[Adopted 8-22-2001 by Ord. No. 83]
Every owner of property in Mount Pleasant Township whose property is adjacent and adjoining to a sanitary sewer line owned by Mount Pleasant Township shall connect with and use, at the property owner's own cost, any building or other structures located on said property within 150 feet of said sanitary sewers with said sanitary sewers for the purpose of disposing of all sanitary sewage as customarily disposed of in a system of sanitary sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any property, who is required to connect to the sanitary sewer system to the Township to employ any means, either by septic tank or otherwise, for the disposal of sanitary sewage other than in and through the sanitary sewers of the Township.
Where any building or structure is now or hereafter may be connected to any septic tank or using any method by which sanitary sewage is disposed of or eliminated other than through the sanitary system of the Township, it shall be the duty of the Township Secretary/Treasurer, or other duly authorized person, to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such building or structure in writing, either by personal service or certified mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connections for the discharge and disposal of sanitary sewage through the sanitary sewer system of the Township as hereinafter provided, within 60 days after receipt of such notice.
In the case of any owner of property required to connect to such sanitary sewer system who neglects or refuses to connect with and use said sanitary sewers for such period of 60 days after notice to do so has been served upon him by either personal service or certified mail as aforesaid, Township or its authorized agent may enter upon such property and construct such connection. In such case, the Township Secretary/Treasurer or other authorized person on behalf of the Township shall forthwith upon completion of the connection send an itemized bill for the cost of construction to the owner of the property to which the connection has been made and that bill shall be immediately payable. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner to pay said bill a municipal claim for said construction and collection costs shall be filed within six months of the date of completion of the connection, the same to be subject in all respects to the general law providing for the filing and recovery of municipal claims.
Any person required to connect with the Township's sanitary sewer system shall make application to the Township for a tapping permit on forms furnished by the Township and shall set forth in said application the character of the building or structure and use, the lot number, parcel number, location and the name of the person who is to make the connection.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or similar receptacle for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter, be connected with the Township's sanitary sewer system.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or similar receptacle for human excrement shall now or hereafter be maintained upon any property from which connection with the Township's sanitary sewer shall have been made. Every such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other receptacle shall, within 30 says after final enactment of this article in the case of property now connected with a sanitary sewer, and within 30 days after connection with a sanitary sewer, in the case of property hereafter so connected, be abandoned, cleansed and filled under the direction and supervision of the Township or its agent. Any such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other receptacle not abandoned, cleansed and filled as required by this article shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated on order of the Board of Supervisors of the Township as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of the property.
The construction of all private sanitary sewers or laterals and their connections with any Township sanitary sewer lines shall be done in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Township and shall be inspected by the Township Engineer or other authorized person.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.