The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
AN ORDINANCE
Regulating the Use of the Sewers in she
Town of Morristown. N. j.

DE 1T ORDAINED by The Mayor ant
ID Board of Aldermen of The Town o.
MorristOwn:
SECTION 1. The Sanitary Sewer System
of she Town of Morristown consists of thu
main sewer lines, house laterals, house con
nections and other necessary accessories
They are designed to carry off exclusively
all liquid house wastes
The sewers laid loDgitudinally along the
center line of the streets are termed MalI
Sewers" the branch sewers extending
from the " Main Sewers TO within b feel
of the building are tSrMed h@ase lat
erals . and that portfen Of the p" hoase lat
,eral" beeweem the tAFafn Sewer; and thf
Durb line is termed house connection"
The plumbing work within the BUILDING
and TO the end of the iron pipe 9 feet out
side the building is termed the . house
plumbing system which Is under the
control Of the " Board of Health !"
SECTION g. The house plumbing svs
tenn shall be connected with the mouse lat
eral in accordance with the provisions Of
ehis ordinance and the rules and regula
tions of the Board of Health.
SECTION 8 The Sewer Committee Of
the Board of Aldermen shall be the agents
of the Board In all matters relating to tht
operation of this ordinance
The Superintendent of Sewers shall
have complete control. under the Sewer
Committee of she Sewer system and every
part thereof.
SECTION No person, firm or corpora
sion shall lay, alter or repair any part Of
the sewer system or make any connection
whatsoever Herewith unless duly author
lied az hereinafter provided.
SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corpora
ton other than plumbers licensed by the
Board of Health of Morristown, desiring
30 perform any work in connection with
the sewer system or any mart thereof shall
file in the office of the Town Clerk " An
Application for license " signed by the
applicant giving the name of the appli-
cant, his, their or its residence, place OF
business and the name under which the
business Is to be transacted and further
giving the experience of said applicant, In
sewer work. Said application shall con-
tain an agreement that the applicant will
be governed in all respects by the ordin-
ances, rules and regulations of the Town
now existing, or which may hereafter be
adopted Plumbers licensed as aforesaid
need not apply for licence under this
section.
Every applicant for license and every
licensed plumber desiring to perform any
work In connection with the sewer system
shall execute and enter into bond with
the Town of Morristown in the penal sun
of Five Hundred Dollars $4,000 with two oil
more freehold s1reties or a surety COM
pany, to be approved by the Sewer Com
shall indemnify and save harmless said
Town from all suits for accidents anc
damages caused by any negligence in pro-
tecting his, their Or its work, or by any
nnfaithful. inadequate or imperfect work
done by said applicant and that said ap-
plicant will pay all fines and damages i'm
posed on him, them or 1t for violations 81
this ordinance or any ordinance or regula
tion of the Town of Morristown. Sale
bond shall be filed in the office of the TowI
Clerk
On receiving the license said applicant
shall have recorded In the office of the
Town Clerk his, their or its actual placI
of business and the name under which
the business Is transacted and shall pay
30 the Town Clerk as license fee the sun
of One Dollars (Sl00) and shall keep tn,
Town Clerk informed of any change o.
address or of firm name
No license shall be granted for more thar
one year and all licenses shall expire on the
31st day of December in each year.
SECTION g. Application for permission
TO connect with the sewer system, or any
part thereof, or to do any work thereon
must be made in writing by the owner Of
the property 60 be severed, or his Other
duly authorized agent. to the Superinbend
emit. Said application shall give the pre-
else location of the property, the name
and address of the owner and the name
and address of the plumber or contractor
and shall state what work Is to be per-
formed, and shall be accompanied by Q
sketch showing the relative position of the
sewer the property and the proposed work
This application shall be made on forms
furnished by the Town for the purpose
and shall be oountersigned by the plumber
or contractor.
Said application shall be accompanied
by duplicate receipt of the Town Clerk
showing the deposit by the applicant OF
the sum required by the Town for per.
mission TO open the street and also ac.
cOmpanied by a receipt showing the pay.
menS OF the fee required by the Town to
cover the cost of inspecting the work. This
fee shall be One Dollar ISL 00) for the first
seventy feet of pipe and One Dollar q .00)
Tor every additional seventy feet or frac.
tiOn thereof.
No permit shall be deemed to authorize
anything not stated in the application and
for any Misrepresentation In said applica-
ton the permit may be revoked.
Permits to complete the connection be.
tween the house plumbing system and the
sanitary sewer system will not be issued
until the disposal plant is In operation
SECTION T. The trenches shall be dug
in q careful manner and properly sheathed
where required. The road materials shall
be placed in separate pile and not mike d
with the rest of the excaSated materials
which must be piled in compact heap, so
placed as to cause the least possible incon
venience to the public. Proper barricades
and lights must be maintained around
the trench to guard against accidents
In backfilling, the material for the two
feet Immediately over the pipe shall be
selected SO it contains no stones. This
must be carefully tamped, the balance OF
the trench to be back filled in a workman.
like Misunderstanding the filling in inch
layers so as 60 avoid any settlement When
che trench has been filled to the proper
height the road material Is to be replaced
and heavily tamped or rolled.
Where the trench Is excavated in rock,
the rock must be carefully excavated to a
depth OF inches below the grade line OF
the sewer and the trench brought to the
proper elevation with gravel or other
material satisfactory TO the Superinten.
dent. The remainder of the trench must
be backfilled with suitable material as no
pieces of rock exceeding inches In their
largest dime nsions will be allowed in the
backtilling and there must not be more
than 500 of the total fiji of rock fragment
Nothing in this section shall be con
Btrued as abrogating any of the existing
requirements of the Town relating to the
excavation and backfllling OF trenches
SECTION s. The house laterals from the
main sewer to within 6 feet of the house
shall be made Of the best quality of salt
glazed vitrified pipes. free from blisters
and cracks, not less than inches in diam
eser, of the hub end spigot pattern, sound
and cylindrical, all hubs must be of suffi
Client diameter 80 receive to their full
depth the spigot end of the next pipe with
out any chipping of either and leave suffi
cient room for the jointing material
The joints of the vitrified pipes shall bG
made water tight with a uask at of oh nm