[Adopted 8-4-1930]
A system of sanitary sewers for the disposal
of sewage matter in the Township of Tinicum, as shown by the Comprehensive
Plan thereof prepared by Damon and Foster, civil engineers, and Damon
and Foster, Township Engineers, designated "Sewer Plans of Tinicum
Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania," and this day lodged with
the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Tinicum Township, be
and the same is hereby adopted, subject to the final approval of the
Tinicum Township Sewage Authority.
The Township of Tinicum does hereby establish
and shall proceed to construct, in whole or in part, as the needs
of said Township shall require, a system of sanitary sewers on the
public or private lands hereof in substantial compliance with said
Comprehensive Plan or in accordance with such alterations or amendments
to said plan as shall hereafter be made by the Board of Township Commissioners
with the approval of said Tinicum Township Sewage Authority.
Said sewers shall, unless otherwise provided,
consist of mains, interceptors, lateral lines and appurtenances as
the same are shown on the Comprehensive Plan this day filed with the
Secretary of the Board of Commissioners. Lateral sewers in the Township
of Tinicum shall be located and placed in such convenient public roads
as the Board of Commissioners may from time to time deem necessary
and shall designate, having due regard to said plan, provided that
said Board of Commissioners may accept any private road of said Township
as a public road for such purposes on such terms and conditions as
the Board may deem proper, by a resolution duly adopted and made part
of the minutes of said Board, and provided further that nothing in
this article or said plan above referred to and nothing done thereunder
except pursuant to such resolution shall be construed to be an acceptance
of any private road.
The work of construction of the sanitary sewers
of Tinicum Township shall commence as soon as practicable after the
adoption of this article and the approval of the sewer plan or any
part thereof by the Tinicum Township Sewage Authority and the granting
of the permit therefor and may be carried on either as a whole or
by sections and either at one time or from time to time as the Sewer
Committee and the Board of Commissioners shall recommend, and the
Board shall, by resolution, direct that no work shall be done until
the necessary permit from the Tinicum Township Sewage Authority or
proper authority for that portion of said system of sanitary sewers
is in the possession of the Commissioners.
Said sanitary sewers shall be constructed under
the supervision of the Sewer Committee in accordance with plans and
specifications prepared by the Township Engineers and approved by said Committee, and the contracts
therefor shall be let by the Board of Commissioners to the lowest
and best bidder or bidders, after due advertisement. Contracts to
the successful bidders shall be signed on behalf of the Township by
the President and Secretary of this Board of Commissioners.
The system of sewers hereby established and
designated upon the Comprehensive Plan shall be laid as far as is
practicable along the lines of the present public roads of the Township
or such public roads as may hereafter be opened or accepted, and where
such system diverges from public roads and passes through private
property, the consent of the owners of such private property shall
be first obtained if possible and, if not, such sewerage system shall
be constructed through such private property after providing for compensation
in accordance with the Acts of Assembly in such case made and provided.
After the sewer system hereby established shall
have been constructed in whole or in part, it shall be unlawful to
place, throw or deposit any offal, garbage or dead animals or obstructions
of any kind whatsoever in any sewer, pipe or inlet to the same; and
any person offending against the provisions hereof shall be liable
upon conviction to a fine of not more than $1,000 for each and every
offense, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of
such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days.
Any person injuring, breaking or removing any
portion of a sewer pipe or inlet or other property belonging to the
sewer system, or obstructing the mouth of any sewer connection, or
interfering with the work of construction of said sewer system or
injuring any of the material during construction or after completion
shall, on conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000
for each and every offense, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not exceeding 30 days, in addition to the liability incurred
under the general law.
