[Adopted 3-29-1973 by Res. No. 1973-16]
[Amended 1-24-1994 by Ord. No. 49]
The fees for permits, inspections and tests
shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Supervisors.
[Adopted 6-8-1987 as Ord. No. 35]
It is declared that the enactment of this article
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this Township.
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this article shall
be as follows:
AUTHORITY
The Gettysburg Municipal Authority, a municipal authority
incorporated under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Straban or, in
appropriate cases, its authorized representatives.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system and used or intended for
use in the operation of one business enterprise for the sale and distribution
of any product, commodity, article or service.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer, building or other
enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewer system and
occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by
a family or other group of persons living together or by a person
living alone.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property 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 sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system and used or intended for
use, in whole or in part, in the operation of one business enterprise
for manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling
of any product, commodity or article or from which any process waste,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment
other than sanitary sewage.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system which does not constitute
a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the property line,
or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean
that portion of or place in a sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
MULTIPLE UNIT
Any improved property in which there is located more than
one dwelling unit, commercial establishment, industrial establishment
or institutional establishment or any combination thereof.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, trust, association,
society, corporation, school district, municipality, municipal authority
or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
any improved property.
SEWER
Any pipe, main or conduit constituting a part of the sewer
system and used or usable for collection and transportation of sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes, which system is to be acquired or is to be constructed
or is constructed and owned by the Gettysburg Municipal Authority.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Straban, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
[Amended 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. 43; 2-18-2003 by Ord. No.
2003-02]
A. Sewer rentals and/or charges shall be imposed upon
properties connected to the sewer system in accordance with the classifications
and rates as adopted by the Authority from time to time pursuant to
the Municipality Authorities Act, as amended.
B. Residential flat fee. Residential properties connected
to the sewer system that do not have metered water provided by the
Authority, or which are not otherwise metered in a manner approved
by the Authority, shall be charged a flat fee for sewer service as
provided by the fee schedule adopted by the Authority from time to
time pursuant to the Municipality Authorities Act, as amended.
C. All commercial, institutional and industrial establishments
must have the water supply metered no matter what the source or sources
of water may be. If the establishment is not a water customer of the
Authority, it must use a water meter or meters approved by the Authority,
and installed and maintained in accord with Authority regulations
and/or policies. All costs associated with the purchase, installation,
repair and maintenance of such meter or meters shall be paid by the
establishment.
Any person who shall violate this article shall
be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $300,
together with the costs of prosecution in each case. Each day that
a violation shall continue shall be deemed to be a separate offense
and shall be punishable as such.