[Adopted 8-13-1998 by Ord. No. 98-4]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Single system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving
one or two lots and collecting and disposing of sewage in whole or
in part into the soil of the property or into any waters of the commonwealth.
A part of a subdivision or a parcel of land used as a building
site or intended to be used for building purposes, whether immediate
or future, which would not be further subdivided.
Any natural person, partnership, association or corporation.
Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, or
imposing a fine or imprisonment, or both, the term "person" shall
include the members of an association and the officers of a corporation.
Sewer system and the treatment facility owned, operated or
maintained by a municipality or authority approved by the Department
under a permit issued pursuant to the Clean Streams Law, Act of June
22, 1937, P.L. 1987, No. 394, 35 P.S. § 691.1, et seq.
A person or agency appointed to perform inspections and issue
permits in connection with individual sewage systems.
This article shall be construed as implementing
for the Township the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act, P.L. 1535, No. 537, January 24, 1966, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1-750.20.
Where public sewage services are not available
to a property owner, the building sewer shall be connected to an individual
sewage system complying with the provisions of this article.
A permit shall be required for the installation
of an individual sewage system and building sewer prior to the construction
of any building for which such system will be installed and, prior
to the alteration, replacement, repair or extension of any such existing
sewage system; provided, every such sewage system shall be subject
to approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
A permit shall be required for the installation of an individual onlot
system for a residential structure occupied or intended to be occupied
by the property owner or a member of his immediate family on a contiguous
tract of land 10 acres or more, as provided in § 7 of the
Sewage Facilities Act, 35 P.S. § 750.7.
Application for such permit to install an individual
sewage system and building sewer shall be made prior to the expected
date of commencement of construction of such facilities, on forms
provided by the Township, which the applicant shall submit with any
plans, specification or other information deemed necessary by the
Sewage Enforcement Officer. No person shall commence any construction
requiring a written permit until such permit has been issued by the
Sewage Enforcement Officer and the fee for issuing such permit has
been paid in full.
A permit and inspection fee is established by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors and shall be paid at the time
the application is filed.
A permit for an individual sewage system and
building sewer shall not become effective until the installation is
completed to the satisfaction of the Sewage Enforcement Officer. He
shall be permitted to inspect the work at any stage of construction
and the applicant shall notify him when the work is ready for final
inspection, and before any underground portion are covered.
The type, capacities, location and layout of
a community sewage system or an individual sewage system and building
sewer shall comply with the recommendations of the Sewage Enforcement
Officer, rules and regulations of the Township and of the Department,
and applicable statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article, 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 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 article continues
or each section of this article which shall be found to have been
violated shall constitute a separate offense.
