This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Potter
Township Ordinance Implementing Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act."
The definitions as set forth in Section 2 of the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act, being the Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535,
are incorporated herein by reference. In addition to the definitions
as set forth in the Act, the following words and phrases shall have
the meaning ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise:
ACT
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, the Act of January
24, 1966, P.L. 1535, as amended.
SEO
Sewage Enforcement Officer.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Review of applications and inspections of the site and the installation
itself shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of
the Act. The Township Supervisors shall from time to time designate
and appoint the SEO or other inspector who shall carry out the inspections
in accordance with this article, with Section 7 of the Act and also
with the rules and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental Protection, which are incorporated herein.
This Township hereby incorporates and adopts as part of this
article, the Rules and Regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Code, Title 25,
Chapters 71 and 73, as amended. All such rules, regulations, and standards
are incorporated in this article by reference. Copies of these regulations
may be obtained at www.dep.state.pa.us.
In accordance with Section 12 of the Act, the Township shall have the power to institute in the
Court of Common Pleas of Centre County, Pennsylvania, proceedings
to restrain any and all violations of Section 7 of the Act and the provisions of this article. Such proceedings shall
be instituted in the name of the Township of Potter.
The Supervisors of Potter Township shall have the authority
to waive compliance with this article in those areas where a sanitary
sewer system will be in operation within 12 months of the enactment
of this article. However, during the time before the sanitary sewer
system is in operation, the property owner must have on the premises
a sanitary sewer system which meets the specifications of the Township
Sewage Enforcement Officer.
Any person failing to comply with any provisions of this article
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500 and costs, and not
more than $5,000 and costs, or in default thereof shall be confined
in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days. Each day
of noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.