Every owner of property in the Township of White, whose property
abuts upon any public sanitary sewer presently constructed or to be
constructed in the future, shall connect at his own cost the building,
buildings, or other structures located on said property with the aforementioned
sanitary sewers for the purpose of disposing of all sanitary sewage
as is customarily disposed of in such a system of sanitary sewers.
Where any structure in the Township is now, or hereafter may
be, using any method for the disposal of sanitary sewage other than
through said public sanitary sewers, except as otherwise herein provided,
it shall be the duty of the Township Secretary or other person authorized
by the Township Supervisors to notify the owner, lessee or occupier
of such structure, in writing, either by personal service, certified
mail or registered mail, to disconnect the same and to make proper
connections for the discharge and disposal of the sewage through the
said public sanitary sewers, as herein provided, within 60 days after
receipt of such notice; provided, however, notwithstanding anything
herein contained to the contrary, no owner, tenant or occupier of
such structure shall be required to make a connection where his structure
is more than 150 feet from said public sanitary sewer.
At any time when no taps are available for connection to the
public sanitary sewer, an owner of property whose property abuts the
public sanitary sewer as herein provided may secure a permit from
the Township Sewage Enforcement Officer for the construction of a
sewage septic or treatment system as an alternate. Such a system,
if approved, will be constructed in accordance with the specifications,
rules and regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection.
Such a system, when constructed, may be used for the purpose of disposing
of sanitary sewage until taps to the public sanitary sewage system
become available, in which event the alternate sewage, septic or treatment
system provided for in this section must be abandoned within 60 days,
and any buildings erected on the property served by such alternative
sewage, septic or treatment system must be connected to the public
sanitary sewage system within said sixty-day period.
A.
If the owner or owners of any occupied building or buildings in the Township shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions in this Part 4 or the written notice as prescribed in § 235-35 hereof, the Township or the Authority may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor, and furnish, or cause to be furnished, such material as may be necessary to comply with the provision,. of this Part 4, at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional thereof, and all charges and expenses incident thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Township, as debts are by law collectible, or the said Township may, by its proper officer or agent, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
B.
In addition to any penalty hereinabove prescribed, any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part 4, or is found to have violated any order of the White Township Municipal Authority, or who willfully violated or failed to comply with any provision of this Part 4 in the rules, orders, regulations and permits issued hereunder, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part 4 continues or each section of this Part 4 which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, contaminate, uncover, cover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Township's sewer system. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of an offense and sentenced as provided in § 235-37B, plus the costs of repairs.
A.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township or its duly designated agent
shall have charge and management of the public sanitary sewers and
shall issue such rules and regulations governing the use, operation,
and maintenance of said public sanitary sewers as they shall deem
necessary.
B.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of White shall have the
authority to enter into agreements with other parties for the purpose
of acquiring, owning, operating, and/or managing sewer collection
and/or treatment systems serving White Township residents.
A.
The Township of White will furnish sewage collection service only
in accordance with the currently prevailing and as hereafter revised
rates, rules, and regulations of the Township, which rates, rules
and regulations are made a part of every application, contract, agreement,
or license entered into between the property owner or customer and
the Township. Such rates, rules, and regulations may vary by sewer
district within White Township.
B.
The Township hereby reserves the right so often as it may deem necessary
to alter, amended and/or repeal the rates and/or these rules and regulations,
or any part; and in whole or in part to substitute new rates, rules
and regulations, which altered, amended and/or new rates, rules and
regulations, shall forthwith without notice, become and thereafter
be a part of every such application, contract, agreement or license
for sewage service in effect at the time of such alteration, amendment
and/or adoption.
No agent or employee of the Township shall have authority to
bind it by any promise, agreement, or representation not provided
for in these rules without the approval of the Township Supervisors.
A.
All notices and bills relating to the Township or its business shall
be deemed to have been properly served if left upon the premises of
the customer, or if mailed first class to the customer, directed to
or left at his address as shown on the records of the Township.
B.
The Township will send by first-class mail all such notices and bills
to the address given on the application for sewage collection service
until a change, in writing, has been filed with the Township by the
applicant.
C.
All notices of general character affecting or likely to affect a
large number of customers shall be deemed to have been properly served
if advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in White Township.
Complaints relative to the character of service furnished or
of bills rendered must be made in writing and delivered to the main
business office of the Township.
The Board of Supervisors of White Township hereby authorizes
employees of the Township to enter upon private property at all reasonable
times for the purpose of conducting inspections and investigations
to assure compliance with rules and regulations set forth herein.
