The implementation of this Part
3 will aid the Township by limiting and reducing the inflow of additional water into the sanitary sewer system. By prohibiting the discharge of water from any roof, surface, ground, sump pump, swimming pool, other natural precipitation, and other sources of inflow into the Township’s sanitary sewer system, the Township is seeking to reduce costs as well as protect against other damaging effects. The Township’s sanitary sewer system will be, and has on occasions in the past been, overloaded and flooded, thereby creating the potential for property damage and public health hazards. Further, all water that enters the system must be treated at the sewage treatment plant. Therefore, by reducing and eliminating this inflow of “clean water” into the sanitary sewer system and the subsequent unnecessary treatment, the expenses to the Township will be reduced, and it will assist in protecting the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Township.
Any property owner who shall be assessed a surcharge pursuant to this Part
3 shall have a right to appeal to the Municipal Court for the purposes of proving compliance with this Part
3.
The Township shall assist and provide guidance to any property owner, tenant, landlord, or other person with a property interest in remedying the situation as it involves a matter of public concern to the residents' health, safety and welfare of the community in remedying the illicit connection. Except as specifically set forth in this Part
3, all costs associated to comply with this Part
3 shall be borne by the property owner, tenant, landlord, or other person with a property interest.
Any person, business, or other entity who or which, by inspection or voluntary reporting, is determined to be in violation of any section of this Part
3 shall be permitted to file for a waiver of the surcharge requirement of §
157-71 if he/she/it can prove that he/she/it has exhausted all possible remedial measures. Remedial measures include but are not limited to the installation of a dry well, the connection to a storm sewer, and/or use of one’s own property for discharge of the water, so long as such discharge does not adversely affect any neighboring property owner. Upon certification of the Building Inspector and/or Township Engineer, the person, business, or other entity shall be granted such waiver, but only for such time as to when a remedy becomes available. If such remedy is made available by the Township, the Township shall notify the person, business, or other entity that he/she/it shall comply with this Part
3 within 120 days of receiving said notice. Failure to comply will result in the imposition of a surcharge as per §
157-71.
Each section of this Part
3 is an independent section; and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
This Part
3 shall take effect immediately after final approval and publication according to law.