[Adopted 6-3-1983 by Ord. No. 83-3]
A. 
As and when sewer service shall become available from time to time to the owners of improved properties, to the extent that sewage can be collected and treated from said properties, each and every owner of said improved property, accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from any collection sewer line of said sewer system and which sewer is ready to receive sewage through a service line installed by the Hanover Township Northampton County Board of Supervisors, shall, upon receipt of written notice of the Hanover Township Northampton County Board of Supervisors, be required to connect his or her premises with the sewer system without delay in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Township currently in effect covering such connections, and shall be liable for the minimum sewer rental charges whether said owner is connected to said sewer system or not.
B. 
As from time to time sewer service becomes available to additional properties within the Township limits by reason of the improvement of properties abutting on, adjoining or accessible to the sewer system, or by reason of extensions of the sewer system so as to make sewer service available to additional improved properties, each and every owner of such additional properties accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from any sewer of said sewer system, shall likewise, upon receipt of written notice of the Hanover Township Northampton County Board of Supervisors ordering connection, be required to connect his or her premises with the sewer system without delay in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Township currently in effect, covering such connections, and shall be liable for the minimum sewer rental charges whether said owner is connected to said sewer system or not.
C. 
If any owner of improved property accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from a collection sewer line of said sewer system shall neglect or refuse to connect with said sewer system after written notice so to do, the Township Supervisors may give such owner written notice making reference to this section and ordering such owner to make the required connection within 60 days of the date of said notice and, upon failure of such owner to make the required connection within said sixty-day period, the Township Supervisors or their agents may, in accordance with the provisions of the Second Class Township Code, enter upon such property and construct such connection and, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the property owner, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such property to pay said bill it shall be the duty of the Township Supervisors to file municipal liens for said construction within six months of the date of the completion of the construction of said connection.
D. 
If any owner of improved property within the Township shall have failed to connect his or her property with the sewer system as required by Subsection A or B and the Township Supervisors shall have given such owner written notice pursuant to Subsection C of this section, and if such owner shall have failed within said sixty-day period to make the required connection, such failure shall be and hereby is declared a violation of this article, and such owner shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 2-12-2002 by Ord. No. 02-01]
E. 
It shall be unlawful, 60 days from the receipt of written notice pursuant to Subsection A, B or C of this section, for any person, firm, or corporation:
(1) 
To own, maintain, operate, or use within the Township a privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle for sanitary sewage upon any property now or hereafter improved, which is accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from a collection sewer line of said sewer system.
(2) 
To connect any such privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle with any such sewer or to discharge sewage into any storm sewer or other sewer or outlet other than the sewer system.
F. 
All persons, firms or corporations violating Subsection E of this section shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 2-12-2002 by Ord. No. 02-01]
G. 
No owner of property shall be permitted to discharge into the sewer system any waste or drainage other than sanitary sewage except as may be expressly permitted by the rules and regulations of the Township currently in effect.
H. 
Notices to property owners under Subsections A, B and C of this article may be given either by personal service or by registered mail sent to the last known address of such owner.
A. 
In recognition of the necessity of requiring connections to the sewer system in order to protect the public health, in order to comply with the requirements of the Sanitary Water Board, and in order to enable the Hanover Township Northampton County Board of Supervisors to finance the construction of said sewer system and to assure continuous operation of the same, the Township hereby covenants and agrees with the Hanover Township Northampton County Board of Supervisors and with the holders from time to time of the outstanding bonds of the Hanover Township Northampton County Board of Supervisors issued for the purpose of constructing said sewer system, that the Township will not repeal or rescind § 140-1 of this article so long as any of said bonds shall remain outstanding; that the Township will not amend said section in such way as to render ineffectual the intent and purpose thereof; that it will promptly give the notices contemplated by § 140-1A, B and C hereof in such sequence and orderly fashion, in the light of the practical time limits required for connections to be made and the availability of skilled labor to perform the work, to the end that all accessible properties may be expeditiously connected; and that it will at all times vigorously enforce the requirements hereof and prosecute violations.
B. 
The Township further hereby covenants and agrees with the Hanover Township Northampton County Board of Supervisors that it will, to the extent permissible by law and not otherwise, appropriate to the Hanover Township Northampton County Board of Supervisors from time to time sums equal to the fines and penalties collected under § 140-1 of this article less all costs of collection paid by the Township.
[Amended 11-27-2007 by Ord. No. 07-17]
A. 
There is hereby established for the following purpose of imposing annual sewer service charge for sewer service districts bound, limited and described as follows:
(1) 
District I. District I shall include the entire Township and shall extend from Schoenersville Road in the west to the Monocacy Creek and Bethlehem Township to the east, and shall extend from the southernmost point of Hanover Township, to the northern border of the Township adjacent to East Allen Township, less and excepting District II and District III as described below. District I shall be served with public sewer service provided by Hanover Township, Northampton County with wastewater treatment provided by the City of Bethlehem.
(2) 
District II. District II shall include all properties that are provided with public sanitary sewer service by way of Hanover Township, Lehigh County and/or the Borough of Catasauqua and/or the respective authorities. This District shall also include all properties that will be served, in the future, by way of service to Hanover Township, Lehigh County and/or the Borough of Catasauqua and/or their respective authorities. Specifically, this District starts at the point of intersection of the center of Schoenersville Road and the southern boundary of the property now or formerly occupied by Bennigan's Restaurant, Lot 11 of the Lehigh Valley Corporate Center II Subdivision (Tax Parcel ID M5-7-2-11), and thence proceeding along the western border of Hanover Township, Northampton County, northerly along the center of Schoenersville Road and Weaversville Road, on various alignments to a point of intersection of the western border of Hanover Township the southern border of East Allen Township; thence proceeding northeasterly along the southern border of East Allen Township to a point at which this border meets the projection of the western boundary of the Suburban Estates Subdivision; thence proceeding south along the western boundary of the Suburban Estates Subdivision and the Michael Davis Subdivision, to a point in line of lands now or formerly owned by the Lehigh Valley International Airport (Tax Parcel ID M5-5-6); thence proceeding around the northern and eastern perimeter of the property now or formerly owned by Lehigh Valley International Airport on various alignments along the eastern borders of Tax Parcel ID M5-5-6 to Orchard Lane; thence proceeding along in the southerly direction along the perimeter of the property now or formerly owned by the Lehigh Valley International Airport to a point; thence proceeding west along the boundary of Stafore Estates to a point at the northwest corner of the property now and formerly of the Diocese of Allentown (Tax Parcel ID M5-7-1); thence proceeding in a southeasterly direction along the aforementioned Diocese property and Pharo Park to a point; thence proceeding along various alignments in a west, south, again west and (again) south direction along the Hanover Farms Subdivision boundary the Lehigh Valley Corporate Center II Subdivision boundary to the northeastern corner of Lot 4 within the aforesaid subdivision, Tax Parcel ID M5-7-2-B-4; thence proceeding easterly along the northern boundary of Lot 4 and Lot 8 of the Lehigh Valley Corporate Center II Subdivision (Tax Parcel IDs M5-7-B-4 and M5-7-2B-8) to a point on the western boundary of the Hanover Farms Subdivision; thence proceeding in the southerly direction along the Hanover Farms Subdivision boundary to the centerline of Stoke Park Road; thence proceeding westerly along the centerline of Stoke Park Road to the centerline of High Point Boulevard, thence continuing south along the centerline of High Point Boulevard to the southern boundary of the property now or formerly occupied by the Bennigan's Restaurant Lot 11 of the Lehigh Valley Corporate Center II Subdivision (as referenced above); thence proceeding along various alignments westerly along the southern boundary of said Lot 11 to the point and place of beginning, including all those land parcels that are served or may be served with public sewer service provided by Hanover Township, Northampton County with wastewater treatment provided by the Borough of Catasauqua or their authority.
(3) 
District III. Beginning at a point of intersection between the eastern border of Hanover Township, Northampton County and the common border of Lower Nazareth Township and Bethlehem Township on the centerline of Township Line Road; thence proceeding westerly, along the southern boundary of Tax Parcel ID M6-15-3 westerly and northerly on various alignments to Hanoverville Road to the westerly boundary of Tax Parcel ID L6-19-1; thence proceeding westerly along the centerline of Hanoverville Road to the western property line of Lot 5 of the Hanover Corporate Center Subdivision 2, Tax Parcel L6-16-4-H (also commonly known as Traditions of America Condominium Development); thence proceeding northerly and westerly around the property known as Lot 5 in the Hanover Corporate Center Subdivision 2, Tax Parcel L6-16-4-H (also commonly known as Traditions of America Condominium Development) continuing in a clockwise fashion around that Lot 5 to the centerline of Jaindl Boulevard; thence proceeding westerly along the center Jaindl Boulevard to a point western boundary line of Lot 10 of the aforementioned Hanover Corporate Center 2 Subdivision Tax Parcel ID L6-1-4M; thence proceeding northerly along the western boundary line of Lot 10 to the northern border of Hanover Township; thence proceeding northeasterly along the border of East Allen Township to a point in the center of Township Road, in common with the boundary of Lower Nazareth township; thence proceeding south, along the center line of Township Line Road, and long the border of Lower Nazareth Township to a point and place of beginning, including all those land parcels that are served or may be served with public sewer service draining to a sewer pump station, owned and operated by Hanover Township, Northampton County, or to be owned and operated by Hanover Township, Northampton County.
B. 
The Township hereby adopts the rules, regulations and schedule of tapping fees, rates and charges for each sewer district as contained in the rates, rules and regulations of the Township dated even date herewith, which are attached hereto and made a part hereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said rates, rules and regulations are on file in the Township Secretary-Treasurer's offices.
C. 
Said rates, rules and regulations shall apply to all persons connecting to said sewer system as required by ordinance of this Township and to all persons who shall voluntarily connect to said sewer system although not required so to do.
D. 
A copy of said rates, rules and regulations of the Township which is herein incorporated by reference is hereby directed to be filed with the Township Secretary-Treasurer for inspection by any interested parties. Said rates, rules, and regulations, as from time to time amended by resolution of the Township, are hereinafter in this article referred to as the "rates, rules and regulations."
E. 
The assessment of sewer rental rates shall be established to cover the costs to the Township associated with ownership, operation, maintenance and the use of the Township's portions of the public sewer system with each sewer service district.
F. 
The Township shall take all administrative action necessary to ascertain the amount of the sewer rentals attributed to each Township sewer rental unit in Sewer District III that is served by the Hanoverville Road Pump Station, to prepare and send the owners of all sewer rental units in Sewer District III bills for said rentals in accordance with the amounts that may be set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Hanover Township, Northampton County.
A. 
After each section of the sewer system is completed and connected to the sewer system of the City of Bethlehem (hereinafter "the city"), the borough, and/or additional sewer systems constructed pursuant to this article, the Township shall proceed promptly in accordance with § 140-1 of this article to cause the owners of improved properties to connect to the sewer system and, as each such owner or group of owners shall connect, the Township shall notify, where applicable, the Director of Public Works of the city in writing of the names and addresses of such owners and of the date or dates of commencement of use of the sewer system.
[Amended 2-12-2002 by Ord. No. 02-01]
B. 
With respect to that portion of the sewer system connected to the sewer system of the city, the city, acting through its Department of Public Works or through such other department or instrumentality as the city Council may from time to time designate, is hereby authorized as agent of the Township, from and after the dates on which the several sections of the sewer system shall be connected to the city's sewer system and the use thereof shall commence, to operate and maintain such sections and to do all things and take all action necessary in order to keep and maintain the sewer system and all parts thereof in good operating condition, and to replace any sewers or appurtenances thereof which may need replacement, all in accordance with the sewer service agreement and the rates, rules and regulations. All such action by the city, its departments, instrumentalities or employees shall be without cost or charge to the Township or its residents other than the city sewer service charge imposed by the rates, rules and regulations.
C. 
With respect to that portion of the sewer system connected to the sewer system of the city, the city is hereby authorized, as agent of the Township, to take all administrative action necessary to ascertain the amount of all sewer rentals imposed by the rates, rules and regulations, to prepare and send to the owners of all sewer rental units (as defined in the rates, rules and regulations) bills for the sewer rentals imposed by the rates, rules and regulations and, with respect to sewer rental units served by the city's water supply system, to include such bills in the water bill for such sewer rental unit or to attach the sewer rental bill to the bill for water rental, as may be more administratively convenient; provided, however, that in all cases the amount of the city's sewer service charge and the amount of the Township's sewer service charge shall be separately stated.
D. 
With respect to that portion of the sewer system connected to the sewer system of the city, and in accordance with the sewer service agreement and in consideration of the services rendered to the Township and its residents thereunder, the city is hereby authorized to retain for its own account all city sewer service charges imposed by the rates, rules and regulations and collected pursuant to the sewer service agreement, this article and the rates, rules and regulations. All Township sewer service charges together with penalties and interest, if any, collected by the city pursuant to the sewer service agreement, this article and the rates, rules and regulations without deduction for costs of collection or any other deduction, shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Township or its assigns.
E. 
With respect to that portion of the sewer system connected to the sewer system of the city, the city is hereby authorized, as agent of the Township, for, in the name of, and to the use of the Township to take all such administrative and legal action as may be necessary or convenient to proceed for the collection of all delinquent sewer rentals which have been imposed and remain unpaid together with all penalties, interests and costs accrued thereon as set forth in the rates, rules and regulations, and to enter liens and to take such other actions as may be authorized by law for the collection thereof.