48:13-11 - Laying pipes beneath streets; municipal consent; maps and specifications - New Jersey Statutes

48:13-11.  Laying pipes beneath streets;  municipal consent;  maps and specifications
    Every sewerage company organized under the laws of this State may lay its pipes and conduits beneath such public roads, streets, avenues and alleys as it  may deem necessary for its corporate purposes, upon complying with the terms  and conditions upon which the consent of the corporate authorities to the  organization of the company shall have been obtained, provided that the consent  to the laying of such pipes shall be obtained of any municipality through which  the same may be laid.

    Such pipes shall be laid at least 3 feet below the surface and shall not unnecessarily interfere with public travel or damage public or private property.

    No consent shall be granted by the corporate authorities to such company to  lay its pipes beneath such public roads, streets, avenues or alleys for the  purposes aforesaid until a map and specifications of the proposed system of  sewerage shall have been submitted to the State Department of Health and to the  corporate authorities of any such municipality in which such system of sewerage  is proposed, and the map and specifications shall have been approved by them.

     Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 161.