[Adopted 6-10-1985 (Art. 923 of
the 1985 Code of Ordinances); amended in its entirety 11-10-1997 by Ord. No. 97-13]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall
be as follows:
Lower Allen Township Authority, a Pennsylvania municipal
authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the sewer system.
Any property located within the Township upon which there
is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings and from which structure sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be discharged.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure used
or intended for use, in whole, or in part, in the operation of one
business enterprise for manufacturing, fabricating, processing, cleaning,
laundering or assembling any product, commodity or article or from
which process waste, as distinct from sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping in the course of any industrial,
manufacturing, trade or business process or in the course of the development,
recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
That portion of or place in a sewer which is provided for
connection of any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating or disposing of sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes to be owned by the Authority.
The Township of Lower Allen, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
a municipality, acting by and through its Board of Commissioners or,
in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
[Amended 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-10; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Every improved property in the Township within
200 feet from the principal building to the center line of the sewer
main shall be connected with such sewer in such manner as the Authority
or Township may order within 60 days after notice to the owner from
the Authority or Township to make the connection for the purpose of
the discharge of all sanitary sewage or industrial waste from such
premises. All such sewage, after such connection, shall be conducted
into such sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall
be established herein or otherwise by the Authority or Township from
time to time. Every such property shall be connected separately and
independently with the sewer through the lateral connection directly
opposite the structure or nearest to it in a downstream direction.
Grouping of buildings or townhouses upon one building sewer shall
not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good
sanitary reasons with special permission granted by the Authority
or Township.
If the owner of any property, after 60 days'
notice from the Township or Authority to make connection of such property
with a sewer, fails to make such connection, the Township or Authority
may make the connection and may collect the cost thereof, together
with the sewer connection fee as herein set forth if the same has
not been paid, from such owner by a municipal claim or in an action
of assumpsit, as provided by law.
No person shall make or cause to be made any
connection of his property with any sewer until he has fulfilled all
of the following conditions:
A.
He shall notify the Authority Manager of his desire
and intention to make such connection.
B.
He shall pay a sewer connection fee as hereinafter
set forth, which shall be payable to the Authority.
C.
He shall apply for and obtain a permit to make such
connection.
D.
He shall give the Authority Manager at least 24 hours'
notice of the time when such connection shall be made, in order that
the Authority, by its authorized agent, can supervise the work of
connection.
[Amended 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-10]
All sewer connections shall be made at the place
where the lateral or service connection in the sewer is provided.
All joints shall be sealed and made airtight and shall be made smooth
and clean inside so as to provide free flow of sewage matter without
any obstructions. All work pertaining to the connection with the sewer
shall be financially and otherwise the responsibility of the owner
of the property with which connection is made, subject to the right
of supervision hereby reserved by the Authority or Township. The owner
of every property connected to the sanitary sewer system shall be
responsible for the maintenance and repair of the building sewer and
lateral serving his property from the footer wall to the junction
with the sewer main.
[Amended 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-10]
No person shall connect or cause to be connected
with any of the sewers, directly or indirectly, any roof, groundwater
or surface water, steam exhaust, floor drains, boiler blowoff, sediment
drip or any pipe carrying or constructed to carry hot water or acid,
germicide, grease, brewery mash, gasoline, naphtha, benzene, oil or
any other substance detrimental to the sewers or to the operation
of the sewer system.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank
or similar receptacle for human excrement shall at any time be connected
with any of the sewers.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank
or similar receptacle for human excrement shall hereafter be used
or maintained upon any premises from which connection with any of
the sewer has been made. Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole,
septic tank, or other receptacle shall be abandoned, cleansed, and
filled under the direction and supervision of the Authority or Township.
Any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or other receptacle
not abandoned, cleansed and filled as required by this section shall
constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated as provided
by law, at the expense of the owner of such property.
[Amended 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-10]
A.
All owners of improved property who may hereafter
connect with a sewer and have the use of the sewer system shall pay
such fees as shall be established by resolution of the Authority from
time to time.
B.
Fees and regulations for connecting, repairing or
disconnecting a sewer not itemized herein shall be decided upon and
fixed by the Authority at the time of application.
To prevent discharges to the sewer system deemed
harmful in any respect, the Authority or Township may refuse any request
for permission to connect to the sewer system. The Authority or Township
likewise may compel discontinuance of the use of any sewer or may
compel the pretreatment of industrial wastes by any industry where
required to prevent discharge to the sewer system deemed that is harmful
in any respect. Such discontinuance or pretreatment shall at all times
be subject to such ordinances enacted to the Authority relating thereto
or to such rules and regulations relating thereto as shall be adopted
by resolution or order of the Authority, and failure to observe and
comply with such rules and regulations shall be a violation of this
article.
Notwithstanding any of the terms of this article,
connection to and use of the sewer system shall at all times be subject
to such ordinances enacted by the Authority relating thereto or to
such rules and regulations relating thereto as shall be adopted by
resolution or order of the Authority, and failure to observe such
rules and regulations shall be a violation of this article.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates the provisions of this
article or any rule, regulation, order or permit issued hereinafter
or included herein shall be fined not more than $600 for each offense,
and costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment thereof shall
be imprisoned for not more than 30 days. Each day on which a violation
shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement,
representation or certification in any application, record, report,
statement, sample, plan or other document filed or required to be
maintained pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by resolution
or order of Lower Allen Township Authority or a wastewater contribution
permit or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate
any monitoring device or method required by rules and regulations
adopted by resolution or order of Lower Allen Township Authority will
be prosecuted to the extent permitted by law under the Crimes Code,
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
