[Amended 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 431]
No person, firm or corporation shall construct, alter or repair any individual or community sewage system within the Township of Derry unless a permit to do so has been issued by the person or officer charged with the issuance thereof. Permits shall only be issued when the proposed construction, alteration or repair is determined to comply with the relevant regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and/or Derry Township, whichever is more restrictive, and upon the receipt by Derry Township of the prescribed permit fee. The terms “individual sewage system” and “community sewage system” shall be construed as the terms are defined in the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act No. 537 of 1966, as has been or may be amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. §750.1 et seq.
[Amended 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 431; 3-14-2006 by Ord. No. 553]
The fee for a permit to repair or alter an individual or community sewage disposal system shall be in an amount as established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, and the fee for a permit to construct a new individual or community sewage disposal system shall be in an amount as established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Fees shall be paid at the time of permit issuance.
[Amended 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 431]
The applicant for an individual or community sewage system permit shall reimburse the Township of Derry for costs which the Township incurs in having a consultant or sewage enforcement officer employed by companies or corporation under contract with Derry Township perform or evaluate potential individual or community disposal system sites, issue permits or perform inspections of the installation of an individual or community sewage system. Such reimbursement, which shall not exceed the actual costs incurred by Derry Township, shall be made within 30 days of an applicant being invoiced for such services by the Township. In the event the applicant disputes the amount of any such reimbursement charge, the applicant shall, within 10 working days of the date of the invoice to the applicant, notify the Township that the reimbursement fee is disputed as unreasonable or unnecessary, in which case, an application shall not be delayed or disapproved due to the applicant's dispute over such reimbursement charges. The dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act No. 537 of 1966, as has been or may be amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. §750.1 et seq.
Appeal from refusal to grant permits and inspection of installations of individual or community sewage disposal systems shall be as provided by the Sewage Facilities Act[1] and the rules and regulations as promulgated thereunder, a copy of which shall always be kept at the office of the Township Supervisors of the Township of Derry, where the same may be inspected during office hours.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. §750.1 et seq.
[Amended 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 431[1]]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article, or of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act[2] or of the rules and regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection promulgated thereunder and referred to herein, or any provision of any regulation adopted by the Township of Derry, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues or each section of this article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. §750.1 et seq.
Notwithstanding any provision of any ordinance heretofore enacted and notwithstanding any provision of the rules and regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania promulgated in connection with the Sewage Facilities Act,[1] and incorporated herein by reference thereto, the provisions of this article shall after the effective date thereof be fully applicable for all sewage facilities proposed to be installed within the Township regardless of the size of the lot upon which such installation is to be made. It is the intent and purpose of this section to prohibit the installation of any sewage facilities at any place in the Township except in compliance with the provisions of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. §750.1 et seq.