewer system.
7. No excessive amount of grease or oil, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/1 or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32º Fahrenheit and 150º Fahrenheit.
8. Insoluble substances shall not exceed a daily average of 225 mb/1 (milligrams per liter).
9. Chlorine demand shall not exceed an average greater than 20 parts per million.
10. Five day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) shall not exceed a daily average greater than 250 mg/1 (milligrams per liter).
11. Wastes shall not contain sulfides exceeding two parts per million.
12. Wastes must not contain any toxic or irritating substances which will create conditions hazardous to public health and safety.
13. Wastes must contain no poisons in sufficient quantities to endanger man or interfere with biological processes.
14. Wastes must not contain phenols and/or orthocreosols in excess of 0.01 parts per million.
15. Wastes must not contain any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which either singularly or through interaction with other wastes or substances found in waste water treatment processes are capable of creating a public nuisance, hazard to life, or preventing entry into any portion of the system for operational duties, maintenance, or repair.
16. Wastes must not contain gasoline, napha, petroleum products or any substance which may create an explosion hazard in the system or which, in any way may be injurious to personnel or the system.
17. Wastes must not contain oils, fats or grease, except as may result from household, hotel or restaurant operation.
18. Milk, brewery or distillery waste in any form shall be prohibited.
19. Wastes are prohibited which contain any radioactive substances or isotopes.
20. Wastes are prohibited which contain or cause excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions). Color shall be considered excessive when visible following 1:1 dilution with domestic sewage.
21. Unusual volumes of flow or concentration of wastes, constituting slugs as defined herein, are prohibited.
22. Materials or liquids removed from septic tanks or cesspools are prohibited. Such wastes, however, will be accepted directly at the OCSA wastewater treatment facilities at charges and during times prescribed by the OCSA.
23. Total nitrogen, composed of organic nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen shall not exceed 40 mg/1 (milligrams per liter). Ammonia nitrogen concentrations shall not exceed 25 mg/1 (milligrams per liter).
24. Following discharge to the public sewer, any waste which results in the presence of residual chlorine in the public sewer is prohibited.
25. Any liquid having a flash point lower than 235º Fahrenheit as determined by the Tagliabue (Tag.) closed cup method.
26. Waters or wastes are prohibited which contain substances which are not compatible to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment process employed or are compatible to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
27. And in addition, any waste or substance shall be prohibited which shall cause or result in:
(a) Chemical reaction, either directly or indirectly, with the materials of construction, to impair the strength or durability of any sewer structure.
(b) Mechanical action that will destroy or damage the sewer structure.
(c) Restriction of hydraulic capacity of sewer structures.
(d) Restriction of normal inspection or maintenance of sewer structure.
(e) Danger to public health and safety.
(f) Obnoxious conditions inimical to the public interest.
c. The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in subsections 7-5.1 and 7-5.2 shall be prohibited unless approved by the borough and the OCSA. Where necessary, the owner shall provide at his expense such preliminary treatment as may be necessary, as determined by the borough and the OCSA, to reduce the quality of such wastes to these limits. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the borough, the OCSA, and of the Department of Environmental Protection of the State of New Jersey, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until the approvals are obtained in writing.
d. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
e. No statement contained in this subsection shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the borough, the OCSA, and any person whereby a waste with high BOD or suspended solids values, or a high chlorine demand may be accepted by the borough and the OCSA for collection and treatment, subject to payment therefore by such person.
7-5.4 User Charges.
a. Domestic Wastes.
1. All residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental users shall be charged at a uniform rate per dwelling unit. In the case of commercial, industrial, or multifamily residential units, the charge shall be based upon equivalent dwelling units.
The following table shall constitute the basis for the charges:
Schedule of Equivalent Dwelling Units
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2. The sewer uniform rate per dwelling unit shall be two hundred forty ($240.00) dollars per year. This charge is due when billed. All accounts not paid after 30 days will be considered delinquent. Interest shall be charged at the rate of eight percent per annum on all delinquent accounts. (Ord. No. 2005-10 § 2)
3. During the year 1977 and during the year 1978, each dwelling unit shall be charged at the rate of seven dollars and fifty ($7.50) cents per month, in advance, from the date of connection with the borough’s waste water collection system until June 1, 1979, which payment shall become delinquent and subject to interest 30 days after the presentation of a sewer bill. If the property owner connects with the system on or before the fifteenth day of the month during said period, the owner shall then be charged for the entire month. If the owner connects with the system after the fifteenth day of the month during said period, the owner shall then be charged commencing on the first day of the succeeding month.
b. Connection Fee. In addition to domestic waste user charges as provided in paragraph a. of this subsection, a connection fee in the amount of one hundred eighteen ($118.00) dollars for new connections to the sanitary sewerage system shall be levied and such connection fee shall be paid by the user to the borough at the time the user is connected to the sanitary sewer or for which a certificate of occupancy has been issued prior to the passage of this section, is exempt from payment of the connection fee.
c. Commercial Uses. All commercial users, as defined in this revision, shall be charged the minimum of two hundred forty-four ($244.00) dollars per year. This charge is due when billed. All accounts not paid after 30 days will be considered delinquent. Interest shall be charged at the rate of eight percent per annum on all delinquent accounts.
All commercial users of water as defined in subsection 7-2.1 shall be charged at the rate of one dollar and sixty ($1.60) cents per 1,000 gallons as sewer rental pursuant to Schedule “C” as contained in subsection 7-2.1. The overage shall be calculated on the basis of the amount of water used by said commercial user. (Ord. No. 2002-07 § 4)
Where water is not returned to the borough’s sanitary sewer system, the user of 200,000 gallons of water per year or more may, at user’s own expense, install a separate water meter to determine that amount which may be deducted from the total amount of metered water. In addition, the user and not the borough shall be responsible for all costs and expenses involved in maintaining the operation of the said water meter.
7-5.5 Violations and Penalties. Each person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter III, section 3-9.
7-6 SEWER CONNECTIONS REQUIRED.
7-6.1 Preamble. The Ocean County Sewerage Authority is now constructing and establishing and has constructed and established, for the residents of the Borough of Harvey Cedars, a comprehensive waste water treatment to service the residents of the Borough of Harvey Cedars.
The Borough of Harvey Cedars has constructed and established a comprehensive waste water collection system throughout the Borough of Harvey Cedars, which is connected with the Ocean County Sewerage Authority’s interceptor lines designed in order to prevent pollution of waters in and around the Borough of Harvey Cedars.
The Board of Commissioners deems it advisable and necessary that all buildings located on streets in which a sewer is constructed or to be constructed hereafter be connected with the borough’s sewerage system.
7-6.2 Definitions. As used in this section:
a. “Building” shall mean any structure erected or fixed upon or in the soil or designed as permanent use in the position in which it is so fixed, provided the purpose of use is that of habitation, trade, retail and commercial establishments, religion or education, or any building or structure owned or used by the United States Government and the State of New Jersey.
b. “Sewer” shall mean any sewer or main designed or used for collection or disposal of sanitary sewerage and located in any public street within the borough.
7-6.3 Connection to Sewerage System Required. All buildings located on streets within the borough in which sewers are now or shall be constructed by the Ocean County Sewerage Authority in the Borough of Harvey Cedars shall be required to be connected with the sewerage system constructed and being constructed and established by the Ocean County Sewerage Authority and the Borough of Harvey Cedars within the Borough of Harvey Cedars when the same shall have been completed and placed in operation and such connection can be lawfully made pursuant to Chapter 63, Title 40 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
7-6.4 Manner of Connections. The connections shall be made in the manner and under the conditions provided in regulations and ordinances adopted by the Ocean County Sewerage Authority and the board of commissioners of the borough, respectively.
7-6.5 Notice to Connect. Notice is hereby given to the owners of all properties effected thereby to have such building connected with the borough’s waste-water collection system within ten months when same shall have been completed and placed in operation by the approval of the Ocean County Sewerage Authority.
7-6.6 Notice to Close Cesspool; Septic Tank. Notice is also hereby given to the owners of all properties affected thereby to have their existing cesspool or septic tank filled and closed within ten months from the date their building is connected with the borough’s waste water collection system in a manner and under the conditions as provided by the board of commissioners of the borough, their inspector, or duly authorized agent.
7-6.7 Board of Commissioners Carry Out Mandate. The board of commissioners of the borough is hereby empowered to carry out the mandate of this ordinance for and on behalf of the Ocean County Sewerage Authority pursuant to Ordinance No. 77-2, shown as section 7-5 of this chapter.
7-6.8 Violation and Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties stated in Chapter III, section 3-9.
7-7 INSTALLATION OF SEWER SERVICE PIPE.
7-7.1 Installation Required. Each house must have a separate sewer service pipe from the dwelling to the sewer collection system.
7-7.2 Sewer Installations. The pipe to be used for all sewer service shall be one of the following:
a. PVC Sewer Pipe. All pipe shall be best quality unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sewer pipe, with joints providing flexibility and watertightness under service conditions. Pipe shall be in accordance with ASTM Specification D3034-73, and shall meet the requirements for extra strength minimum of SDR-35 section of the above noted ASTM Specifications. Lengths of pipe shall not exceed 12-1/2 feet. Joints shall be of the bell-and-spigot type with rubber ring seal. The bell shall consist of an integral wall section with a solid cross-section rubber ring, and ring groove so designed to prevent ring displacement. All jointing shall be in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.
Connections to building drains shall be made utilizing approved adapters, if required.
b. Cast-iron Sewer Pipe. All cast-iron sewer pipe shall be extra-heavy soil pipe meeting the specifications of the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute. All pipe shall be furnished in nominal five foot lengths. All extra-heavy cast-iron soil pipe and fittings shall receive a foundry coal tar dip on both interior and exterior surfaces. Joints shall be of the compression rubber gasket type. All jointing shall be in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.
Connections to building drains shall be made utilizing approved adapters, if required. Connections to existing PVC building sewers installed to within ten feet of the property line shall be made utilizing approved adapters.
After the pipes are laid and properly caulked or connected, backfills shall be made and carefully tamped to grade. Before the pipe is connected, the same shall be approved by the borough inspector or duly authorized agent.
The depth of the sewer service shall be a minimum of 26 inches below grade line.
7-7.3 Violations and Penalties. Each person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter III, section 3-9.
7-8 WATER CONSERVATION.
7-8.1 Water Conservation Restrictions. The usage of water for the sprinkling of lawns and gardens during the peak season of June 1st through September 30 will be restricted as follows:
a. Wednesday, Friday, Sunday – Odd numbered house addresses.
b. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday – Even numbered house addresses.
c. No watering on Mondays.
d. Hours 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
e. The laying of sod from June 1 through August 31 is prohibited.
f. All hoses shall be used with nozzles.
g. All automatic irrigation and sprinkler systems shall be equipped with rain sensors.
h. The use of potable water bubbler systems for the prevention of freezing of water near pilings, bulkheads and docks is prohibited.
7-8.2 Violations. Any person violating any part of this section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred ($500.00) dollars.