[Adopted 5-24-1979 as Ord. No. 32]
It is declared that the enactment of this article
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this township.
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms and phrases used in this
article shall be as follows:
The Northern Lancaster County Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property located 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 solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
ejected or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, 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 improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
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/or disposing of sanitary sewage
and/or industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this township
and owned, maintained and operated by the Authority.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "township,"
which immediately followed this definition, was deleted 4-13-1993
by Ord. No. 88.
The owner of any improved property which is
located in this township and is accessible to and whose principal
building is within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the sewer system,
shall connect such improved property therewith, in such manner as
this township and the Authority may require, within sixty (60) days
after notice to such owner from this township 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 by this township or the Authority,
from time to time.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under § 86-52, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or as otherwise shall be established by this township and the Authority, from time to time.
A.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under § 86-52 to be connected to a sewer.
B.
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic
tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at
the discretion of this township, shall be cleansed and filled at the
expense of the owner of such improved property and under the direction
and supervision of this township. Any such privy vault, cesspool,
sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and,
if required by this township, 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.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank
or similar receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
The notice by this township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 86-52, shall consist of a copy of this Article, including any amendments at the time in effect, and a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this Article and specifying that such connection shall be made within sixty (60) 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 either by personal service or by registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
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 (1)
improved property on one (1) building sewer shall not be permitted,
except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or
other good cause shown, and then only after special permission of
this township and the Authority, in writing, shall have been secured.
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.
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.
If the owner of any improved property located in this township and accessible to and whose principal building is within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the sewer system, after sixty (60) days' notice from this township in accordance with § 86-52, shall fail to connect such improved property as required, this township may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof. In such case, this township shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved property to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such improved property to pay said bill, this township shall file a municipal lien for said construction within six (6) months of the date of the completion of the construction of said connection, the same to be subject in all respects to the general law provided for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
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.
No building sewer shall be covered until it
has been inspected and approved by this township and 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.
Every building sewer of any improved property
shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by
the owner of such improved property.
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 all 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 township.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt
of a notice from this township or the Authority, in writing, to remedy
any unsatisfactory conditions with respect to a building sewer within
sixty (60) days of receipt of such notice, this township or the Authority
may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
conditions shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this township
and the Authority.
This township reserves 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 a part of this Article.
[Amended 4-13-1993 by Ord. No. 88]
Any person who shall violate this Article shall
be liable, upon summary conviction for a first offense and upon summary
conviction for each subsequent offense, to a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.),
together with costs of prosecution in each case. Each day that a violation
shall continue shall be deemed and shall be taken to be a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such.
Fines and costs imposed under the provisions
of this Article shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner
at the time provided by applicable law.
