[Adopted 3-15-1988 by Ord. No. 1-1988]
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Greene Township Sanitation Ordinance."
[Amended 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-4]
No person shall install an individual sewage
disposal system or construct any building in which an individual sewage
disposal system is to be installed or make major alterations to an
existing system without first obtaining a permit indicating that the
site and plans and specifications of such system are in compliance
with this article and the standards and regulations of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection. This article
shall apply without regard to the area or size of the real property
on which the said individual sewage disposal system is to be constructed.
Application for the permit shall be submitted
in writing to Greene Township on forms supplied by Greene Township.
The application shall then be submitted to the Township's Sewage Enforcement
Officer.
The Board of Supervisors of Greene Township
shall, by resolution, designate a Sewage Enforcement Officer who shall
serve at the pleasure of the said Board of Supervisors. Fees for such
services to be agreed upon from time to time by the Officer and the
Supervisors.
The Sewage Enforcement Officer, upon consideration
of the application for permit and sewage facility plans, shall within
seven days after receiving the application for said permit, issue
said permit or deny a permit. Denial of the permit shall be supported
by a statement, in writing, of the reasons for such action. In the
event that the data submitted by the applicant is incomplete, the
applicant will be so notified within seven days, and the time for
acting upon the said permit shall be extended for 15 days beyond the
date of submission of adequate supplementary or amendatory data.
No system or structure designed to provide individual
sewage disposal to any realty improvement shall be covered from view
until approval to cover the same has been given by the Sewage Enforcement
Officer. If 48 hours have elapsed, excepting Sundays and holidays,
since the Sewage Enforcement Officer received notification of completion
of construction, the applicant may cover said system or structure
unless permission has been refused by the Sewage Enforcement Officer.
In case any permit is denied or revoked, a hearing
shall be held thereon before the Board of Supervisors of Greene Township
within 15 days after request therefor is made by the applicant. Within
seven days following the date of such hearing, the applicant shall
be notified, in writing, of the determination of said hearing.
In the event that the Sewage Enforcement Officer
determines that any change has occurred in the physical condition
of any land of a realty improvement which will materially affect the
operation of the individual sewage disposal system covered by the
permit, the permit shall be revoked and a new permit shall be obtained
before construction shall proceed, provided that the new permit fee
may be waived at the discretion of the Supervisors if a second permit
is applied for within 30 days after the first permit shall be issued.
The Sewage Enforcement Officer shall have the
power to make, or cause to be made, such inspections and tests as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article and shall
have the right to enter upon such lands for such purposes.
A.
A permit fee as determined by Supervisors from time
to time shall be paid at the time of application for a permit. Fees
for inspection of its data with respect to said permit and for the
inspection of the premises before the system shall also be agreed
upon from time to time by the Officer and the Supervisors. A copy
of above mentioned fee schedule may be obtained at the Township Office.
B.
Each application for a permit shall be considered
by the Sewage Enforcement Officer. His decision with respect to issuing
the said permit or denying the said permit shall be based upon the
following standards:
(1)
The standards and regulations of the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection;
[Amended 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-4]
(2)
The likelihood of the said sewage disposal system
discharging waste into surface or subsurface water systems;
(3)
The capability of the individual sewage disposal system
to treat and purify sewage discharges;
(4)
The soil conditions, including percolation, evaporation
and any and all other soil conditions which might effect the sewage
system;
(5)
The available space for a suitable disposal system;
(6)
The availability of public or private sewage disposal
systems in the vicinity.
The Board of Supervisors of Greene Township
shall have the power to institute in the Court of Common Pleas of
Franklin County proceedings to restrain the violation of this article.
[Amended 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-4]
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
