[Ord. 451, 6/19/1996; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
Where a premises is not connected to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA, it shall be unlawful
for any person to cause or permit the flow of sanitary wastewater
from any structure or place except into a septic tank or other private
or community sanitary wastewater disposal system constructed in accordance
with the requirements of this Part and those of ACHD and DEP.
[Ord. 451, 6/19/1996; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
1.
No septic tank or other private or community sanitary wastewater
disposal system or any part thereof shall be erected, constructed
and/or installed within the Township until a permit for such erection,
construction and/or installation shall have first been obtained from
the ACHD or its agent.
2.
Application for said ACHD permit shall be in accordance with all
applicable rules, regulations and requirements established by ACHD
and DEP.
3.
All elements of the erection, construction, installation, maintenance
and/or operation of a septic tank or other private or community sanitary
wastewater disposal system including, but not limited to, design,
materials, size, capacity, efficiency and effectiveness, must be in
full and complete compliance with all applicable rules, regulations
and requirements established by the ACHD and DEP.
4.
No private or community sanitary wastewater disposal system which
releases effluent to any receiving waters within the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania may be erected, constructed and/or installed without
first obtaining permits from both the ACHD and the DEP. A copy of
all such permit applications and permits, if and when issued, must
be provided to the MTMA Manager. Erection, construction, installation,
maintenance and operation of any such sanitary wastewater disposal
system must be in compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and the rules and regulations of the DEP and the ACHD.
