[Adopted 4-25-1968 by Ord. No. 403 (Ch.
201, Art. II, of the 1990 Code)]
No person shall engage in the business of emptying
or cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or any other place used
for the reception or storage of human excrement without a license
to engage in such business issued by the Department of Public Health.
Such licenses shall be valid for a period of one year from the date
of issuance and may be renewed by the Department of Public Health
from year to year. Such license may be revoked for failure of the
licensee to comply with the provisions of this article or any other
municipal regulation or ordinance dealing with the subject of public
health. No license will be issued to any septic tank or cesspool cleaner
until the Franklin Township Sewerage Authority certifies that satisfactory
arrangements have been made by the applicant for the license in regard
to charges or rental fees payable to the Franklin Township Sewerage
Authority for use of sewer facilities.
For the issuance or renewal of a license to
an applicant engaged in the business of cleaning or emptying receptacles
used for the storage and/or reception of human excrement or other
putrescible matter, there shall be a charge of $20 for each vehicle
or conveyance so used.
The Council may limit the number of licenses
issued if, in its opinion, the needs of the Township are being met
with the existing septic tank cleaners.
A.
Only equipment inspected and approved by the Department
of Public Health shall be used in cleaning septic tanks or other places
used for the reception or storage of human excrement.
B.
Mobile tanks shall be securely mounted on trucks and
shall be watertight and provided with a leakproof cover. All such
trucks, tanks and equipment used in the aforesaid business shall be
free of putrescible matter at all times except when in actual operation
with respect to emptying septic tanks or cesspools, etc.
C.
Mobile tanks shall be provided with a vent constructed
in a manner that will permit the escape of gas but not the liquid
contained therein.
D.
All pumps shall be maintained in a condition that
will prevent leakage of sewage.
E.
Only suction or pressure hoses in good repair shall
be used.
F.
The operation of cleaning or emptying septic tanks
or other places used for the reception or storage of human excrement
shall be so conducted that no liquid or excremental material will
be deposited on the ground adjacent to the structure being cleaned.
If any spillage occurs, the solid portion shall be immediately removed
and disposed of in a sanitary manner and the area covered with earth
or a chlorine-bearing compound.
A.
The contents of septic tanks, cesspools, privies or
other places used for the reception or storage of human excrement
shall be discharged into a trunk sewer or other receiving stations
as designated by the Franklin Township Sewerage Authority. Disposal
of human excrement or other putrescible wastes is expressly prohibited
by this article.
B.
No effluent or other such matter which has been received
from without the Township may be dumped within the Township.
