There shall be and hereby is established a department
of the Township to be known as the "Sewer Department," which shall
be under the general direction and supervision of the Township Manager
and which shall be headed by a person appointed by the Board of Supervisors
who may, but need not, be the Township Manager or the Plumbing Inspector,
who shall be known as the "Sewer Department Manager." The Board of
Supervisors may also appoint from time to time such assistant plumbing
inspectors as the Board deems appropriate.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
require, authorize or prohibit connection to the sanitary sewer system
owned and/or operated by the Township of Willistown, except as specifically
set forth herein, and this article shall not be deemed to be inconsistent
with, repeal or amend any other ordinance or resolution of Willistown
Township requiring, authorizing or prohibiting connection to said
system, but this article shall set forth the exclusive method and
manner for the making of such connections as otherwise authorized
or required.
It is the objective and intent of this article
to assure that certain minimum requirements for construction of sanitary
building sewers are met. The primary objective of these minimum requirements
is to assure the safe, efficient and reliable conveyance of building
sewage to the Township's sanitary sewage collection system. It is
the objective and intent of this article to establish a performance
standard in conjunction with the minimum requirements specifically
stated so as to allow individual property owners the greatest flexibility
possible in achieving a sanitary building sewer installation meeting
the objectives stated herein, the Board of Supervisors being aware
that the majority of buildings to be connected to the Willistown Township's
sanitary sewage system are existing buildings which have been through
various stages of construction, expansion, revision and improvement.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BUILDING SANITARY DRAINAGE SYSTEM
The system of soil and waste pipes located within a building
which receives sewage from within that building with the intention
to collect and eventually convey the same to the Township's sanitary
sewer system.
CONTRACTOR
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity certified and
approved by the Township to carry on or work at the business of plumbing
in accordance with applicable ordinances of Willistown Township.
SANITARY BUILDING FORCE MAIN
That portion of the sanitary drainage system of a residential,
commercial or industrial building which cannot drain to the Township
sanitary sewer system by gravity, which extends from a pumping unit
in or adjacent to the building to a lateral section, which section
begins at a point outside of the sewer or street right-of-way and
which connects to the Township sanitary sewer system and which flows
into the Township sanitary sewer system by gravity.
[Added 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 4-1979]
SANITARY BUILDING SEWER
In a system which drains entirely by gravity into the Township
sanitary sewer system, that portion of the sanitary drainage system
of a building, whether residential, commercial or industrial, which
extends from the terminus of the sanitary building drain and conveys
sewage to the Township sanitary sewer system. In a system which utilizes
a sanitary building force main, the sanitary building sewer shall
be that portion of the sanitary drainage system of a building, whether
residential, commercial or industrial, which extends from the terminus
of the sanitary building force main, being the point from which sewage
will flow entirely by gravity into the Township sanitary sewer system,
and conveys sewage to the Township sanitary sewer system.
[Amended 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 4-1979]
TOWNSHIP SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
The sewage system operated and maintained by Willistown Township
for the purpose of collection, conveyance and/or treatment of sanitary
sewage.
[Amended 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 4-1979]
No sanitary building drain nor sanitary building
sewer nor sanitary building force main shall be constructed, nor any
connection whatsoever made to the Township's sanitary sewer system,
except in accordance with the regulations promulgated hereunder or
as hereafter amended, which shall be known as "Sewer Department Regulations."
Attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, as fully as
though set forth at length, are the initial regulations which shall
be and hereby are adopted as the initial regulations pursuant to this
article. The Board of Supervisors may at any time and from time
to time hereafter amend or alter such regulations by regular action
of the Board.
[Amended 6-10-1986 by Ord. No. 5-1986]
Any violation of any provision of this article
or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be punishable as a violation
of a Township ordinance and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
$300 and costs for each violation or, in default of the payment of
the fine and costs imposed, by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days,
in the discretion of the Justice before whom the conviction is obtained.
For any violation which continues over a period of time, each separate
twenty-four-hour period during which such violation continues shall
be a separate offense.