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.