[Adopted 2-19-2002 by Ord. No. OO-02-2]
The following terms shall have the meanings
as set forth herein:
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
Any property located within Kilbuck Township 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
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any improved property located in Kilbuck Township used wholly
or in part for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering
or assembly of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved
property located in this Township from which waste, in addition to
or other than sanitary sewage, are discharged.
Any and all waste discharged from an industrial establishment
other than sanitary sewage.
A sewer which does not receive sewage from any other common
sewer.
The Ohio Township Sanitary Authority, a Pennsylvania municipal
authority, the Authority's heirs, successors and assigns.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes, owned, maintained and operated by or on behalf
of OTSA and/or Kilbuck Township, its heirs, successors and assigns.
Any pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The Township of Kilbuck, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,
acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate
cases, by and through its authorized agents and/or representatives.
A.
Connections. The owner of any improved property located
in Kilbuck Township accessible to and whose principal building is
within 250 feet from the sewage collection system shall connect such
improved property to the sewage collection system in such manner,
and pursuant to such regulations, as this Township may require, within
90 days after notice to such owner from this Township or its agents
to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property, subject
to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein
or otherwise shall be established by this Township or its agents from
time to time.
B.
Conduction of wastes. All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under Subsection A, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township or its agents from time to time.
C.
D.
Prohibited receptacles.
(1)
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection A to be connected to a sewer.
(2)
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic
tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at
the discretion of this Township, shall be cleansed and filled under
the direction and supervision of this Township; and any such privy
vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so
abandoned and, if required by this Township, cleansed and filled,
shall constitute a nuisance and such nuisance may be abated as provided
by law, at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
(3)
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or
similar receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
E.
Notice to connect. Written notice shall be provided by Kilbuck Township or its agents to the owner of any improved property to make a connection to a sewer as referred to in Subsection A or this provision. The document submitted as notice shall specify that the connection shall be made within 90 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial waste for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail.
F.
Remedies to Kilbuck Township or its agents. In the
event that any owner of improved property within Kilbuck Township
shall neglect or refuse to connect with said sewage collection system,
for a period of 90 days after notice to do so has been served upon
him or her by the Township, the Township or its agents may enter upon
such property and construct such connection. In such case, the Township
or its agents shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an
itemized bill of the cost(s) of the construction of such connection
to the owner of the improved property to which connection has been
made, which bill shall be payable forthwith, or the Township or its
agents may authorize the payment of the cost of construction of the
connection(s) in equal monthly installments, to bear interest at a
rate not exceeding 7% per annum.
G.
Cost of connection; where payable.
(1)
The cost of construction of connections as outlined
in this section shall be payable at the office designated by the Township
or its agents.
(2)
In case of default in the payment of any installment
and interest for a period of 60 days after same shall have become
due, the entire cost of construction of connection and accrued interest
shall become due, and the Township Solicitor, or that person designated
by the Township or its agents, shall proceed to collect the same under
the general laws relating to the collection of municipal claims.
(3)
In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such
improved property to pay said bill, or in case of installment payment,
it shall be the duty of the Township or its agents to file municipal
liens for said construction within six months of the date of completion
of the construction of such connection, the same to be subject in
all respects to the general law providing for the filing and recovery
of municipal liens.
Except as otherwise provided in this section
each improved property shall be connected separately and independently
with a sewer through a building sewer. A grouping of more than one
improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except
under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or for other
good cause shown, and then only after special permission of this Township
or its agents, in writing, shall have been secured.
A.
Costs. All costs and expenses of construction and
connection of a building sewer to sewer shall be borne by the owner
of the improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify
and save harmless this Township or its agents from all loss or damage
that may be occasioned directly or indirectly as a result of construction
of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
B.
Point of connection. A building sewer shall be connected
to a sewer at the place designated by the Township or its agents and
where the lateral is provided. The invert of a building sewer at the
point of connection shall be at the same or at a higher elevation
than the invert of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made in
the connection of a building sewer to the lateral and shall be made
secure and watertight.
A.
The rules and regulations promulgated by the Township
or its agents, with respect to excavation, construction, inspection,
the placement of lateral(s), the connection of any lateral(s) to any
sewer, and maintenance of any sewer, shall be controlling. The Township
or its agents reserve the right to amend existing rules and regulations,
as shall be deemed necessary and proper, relating to connection to
a sewer, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate,
shall be construed as part of this section.
B.
Failure to remedy. If any person shall fail or refuse
upon receipt of notice of this Township or its agents, in writing,
to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building
sewer, within 90 days of receipt of such notice, this Township or
its agents may refuse to permit such person to discharge any sanitary
sewage and industrial waste into the sewage system until such unsatisfactory
conditions have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Township
or its agents.
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, plus costs of
prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days. Each day or portion
thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue
shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article
that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
Connection, engineering, and inspection fees
shall be established by the Township or its agents and may be modified
from time to time by the Township or its agents.
