[Ord. 1-89, 11/6/1989, Art. I; as amended by Res. 2-91, 6/14/1991]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
Municipal Authority of Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania,
a Pennsylvania municipal authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property within this Township upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure used
or intended for use in the operation of one business enterprise for
manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any
product, commodity or article or from which any process waste, as
distinct from sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, to the property line
or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean
that portion of, or place in a sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in this Township.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes situate in or adjacent to this Township, and owned
by the Authority.
Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, a municipality
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through its Supervisors
or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
[Ord. 1-89, 11/6/1989, Art. II; as amended by Ord. 1-96,
8/6/1996]
1.
The owner of any improved property whose closest property line is
within 150 feet of any public sewer trunk line to the be constructed
by the Richmond Township Municipal Authority shall connect such improved
property with such sewer in such manner as this Township or the Authority
may require, within 45 days after notice to such owner from this Township
or the Authority to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge
of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property,
subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established
herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township or the Authority
from time to time.
2.
Use of Public Sewers.
A.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under § 18-102, Subsection 1, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township or the Authority, from time to time.
4.
Prohibited Means of Disposal.
B.
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion
of this Township or Authority, shall be cleansed and filled at the
expense of the owner of such improved property under the direction
and supervision of this Borough or Authority; and any such privy vault,
cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned
and, if required by this Township or Authority, cleansed and filled,
shall constitute a nuisance and such nuisance may be abated as provided
by law, at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
5.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
6.
The notice by this Township or Authority to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 18-102, Subsection 1, shall consist of a copy of this Part, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section thereof and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part and specifying that such connection shall be made within 45 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner in accordance with law.
[Ord. 1-89, 11/6/1989, Art. III]
1.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use,
alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or any part of the sewer
system without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Authority.
3.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved
property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each
of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of the Authority of
the desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
C.
Such person shall have given the Secretary of the Authority at least
24 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made
so that the Authority may supervise and inspect the work of connection
and necessary testing.
D.
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Secretary
of the Authority that any tapping fee charged and imposed by the Authority
against the owner of each improved property who connects such improved
property to a sewer has been paid.
4.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through
a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one
building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances
and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then
only after special permission of the Authority, in writing, shall
have been secured and subject to such rules, regulations and conditions
as may be prescribed by this Borough.
5.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all
costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer shall
be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and
such owner shall indemnify and save harmless this Township and the
Authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly
or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or
of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
6.
Manner of Connecting to Lateral.
A.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by the Authority and where the lateral is provided.
B.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be
at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the sewer. A
smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building
sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
7.
If the owner of any improved property required to connect as provided herein, after 45 days' notice from the Authority requiring the connection of such improved property with a sewer in accordance with § 18-102, Subsection 1, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, the Authority may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by a municipal claim, an action in assumpsit or such other legal proceeding as may be permitted by law.
[Ord. 1-89, 11/6/1989, Art. IV]
1.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is
required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device
the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure side
of such sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made,
with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line as a building
sewer.
2.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by the Authority. If any part of a building sewer is covered
before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered for
inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property
to be connected to a sewer.
3.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
4.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in
the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being
connected, in a manner satisfactory to the Authority.
5.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice of this
Township or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer within 45 days of receipt
of such notice, this Township or Authority may refuse to permit such
person to discharge sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system
until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the
satisfaction of the Authority.
6.
This Township and the Authority reserve the right to adopt, from
time to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary
and proper relating to connections with a sewer and the sewer system,
which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate,
shall be and shall be construed as part of this Part.
7.
The character of the waste water discharged hereunder shall consist
only of domestic strength sanitary sewage and shall conform in every
way to the sewage quality standards established in Article VI, Chapter
101-23 of the Mansfield Borough Code, as amended from time to time;
all property owners required to connect pursuant to this Part shall
conform in every way with regulations established by the Borough of
Mansfield for the operation and maintenance of that Borough's
sewer system and treatment plant.
[Ord. 1-89, 11/6/1989, Art. V; as amended by Ord. 91-4, 9/3/1991;
as amended by Ord. 3-97, 8/5/1997]
1.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district
justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $15 nor more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
2.
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this Part shall be enforceable
and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.
