[Adopted 8-4-1952 by Ord. No. 202-1952; amended in its entirety 8-14-1989 by Ord. No.
16-1989 (Ch. 18, Part 1, of the 1989 Code)]
[Amended 4-8-2002 by Ord. No. 4-2002]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the
collection and disposal of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid
nature, or both, including various devices for the treatment of such
sewage or industrial wastes serving three or more individual lots.
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A person or agency appointed to perform inspections and issue
permits in connection with individual sewage systems and community
sewage systems.
Watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage and
is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of the
sewage at another site. Holding tanks include, but are not limited
to, the following:
CHEMICAL TOILETToilet using chemicals that discharges into a holding tank.
RETENTION TANKHolding tank to which sewage is conveyed by a water-carrying system.
PRIVYHolding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available.
Municipal authority or person, including a holding tank owner,
who removes the contents of a holding tank for purposes of disposing
of the sewage at another site.
Single system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving
one or two lots and collecting and disposing of sewage in whole or
in part into the soil of the property or into any waters of the commonwealth.
A part of a subdivision or a parcel of land used as a building
site or intended to be used for building purposes, whether immediate
or future, which would not be further subdivided.
Any natural person, partnership, association or corporation.
Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty or
imposing a fine or imprisonment, or both, the term "person" shall
include the members of an association and the officers of a corporation.
Sewer system and the treatment facility owned, operated or
maintained by the Municipal Authority of Robinson Township approved
by the Department under a permit issued pursuant to the Clean Streams
Law, Act of June 22, 1937, P.L. 1987, No. 394, 35 P.S. § 691.1
et seq. (1982), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
This article shall be construed as implementing for the Township
of Robinson the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act,
P.L. 1535, No. 537, January 24, 1966, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 through 750.20
(1982), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
Where public sewage services are not available to a property
owner, the building sewer shall be connected to an individual sewage
system complying with the provisions of this article.
[Amended 4-8-2002 by Ord. No. 4-2002]
A permit shall be required for the installation of a community
sewage system or new individual sewage system and building sewer prior
to the construction of any buildings for which such system or systems
will be installed and prior to the alteration, replacement, repair
or extension of any such existing sewage system, provided every such
sewage system shall be subject to approval by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection.
[Amended 4-8-2002 by Ord. No. 4-2002]
A.
Application for such permit to install a community sewage system
or an individual sewage system and building sewer shall be made prior
to the expected date of commencement of construction of such facilities,
on forms provided by the Township of Robinson, which the applicant
shall submit with any plans, specifications or other information deemed
necessary by the enforcement officer. No person shall commence any
construction requiring a written permit until such permit has been
issued by the enforcement officer and the fee for issuing such permit
has been paid in full.
B.
All permit holders, as a condition of the issuance of the permit,
shall be required to maintain the community sewage system, individual
sewage system or building sewer in accordance with all applicable
rules, regulations and laws, including, but not limited to, the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act, rules and regulations of the Allegheny County
Health Department and the rules and regulations of the Municipal Authority
of the Township of Robinson.
C.
The permit holder, as a condition of the issuance of the permit,
shall permit the Township, the enforcement officer or any other person
designated by any agencies having jurisdiction over a sewage system
the right to enter upon the permit holder's land for the purpose
of conducting an inspection of the sewage system. In the event that
an inspection of the system reveals that it is not operating properly
or is not being maintained, then any permits issued pursuant to this
article may be revoked and any owner of the property may be subject
to fines, as set forth in this article, or those that may be assessed
under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act or any other applicable
law or regulation.
A permit and inspection fee established pursuant to a resolution
of the Board of Commissioners shall be paid at the time the application
is filed.
A permit for a community sewage system or an individual sewage
system and building sewer shall not become effective until the installation
is completed to the satisfaction of the Township Manager or his designated
agent. He shall be permitted to inspect the work at any stage of construction,
and the applicant shall notify him when the work is ready for final
inspection and before any underground portions are covered.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a community sewage
system or an individual sewage system and building sewer shall comply
with the recommendations of the Township Manager or his designated
agent, the rules and regulations of the Municipal Authority of Robinson
Township and the Department, and the applicable statutes of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $600 and, in default of payment thereof, to
imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Every day that a violation
of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
