[Adopted 5-19-1999 by Ord. No. 171; amended
in its entirety 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 284]
Only normal "sewage" as defined in this chapter[1] shall be discharged into any Township sanitary sewer system.
The following shall not be discharged into the system:
A.
Industrial waste.
B.
Automobile oil and other nondomestic oil.
C.
Toxic or hazardous substances or chemicals, including
but not limited to pesticides, disinfectants (excluding household
cleaners), acids, paints, paint thinners, herbicides, gasoline and
other solvents.
D.
Clean surface water or groundwater, including water
from the roof or cellar drains, springs, basements sump pumps and
French drains.
E.
Tank waste and waste from portable restrooms (Porta-Potties).
F.
No commercial connection shall discharge waste which exceed the characteristics
of typical residential wastewater as defined below:
|
Sewage Component
|
Concentration
(mg/l)
|
|---|---|
|
BOD-5
|
250
|
|
Suspended solids
|
250
|
|
Total phosphorus
|
10
|
|
Ammonia (NH3)
|
20
|
Violations and penalties. Any person, partnership or corporation,
including but not limited to the owner, general agent, contractor,
lessee or tenant, who or which shall violate or permit a violation
of any provision of this chapter or any other person who commits or
takes part or assists in any such violation shall be liable for a
judgment of not more than $500 per violation, plus all court costs,
including reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Township as a
result thereof in a civil enforcement proceeding initiated by a Township
official on behalf of the Township before a District Justice. Each
day that a violation is continued after notice thereof shall constitute
a separate offense, unless the District Justice determining that there
has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith
basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating this chapter
to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event
there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the
fifth day following the date of the determination of the violation
by the District Justice, and thereafter, each day that a violation
continues shall constitute a separate violation. Nothing contained
in this section shall limit or restrict the power and authority of
the Township to pursue remedies for violation of this chapter in civil
proceedings before the Court of Common Pleas.
