[Adopted 8-3-1970 by Ord. No. 77; amended in its entirety 6-27-1989 by Ord. No.
114]
Every owner of property in the Township of Fallowfield whose
property abuts upon any public sanitary or combined sewer presently
in existence or to be constructed in the future shall connect, at
its own cost, the house, building or other structures located on said
property with the aforementioned public sanitary or combined sewers
for the purpose of disposing of all acceptable sanitary sewage emanating
from said property.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any
property in the Township of Fallowfield abutting upon any public sanitary
or combined sewer to employ any means, either by septic tank, cesspool,
privy vault, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal of acceptable
sanitary sewage other than into and through said public sanitary or
combined sewers.
Where any house, building or structure in the Township of Fallowfield
abutting upon any public sanitary sewer is now or hereafter may be
using any method for the disposal of acceptable sanitary sewage other
than through said public sanitary or combined sewers, it shall be
the duty of the manager of the Municipal Authority of the Borough
of Charleroi (hereinafter called the "Authority") or the Township
Secretary to notify the owner, lessee, or occupier of such structure
in writing, either by personal service, certified mail or registered
mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connection for the discharge
and disposal of all acceptable sanitary sewage through said public
sanitary or combined sewers, as herein provided, within 60 days after
receipt of such notice.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar
receptacle for human excrement shall at the present time or at any
time hereafter be connected with the aforesaid public sanitary or
combined sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation connected
to any public sanitary sewers (not combined sewers) to connect any
roof drain thereto or permit any roof drain to remain connected thereto
or to permit, allow or cause to enter into said public sanitary sewers
any stormwater, foundation drain water, springwater, surface water
or any sewage or industrial waste from any property other than that
for which a permit is issued.
No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause to be made
any connection with any of the aforementioned public sanitary or combined
sewers until he has fulfilled all of the following conditions:
A.
He shall make application to the Authority, the Township's agent,
upon a permit form to be formulated and supplied by the Authority
for permission to connect to the aforementioned public sanitary or
combined sewers. Among other things, the applicant must state the
character and use of each structure located upon his property.
B.
He shall pay the required Authority tap connection and inspection
fee to the Authority at the time of making application for permission
to make a connection.
C.
No work shall commence before the payment of the aforesaid tap connection
and inspection fee and issuance of the aforementioned connection permit.
D.
He shall give the designated inspector of the Authority at least
24 hours' notice of the time when such connection shall be made in
order that said inspector can be present to inspect and approve the
work of connection. The inspector shall signify his approval of the
connection by endorsing his name and the date of approval on the aforementioned
connection permit in the possession of the permittees.
E.
That at the time of inspection of the connection, the owner or owners
of properties shall permit the inspector full and complete access
to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in each building
and in and about all parts of the property. No building sewer line
shall be covered over, or in any manner concealed, until after it
is inspected and approved by said inspector.
The construction of all building sewer lines or house service
sewers shall be done in accordance with the specifications, plans
and procedures established by the Authority in its Sewage System Rules
and Regulations, as the same may be from time to time published and
amended, copies of which, upon adoption by the Authority, shall be
maintained on file with the Township Secretary.
Unless written permission is obtained from the Authority, separate
connections and tap connection and inspection fees will be required
for each individual occupied building, whether constructed as a detached
unit or as one of a pair or row, but a single connection will be permitted
to serve a school, factory, apartment house or other permanent multiple
unit structure whose individual apartments or units may not be subject
to separate ownership. Neither the Township nor the Authority, however,
assumes any obligation or responsibility for damages caused by or
resulting from any permitted single connection for multiple units
as aforementioned.
If the owner or owners of any occupied houses, buildings or structures in the Township shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article or the written notice as prescribed in § 297-3 hereof, the Township or the Authority may perform or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional thereof and all charges and expenses incidental thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Township or the Authority as debts are by law collectible, or the Township or the Authority may, by its proper officer, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
In addition to any penalty herein prescribed, any person 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.
