The purpose of this article is to establish a sewage management
program under the authority of Leacock Township to regulate, inspect,
and assure maintenance and proper operation of all existing and future
sewage facilities and/or alternative systems permitted by the Township
and to set forth charges and fees for rendering such services pursuant
to statutory authority of the Leacock Township Board of Supervisors.
The owner of any building or property serviced by a subsurface
waste disposal system and/or alternative system within Leacock Township
shall be a member of the Leacock Township Maintenance District and
subject to all the requirements contained herein.
Charges for services rendered by the Management District or
its authorized agents will be established from time to time. The Management
District shall have the authority to contract with any private persons,
partnerships, or corporations or any public agency to undertake any
activity necessary to fulfill the requirements of this article. Charges
for the services performed by the Management District, its authorized
agent, or private parties to the District shall be payable to the
Management District. Costs incurred by members of the District with
private parties shall be payable to the private party. Outstanding
charges shall constitute an assessment and lien against the property
and shall be filed with the Township Solicitor.
Any owner who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
The District shall be administered under the jurisdiction of
the Leacock Township Board of Supervisors and its employees, facilities,
and equipment may be utilized in conducting the activities of the
District.
A. Personnel. The District may employ, directly or by contract, a director,
technicians, septage haulers, inspectors, an accountant, a solicitor
or other office personnel as needed to enforce this article. This
District may contract with private parties or public agencies to conduct
inspections, maintenance, rehabilitation and other activities by this
article, such persons to be considered authorized agent/personnel
of the District.
B. Records. All permits, records, reports, files and other written material
relating to the installation, operation, maintenance, and malfunction
of sewage facilities or alternative systems in the District in the
possession of the Sewage Enforcement Officer or other public agencies
shall become property of the District. Records in the possession of
the District shall be available for public inspection between the
regular business hours at the office of the District.