[Adopted 11-21-1994 by Ord. No. 630]
At the time of sale, transfer or assignment or in the event of mortgage, pledge or hypothecation of any interest in real property situated in the Township of Penn, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, which said property is connected to the public sewer system, no municipal lien certificate shall be issued by the Township of Penn or the Penn Township Sewage Authority unless and until it has been determined that the property in question, which is the subject of the application for said municipal lien certificate, is in compliance with Ordinance No. 607 of the Township of Penn.
[Amended 11-24-1997 by Ord. No. 689; 5-16-2005 by Ord. No. 809]
A. 
The application for a municipal lien certificate shall be accompanied by a fee and the amount as is set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Penn. Said fees shall be established for the first hour of inspection and each hour thereafter, and shall be payable to the Penn Township Sewage Authority.
B. 
Upon receipt of said application, the Penn Township Sewage Authority shall, within 10 days of the receipt of said application, inspect the lateral sewer connection to its public sewer system to determine whether or not the same is in compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Penn Township Sewage Authority.
[Amended 5-16-2005 by Ord. No. 809]
A. 
In the event that it is determined that the aforesaid lateral sewer connection is in violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Penn Township Sewage Authority, the Penn Township Sewage Authority shall, within five days of completion of said inspection, notify the applicant of the violation(s) and the necessary repair work which must be done in order to correct said violation(s). The applicant shall then, prior to the issuance of the municipal lien certificate, complete the repairs that are necessary to correct the defective condition(s) and shall request the Penn Township Sewage Authority to inspect the repair work which has been performed. The sanitary sewer lateral shall not be covered by the applicant until the inspection has been completed.
B. 
The Penn Township Sewage Authority shall, within 48 hours of said request, inspect said repair work and issue a certificate of compliance to the applicant. At such time, the Penn Township Sewage Authority shall issue a municipal no-lien certificate on a form to be established by the Penn Township Sewage Authority.
[Amended 5-16-2005 by Ord. No. 809]
An exemption from this article shall be for those properties which had been determined by the Penn Township Sewage Authority to be in compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Penn Township Sewage Authority within a period of three years prior to the date of application for the municipal lien certificate; provided, further, that no new construction has taken place upon the property within the intervening three-year period.
[Added 5-16-2005 by Ord. No. 809]
The Township of Penn hereby designates the Penn Township Sewage Authority as its authorized agent for the enforcement of the provisions of the Rules and Regulations of the Penn Township Sewage Authority. Further, in the event the Penn Township Sewage Authority desires to increase the fees to be collected for said inspections, the Penn Township Sewage Authority shall request the Township of Penn to adopt an appropriate resolution increasing said fees.
[Added 11-24-1997 by Ord. No. 689]
Any person who violates any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof by summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs, and in default of said fine and costs to undergo imprisonment in the county prison for a period not in excess of 30 days.