[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City of Coatesville 10-10-1989
by Ord. No. 845-89 as Ch. 136 of the 1989 Code; amended in its entirety at
time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
The Council of the City of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, shall by ordinance
authorize the construction of such sewers as it may deem necessary for the
improvement of the sanitary conditions of said city and, therein, authorize
the letting of contracts therefor under such terms and conditions as it may
direct.
The owner or owners of any property abutting on the line of said sewer
for which the tapping fee charged thereon has been paid shall, at any time
thereafter, on presentation of the receipt for said tapping fee to the City
Engineer, receive from said City Engineer a permit authorizing such owner
or owners, his or their assigns to connect such property with said sewer.
The purpose of this Article is to establish a procedure for the use
and maintenance of holding tanks designed to receive and retain sewage whether
from residential or commercial uses, and it is hereby 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 the City of Coatesville.
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage and is
designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of the sewage at
another site. "Holding tanks" include but are not limited to the following:
CHEMICAL TOILETA toilet using chemicals that discharge to a holding tank.
RETENTION TANKA holding tank where sewage is conveyed to it by a water-carrying system.
VAULT PIT PRIVYA holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available.
Any property within the city 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 sewage shall or may be discharged.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial,
of any property located in the city.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation or
other group or entity.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrement
or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals and any noxious
or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical to the public health or
to animal or aquatic life or to the use of water for domestic water supply
or for recreation.
The Council of the City of Coatesville is hereby authorized and empowered
to undertake within the city limits the control and methods of holding tank
sewage disposal and the collection and transportation thereof.
The Council of the City of Coatesville is hereby authorized and empowered
to adopt such rules and regulations concerning holding tanks and sewage disposal
therefrom which it may deem necessary from time to time to effect the purpose
herein.
All such rules and regulations adopted by the Council of the City of
Coatesville shall be in conformity with the provisions herein, all other ordinances
of the city and all applicable laws and applicable rules and regulations of
administrative agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Council of the City of Coatesville shall have the right and power
to fix, alter, charge and collect rates, assessments and other charges in
the area served by its facilities at reasonable and uniform rates as authorized
by applicable law.
Holding tanks shall only be authorized on properties which are located
in areas within the city, not served by existing sewer lines of the City of
Coatesville or within two hundred (200) feet of city sewer lines.
The collection and transportation of all sewage from any improved property
utilizing a holding tank shall be done solely by or under the direction and
control of the City of Coatesville, and the disposal thereof shall be made
only at such site or sites as may be approved by the Department of Environmental
Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The owner of an improved property that utilizes a holding tank shall:
A.Â
Maintain the holding tank in conformance with this Article
or any ordinance of the City of Coatesville, the provisions of any applicable
law and the rules and regulations of the City of Coatesville and any administrative
agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.Â
Permit only the city or its agent to collect, transport
and dispose of the contents therein.
Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall, upon conviction
thereof by summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
six hundred dollars ($600.) and costs or to undergo imprisonment in the county
prison for a period not in excess of ninety (90) days, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this chapter, any violation of § 185-11 above shall constitute a nuisance and shall be abated by the city by either seeking appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.
