[Ord. 71-2, 3/11/1971, Article I]
1.
AUTHORITY
CONNECTION TO WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
IMPROVED PROPERTY
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
OWNER
PERSON
SANITARY SEWAGE
TOWNSHIP
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
Susquehanna Township Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
Such pipes, conduits, valves, turnoffs or related installations
required or necessary to carry water from a supply system to a consumer
and meeting the requirements of the Plumbing Code of Susquehanna Township.
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,
except properties used for industry and farms who have their own supply
of water for uses other than human consumption.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
rejected or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property, including such ground, surface or stormwater water
as may be present.
Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a political
subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Commissioners or,
in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
A facility for supplying water owned or operated by the Authority,
the Township, or any public utility.
[Ord. 71-2, 3/11/1971, Article II; as amended by Ord. 89-16,
11/21/1989]
1.
The owner of any improved single-family property abutting on, or
accessible to, and whose principal building is within 150 feet of
a water supply system, shall connect such improved property therewith
and use said system within 90 days after notice to such owner from
the Township to connect. All other improved properties must connect
to a public water supply.
2.
The notice to make the connection referred to in § 26-102(1) hereof, shall consist of a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part 1 and specifying that such connection shall be made within 90 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail or such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
[Ord. 71-2, 3/11/1971, Article III]
1.
All costs and expenses of construction of a connection to the water
supply system shall be borne by the owner of the improved property
to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless
the Township from any loss or damage occasioned directly or indirectly
as the result of the construction of the connection to the water supply
system.
2.
The connection to the water supply system shall be constructed at
the place designated by the Township.
3.
In case any owner of improved property as herein defined shall neglect
or refuse to connect with or use said water supply system for a period
of 90 days after notice so to do has been served as herein provided,
the Township may enter upon such property and construct such water
connection; and in such case, the Township shall forthwith upon completion
of the work send an itemized bill for the cost of such connection
to the owner of the improved property to which the connection has
been made, which bill shall be payable forthwith or the Commissioners
may authorize the payment of the cost of constructing the connection
in equal monthly installments, said installments to bear interest
at a rate not to exceed 7%. The cost of construction of the connection
shall be payable at the office designated by the Township, in monthly
installments with interest from the date of the completion of the
construction.
4.
In case of default of the payment of any installment or interest
for a period of 60 days after the same shall become due, the entire
cost of construction of the connection and accrued interest shall
become due, and the Township Solicitor shall proceed to collect the
same under the general laws relating to the collection of municipal
claims.
5.
In case of neglect or refusal of the owner of the improved property
to pay said construction bill, or in those cases where payments are
being made by installments, it shall be the duty of the Township Commissioners
to file municipal liens for said construction within six months of
the date of completion of the construction of such connection, the
same to be subject in all respects to the general laws providing for
the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
[Ord. 71-2, 3/11/1971, Article IV]
1.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a water supply
system is required, shall be served by any other kind of a water system,
the connection to said other water system shall be discontinued.
2.
No connection to a water supply system shall be covered until it
has been inspected and approved by the Township. If any part of the
connection is covered before 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 the water supply system.
3.
Every excavation for a water supply connection 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 water supply connection shall be restored,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being
connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Township.
4.
This Township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional
rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating
to connections with water supply systems, which additional rules and
regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and construed as
part of this Part 1.
[Ord. 71-2, 3/11/1971, Article V; as amended by Ord. 89-16,
11/21/1989]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part 1 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine not more than $600 and costs, or in default of payment thereof,
shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Every day that a violation of this Part 1 continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
