[Amended 6-9-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-05]
Any property owner in Spring Garden Township whose property
is sufficiently close to an existing sewer line to obtain domestic
sewer service, but who has not paid an assessment to facilitate the
construction of said line or who is not in a development where a developer
has paid the cost of construction of said sewer line, shall nonetheless
be permitted upon application for a permit to hook on to an available
sewer line upon the payment of the normal sewer hook-up charges; any
expense paid by the Township in facilitating the use of the sewer
line to the property owner; any actual construction costs that may
be attributed to the property; and engineering and administrative
fees.
Any property owner who shall hook on to an existing sewer line
under this chapter shall be joined to the sewer district in which
the sewer line is located and shall pay all regular charges as provided
by the applicable Township ordinance.
Any person hooking up to a sewer line without obtaining a sewer
permit shall be guilty of a an offense and shall, upon conviction
before the Magisterial District Judge serving Spring Garden Township,
be required to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment thereof, to undergo imprisonment for a period
of not more than 30 days. In addition, the Township of Spring Garden
reserves the right to take whatever legal steps are necessary to compel
the payment of any costs or fees or expenses which the property owner
owes and/or to bring an action in a court of equity to terminate the
connection to the sewer line.