[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Towamencin 11-30-1956 by Ord. No. 9. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Inside sanitary facilities and a sanitary sewage disposal system
shall be provided for every improvement hereafter erected and intended
to be used as a dwelling even though such structure is fabricated
or manufactured elsewhere and placed on a lot and intended to be used
as a dwelling, whether affixed thereto permanently or temporarily
and whether mobile or immobile.
A.
The design of individual sewage disposal systems shall take into
consideration location with respect to wells or other sources of water
supply, topography, water table, soil characteristics, available area
and the maximum occupancy of the buildings in relation to each unit
of the disposal system to be designed to adequately treat the estimated
volume of waste to be discharged from the premises to be served.
B.
When inside sanitary facilities are to be provided, the sewage disposal
system shall contain a septic tank, a distribution box and a tile
field disposal area, with the minimum sizes and capacities and the
manner of construction and location of the different units of the
system to be in accordance with the Montgomery County Individual Sewage
Disposal System Code adopted June 9, 1953, and any amendments thereto
which may be adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of
Towamencin Township.
Any sewer line or lines connecting the inside sanitary facilities
to the septic tank shall be carefully constructed of approved materials,
and all joints in the line shall be carefully sealed and made watertight.
Neither abandoned wells nor drilled wells, nor drilled holes
nor dug holes over 10 feet in depth, nor any device the use of which
might pollute the underground streams shall be used in connection
with or become part of a sewage disposal system.
Prior to the commencement of construction or erection of any
building intended to be used as a dwelling or any structure to be
provided with inside sanitary facilities, or prior to occupancy of
any mobile unit intended to be used as a dwelling, plans and specifications
of the proposed sanitary sewage disposal system to be incorporated
with said dwelling or building shall be submitted to the Township
Supervisors by the builder, owner or proposed occupier thereof for
their approval, which plans and specifications shall clearly disclose
the details of the proposed sewage disposal system and all materials
to be used therein. The Board of Supervisors may require to be made
such alterations in the plans or specifications as to it may seem
advisable.
In the event such plans and specifications shall be approved
by the Board of Supervisors as originally presented or as revised
by said Board, a permit shall be issued to the applicant upon the
payment of a fee for the use of the Township in accordance with a
fee schedule to be adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
upon the enactment of this chapter, or as such schedule may be amended
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.[1] No construction or installation of any proposed sanitary
sewage system or any part thereof shall be commenced unless and until
such permit shall have been obtained.
The Township Supervisors shall be notified by the holder of
such permit before final coverage of the sewage disposal system, and
an inspection shall be made by the Board of Supervisors or its duly
designated agent to ensure that the approved plans and specifications
have been faithfully followed. No dwelling, whether mobile or immobile,
shall be occupied until final approval of the sanitary sewage disposal
system has been given by the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 12-28-1988 by Ord. No. 88-15]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punishable for each offense by a fine
of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution or, upon default in
payment of the fine and costs, by imprisonment in the Montgomery County
Prison for not more than 30 days, and each day that a violation continues
after notification shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.
