[Adopted 6-1-1999 by Ord. No. 111-99]
This article shall be known as "The Jackson Township Sewer Connection
Ordinance."
The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for requiring
owners of improved property to connect to a community sanitary sewer system
as hereinafter more fully described, and it is hereby directed that the enactment
of this article is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation
of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this municipality.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the
meaning of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
Jackson Township Sewer Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to
the lateral or service connection of a sewer.
That part of a multiple-family dwelling or commercial or industrial
establishment with sewage flows equal to 350 gallons per day.
Any property located within Jackson Township and within the area
served by this Authority upon which there is erected a structure or structures
intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human
beings and from which structure or structures sewage and/or industrial or
commercial wastes shall be or may be discharged. Each dwelling unit within
a structure shall be considered as a separate improved property.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy rejected
or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business
process or in the course of the development, recovery or processing of natural
resources, as distinct from sewage, excluding any ground-, surface or stormwater.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to a point at
or in front of the right-of-way line.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial,
of any improved property located within the area served by the Authority.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, trust,
corporation or other group or entity, public or private.
That portion of, or place in, a sewer, in those cases where no lateral
is provided, which is provided for connection of any building sewer or privately-owned
sewer mains.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any improved
property, excluding any ground-, surface or stormwater.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system owned
and maintained by the Sewer Authority used or usable for sewage collection
purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping,
treating and disposing of sewage and industrial or commercial wastes.
Includes any street, road, lane, court, alley or public square.
Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
A.
The owner of any improved property or private wastewater
collection system adjacent to the sewer system, the principal building or
collection line thereof which is located within 150 feet of a sewer system,
shall connect such improved property or private system with such sewer, in
such manner as the Authority may require, within 90 days after notice to such
owner from the Authority to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge
of all sewage and, to the extent permitted by the Authority, industrial or
commercial wastes from such improved property, subject to such limitations
and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established
by the Authority, from time to time.
B.
All sewage and, to the extent permitted by the Authority, industrial or commercial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer required under § 99-10A, shall be discharged into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Authority, from time to time.
C.
If the owner of any improved property benefited, improved or accommodated by a sewer, after 90 days' notice from the Authority, in accordance with § 99-10A, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, the Authority or Jackson Township may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by filing of a municipal claim or lien, an action in assumpsit or such other legal proceeding as may be permitted by law.
A.
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon or into public or private property within the area served by a community sanitary sewage system any sewage or industrial or commercial wastes in violation of § 99-10B.
B.
No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within the area served by the Authority any sewage or industrial or commercial wastes in violation of § 99-10B except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to the Authority.
C.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any
stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface drainage
into any part of the sanitary sewer system.
The Authority shall have the right to require pretreatment of sewage
or industrial or commercial wastes for the removal of substances including,
but not limited to, heavy metals, toxic or hazardous substances or chemicals,
pesticides, disinfectants, acids, paints, paint thinners, herbicides, gasoline
and other solvents, automobile oil and other nondomestic oils, fat or grease;
provided, however, that the owner of the improved property shall bear all
expense for the required pretreatment.
A.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under § 99-10A to be connected to a sewer, except that such receptacle may continue to be used and maintained solely for the purpose of receiving the discharge of water other than sewage from a basement sump pump and/or other surface or subsurface drainage facility.
B.
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank
or similar receptacle in existence that is not maintained solely for the purpose
of receiving the discharge of water other than sewage from a basement sump
pump and/or other surface or subsurface drainage facility shall be abandoned
and shall be cleaned and filled under the observation of the Authority; and
any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
not so abandoned, cleansed and filled shall constitute a hazard to the public
health, safety and welfare and such hazard may be abated as provided by law,
at the expense of the owner of the improved property.
C.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle shall at any time be connected to a sewer. No surface or subsurface
drainage facility shall at any time be connected to a sanitary sewer.
The notice by the Authority to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 99-10A, shall consist of a written or printed document requiring the connection and referring to this article. Notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sewage and, to the extent permitted by the Authority, industrial or commercial wastes for treatment and disposal from the improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by certified mail or by posting upon the property for 30 days.
A.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening
into or use, alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or any part of the sewer
system without first obtaining a sewer connection permit.
B.
Application for a permit required under § 99-10A shall be made by the owner of the improved property, or by his designee.
C.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled
each of the following conditions:
(1)
Such person shall have notified the Authority, in writing,
of his desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
(3)
Such person shall have given the Authority at least three
working days notice of the time when such connection will be made so that
the Authority may observe and inspect the work of connection and necessary
testing.
(4)
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence
to the Authority that any tapping fee or connection charge imposed by the
Authority and/or reserve rental charges or fees imposed by the Authority against
the owner of each improved property have been paid. In those cases where the
developer connects the building sewer into the sewer system and no tapping
fee is charged, all required permit and/or inspection fees to cover the cost
of inspection of each improved property so connected shall have been paid
or adequate bond or surety has been provided to insure payment.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building
sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall
not be permitted, except under special circumstances, for good sanitary reasons
or other good cause shown; but then only after special written permission
of the Authority. Each dwelling unit within a structure shall be connected
to the sanitary sewer system in accordance with this section.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs
and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer, including testing,
shall be borne by the owner of the improved property. The owner shall indemnify
and save harmless the Authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned,
directly or indirectly, as a result of the construction of a building sewer
or the connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
The owner of any improved property adjoining or adjacent to the sanitary
sewer system, the structure of which is within 150 feet of the sewer system,
shall begin to pay a user fee at such rates as determined by the Authority
as of the date of connection, or within 90 days after notice from the Authority
to such owner to connect to the sewer system, whichever first occurs. The
initial bill to the owner for sewage treatment shall be prorated for the number
of days during the billing period the improved property is connected to the
sewer system.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by the Authority and where the lateral or service connection is provided.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the
same or a higher elevation than the invert of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint
shall be made with the use of a flexible coupling and the connection of the
building sewer to the lateral or service connection shall be made secure and
watertight.
A.
The installation of a building sewer shall be the responsibility
of the owner and shall be installed at the expense of the owner. Building
sewers shall be installed in accordance with the BOCA National Plumbing Code,
as revised by Authority resolution. Building sewers must be constructed and
maintained in a working order by qualified personnel as defined by Authority
resolution.
B.
Where an improved property is served by its own sewage
disposal system or device, the existing structure sewer line may be broken
at the structure line of such improved property and attachment may be made,
with proper fittings, to continue such structure sewer line as a building
sewer.
C.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been
inspected and approved by the Authority. If any part of a building sewer is
covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered for
inspection at the expense of the owner of the improved property.
D.
In the case where construction must occur within a Township
street or right-of-way, the owner shall be responsible for obtaining a Jackson
Township Highway Occupancy Permit.
E.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded
adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage or
injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in the course
of installation of a building sewer shall be restored, at the expense of the
owner of the improved property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to
the Township.
F.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be
maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition at the expense of the
owner.
G.
If any person shall fail or refuse, within 45 days of
receipt of a written notice from the Authority, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer, the Authority may refuse to permit
such person to discharge sewage and industrial or commercial wastes into the
sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied
to the satisfaction of the Authority.
Any person who shall violate or permit the violation of any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil proceeding
before a District Magistrate, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 per day per EDU and court costs, plus reasonable attorney's fees. Each
continuing day of violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
