[Ord. 50, 10/8/1981, § 1]
Shall have the same meaning in this Part as that set forth
in the Sewer System Rules and Regulations of the Authority.
The Saxonburg Area Municipal Authority.
Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
or government agency or any other legal entity recognized by the laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any indoor or outdoor facility designed to remove, transmit,
or store acceptable sanitary sewage.
Any single family residence, multifamily residence, mobile
home, office, commercial building, garage, or any other structure
which shall contain any sanitary facility.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Jefferson, Butler
County, Pennsylvania.
The Township of Jefferson, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 50, 10/8/1981, § 2]
1.
The sanitary collector sewers constructed by the Authority within
the geographic boundaries of the Township and the total cost of said
construction as set forth in the records of the Authority are hereby
approved.
2.
The proposal of the Authority to assess the cost of construction
of said sanitary collector sewers and appurtenances against the properties
within the Township that are benefited, approved and accommodated,
according to the terms of this Part as provided hereinafter, thereby
at a rate not to exceed $8 per foot-front in accordance with the foot-front
method is hereby approved.
[Ord. 50, 10/8/1981, § 3]
1.
The Authority is hereby granted the right, privilege, franchise and
authority to maintain, repair and replace in the streets, roads, alleys
and rights-of-way of the Township, the necessary sewer lines and the
required appurtenances thereto which have been constructed as of the
date of the enactment of this Part.
2.
If the work and opening or filling or maintaining of the surface
of said streets, roads, alleys and rights-of-way shall not be properly
or shall be unskillfully or improperly or incompletely done by the
Authority, the Township reserves the right to cause the same to be
done in the manner it deems proper and the expense thereof shall be
charged to the Authority.
[Ord. 50, 10/8/1981, § 4; as amended by Ord. 60,
8/12/1985; and by Ord. 103, 10/11/1993]
1.
All of the following described properties located within the boundaries
of the Township of Jefferson, Butler County, Pennsylvania, shall be
required to connect to the sanitary sewer lines and/or the appurtenances
thereof of the Authority located within the Township of Jefferson
from and after the date of the enactment of this Part:
A.
Any structure erected in Jefferson Township, any point of said structure
being located within 150 feet of an existing line of the Authority.
B.
Any structure located within 150 feet of an existing sanitary sewer
line of the Authority that is currently serviced by an existing septic
system, holding tank, sand mound, mechanical sewage treatment system,
mine hole, or any other means of storing and/or disposing of acceptable
sanitary sewage, in the event that the presently existing system shall
fail and shall be incapable of being repaired without the installation
of a completely new system.
2.
Any structure which is connected to the sanitary sewer lines of the
Authority as of the date of the enactment of this Part shall not be
permitted to disconnect from said sanitary sewer line but, to the
contrary, shall be directed to maintain said connection and said property
shall be barred from maintaining any other means of disposing of acceptable
sanitary sewage from and after the date of the enactment of this Part.
3.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole, or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall at the present time or any time hereafter
be connected with the aforesaid sanitary sewers.
4.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation connected
to any aforementioned public sanitary sewer of the Authority to connect
any roof drain thereto or permit any roof drain to remain connected
thereto, or to permit, allow, or cause to enter into said public sanitary
sewers, any stormwater, foundation drain water, spring water, or surface
water, or any sewage or industrial waste from any property other than
that for which a permit is or has been issued.
5.
Henceforth, no person, firm or corporation shall make or cause to
be made any connection with any of the aforementioned public sanitary
sewers until he has fulfilled all of the following conditions:
A.
He shall make application to the Authority upon a permit form to
be formulated and supplied by the Authority for permission to connect
to the aforementioned public sanitary sewers. Among other things,
the applicant must state the character and use of each structure located
on his property.
B.
He shall pay to the Authority, the required fees established by the
Authority for the first building or structure on each property, and
an additional fee equal to the actual cost to the Authority for each
separate connection requested by the property owner over the first
connection for additional buildings or structures on the property,
connected to the aforementioned public sanitary sewers at the time
of making application for permission to make such connection or connections.
C.
No work shall commence before the payment of the aforesaid tap connection
fee and issuance of the aforementioned connection permit.
D.
He shall give the designated inspector of the Authority at least
24 hours notice of the time when such connection shall be made in
order that said inspector can be present to inspect and approve the
work of connection. The inspector shall signify his approval of the
connection by endorsing his name and the date of approval on the aforementioned
connection permit in the possession of the permittees.
E.
At the time of inspection of the connection, the owner or owners
of the properties shall permit the inspector full and complete access
to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in each building
and in and about all parts of the property. No building sewer line
shall be covered over, or in any manner concealed, until after it
is inspected and approved by said inspector.
6.
The construction and number of all building sewer lines or house
service sewers shall be done in accordance with the specifications,
plans and procedures established by the Authority in the Sewer System
Rules and Regulations, as the same may be from time to time published
and amended, copies of which upon adoption, shall be maintained on
file with the Township Secretary and the Authority.
7.
If the owner or owners of any houses, buildings, or structures in the Township shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this Part or the written notice as prescribed in § 18-103 hereof, the Township or the Authority as its agent may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor and furnish or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this Part at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional thereof and all charges and expenses incidental thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Authority as debts are by law collectible, or the Township or the Authority as its agents may, by its proper officer, file a municipal claim or lien therefore against said premises as provided by law.
8.
In addition to any penalty hereinabove prescribed, any person, firm
or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part 1 shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$300; and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.
