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Sanitary Sewers and Septic Systems
A. Sewers. On lands within the existing or proposed sewer service area as indicated in the Medford Township Wastewater Facility Plan and where a public wastewater treatment plant and collection system is accessible to a property proposed for development, or where such facilities are to be constructed as a condition of approval of any application for development, the developer shall construct such wastewater treatment facilities and/or sanitary sewer lines and building connections in accordance with the Medford Township Wastewater Facilities Plan and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection permit requirements and in such a manner as to make adequate sewage treatment available to each lot and building within the development.

B. Septic Systems. Where the soil characteristics of the subject land are of such quality to permit the use of subsurface sewage disposal systems as a means of sewage disposal, the same may be approved in the absence of accessibility to a public wastewater treatment plant or the construction of such treatment facilities by the developer.

C. Dry Sewer Lines. In the event of approval of the use of individual subsurface disposal systems on lands located within the existing or proposed sewer service area according to the Medford Township Wastewater Facilities Plan, the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, additionally may require the installation of sewer lines, which must include connections to each building, for future use when public sewage treatment facilities are provided to serve the realty improvements to be constructed in the development. Until such time that the dry sewer lines are made operational and public sewage treatment facilities are provided to the site, the density provisions specified within § 400 of this ordinance for development with septic systems shall prevail.

D. Construction Of Dry Sewer Lines. The end fitting of all dry sanitary sewer building connection lines shall have a "tamper proof" plug or cap, temporarily sealed with a material that can be removed to utilize the fitting when the system is to be activated. The Plumbing Subcode Official or the Plumbing Inspector shall affix an adhesive backed disc on the cap or plug bearing a preprinted message and instructions related to tampering and future use, that will be sufficient to alert and warn the original and subsequent occupants of the building. The capping and plugging shall be performed by the developer at his expense.

E. Additional Standards.
1. All sanitary sewer lines shall be air and mandrel tested. Additionally, all lines shall be televised, if needed, at the direction of the Township Engineer, and a videotape of the lines shall be provided to the Township Engineer immediately prior to the activation of the sewer lines or acceptance of the streets, whichever occurs earlier.

2. It is the developer's responsibility to expand any on-tract public sanitary sewers to the limits of the tract boundary line to service future development and to conform to the Township's Master Plan and Wastewater Facilities Plan. Moreover, it is the developer's responsibility to maintain all sanitary sewer improvements for partially completed developments.

3. See § 507: Capital Improvements of this ordinance for additional standards.