Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this
article shall be as follows:
APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
A program administered by the City, the Authority, or another
publicly owned treatment works for the pretreatment of industrial
wastes which has been approved by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 224]
AUTHORITY
Suburban Lancaster Sewer Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
CITY
The City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, a Pennsylvania municipal
corporation.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 224]
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within this 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
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property located in this Township used wholly
or in part for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering
or assembly of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved
property located in this Township from which wastes, in addition to
or other than sanitary sewage, are discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline 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.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
transporting, pumping and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes, owned, maintained and operated by or in behalf of the Authority.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewage collection
system used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of West Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate
cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
[Amended 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. 188; 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 224]
A. Any person
who commits, takes part in, or assists in a violation of this article
commits a summary offense and upon conviction therefor shall be subject
to a fine of $1,000 for a violation of any approved pretreatment program
and of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 for any other violation,
together with costs of prosecution. Each day or a portion thereof
in which a violation exists shall be considered a separate violation
of this article, and each regulation of this article which is violated
shall be considered a separate violation. In default of payment of
any fine and costs, such person shall be liable to imprisonment for
a period not exceeding 30 days. The amount of any fine imposed by
a magisterial district judge or a court shall be in addition to any
other fine or penalty which may be imposed under any other ordinance
of this Township or under any statute including, but not limited to,
the Publicly Owned Treatment Works Penalty Law, 35 P.S. § 752.1
et seq.
B. In addition to or in lieu of the penalties provided in Subsection
A, any violations of this article may be abated or enforced by proceedings seeking equitable relief against the violator.
It is declared that enactment of this article
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of inhabitants of this Township.