[Adopted 3-24-1980 by Ord. No. 79]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this
article shall be as follows:
Maidencreek Township Authority, a municipality authority
of the commonwealth.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any property 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.
Any improved property located within this Township and used
or intended for use, wholly or in part for the manufacturing, processing,
cleaning, laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article,
or any other improved property located within this Township, from
which wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage shall be
discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
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.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation, municipality, municipality authority or other
group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transmitting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Township and owned
by the Authority.
Include any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley,
public way or public square.
The Township of Maidencreek, Berks County, Pennsylvania,
a municipal subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through
its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
its authorized representatives.
A.
The owner of any improved property accessible to and
whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer system
shall connect such improved property with and shall use such sewer
system, in such manner as this Township may require, within 60 days
after notice to such owner from this Township to make such connection,
for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes from such improved property; subject, however, to such limitations
and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall
be established by this Township from time to time.
B.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer, shall be required under Subsection A, shall be conducted into a sewer; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township from time to time.
C.
D.
Privy vaults, cesspools, sinkholes, septic tanks and
similar receptacles prohibited.
(1)
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or shall be maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection A to be connected to a sewer.
(2)
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic
tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at
the discretion of this Township, shall be cleansed and shall be filled,
at the expense of the owner of such improved property, under the direction
and supervision of this Township; and any such privy vault, cesspool,
sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and,
if required by this Township, not cleansed and filled, shall constitute
a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated, as provided by law, at
the expense of the owner of such improved property.
E.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or
similar receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
F.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection A, shall consist of a copy of this article, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section hereof, and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 days after the date such notice is given or served. Such notice may be given or served at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and can convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be given or served upon the owner in accordance with law.
A.
No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall
make any opening into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb,
in any manner, any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first
obtaining a permit, in writing, from this Township.
B.
Application for a permit required under Subsection A shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
C.
No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have
fulfilled each of the following conditions:
(1)
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this
Township of the desire and intention to connect such improved property
to a sewer;
(2)
Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a permit as required by Subsection A;
(3)
Such person shall have given the Secretary of this
Township at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection
will be made so that this Township may supervise and inspect or may
cause to be supervised and inspected the work of connection and necessary
testing; and
(4)
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory
evidence to the Secretary of this Township that any tapping (or connection)
fee which may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the
owner of each improved property who connects such improved property
to a sewer has been paid.
D.
Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection D, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a Building Sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then only after special permission of this Township, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by this Township.
E.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building
sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer
to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to
be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless this
Township and the Authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned,
directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building
sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
F.
Point of connection.
(1)
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at
the place designated by this Township or by the Authority and where,
if applicable, the lateral is provided.
(2)
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection
shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the
sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a
building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
G.
If the owner of any improved property located within this Township and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer system, after 60 days' notice from this Township, in accordance with § 170-2A, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Township may enter upon such improved property and construct such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof in the manner permitted by law.
A.
Where an improved property, at the time connection
to sewer is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system
or sewage disposal device, the existing house sewer line shall be
broken on the structure side of such sewage disposal system or sewage
disposal device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings,
to continue such house sewer line as a building sewer.
B.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been
inspected and approved by this Township. If any part of a building
sewer is covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall
be uncovered for inspection, at the cost and expense of the owner
of the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
C.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall
be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner
of such improved property.
D.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded
adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons from
damage and injury. Any street, sidewalk and other public property
disturbed in the course of installation of a building sewer shall
be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved
property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Township.
E.
If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt
of a notice of this Township or the Authority in writing, to remedy
any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building sewer within
60 days of receipt of such notice, this Township or the Authority
may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Township
and the Authority.
F.
This Township reserves the right to adopt, from time
to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary
and proper relating to connections with a sewer and with the sewer
system, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate,
shall be and shall be construed as part of this article.
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.
