[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 1; as amended by Ord.
89-16, 11/21/1989]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
Township Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property located 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
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure used
or intended for use in the operation of one business enterprise for
manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any
product, commodity or article, or from which process waste, as distinct
from sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Any and all wastes discharge from an industrial establishment
other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
property line 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 improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe, main 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 or disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes, which are or will be connected to any sewer system maintained
and operated within the Township by the Township Authority.
The Township of Susquehanna, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,
a Pennsylvania municipality, acting by and through its Board of Commissioners
or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 202; as amended by Ord.
81-19, 11/12/1981; and by Ord. 89-16, 11/21/1989]
The owner of any improved property abutting or adjoining any
street, road, lane, alley, court, public square, highway, or easement
in which a sewer constituting a part of a sewer system is located,
shall connect such improved property therewith, in such manner as
this Township may require, within 60 days after notice to such owner
from this Township to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge
of all sanitary sewerage and industrial waste from such improved property.
Single-family residences are exempted from the requirement to connect,
if the structure is 300 feet or more from said sewer line. Use of
the sewer system is subject to such limits and restrictions as shall
be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township
from time to time.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 3]
1.
No connection shall be made to a sewer system unless the manner in
which the connection is made and the materials and workmanship employed
in effecting such connection shall comply with the requirements of
the Plumbing Code adopted by the Township and with the rules and regulations
of the Township then in effect. It shall also be necessary for all
connections to comply with any special requirements imposed in this
Part.
2.
No person shall be permitted at any time to make a connection to
a sewer system or to work upon or repair or replace any part of the
sewer system unless such person shall be licensed to do plumbing work
by the Township.
3.
Any connection made to a sewer system by persons not licensed, as
hereinbefore required, may be disconnected from the sewer system and
the Township specifically reserves the right to refuse to render sewer
service unless and until a proper connection is made by a duly qualified
person. In the event it shall be necessary for the Township to disconnect
a property from the sewer system under this section, the cost of such
work as is required to be done by the Township may be charged against
the property owner and/or the person making such improper connection.
4.
No person who has obtained a permit and made a connection to a sewer
system shall connect or cause or permit to be connected to the sewer
lateral for which a permit has been issued, another sewer lateral
for the service of other properties or property. (It is the intention
of this section to require a separate and distinct permit and sewer
connection for each individual building or house whether constructed
as a single-detached unit or as one of a pair or row of houses or
buildings; provided, however, a single connection may be permitted
to serve a school, a factory, an apartment house or other permanent
multiple-unit structure where the entire property served through a
single connection could not under prevailing circumstances be split
into two or more separate and sole ownerships.)
5.
All connections to a sewer system shall comply with the requirements
of the Plumbing Code of Susquehanna Township in force at the time
such connection is made, and regardless of the requirements of the
Plumbing Code, all sewer laterals and connections shall be constructed
of the following materials and/or their equal in quality as determined
by the Township Engineer.
A.
Vitrified clay, concrete, asbestos, cement or cast iron pipe which
shall have permanently tight joints which shall prevent the admission
of ground water and be laid at a minimum grade of W for each foot
and shall have the best possible alignment and sufficient cover to
protect the pipe from frost or crushing from surface activity.
B.
Where connections are made with cast iron pipe, the pipe shall be
of a minimum inside diameter of four inches and in the case of all
other authorized materials the minimum inside diameter shall be six
inches.
6.
A sewer connection and the lateral leading from the property to an
interceptor or collection sewer shall at all times be the responsibility
of the person owning the property for maintenance, repair or replacement.
7.
No connection shall be made to a sewer system or the trench covered
or backfilled unless and until the lateral and connection have been
inspected and approved by one of the following: the Township Engineer;
the Maintenance Supervisor for the Township; the Plumbing Inspector
of Susquehanna Township; the Authority engineer; or the superintendent
of the Township Authority.
8.
Whenever, in the option of the Township Engineer or other duly authorized
representative of the Township, special conditions require additional
safeguards or more stringent specifications to be observed, then,
and in that event notwithstanding any other provisions of this ordinance
or requirements of the Township Plumbing Code, the Township specifically
reserves the right to refuse to permit a connection to be made to
a sewer system until such special requirements or specifications as
may be stipulated by the Township or its Engineer have been satisfied.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 4]
If the owner of any improved property located in the area of
this Township served by a sewer system and abutting on or adjoining
any street, road, lane, alley, court, public square or highway in
which a sewer constituting a part of a sewer system is located, after
60 days notice from this Township, in accordance with § 202,
shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Township
may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs
and expenses thereof. In such case, this Township shall forthwith,
upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of
the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved property
to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be payable
forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such improved
property to pay said bill, this Township shall file a municipal lien
for said construction within six months of the date of the completion
of the construction of said connection, the same to be subject in
all respects to the general law provided for the filing and recovery
of municipal liens.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 5]
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer as required under § 18-202, 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, from time to time.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 6; as amended by Ord.
89-16, 11/21/1989]
[Ord. 98-11, 3/12/1998; as amended by Ord. 08-20, 11/13/2008;
and by Ord. 11-08, 7/14/2011]
The Township of Susquehanna hereby adopts, for the purpose of
establishing rules and regulations for pretreatment of wastewater,
the recodified ordinances of the City of Harrisburg contained in Title
9, Streets, Utilities and Public Services, Part 5, Sewers and Sewage,
as amended September 11, 2007, in Bill 34 of 2007, and as amended
by action of City Council October 27, 2010 [which amendment adds definitions
for pollution, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) T and pretreatment
or treatment and which sets specific discharge limitations into wastewater
collection or conveyance to the wastewater collection or conveyance
system of certain pollutants], of which copies have been and are now
filed in the offices of Susquehanna Township, and the same are hereby
adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.
From the date on which this amendment shall take effect, the provisions
thereof shall be controlling in the pretreatment of wastewater, and
in all other subjects therein contained, within the corporate limits
of Susquehanna Township.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 7]
1.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under § 18-202 to be connected to a sewer.
2.
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 cleansed 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.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 8]
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
shall at any time be connected with a sewer.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 9]
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 18-202 shall consists of a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary 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 or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 10]
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,
and then only after the special permission of this Township, in writing,
shall have been secured.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 11]
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and
all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer
shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected;
and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless this Township from
all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly,
as a result of construction of a building sewer or of connection of
a building sewer to a sewer.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 12]
1.
A building sewer shall be tapped to a sewer at the place designated
by the Township and where the lateral is provided.
2.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of tapping shall be at
the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the sewer. A smooth,
neat joint shall be made and the tapping of a building sewer to the
lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
3.
In providing sanitary facilities for structures in the Township where
a lateral sewer line does not exist, the sanitary sewer must be carefully
tapped, and a banded-type or rod-type sewer saddle shall be installed
on the top quarter of the main or trunk line. The entire main and
tap shall be filled with a cover of a one to four mix portland cement
and sand for the entire width of the ditch.
4.
No sanitary sewer taps shall be made in any manhole of the sewer
system.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 13]
Where a sewer ditch has been excavated below the installed grade
of a building sewer (undercut), the ditch must be bottomed with a
#1 or #2 stone to the bottom barrel of the pipe.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 14]
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer
is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or
device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken 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.
[Ord. 05-09, 7/14/2005, § 1]
After connection of improved property to the public sanitary
sewer system, 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 sewer system. Such
privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
in existence shall be abandoned, at the discretion of the Township,
and shall be cleansed and filled at the expense of the owner of such
improved property under the direction and supervision of the Authority;
and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by the Authority, cleansed
and filled, shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance may be
abated as provided by law, or as set forth in this Part of the Codified
Ordinances at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 15]
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.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974 § 16; as amended by Ord.
98-26, 10/8/1998]
Every building sewer and service lateral of any improved property
shall be maintained in a proper sanitary and safe operating condition
free from need of replacement or repair by the owner of such improved
property.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 17]
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.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 18]
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice
of this Township, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition
with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt of such
notice, this Township may refuse to permit such person to discharge
sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into a sewer system until such
unsatisfactory conditions shall have been remedied to the satisfaction
of this Township.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974 § 19; as amended by Ord.
98-26, 10/8/1998]
Notwithstanding § 216 above, in the event that the
Authority, in its sole discretion and judgment, determines that removal
of infiltration/inflow (I/I) from leaks in building sewers and/or
service laterals, for any particular drainage basin, as determined
by the Authority, may be a general benefit of the sewer system, the
Authority may elect to assume responsibility for the repair, and the
attendant cost thereof, of building sewers and service laterals to
the extent necessary to eliminate the infiltration/inflow source(s).
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974 § 20; as amended by Ord.
89-16, 11/21/1989]
1.
Whenever any person desires the extension of the facilities of a
sewer system to service new areas not theretofore connected to said
sewer system, such person may, at any regular meeting of the Authority,
present a petition to the Authority requesting said extension, which
petition must be signed by the owners of not less than 51% in footage
fronting on the proposed extension, and said petition shall set forth
the total number of feet of sewer extension required under said request,
the total number of potential customers then located along the proposed
extension, setting forth whether said customers are residential, commercial
or industrial, and the increase of customers, if any, which may be
immediately anticipated. Upon receipt of such petition, the Authority
may undertake the extension of its facilities if and only if such
extension is economically feasible in the opinion of the consulting
engineer for the Authority. Should the Authority, upon receipt of
such petition and consideration thereof, and in the exercise of its
discretion, determine that such extension shall not be made, notice
of such determination shall be given to the person or persons submitting
the petition.
2.
Wherever extensions or additions to a sewer system are desired, and are not made under subsection (1) of this section, the same may be made as follows:
A.
Extensions made by the Authority Upon application of any person,
and where possible, the Authority will, at the cost of the applicant,
extend its lines to service whatever areas may be required for the
accommodations of such applicant, provided that the applicant shall
pay the total cost to the Authority of such extension or extensions,
including the cost of design of the extension by the Authority engineer,
the cost of all permits which may be required, the cost of inspection
during construction, and the cost of construction itself. The total
cost of extensions or additions as estimated by the consulting engineer
for the Authority shall be deposited with the Authority in a special
account and held by the Authority only for the purpose of paying the
costs involved in the extension contemplated. Upon completion of the
extension or addition under this subsection (A), the costs of said
extension shall be adjusted, and upon adjustment, any excess remaining
in the special fund shall be returned to the applicant, and to the
extent, if any, that the total cost shall have exceeded the estimate,
the applicant shall make up the deficiency. No sewer service will
be rendered by the Authority through such extension or addition until
the total cost thereof shall have been paid.
B.
Extensions not designed and installed by the Authority Plans and
specifications for extensions and additions to a sewer system may
be prepared by qualified persons other than the consulting engineer
for the Authority, provided that the plans and specifications so prepared
shall be submitted for approval of the consulting engineer for the
Authority, and provided further that no construction shall be undertaken
until such plans and specifications are approved and until a permit
is issued by the Sanitary Water Board for the proposed extension.
The reasonable cost of reviewing and approving plans and specifications
imposed upon the Authority by its consulting engineer shall be paid
by the applicant before final approval of plans and specifications
is given.
(1)
Extensions to a sewer system may be constructed by any applicant
or his contractor in accordance with plans and specifications approved
as hereinbefore required, provided, however, that such construction
shall be done under the supervision of the consulting engineer for
the Authority or such other person as the Authority may designate.
Such supervision shall consist of regular inspections during construction,
the cost of which shall be paid by the applicant. After approval of
plans and specifications and before construction has commenced, the
applicant shall post a bond with the Authority in an amount to be
set by the Authority to insure the payment to the Authority of all
obligations due it under this Part, including the cost of reviewing
and approving plans (if that cost has not already been paid), the
cost of inspection and the cost of replacing or repairing any part
of the system which has not been constructed in a manner satisfactory
to the Authority. In lieu of posting a bond, the applicant may deposit
with the Authority a sum of money representing the estimated costs
of the items for which the bond may be required which money, if deposited,
shall be held by the Authority solely for the payment of these items.
Upon completion of construction any excess money remaining from the
deposit made shall be returned to the applicant and to the extent,
if any, that the costs involved shall have exceeded the amount deposited,
the applicant shall immediately pay to the Authority the amount of
the deficiency.
(2)
Whenever sewers are installed by persons other than the Authority,
the installation and materials shall be made and furnished to the
satisfaction of the Authority and in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Authority. In the event that the person installing
a sewer extension fails to comply with the requirements of the Authority,
the Authority shall give notice, in writing, of such noncompliance
and in the event that the person so installing the extension shall
fail to replace or repair the installation with respect to which notice
of noncompliance has been received, the Authority may take whatever
measures are necessary to conform the installation to the requirements
of the Authority and charge the cost thereof against the bond or cash
deposit made by the applicant.
C.
As a condition to the approval of plans and specifications for extensions
to a sewer system, to be built by builders, developers or other agencies,
and prior to the commencement of construction of said extensions,
the owner of the property through which the extension is to be made
shall execute an agreement with the Authority under which the owner
agrees upon the completion of the extension to offer to the Authority
a deed of dedication to the collection system to be installed, which
deed shall convey all right, title and interest in the collection
lines to the Authority free and clear of all encumbrances and charges.
The agreement to be signed in this connection shall specifically provide
that in the event a deed of dedication is not offered to the Authority,
the Authority shall be entitled to specific performance of the agreement
and the cost of enforcing the agreement, including reasonable attorney's
fees, shall be paid by the defaulting party and shall be made a part
of the order of the court in granting specific performance.
3.
Applicants under subsections (1) or (2) of this section shall in all cases pay the cost of securing a permit, if required, from the Bureau of Water Quality Management of the Department of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including the cost of preparing the necessary reports required to obtain such permit, and no service shall be rendered on any additions or extensions until such costs shall have been paid.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 21]
This Authority reserves the right to adopt, from time to time,
additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper
relating to connections with a sewer and a sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall
be construed as part of this Part.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 22]
For the purpose of enforcing the rules and regulations of the
Authority with respect to the operation of a sewer system and for
the purpose of advancing and protecting the public health, the Authority
reserves the right to enter upon the premises of any person connected
to a system for the purpose of inspecting the sewer facilities located
thereon and for the purpose of determining compliance with the requirements
of the Authority. In the event that the Authority's duly authorized
representatives are denied access to any customer's premises
for these purposes, the Authority reserves the right to discontinue
sewer service to such premises until inspection is permitted and compliance
with the requirements of the Authority has been determined.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 23]
Notwithstanding any other provisions or implications of this
Part to the contrary, the Authority reserves the right at all times
to refuse to render or to continue to render sewer service to any
property or through any lines whenever it appears that the connection
of the property to a sewer system has been improperly made or whenever
it appears there has been a violation of the rules and regulations
of the Authority with respect to the installation of the sewage disposal
facilities. In the event that the Authority shall elect to discontinue
service to any user connected to its lines, the Authority shall give
10 days written notice by certified mail to the user prior to disconnecting
the property from the sewer system.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 24]
All connections made to a sewer system previous to the enactment
of this Part, and in compliance with the rules and regulations then
in effect for that sewer system, are hereby approved. However, all
future connections and repairs of connections shall be made in compliance
with the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 74-27, 5/29/1974, § 25; as amended by Ord.
89-16, 11/21/1989]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 and costs, or in default of payment thereof,
shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Each day that a violation of this Part 2 continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
