A.
Preliminary plan review.
(1)
Preliminary plan submission for sewer extensions or additions shall
be made after receipt of the letter from the Authority indicating
that adequate capacity is then available and after the capacity is
either reserved or purchased for that phase of the project. The plans
shall be accompanied by the following: payment of the review escrow
specified in Appendix BA. The review escrow will be used by the Authority
for reimbursement of review and administration costs.
[Amended 10-22-2015 by Res. No. 15-10-003]
(2)
The Authority and the Authority Engineer will review
the preliminary plans and specifications and provide written comments
to the developer's engineer. Each resubmittal required prior to approval
of the preliminary plans shall contain two sets of plans and specifications.
(3)
Application for construction permit; preliminary plan
submission (Appendix SD). Preliminary plan submissions for sewer system
extensions or additions shall be made after receipt of the letter
from the Authority indicating adequate capacity. The plans shall be
accompanied by the following:
(a)
Two sets of preliminary sewer system plans and
specifications prepared in accordance with the requirements of these
Rules and Regulations. If the preliminary plans do not include the
entire development, an overall sewer system and utility plan shall
be included for the entire development. In the case of submissions
which are clearly incomplete or which are significantly nonresponsive
to the Authority's standards for system additions and extensions,
the Authority will reject the proposed submission without extensive
review, pending the receipt of plans which reasonably address the
Authority's requirements. It shall not be the Authority's responsibility
to design such extensions or additions.
(b)
Payment of the required review escrow based
on the Authority's capacity letter. The review escrow will be used
by the Authority for reimbursement of review and administration costs.
B.
Preliminary plan requirements. The Authority has adopted
the following requirements for submission of all drawings:
(1)
Drawing scales: horizontal scale of one inch equals
50 feet and a vertical scale of one inch equals 10 feet.
(2)
Drawing sheet size: 24 inches by 36 inches.
(3)
Each sheet shall show plan view at the top and its
corresponding profile below.
(4)
All utility plans indicating proposed lot locations
shall indicate lot numbers, street addresses, and adjoining property
owner's name(s), if known.
(5)
All utility plans shall display the North arrow (preferably
pointing up).
(6)
All utility plans and profiles shall indicate existing
and proposed sanitary sewer locations, including all manholes, as
well as all proposed and existing gas mains, water mains, storm sewers,
electric conduits, and any other underground utilities.
(7)
All utility profiles shall numerically indicate slopes,
pipe sizes, manhole rim and pipe invert elevations, distances between
manholes, manhole numbers, and piping materials proposed along the
utility line.
(8)
All utility plan views shall indicate direction of flow using flow
arrows and manhole numbers. Manhole numbers shall be assigned using
the following format: up to a four-letter prefix indicated by the
name of the development, followed by a dash, followed by the manhole
number. Manholes shall be numbered starting at 1, consecutively increasing
from the lowest to highest. In order to avoid the duplication of prefixes
within its system, LASA will assign prefixes based upon the name of
each development. Contact LASA's engineer to request a new manhole
prefix.
[Amended 10-22-2015 by Res. No. 15-10-003]
(9)
All utility plans shall indicate existing and new
rights-of-way.
(10)
All utility plans shall indicate lands to be
dedicated to the Authority.
(11)
All plans shall include the following statement:
NOTE: Sanitary sewer lines shall be designed and constructed in accordance
with the Lancaster Area Sewer Authority's "Specifications for Additions
and Extensions to the sewer system."
(12)
All plans shall be signed and sealed by a professional engineer,
registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shall be dated, and
shall include all revision dates.
[Amended 10-22-2015 by Res. No. 15-10-003]
(13)
All plans shall include an overall utility plan
sheet containing the following information:
(a)
Key map and relative location of the proposed
facilities within the affected municipality.
(b)
Lot numbers.
(c)
North arrow.
(d)
Sanitary sewer utility.
(e)
Manhole numbers.
(f)
Sanitary sewer flow arrows.
(g)
Pipe sizes and materials.
(h)
Storm sewer pipes and structures.
(i)
Water mains.
(j)
Fire hydrants.
(k)
Gas mains.
(l)
Electric lines (overhead and underground).
(m)
Telephone lines (overhead and underground).
(n)
Cable TV lines (overhead and underground).
(o)
Existing and new utility rights-of-way.
(14)
The overall utility plan sheet will not be subject
to the previously stated horizontal scale.
(15)
The overall utility plan shall be independent
of the soil erosion and control plan.
(16)
Detail sheet(s) shall be provided for the proposed
sewer facilities. Details shall be sufficient for construction of
the facilities and should include the applicable details from Appendix
SB of these Rules and Regulations.
Upon approval of the preliminary plans, the
Authority will issue a letter indicating special conditions that must
be met, and specific documentation, information, agreements and fees
which must be submitted by the developer to gain final approval. The
items required may include, but not necessarily be limited to, the
following:
A.
Two copies of a completed application for construction
of sewerage facilities.
B.
Required fees.
C.
Written approval from the Lancaster County Conservation
District for the erosion and sedimentation control plan for the project.
D.
Written approvals from PA DEP, as required, for stream
crossing permits, sewer extension permits, water quality management
permits, and planning modules.
E.
Documentation that proper notification has been given
to Lancaster County and the municipality(ies) where the project is
located, in accordance with Act 14 (71 P.S. § 510-5).
F.
Plats and descriptions for all rights-of-way required
for the project. These plats and descriptions will be used by LASA's
Solicitor in preparing right-of-way agreements (Appendix SE).
G.
Completed agreement for construction of the facilities
including applicable submittals, escrow fees, and financial security.
H.
Completed pretreatment agreement (for commercial and
industrial applicant's as required). [Appendix SG]
I.
Completed indemnification agreement (Appendix SH).
J.
The name of the developer's proposed contractor. This
contractor must be on LASA's approved contractor's list, or the contractor
shall complete, to LASA's satisfaction, an experience questionnaire
in the form set forth in Appendix SI of these Rules and Regulations.
K.
Construction schedule to enable LASA to schedule its
inspection personnel.
L.
Certified construction cost opinion from the developer's
engineer.
M.
Tapping fees as set forth in LASA's resolution imposing
tapping fees and connection fees and these Regulations. The developer
may, in lieu of paying tapping fees for the entire project, elect
to deposit with the Authority reservation of capacity fees. Payment
of the reservation of capacity fees shall be in accordance with the
regulations contained in LASA's resolution imposing tapping fees and
connection fees and these Regulations. Payment of the reservation
of capacity fees will provide the project with an allocation of capacity
within the sewer system. LASA will guarantee no capacity until either
the tapping fees or reservation of capacity fees is paid.
[Amended 10-22-2015 by Res. No. 15-10-003]
N.
Connection fees, as set forth in LASA's resolution
imposing tapping fees and connection fees and these Regulations.
O.
Upon receipt of the required documentation, the application
will be acted upon by LASA's Board at a regularly scheduled meeting.
Upon review of the application, a permit for construction of sewerage
facilities may be issued to the developer. This construction permit
will be accompanied by the following information:
A construction permit fee as set forth in Appendix
BA must be paid prior to construction.
After receipt of the construction permit (Appendix
SJ), the developer or the developer's contractor shall conduct a preconstruction
meeting at the project site. The developer shall contact the Authority
at least three working days prior to the proposed preconstruction
meeting. Agenda items shall include schedule, sequence of construction,
and a review of key components of the Authority's Rules and Regulations.
The developer's contractor shall provide an emergency phone list to
the Authority in accordance with these Rules and Regulations, as well
as shop drawings for all materials to be used on the project. Compaction
equipment information, in accordance with these Rules and Regulations,
shall also be submitted at this time. No work may proceed until shop
drawings are approved in writing by LASA.
