[Amended 10-12-1967 as Ord. No. 1210]
A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, water from swimming pools, cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters to any sanitary sewer. This prohibition shall include,
but not be limited to, the discharge and drainage of water from sump
pumps and downspouts.
[Amended 11-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1641]
B. Any person desiring to install or use on a property
abutting on the sanitary sewer system an air purifier, humidifier,
dehumidifier or air conditioner which provides for the discharge of
filter wash or wastewaters shall be required to connect the wastewater
drain of said unit to the sanitary sewer system through an indirect
waste connection, after having first obtained a permit therefor from
the Plumbing Inspector. Each unit shall be classified as a fixture
with a rental rate.
[Amended 3-10-1977 by Ord. No. 1443]
C. Control of stormwater. It shall be unlawful for any
person owning or occupying property in the Township of Abington to
discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water,
groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface water or drainage of any kind
so as to cause a public health or safety hazard. This prohibition
shall include, but not be limited to, the discharge and drainage of
water from sump pumps, pipes or any other channel, whether natural
or artificial.
[Added 11-10-88 by Ord. No. 1641]
D. Material and specifications for pipes and sump pumps.
Sump pumps and other similar devices used for the discharge and drainage
of water shall be permanently connected and maintained with rigid
piping.
[Added 11-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1641]
E. Inspection. The Township Building Inspector or his
authorized representative shall have the authority to enter at any
reasonable hour any building, structure or premises within the Township
of Abington to enforce the provisions of this article.
[Added 11-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1641]
F. Enforcement of inspection. In the event that the owner
or occupant of a premises does not consent to an inspection to enforce
the provisions of this article, the Building Inspector or his representative
shall have the authority to obtain a warrant to search, which may
be issued by an issuing authority having jurisdiction of the place
to be searched in the manner provided by law.
[Added 11-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1641]
G. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and/or to undergo imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 60 days. Each day that a violation continues
beyond the date fixed for compliance shall constitute a separate offense.
[Added 11-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1641]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage
shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated
as storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged,
upon approval of the Plumbing Inspector, to a storm sewer or natural
outlet.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sewer:
A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
B. Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease.
C. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel off or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D. Any garbage in any form, including that ground by
commercial garbage grinders, excepting only ground garbage from domestic
garbage grinders of an approved type.
[Amended 10-13-1960 by Ord. No. 1005]
E. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure hair or
any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction
to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation
of the sewage works.
F. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of
the sewage works.
G. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or to interfere with any
sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant.
H. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
I. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
[Amended 3-10-1977 by Ord. No. 1443]
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in §
132-30 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Township sewage treatment plant shall be subject to the review and approval of the Plumbing Inspector and Superintendent of the sewage treatment plant. Where necessary in the opinion of the Plumbing Inspector and Superintendent of the sewage treatment plant, the owner shall provide, at the expense of such owner, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in §
132-30, or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Plumbing Inspector and Superintendent of the Sewage Treatment Plant and of the Bureau of Engineering of the Department of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at the expense of
such owner.
When required by the Plumbing Inspector, the
owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying commercial
or industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the
building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Plumbing Inspector. The manhole shall be installed by the owner
at the expense of such owner and shall be maintained by the owner
so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §
132-30 and §
132-32 shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in §
132-34 or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
[Amended 10-12-1967 by Ord. No. 1210; 3-12-1981 by Ord. No.
1523; 1-13-1983 by Ord. No. 1559; 3-11-1993 by Ord. No. 1726]
Before a building is demolished, the existing
sanitary building sewer connection shall be capped off at the property
line. Permit and inspection fees shall be designated by resolution
of the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Abington, which fees
shall be established from time to time. A permit shall not be issued
until the designated fees have been paid. Failure to pay designated
fees shall be considered a violation of the code. Any reuse of such
connection shall require a new building sewer connection permit and
connection fee.