The purpose of this article is to establish
procedures for the installation, use and maintenance of sewage grinder
pumps and any associated force mains or low-pressure laterals. It
is hereby 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 Worcester Township.
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this article shall
be as follows:
ACT 537 PLAN
Worcester Township's Official Plan as defined in the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535 (1965),
No. 537, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1-750.20a ("Sewage
Facilities Act" or "Act 537").
DEPARTMENT
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
GRINDER PUMP
Any electric-motor-driven, submersible, centrifugal pump
capable of macerating all material found in normal domestic sanitary
sewage, including reasonable amounts of objects such as plastics,
sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, rubber and the like, to a fine
slurry, and pumping this material through a small diameter discharge.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within Worcester 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.
OFFICIAL PLAN REVISION
A change in Worcester Township's Act 537 Plan to provide
for additional or newly identified future or existing sewage facilities
needs, as defined fully in Section I of the Sewage Facilities Act,
35 P.S. § 750.1.
PROPERTY OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in Worcester Township.
SEWAGE
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 or any substance
which constitutes pollution under the Clean Stream Law, 35 P.S. §§ 691.1
through 691.1001, as amended.
TOWNSHIP
Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
The connection of existing properties or proposed
new land development to an existing or proposed sewerage system through
the use of sewage grinder pumps, their associated force mains, or
low-pressure laterals shall occur only after an official plan revision
to the Township's Act 537 Plan, approved by both the Township and
Department, designates that the proposed properties be served by such
a connection.
Any person who violates any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof by summary proceedings, be sentenced as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty. A new and separate offense shall be deemed to be committed for each day that such violation exists.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, any violation of §§
122-59 and
122-60 of this article shall constitute a nuisance and shall be abated by the Township by either seeking mitigation of the nuisance or appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.