[Adopted 6-9-1981 by Ord. No. 81]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
Bethel Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority, a Pennsylvania
municipality authority.
An engineer employed by the Township of Bethel Sewer Authority,
or an authorized member of his staff.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any improved
property to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property within this Township upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sewage
and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
rejected or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process, or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources and/or man-made materials, as distinct
from sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the edge of pavement
or to the edge of cartway or easement, if not paved, or, if no such
lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean that portion
of, or place in, a sewer which is provided for connection of any building
sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in this Township.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating and disposing of sewage and industrial
wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Township and owned, maintained
and operated by the Authority or the Township.
The Township of Bethel, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a
political subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors,
or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
An engineer employed by the Township, or an authorized member
of his staff.
A.
The owner of any improved property which is or hereafter becomes
adjoining and adjacent to the sewer system, and where any building
or part thereof is within 150 feet of said sewer system, shall make
connection therewith in such manner as this Township or the Authority
may require, within 60 days after notice to each owner from this Township
to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all sewage
and acceptable industrial wastes from such improved property, subject
to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein
or otherwise shall be established by this Township or the Authority
from time to time; provided, however, that the billing for each connection
shall commence in 60 days after the notice to make the same.
[Amended 6-9-1996 by Ord. No. 131]
B.
All sewage and acceptable industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under Subsection A of this section, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township or the Authority from time to time.
C.
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within this Township any sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A of this section. No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this Township any sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to this Township.
D.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection A to be connected to a sewer. Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion of this Township, shall be cleaned and filled under the direction and supervision of this Township; and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by this Township, cleansed and filled, shall constitute a nuisance and such nuisance may be abated as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
E.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
F.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection A of this section, shall consist of a copy of this article, including any amendments at the time in effect, and a written or printed document requiring the connection, and may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered or certified mail, as provided by law.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through
a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one
building sewer shall not be permitted except under special circumstances
and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then
only after special permission of this Township and the Authority,
in writing, shall have been secured.
B.
Each owner of any occupied building in the Township on property adjoining
and adjacent to the sewer system, and where any building or part thereof
is within 150 feet of said public sewer, shall at his own expense
connect his facilities directly with such sewer in accordance with
the provisions of this article within 60 days after the date of official
notice to do so, given by personal service or by registered mail.
In the event any such owner shall refuse or neglect to so connect
within said sixty-day period, he shall be deemed to be in violation
of this article, and the Board of Supervisors of the Township or its
agents may enter upon such property and construct such connection.
In such case, the Board of Supervisors shall forthwith, upon completion
of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction
of such connection to such owner, which bill shall be payable forthwith.
In case of neglect or refusal by such owner to pay said bill within
30 days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors
to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building
sewer. Within 15 days of receipt of such notice, this Township or
the Authority may refuse to permit such person to discharge sewage
and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Township
and the Authority.
[Amended 6-9-1996 by Ord. No. 131]
C.
Each owner of any property to which Subsection B above applies shall make application in writing to the Township in such form as may be prescribed by the Township for a permit to make the required connection to the sanitary sewer.
D.
Upon submission of the above-mentioned application and payment of
a connection charge, the applicant shall be entitled to a permit to
make such connection.
E.
All connections made to any sanitary sewer shall be constructed in
compliance with standard rules and regulations hereafter adopted by
the Township governing the making of connections.
A.
An improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is required,
shall break the existing sewer line on the structure side of such
sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made, with
proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line as a building sewer.
B.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by this Township. If any part of a building sewer is covered
before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered for
inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property
to be connected to a sewer.
C.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
D.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in
the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being
connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Township.
E.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice of this
Township or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer, within 15 days of receipt
of such notice, this Township or the Authority may refuse to permit
such person to discharge sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer
system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied
to the satisfaction of this Township and the Authority.
F.
No person shall pass any sewage into the sewer system containing
any direct stormwater, roof or surface or subsurface drainage from
stormwater inlets, sump pumps, floor drains, roof leaders or discharge
from tile fields; nor any industrial waste, chemicals or other matter:
(1)
Having a temperature higher than 150° F.;
(2)
Containing more than 100 parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil
or grease;
(3)
Containing any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other inflammable
or explosive liquids, solids or gas;
(4)
Containing any unground garbage;
(5)
Containing any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction or other
interference with the operation of the treatment plant;
(6)
Having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0 or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures,
equipment or personnel of the treatment plant;
(7)
Containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quality to
injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving
waters of the treatment plant; toxic wastes shall include wastes containing
cyanide or copper, chromium or other toxic metallic ions;
(8)
Containing total solids of such character or in such quantity that
unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials
at the treatment plant; and
(9)
Containing a noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating
a public nuisance.
G.
The admission into sanitary sewers of any industrial wastes is prohibited
unless the owner or occupier of the property producing such waste
shall first make application to the Board of Supervisors to discharge
such waste into the sewer system and, if approved by the Board of
Supervisors, to provide at his own expense adequate treatment facilities
approved by the Township. Such facilities shall be continuously maintained
in good condition.
H.
Every connection made pursuant to the provisions of this article
shall likewise be made in pursuance of the Township Plumbing Code.[1] The owner of the improved property upon which such connection
is made shall be required to secure permits as required under such
Plumbing Code (any notice under the provisions of this article shall
not be construed to be a plumbing permit or compliance under the Plumbing
Code with the requirements of a permit) and such work likewise shall
be done in compliance with such Plumbing Code.
[Added 12-10-2002 by Ord. No. 154]
A.
Establishment
of pretreatment regulations.
(1)
The pretreatment regulations contained in DELCORA Resolution Nos.
91-03 and 91-05, as amended by Resolution No. 95-12, that are attached
hereto, marked Exhibit A[1] and made a part hereof, are hereby expressly adopted.
[Amended 11-13-2007 by Ord. No. 179]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Township offices.
B.
Procedures
for the administration of pretreatment program, fees and penalties.
(1)
The procedures for the administration of the pretreatment program,
including fees and penalties, contained in DELCORA Resolution Nos.
91-03 and 91-05, as amended by Resolution No. 95-12, that are attached
hereto, marked Exhibit A and made a part hereof, are hereby expressly
adopted.
[Amended 11-13-2007 by Ord. No. 179]
(2)
The procedures for the administration of the pretreatment program,
including fees and penalties, contained in DELCORA Resolution No.
95-06, that is attached hereto, marked Exhibit B and made a part hereof,
are hereby expressly adopted.
C.
Declaration
of purpose. It is declared that the enactment of this section is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of the inhabitants of the Township, and to comply with
various federal and state regulations regarding the pretreatment of
certain wastes introduced into the sanitary sewer system.
A.
Any person who shall violate this article shall be liable, upon summary
conviction for a first offense and upon summary conviction for each
subsequent offense, to a fine of not more than $1,000, together with
costs of prosecution in each case. Default in payment of fine and
costs shall make the offender liable for imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation shall continue shall
be deemed and shall be taken to be a separate offense and shall be
punishable as such.[1]
B.
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this article shall be
enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by
applicable law.
A.
The Bethel Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority, a municipal
authority organized by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Bethel, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and existing under the Pennsylvania
Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, P.L. 382,[1] as amended, shall have the full power and authority to
enforce and administer the terms of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 was
repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. §
5601 et seq.
B.
The Bethel Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority shall have
full power and authority to establish rate schedules, connection fees
and charges for the use of sewers, and adopt by resolution such other
rules and regulations as may be necessary to enforce and administer
the terms of this article.
It is declared that enactment of this article is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of inhabitants of this Township.
