This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as "The On-Lot Sewage Disposal Program" for College Township.
As mandated by the municipal codes, the Clean
Streams Law (35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.), and the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act (Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, as amended,
35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq., known as "Act 537"), municipalities
have the power and the duty to provide for adequate sewage treatment
facilities and for the protection of the public health by preventing
the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated sewage. The Official
Sewage Facilities Plan for College Township indicates that it is necessary
to formulate and implement a sewage management program to effectively
prevent and abate water pollution and hazards to the public health
caused by improper treatment and disposal of sewage.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for
the inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of on-lot sewage disposal
systems; to further permit the municipality to intervene in situations
which are public nuisances or hazards to the public health; and to
establish penalties and appeal procedures necessary for the proper
administration of a sewage management program.
A.
ACT 247
ACT 537
AUTHORIZED AGENT
BOARD/COUNCIL
CODES ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (CEO)
COMMUNITY ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
DEP
DEVELOPER
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
IMPROVED PROPERTY
INDIVIDUAL ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LOT
MALFUNCTION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
MUNICIPALITY
OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES PLAN
OWNER
PERSON
PLANNING MODULE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT
PUMPER/HAULER
PUMPER'S REPORT/RECEIPT
REHABILITATION
REPLACEMENT AREA
SEPTAGE
SEWAGE
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
SEWAGE FACILITIES
SINGLE AND SEPARATE OWNERSHIP
SUBDIVISION
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
The Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended,
53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., known as the "Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code."
The Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, as amended, 35 P.S.
§ 750.1 et seq., known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act."
A certified sewage enforcement officer, code enforcement
officer, professional engineer, plumbing inspector, municipal secretary
or any other qualified or licensed person who is delegated by the
municipality to function within specified limits as the agent of the
municipality to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
The Board/Council of College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
An individual employed by the municipality to administer
and enforce ordinances in the municipality.
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the
collection of sewage from two or more lots or uses, or two or more
equivalent dwelling units, and the treatment and/or disposal of the
sewage on one or more lots or at any other site.
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any successor agency.
Any person, partnership or corporation which erects or contracts
to erect a building on property it owns, whether with the intent to
sell the building to some other party upon its full or partial completion,
or upon conveyance of property on which the building is to be built,
or with the intent to continue ownership of the property.
For the purpose of determining the number of lots in a subdivision
or land development, that part of a multiple-family dwelling, commercial,
industrial, or institutional establishment with sewage flows equal
to 400 gallons per day.
Any property within the municipality upon which there is
erected an improvement intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings and from which improvement sewage
shall or may be discharged by any means.
A system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving a single
lot and collecting and disposing of sewage in whole or in part into
the soil or into any waters of this commonwealth or by means of conveyance
to another site for final disposal.
A land development as identified in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended,
53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plot or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
The condition which occurs when an on-lot sewage disposal
system causes pollution to ground or surface waters, contamination
of private or public drinking water supplies, nuisance problems or
hazard to public health. Indications of malfunctioning systems include,
but are not limited to, foul odors, lush grass growing over the system,
backup of wastewater in the attached buildings, soggy ground over
the system, surfacing sewage effluent flowing over the ground and
occurring at any time of the year.
The management program shall encompass individual and community
on-lot sewage disposal systems which discharge into the soils of the
municipality. All systems shall be operated under the jurisdiction
of the municipal governing body and other applicable laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
A comprehensive plan for the provision of adequate sewage
disposal, adopted by the municipality and approved by DEP in accordance
with the Act and with applicable DEP regulations.
Any person, corporation, partnership, etc., holding deed/title
to lands within the municipality.
Any individual, association, public or private corporation,
whether for profit or not for profit, partnership, firm, trust, estate,
or other legally recognized entity. Whenever the term "person" is
used in connection with any clause providing for the imposition of
a fine or penalty or the ordering of action to comply with the terms
of this chapter, the term "person" shall include the members of an
association, partnership or firm and the officers of any public or
private corporation, whether for profit or not for profit.
A revision to, or exception to the revision of, the municipal
Official Plan submitted in connection with the request for approval
of a subdivision or land development in accordance with DEP regulations.
Any person, company, partnership or corporation which engages
in cleaning community or individual sewage systems and transports
the septage cleaned from these systems.
Form which shall be used by all permitted pumpers/haulers
to report each pumping of on-lot sewage disposal systems in the municipality.
Work done to modify, repair, enlarge, or replace an existing
on-lot sewage disposal system.
An area designated as the future location of an individual
on-lot sewage system that shall be installed should the initial individual
on-lot system installed or to be installed fail or otherwise become
inoperable and which shall meet all the regulations of the DEP and
all applicable municipal ordinances for an individual on-lot sewage
system and shall be protected from encroachment by an easement recorded
on the final plan as filed with the Centre County Recorder of Deeds.
The residual scum and sludge pumped from septic systems.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or any
noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical to the
public health, to animal or aquatic life, or to the use of water for
domestic water supply or for recreation.
A person appointed by the municipality to administer the
provisions of this chapter and authorized by DEP in accordance with
Chapter 72, "Administration of Sewage Facilities Program," of Title
25, "Rules and Regulations," to perform percolation tests, site and
soil evaluation, and issue sewage permits for on-lot disposal systems.
A system of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment and
disposal which will prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately
treated sewage or other waste into waters of this Commonwealth or
otherwise provide for the safe and sanitary treatment and disposal
of sewage or other waste.
The ownership of a lot by one or more persons, which ownership
is separate and distinct from that of any abutting or adjoining lot.
A subdivision as defined by the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended, 53 P.S.
§ 10101 et seq.
B.
All other definitions of words and terms used in this
chapter shall have the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 73, "Standards
for Sewage Disposal Facilities" of Title 25, "Rules and Regulations,"
Department of Environmental Protection.
From the effective date of this chapter, its
provisions shall apply to all persons owning any property in the municipality
serviced by an individual on-lot sewage disposal system or a community
on-lot sewage disposal system and to all persons installing such on-lot
sewage disposal systems.
