[Adopted 1-3-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
No person or business entity shall, without the express prior written consent of the Township:
A. 
Open, remove or tamper with any manhole cover of the sanitary sewer system of the Township; or
B. 
Deposit, dump or dispose of any substance, matter or waste whatsoever into any manhole or illegal or unpermitted connection of the sanitary sewer system of the Township.
[Amended 10-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-09]
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 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 chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. Any appointed official of the Township is authorized to bring and prosecute necessary proceedings therefor.
Any person or business entity violating the provisions of this article, in addition to any fines or penalties imposed, shall be liable in civil proceedings for all damages sustained by Township including, but not limited to, costs of clean up, additional sewer plant costs and costs of administration and enforcement.
The remedies provided for herein shall not be exclusive but Township shall have all rights and remedies provided for by law and the election of any remedy or remedies shall not preclude resort by Township to any other or others and nothing herein shall preclude action by any other governmental unit or agency for any act of such person or business entity.