[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
1.
The Board of Supervisors of Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania, has duly adopted the following ordinance governing the
furnishing of sewage service.
2.
This chapter sets forth uniform requirements to regulate sewer connections,
industrial waste pretreatment facilities and discharges of sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes into the Old Lycoming Area Authority's
sewer system, and enables the Township to comply with all applicable
State and Federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.) and the general pretreatment regulations (40 CFR, Part 403).
3.
The objectives of this chapter are:
A.
To comply fully with conditions established by the United States
Government for clean public waters through congressional adoption
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, and
the Clean Water Act of 1977. These acts are being implemented and
enforced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
through various means.
B.
To promote and enforce applicable standards established by the EPA
and/or DEP related to sanitary sewage and industrial waste collection
and conveyance.
C.
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Township's sewer
system that will interfere with the normal operation of the sewer
system or are otherwise incompatible with the sewer system.
D.
To protect the sewer system from damage.
E.
To maintain the safety of the public and the safety of Township personnel
assigned to operate and maintain the sewer system.
F.
To impose penalties and fines concerning illegal collection, conveyance,
treatment and/or disposal of sewage, and industrial waste.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
For the purposes of construing this chapter, the use of the
singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular, words
used in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter,
and words used in the present or past tense shall include the future.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
The Township may from time to time, as it may deem necessary,
alter, amend, supplement or repeal this chapter, in whole or in part.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
1.
The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any word, sentence,
clause, Section or other provision thereof is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be unlawful and void, the remaining provisions
shall nevertheless remain valid.
2.
All other ordinances and parts of other ordinances inconsistent or
conflicting with any part of this chapter are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this chapter shall be as
follows:
The Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, as amended, 35 P.S.
§ 750.1 et seq., known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act."
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
Old Lycoming Area Authority, a municipal authority incorporated
by the Township of Old Lycoming, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, pursuant
to the provisions of Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, approved
May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented, of the Commonwealth.
Any person who is delegated by the Township to function within
specified limits as the agent of the Township to carry out the provisions
of this chapter.
The Board of Supervisors, Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania.
The panel to hear, review and issue decisions on appeal from
determinations of a municipal representative under this chapter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drain system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the edge of the cartway, if one exists, otherwise it shall be to
the edge of the easement.
The area of a street or alley within which vehicles are permitted,
including traveled lanes and on-street parking spaces, but excluding
shoulders, sidewalks or drainage.
An individual employed by the Township to administer and
enforce this and other ordinances and codes in the Township.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the
collection of sewage from two or more lots or structures, and the
treatment and/or disposal of the sewage on one or more lots or at
any other site.
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (DEP).
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by another.
That part of a multiple family dwelling or commercial or
industrial establishment with sewage flows equal a single family dwelling,
or less, as determined by the Township and/or sewage flow estimates
based on generally accepted standards in the industry.
Fats, waxes, free fatty acids, calcium and magnesium soaps,
mineral oils and certain other non-fatty material from animal or vegetable
sources, or from hydrocarbons of petroleum origins, commonly found
in wastewater from food preparation and food service. Grease may originate
from, but not be limited to, discharges from scullery sinks, pot and
pan sinks, dishwashing machines, soup kettles and floor drains located
in areas where grease-containing materials may exist.
A water-tight receptacle utilized by commercial or industrial
generators of liquid waste to intercept, collect, and restrict the
passage of grease and food particles into the POTW to which the receptacle
is directly or indirectly connected, and to separate and retain grease
and food particles from the wastewater discharged by a facility.
A watertight receptacle, whether permanent or temporary,
which receives and retains sewage conveyed by a water-carrying system
and is designed and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal
of the sewage at another site.
Any property within the 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.
A system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving a single
lot or structure and collecting and disposing of sewage in whole or
in part into the soil or into any waters of this Commonwealth which
is permitted exclusively by the Township.
Any improved property located in the Township and used or
intended for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing,
cleaning, laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article,
or any other improved property located in the Township, from which
wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Any waterborne pollutant or waste (gaseous, liquid or solid)
from industrial processes or commercial establishments or other sources
as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Unpolluted water that enters a building sewer or sewer system
through defects in the building sewer or sewer system.
Unpolluted water that enters a building sewer or sewer system
directly through unauthorized connections such as roof drains, cellar/basement
drains, foundation drains, sump pumps, non-watertight manhole lids,
and inadvertent cross-connections with storm drains.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer main
to the curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, to the edge of
the cartway or if there should be no cartway, to the edge of the easement
or, if no such lateral is provided, then "lateral" shall mean that
portion of, or place in, a sewer main that is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
The condition which occurs when an onlot sewage disposal
system discharges sewage onto the surface of the ground, into ground
waters of this Commonwealth, into surface waters of this Commonwealth,
back up into the building connected to the system or otherwise causes
a nuisance or hazard to the public health or pollution of ground or
surface water or contamination of public or private drinking water
wells. Systems shall be considered to be malfunctioning if any of
the conditions noted above occur for any length of time during any
period of the year.
A comprehensive plan for the provision of adequate sewage
disposal systems, adopted by the Township and approved by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, as described in and required
by the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, 35 P.S. § 740.1
et seq.
Any system for disposal of sewage and subsequent disposal
of the clarified sewage into the soil for final treatment and disposal;
including both individual sewage systems and community sewage systems.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, association, public or private corporation
for profit or not for profit, partnership, firm, trust, estate, department,
boards, bureau or agency of the Commonwealth, political subdivision,
municipality, district, authority, or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. Whenever
used in any clause prescribing and imposing a fine or imprisonment,
the term "person" shall include the members of an association, partnership
or firm and the officers of any local agency or municipal, public
or private corporation for profit or not for profit.
A free standing, self-contained, movable toilet structure
equipped with a water tight container which receives waste discharged
through a hopper, seat, urinal or similar device and into which container
may be placed disinfecting or deodorizing chemicals. For the purpose
of this Part, "portable toilet" and "chemical toilet" shall have the
same meaning.
A "treatment works" as defined by § 212 of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251,
which may be owned by the Authority or the Williamsport Sanitary Authority,
and includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage,
treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes
of a liquid nature, and any conveyances which convey wastewater to
a treatment plant.
Any person, company, partnership or corporation which engages
in cleaning community or individual sewage systems and transports
the septage cleaned from these systems.
The work done to modify, alter, repair, enlarge or replace
an existing building lateral, sewer main, manholes, or onlot sewage
disposal system.
A portion of a lot or a developed property, sized to allow
the installation of a subsurface sewage disposal area, which is reserved
to allow that installation in the event of the malfunction of the
originally installed onlot sewage disposal system.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
The residual scum and sludge pumped from septic systems.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical
to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use
of water for domestic water supply or for recreation or which constitutes
pollution under the Act of June 22, 1937, P.L. 1987, No. 394, known
as the Clean Streams Act, 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
The official of the Township who issues and reviews permit
applications and conducts such investigations and inspections as are
necessary to implement the Sewage Facilities Act, 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq., and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Any area or areas of a municipality for which an onlot sewage
management program is recommended by the Township's adopted Act 537
Official Sewage Facilities Plan. The sewage management district encompasses
the entire Township.
A comprehensive set of legal and administrative requirements
encompassing the requirements of this chapter and other administrative
requirements adopted by the Township to effectively enforce and administer
this chapter.
A form provided by the Township to be completed by the pumper/hauler
which provides certification to the Township of septic system pumping,
cleaning and certain repairs.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
and used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
transmitting, treating or disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes, owned by the Authority and leased to the Township.
Any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley, public
way or public square.
The division or re-division of a lot, tract or parcel of
land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other
divisions of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the
purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court
for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building
or lot development.
A fee charged to a property owner who desires to or is required
to connect to the Township's sewer system, as authorized by § 7
of the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5607.
For purposes of this chapter, "tap-on fee" shall refer only to a "collection
part tap fee," and not to "connection fee" or "capacity-part tap-on
fee" or any other similar fee authorized by law.
A temporary holding tank permit shall be authorized by the
sewer department for a temporary structure or use not generally permitted
where it is deemed beneficial to the public health or general welfare,
necessary to promote the proper development of the community, or for
temporary accessory uses, provided that such temporary structure or
use shall be completely removed upon the expiration of the permit
without cost to the Township. Such permits shall be issued for a period
of time not to exceed 180 days, and may be renewed for no more than
one additional 180-day period.
A non-permanent structure or building which is located on
a lot for a specified duration. Temporary structures may only be permitted
for short periods of time, not to exceed one-year, and may be renewed
for no more than one additional one-year period.
A short-term use or activity that shall not exceed a period
of 180 days.
The Township of Old Lycoming, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, acting by and through
its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
its authorized agents and representatives. This definition regarding
the sections of the Public Sewer and its infrastructure, include the
Township of Lycoming, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, where public
sewer is owned by the Authority.
Includes, but not be limited to, spring water, stormwater,
surface water, ground water, roof runoff, drainage from roof leader
connections, subsurface drainage such as that from floor drains, building
foundation drainage, sump pumps, cisterns, field tile or any other
recognizable source into the sewer system.
An individual employed by the Township to administer and enforce the Township Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27].
