[Adopted 9-30-1991 as Ord. No. 317]
The purpose of this Part 3 is to establish procedures
for the use and maintenance of existing and new holding tanks designed
to receive and retain sewage, whether from residential or commercial
uses, and it is hereby declared that the enactment of this Part 3
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this municipality.
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Part 3 shall
be as follows:
The Patterson Township Board of Commissioners of Beaver County,
Pennsylvania.
A watertight receptacle, whether permanent or temporary,
which receives and retains sewage conveyed by a waste-carrying system
and is designed and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal
of the sewage at another site.
Any property within the 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 sewage
shall or may be discharged.
Patterson Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the Township.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation
or other group or entity.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals,
and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical
to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use
of water for domestic water supply or for recreation.
The Board is hereby authorized and empowered
to undertake within the Township the control and methods of holding
tank use, sewage disposal and sewage collection and transportation
thereof.
A.
The Board is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt
such rules and regulations concerning sewage which it may deem necessary
from time to time to effect the purposes herein.
B.
All such rules and regulations adopted by the Board
shall be in conformity with the provisions herein, all other ordinances
of the Township and all applicable laws and applicable rules and regulations
of administrative agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Board shall have the right and power to
fix, alter, charge and collect rates, assessments and other charges
in the area served by its facilities at reasonable and uniform rates
as authorized by applicable law.
A.
The collection and transportation of all sewage from
any improved property utilizing a holding tank shall be done solely
by or under the direction and control of the Board, and the disposal
thereof shall be made only at such site or sites as may be approved
by the Department of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
B.
The Board will receive, review and retain pumping
receipts from permitted holding tanks.
C.
The Board will complete and retain annual inspection
reports for each permitted tank.
The owner of an improved property that utilizes
a holding tank shall:
A.
Maintain the holding tank in conformance with this
or any ordinance of this Township, the provisions of any applicable
law and the rules and regulations of the Board and any administrative
agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.
Permit only the Board or its agent to inspect holding
tanks on an annual basis.
C.
Permit only the Board or its agent to collect, transport
and dispose of the contents therein.
[Amended 2-8-1996 by Ord. No. 348]
Any person who violates any provisions of § 158-76 shall, upon conviction thereof by summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 plus the cost of prosecution and, in default of said fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period not in excess of 30 days.
