[Adopted 1-5-1976 by Ord. No. 2-75]
[Amended 12-5-1995 by Ord. No. 83-95]
No person shall install, construct or request bid proposals for construction
or alter an individual sewage system or community sewage system or construct
or request bid proposals for construction or install or occupy any building
or structure for which an individual sewage system or community sewage system
is to be installed without first obtaining a permit indicating that the site
and plans and specifications of such system are in compliance with the provisions
of Act No. 537 (35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.) and the standards adopted
by the Department of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
pursuant to said Act.
The positions of Sewage Enforcement Officer and Assistant Sewage Enforcement
Officer are hereby created to be filled by appointment by resolution of Jackson
Township. No person shall be appointed as a Sewage Enforcement Officer or
Assistant unless such person has been certified "qualified" by the Department
of Environmental Resources. The duly appointed Sewage Enforcement Officer
and/or the Assistant shall administer the provisions of Act No. 537 (35 P.S.
§ 750.1 et seq.) insofar as said provisions are applicable to Jackson
Township.
[Amended 12-5-1995 by Ord. No. 83-95]
Applications for permits shall be in writing to Jackson Township in
accordance with the provisions of Act No. 537 (35 P.S. § 750.1 et
seq.) and shall be made in such form and shall include such data as the Department
of Environmental Resources may prescribe.
[Amended 12-5-1995 by Ord. No. 83-95]
A.
Application fees shall be the actual costs of administering
and processing the application in accordance with the prevailing fee schedule
as adopted from time to time by resolution of Jackson Township; provided,
however, that a fee shall be paid to Jackson Township when the application
is first submitted in accordance with a schedule set from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current fees resolution is on file in the office
of the Township Secretary.
B.
Upon completion of the alteration or construction for
which the permit had been issued, the applicant shall pay to Jackson Township
the amount by which the actual costs exceed the applicant's fee. Final approval
of the permit may be withheld until any excess costs are paid by the applicant.
All provisions of Act No. 537 (35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.) as
said provisions apply to Jackson Township are incorporated herein by reference.
Any person who shall violate any provision of Act No. 537 (35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq.) or the rules, regulations or standards promulgated thereunder or
who violates any provision of this chapter or who resists or interferes with
any officer, agent or employee of Jackson Township or the Department of Environmental
Resources in the performance of his duties shall be guilty of a summary offense.
A.
Upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before
a District Magistrate, such person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $1,000, plus costs, for each day of violation or, in default thereof,
shall be imprisoned to the extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary
offenses.
B.
All judgments, costs and reasonable attorney fees collected
for the violation of this article shall be paid over to the Jackson Township
Treasurer.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 77-94 provided that it was adopted pursuant
to the authority set forth in 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3573(c)(2).
