[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005;
and by Ord. 2011-416, 8/4/2011, § 51]
Every owner of property in the Township of Cranberry whose property
is situate 150 feet in the vicinity of any line of the sanitary sewers
of Cranberry Township shall connect, where accessible to the said
sewer, at his own cost, the building, buildings or other structures
located on said property with the sanitary sewers of the Township
for the purpose of disposing of all drainage as is customarily disposed
of in a system of sanitary sewers. In the case of a sanitary sewer
line constructed in a public street or highway right-of-way, property
on either side of the street or highway shall be considered as abutting
the sewer line.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any
property abutting on any line of the sanitary sewer system of said
Township, when the sewer line is accessible to the property, to employ
any means, either by septic tank, mine hole or otherwise, for the
disposal of sanitary sewage other than into and through the sanitary
sewers of said Township.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
Where any structure on abutting property as aforesaid is now
or hereafter may be connected to any septic tank or using any method
by which sanitary sewage is disposed of or eliminated other than through
the sanitary sewer system of said Township, it shall be the duty of
the Township Secretary or other person authorized by the Township
Supervisors 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 connections for the discharge
and disposal of sewage through the sanitary sewer system of the Township,
as hereinafter provided, within 60 days after receipt of such notice;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein or hereafter
contained to the contrary, no owner, lessee or occupier of such structure
shall be required to tap where his sewage would not by natural gravity
flow into the sanitary sewer.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
In case any owner of property adjoining or adjacent to such
sewer shall neglect or refuse to connect with and use said sewers
within such period of 60 days after notice to do so has been served
upon him, either by personal service, certified mail or by registered
mail as aforesaid, the Township or its agents may enter upon such
property and construct such connection. In such case, the Township
Secretary or other authorized person shall forthwith, upon completion
of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of construction of
such connection to the owner of the property to which connection has
been so made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect
or refusal by the owner of such property to pay said bill, a municipal
lien for said construction shall be filed within six months of the
date of completion of the construction of said connection, the same
to be subject in all respects to the general law providing for the
filing and recovery of municipal liens.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
Any person required to connect with the sewer system of the
Township shall make application for a tapping permit on forms furnished
by the Township and shall set forth in said application the character
of structure and use, the lot number and specific location and the
name of the person who is to make the connection, and shall pay the
required tap fee for such permit.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar
receptacle for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter,
be connected with the sanitary sewers of the Township.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar
receptacle for human excrement shall hereafter be maintained upon
any premises from which connection with any of the Township sewers
shall have been made. The Township may, at its discretion, require
every such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or other
receptacle, within 30 days after final enactment of this part in the
case of premises now connected with a sewer, and within 30 days after
connection with a sewer in the case of premises hereafter so connected,
to be abandoned, cleaned and filled under the direction and supervision
of the Township. Any such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine
hole or other receptacle not abandoned, cleaned and filled as required
by this section shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance may
be abated on order of the Township as provided by law, at the expense
of the owner of such property.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation whose
premises are connected to the Township sewer system to connect any
roof drain thereto or to permit, allow or cause to enter into said
sewer system any stormwater or surface water or any sewage from any
property other than that for which the permit was issued, nor any
other substance, liquid, gas or solid, which is prohibited by the
terms of any other rule, regulation or ordinance adopted by the Township
for the operation of the sewer system.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005;
and by Ord. 2011-416, 8/4/2011, § 52]
The construction of all private sewers or laterals and their connections with any lines of the sewer system shall be done in accordance with Chapter 17, Public and Private Improvements Code, and shall be inspected by the Township before being covered, and all service shall be in accordance with the rates, rules and regulations of the Township now in effect or which may be established hereafter.
[Ord. 21, 3/13/1962; as amended by Ord. 81, 8/13/1974; and
by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a 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 part continues
or each section of this part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
