Every owner of property in the Township of West
Deer whose property abuts upon any public sanitary sewer presently
in existence or to be constructed in the future by the Deer Creek
Drainage Basin Authority (hereinafter called the "Authority"), whose
principal building is within 150 feet from such sewer system, shall
connect, at such owner's own cost, the house, building or other structures
located on said property with the aforementioned public sanitary sewers
for the purpose of disposing of all sanitary sewage emanating from
said property.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or
occupier of any property in the Township so abutting upon any aforementioned
public sanitary sewer to employ any means, either by septic tank,
cesspool, privy vault, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal of
sanitary sewage other than into and through said public sanitary sewers.
Where any house, building or structure in the
Township so abutting upon any aforementioned public sanitary sewer
is now or hereafter may be using any method for the disposal of acceptable
sanitary sewage other than through said public sanitary sewers, it
shall be the duty of the Township Secretary or the authorized representative
of the Authority to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure
in writing, either by personal service, certified mail or registered
mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connection for the discharge
and disposal of all acceptable sanitary sewage through the said public
sanitary sewers, as herein provided, within 60 days after receipt
of such notice. Any owner or lessee or occupier of a structure who
cannot comply with the provisions of this section as to connection
within the sixty-day period stipulated above due to causes beyond
his or her control shall apply to the Township or the Authority within
said sixty-day period for a time extension of up to six months in
duration. Said application shall be made on a form to be furnished
by the Township or the Authority.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine
hole or similar receptacle for sanitary sewage shall, at the present
time or at any time hereafter, be connected with the aforesaid public
sanitary sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation connected to any aforementioned public sanitary sewers
to connect any roof drain thereto or permit any roof drain to remain
connected thereto or to permit, allow or cause to enter into said
public sanitary sewers any stormwater, foundation drain water, spring
water, surface water or any sewage or industrial waste from any property
other than that for which a permit is issued.
No owner of property as described in §
175-1 shall make or cause to be made any connection with any of the aforementioned public sanitary sewers until he or she has fulfilled all of the following conditions:
A. He or she shall make application to the Authority
upon a permit form to be formulated and supplied by the Township or
the Authority for permission to connect to the aforementioned public
sanitary sewers. Among other things, the applicant must state the
character and use of each structure located upon his or her property
and such other matters as may be reasonably required by said form.
B. He or she shall pay the Authority the required tap
connection fee for each connection to public sanitary sewers. The
tap connection fee shall be paid at the time of making application
for permission to make new connection or connections.
C. No work shall commence before the payment of the tap
connection fee and issuance of the connection permit.
D. He or she shall give the designated inspector of the
Authority at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection
shall be made in order that said inspector can be present to inspect
and approve the work of connection. The inspector shall signify his
or her approval of the connection by endorsing his or her name and
the date of approval on the connection permit in the possession of
the permittee.
E. At the time of inspection of the connection, the owner
or owners of properties shall permit the inspector full and complete
access to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in
each building and in and about all parts of the property. No building
sewer line shall be covered over or in any manner concealed until
it has been inspected and approved by said inspector.
The construction and number and size of all
building sewer lines or house service sewers shall be done in accordance
with the specifications, plans and procedures established by the Authority
in the Sewer System Rules and Regulations, as the same may be from
time to time published and amended, copies of which, upon adoption,
shall be maintained on file with the Township Secretary and the Authority.
If the owner or owners of any occupied houses, buildings or structures in the Township shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article or the written notice as prescribed in §
175-3 hereof, the Authority may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor and furnish or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% of such cost, plus all charges and expenses incidental thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Authority as debts are by law collectible, or the Authority may, by its proper officer, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
"Unacceptable sanitary sewage" and other terms
used herein, for purposes of this article, shall have the same definitions
as those which are set forth in the Sewer System Rules and Regulations,
said rules and regulations to be applicable to all users of the public
sanitary sewers.
[Amended 1-22-1997 by Ord. No. 265; 4-20-2016 by Ord. No. 408]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article, upon conviction thereof in an action
brought before a Magisterial District Judge 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.