Right of entry. Employees of the Township, bearing proper credentials
and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for
the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and
testing pertinent to any discharge to the Township's system during
normal business hours.
[Amended 9-22-1987 by Ord. No. 13-87]
No person(s) shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is part of the wastewater facilities. No extra
fill shall be added to the top of any grinder pump which may be a
part of the wastewater facilities, rendering it unavailable to the
Township Public Works Department, and any fill added to the property
must be appropriately placed in order that the grinder pump lid shall
remain in view and uncovered. The property owner and his contractor
shall be held liable for any costs incurred by the Township for any
repairs to the wastewater facilities. Any ruptures or other damage
to the sewer laterals resulting from construction work at the property
owner's site due to heavy construction equipment traversing the
lines or ground settlement or disturbance caused by such construction
equipment shall be the complete and sole responsibility of the property
owner. At no time will the Township be held liable for repairs to
the wastewater facilities which are construction-related, and the
property owner shall be responsible for all repairs and corrective
action required, including compliance with the Township Health Code
and state regulations concerning aboveground spills of sewerage. In
the event prompt repair and/or corrective action is not taken by the
property owner or his contractor, the Township may take such action
as is necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and
general welfare and charge the same to the property owner, which charges
shall include legal and court costs and shall become a lien on the
affected property. The Township shall not be responsible for any restoration
to the property owner's land. Any person violating this section
shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
Where by reason of undue hardship or exceptional circumstances
or because of new practices being approved and acceptable, or where
the same are impossible of fulfillment, or would prevent the accomplishment
of the Township's purposes or objectives, the Township may, by
resolution, in special cases and for special reasons set forth therein,
relax these regulations and specifications at its discretion, and
wherever in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare
these regulations are not adequate therefor, the Township may require
higher qualities and standards.
In the event of violation of these regulations and specifications,
the Township shall have recourse to any and all remedies, causes or
actions permitted by law.
The Township shall have the same remedies for the collection
of charges with interest costs and penalties as the Township has by
law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter, except § 215-19, shall be served by the Township with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
[Amended 8-9-1988 by Ord. No. 19-88]
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in the amount not exceeding $200 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
become liable to the Township for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
the Township by reason of such violation.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 105-28, which immediately
followed this section, was repealed 8-9-1988 by Ord. No. 19-88.
