[Adopted 6-14-1977 by Ord. No. 2-1977]
There shall be and hereby is established a department
of the Township to be known as the "Sewer Department," which shall
be under the general direction and supervision of the Township Manager
and which shall be headed by a person appointed by the Board of Supervisors
who may, but need not, be the Township Manager or the Plumbing Inspector,
who shall be known as the "Sewer Department Manager." The Board of
Supervisors may also appoint from time to time such assistant plumbing
inspectors as the Board deems appropriate.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
require, authorize or prohibit connection to the sanitary sewer system
owned and/or operated by the Township of Willistown, except as specifically
set forth herein, and this article shall not be deemed to be inconsistent
with, repeal or amend any other ordinance or resolution of Willistown
Township requiring, authorizing or prohibiting connection to said
system, but this article shall set forth the exclusive method and
manner for the making of such connections as otherwise authorized
or required.
It is the objective and intent of this article
to assure that certain minimum requirements for construction of sanitary
building sewers are met. The primary objective of these minimum requirements
is to assure the safe, efficient and reliable conveyance of building
sewage to the Township's sanitary sewage collection system. It is
the objective and intent of this article to establish a performance
standard in conjunction with the minimum requirements specifically
stated so as to allow individual property owners the greatest flexibility
possible in achieving a sanitary building sewer installation meeting
the objectives stated herein, the Board of Supervisors being aware
that the majority of buildings to be connected to the Willistown Township's
sanitary sewage system are existing buildings which have been through
various stages of construction, expansion, revision and improvement.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The system of soil and waste pipes located within a building
which receives sewage from within that building with the intention
to collect and eventually convey the same to the Township's sanitary
sewer system.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity certified and
approved by the Township to carry on or work at the business of plumbing
in accordance with applicable ordinances of Willistown Township.
The lowest part of a building sanitary drainage system.
That portion of the sanitary drainage system of a residential,
commercial or industrial building which cannot drain to the Township
sanitary sewer system by gravity, which extends from a pumping unit
in or adjacent to the building to a lateral section, which section
begins at a point outside of the sewer or street right-of-way and
which connects to the Township sanitary sewer system and which flows
into the Township sanitary sewer system by gravity.
[Added 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 4-1979]
In a system which drains entirely by gravity into the Township
sanitary sewer system, that portion of the sanitary drainage system
of a building, whether residential, commercial or industrial, which
extends from the terminus of the sanitary building drain and conveys
sewage to the Township sanitary sewer system. In a system which utilizes
a sanitary building force main, the sanitary building sewer shall
be that portion of the sanitary drainage system of a building, whether
residential, commercial or industrial, which extends from the terminus
of the sanitary building force main, being the point from which sewage
will flow entirely by gravity into the Township sanitary sewer system,
and conveys sewage to the Township sanitary sewer system.
[Amended 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 4-1979]
The Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) Basic
Plumbing Code, 1970.
The sewage system operated and maintained by Willistown Township
for the purpose of collection, conveyance and/or treatment of sanitary
sewage.
A.
No sanitary building sewer shall be connected to the
Township sanitary sewer system unless and until it is constructed
in compliance with this article, the regulations promulgated hereunder,
the Township Plumbing Code and all other applicable rules and regulations
of the Township and of the Willistown Township Municipal Authority.
B.
A permit shall be required for the construction and
installation of each sanitary building sewer and each sanitary building
force main.
[Amended 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 4-1979]
C.
Application for permit shall be made on forms supplied
by the Township and shall set forth the name and address of the property
owner, type of building (e.g., single-family residence, multiple dwelling,
commercial or industrial), estimated rate of flow during daily peak
usage periods (in gallons per minute), estimated total daily flow
(in gallons), the name and address of the contractor who is to perform
the work and such other information as the Sewer Department shall
require.
D.
A drawing shall accompany each permit showing in plan
view and otherwise indicating the location and elevation of the invert
of the sanitary building drain terminus, the location and elevation
of the invert of the Township sanitary sewer lateral or collection
line, the size, route and grade of the sewer pipe and the location
of all proposed fittings. Invert elevations may be given to any convenient
permanent reference, which reference shall be indicated on the drawings.
E.
An application for a permit to construct a sanitary
building force main must be signed by a master plumber, registered
with the Township in accordance with Willistown Township Ordinance
No. 5-1974,[1] and must be accompanied by design calculations and drawings
of the force main, which calculations and drawings must bear the seal
and signature of an engineer registered in Pennsylvania.
[Amended 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 4-1979]
F.
If there are any changes whatsoever made during construction
of the sanitary building sewer, the contractor shall, before requesting
approval of the sanitary building sewer, submit a revised plan showing
changes in configuration or location of the sanitary building sewer
and its appurtenances from the configuration and/or location shown
on the original plans submitted with the application for permit.
G.
Each application for permit shall be accompanied by
the fee required for the type of permit requested, which for a single-family
dwelling shall be $150 and which for a multiple-family dwelling of
more than five units shall be $50 for each apartment or other dwelling
unit within the multiple dwelling, and which for any commercial establishment,
industrial establishment or for any other installation not otherwise
specifically covered shall be $250.
[Amended 5-13-1980 by Ord. No. 2-1980]
H.
No connection shall be made to the Township's sanitary
sewer system until the sanitary building sewer has been inspected
and approved, in writing, by the Plumbing Inspector or an authorized
Assistant Plumbing Inspector.
A.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
article or the regulations promulgated hereunder, the terminus of
the sanitary building drain shall extend a minimum of five feet beyond
the outermost point of the foundation walls of the building.
B.
The owner of any property shall be responsible for
maintenance, repair and/or replacement of the sanitary building sewer,
sanitary building drain and building sanitary drainage system serving
that property.
C.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein,
the Township's responsibility shall end at the terminus of the lateral
stub to each property, installed in conjunction with the Township's
sanitary sewer system, the location of which lateral stubs are recorded
at the Township Building.
D.
Where no lateral stub was installed in conjunction
with the Township's sanitary sewer system and a sewage collection
line is required to be tapped in order to make a connection, the person,
firm, corporation or other entity owning the property will be responsible
for maintenance, repair or replacement of the entire sanitary building
sewer, including the collection line tap, for a period of one year
after the installation has been approved and connected. At the end
of that one-year period, the Township will assume responsibility for
that portion of the sanitary building sewer extending from the collection
line of the Township's sanitary sewer system to the property line,
the sewer line easement or the running trap and vent, whichever is
the shortest run of pipe.
[Amended 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 4-1979]
No sanitary building drain nor sanitary building
sewer nor sanitary building force main shall be constructed, nor any
connection whatsoever made to the Township's sanitary sewer system,
except in accordance with the regulations promulgated hereunder or
as hereafter amended, which shall be known as "Sewer Department Regulations."
Attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, as fully as
though set forth at length, are the initial regulations which shall
be and hereby are adopted as the initial regulations pursuant to this
article.[1] The Board of Supervisors may at any time and from time
to time hereafter amend or alter such regulations by regular action
of the Board.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Willistown Township Sewer
Department Regulations are on file in the Township offices.
A.
It shall be the sole responsibility of the owner and/or
the owner's contractor to obtain all necessary permits required for
work within rights-of-way of state or Township roads.
B.
It shall be the sole responsibility of the owner and/or
the owner's contractor to familiarize himself or herself with and
abide by the provisions and regulations of the statutes of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania which, among other provisions and regulations, requires
the notification of owners of all underground plants in an area prior
to blasting or excavating with powered equipment in that area.
C.
It shall be the sole responsibility of the owner and/or
the owner's contractor to familiarize himself or herself with and
abide by the provisions and regulations set forth under the Williams-Stieger
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 during all stages of construction
and testing of sanitary building sewers.
[Amended 6-10-1986 by Ord. No. 5-1986]
Any violation of any provision of this article
or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be punishable as a violation
of a Township ordinance and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
$300 and costs for each violation or, in default of the payment of
the fine and costs imposed, by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days,
in the discretion of the Justice before whom the conviction is obtained.
For any violation which continues over a period of time, each separate
twenty-four-hour period during which such violation continues shall
be a separate offense.
