[Adopted 12-27-1967 by Ord. No. 2-1967]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or any agents thereof, to install on any property in South Strabane Township an on-lot sewage disposal system or to construct any building in which a disposal system is to be installed or which is to be serviced by an on-lot disposal system without complying with the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act of 1966 (P.L. 1535),[1] and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and without first obtaining a permit indicating that the site, plans and specifications of such system are in compliance with said Act and its rules and regulations.
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Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1.
All on-lot sewage disposal systems, regardless of the size of the lot, will be subject to the provisions of § 187-8 of this article.
A fee shall be paid to the Township of South Strabane at the time of making application for an on-lot sewage disposal system in an amount set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Means and includes all septic tanks or any other similar method by which sewage is treated and discharged on the lot serviced by said system.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article, or the rules, regulations or standards promulgated thereunder, shall be punishable as provided in § 1-2, Summary proceedings, of the Code of the Township of South Strabane.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).