[Adopted 7-6-1976 by Ord. No. 102]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Every owner of property in the Township of Pine whose property adjoins
or is adjacent to any sanitary sewer line of Pine Township, the Pine Township
Authority, or any other authority or legal entity specifically sanctioned
by the Township Supervisors and the Pine Township Authority to install sanitary
sewer lines, including property owners on both sides of a street or highway
along which a sewer is installed. In accordance with the current laws of the
commonwealth, this shall include only "adjoining and adjacent property owners"
whose principal building is within 150 feet from such sewer system if the
system has been established or constructed by a municipal authority; provided,
however, that this definition shall be automatically amended to conform to
any future amendments to applicable commonwealth laws.
The Pine Township Authority or such other municipal authority given
jurisdiction over a particular territory in the Township of Pine by ordinance
of the Pine Township Supervisors and by resolution of the Pine Township Authority.
Any natural person, partnership, corporation, syndicate or other
legal entity.
Any sewer line and system the authority for the installation and
operation of which was granted by the Pine Township Supervisors by ordinance
and by the Pine Township Authority by resolution.
Any container or system for the storage, deposit or processing of
human excrement including but not limited to privy vaults, cesspools, septic
tanks and mine holes, but excluding public sanitary sewer lines and systems.
A.
All adjoining and adjacent property owners, at their
own expense, shall connect the buildings and other structures, as appropriate,
located on their property with the public sanitary sewers for the purpose
of disposing of all drainage which is customarily disposed of in a sanitary
sewer system. Adjoining and adjacent property owners and their lessees and
occupants shall not use any receptacles for human excrement except the public
sanitary sewers.
B.
Adjoining and adjacent property owners who presently
have receptacles for human excrement on their property which are being used
by any person shall be directed, in writing by the Pine Township Supervisors
or authorized Authority official, to obtain the necessary permits, pay the
required fees, make connections with the public sanitary sewer and disconnect
the receptacle for human excrement within 60 days of receipt of such notice,
provided that no adjoining or adjacent property owner shall be required to
connect with the public sanitary sewer where their sewage would not flow by
gravity into the public sanitary sewer. Such notice shall be served personally
or by registered mail at the last known address of the adjoining and adjacent
property owner.
If the adjoining and adjacent property owners fail to comply with the requirements in § 68-2B within the sixty-day period, the Township, Authority or their agents may enter upon said property and construct and connect the sewage systems with the public sanitary sewer and disconnect the receptacle for human excrement. Upon completion of said work, the Township Supervisors or other persons authorized by law shall immediately send an itemized bill of the cost of such construction and disconnection to the adjoining or adjacent owner, which shall be payable immediately. In the case of neglect or refusal by the adjoining or adjacent property owner to pay said bill forthwith, but not later than 10 days after receipt thereof, a municipal lien for said construction and disconnection shall be filed within six months of the date of completion of said construction, and the lien shall have the same status as all other municipal liens.
Adjoining and adjacent property owners, who are required to connect
to the public sanitary sewer, shall make application on the appropriate forms
for a tapping permit and all other required permits, if any, and shall complete
all requested information contained on the forms and shall pay the fees connected
with such permits.
No receptacle for human excrement shall at any time be connected with
the public sanitary sewers.
No receptacle for human excrement shall hereinafter be maintained on
any premises from which connection to the public sanitary sewer has been made.
Within 30 days after final enactment of this article and within 30 days after
any future connection with the public sanitary sewer, Pine Township may, at
its discretion, require any receptacle for human excrement to be abandoned,
cleansed and filled under the conditions set forth in regulations adopted
by resolution of Pine Township Supervisors. Any receptacle for human excrement
which is not abandoned, cleansed and filled pursuant to this section and the
regulations adopted pursuant hereto shall constitute a public nuisance which
may be abated on order of the Township or Authority as provided by law at
the expense of the adjoining or adjacent property owner.
No roof drain, drain for stormwater, surface water or sewage from any
property other than that for which permits were issued or any other substance
except those customarily disposed in a system of public sanitary sewers shall
be introduced by any means whatsoever into the public sanitary sewer.
The construction of all private sewers, laterals and their connections,
building sewer lines, house service sewers and any other sewer connecting
with the public sanitary sewers shall be constructed in accordance with the
plans and specifications established by the Township and Authority, and said
plans and specifications may be amended from time to time, by resolution,
and shall be kept on file at the Township Municipal Building and all said
construction shall be inspected and certified by the engineer for the Township
and/or Authority before being covered.
In addition to all other legal and equitable remedies available to Pine
Township and the Authority, any person found guilty of violating the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction, for each and every violation, pay
a fine of $300. Each provision of this article or rule or regulation adopted
pursuant hereto and each day said violation exists shall be deemed a separate
violation and shall continue to constitute another separate violation, punishable
upon conviction by the same penalties. In addition, upon conviction, the defendant
shall be required to pay all costs of prosecution and enforcement of this
article which were incurred as a result of defendant's action or inaction.
