CORRECTIVE ACTION FEE — A fee to be used exclusively for the
reconstruction, repair, replacement or rehabilitation of the public
sewer system within the Municipality in order to reduce or eliminate
excessive inflow and infiltration.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT — A flow into the sanitary sewer system
of 350 gallons per day. Each single-family dwelling, or dwelling unit
in a duplex or townhouse building shall constitute an equivalent dwelling
unit. The equivalent dwelling unit flow for units other than single-family
dwellings and dwelling units in duplexes and townhouses shall be based
on generally accepted standards in the industry when approved by the
Municipal Engineer, or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources.
After the effective date of this ordinance, no new tap-in or
use involving increased flow into the sanitary sewer system of the
Municipality shall be permitted until a corrective action fee of $500
for each equivalent dwelling unit or fraction of each equivalent dwelling
unit shall have been paid to the Municipality. The fees required herein
shall be in addition to the sewer tap-in fee now, or in the future,
required for such tap-in.
Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be
fined not more than $300 for each offense; and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.
The Council may, in its sole discretion, and in the name of
the Municipality, institute proceedings in courts of equity to restrain
the continued violation of this ordinance.
The provisions of this ordinance are severable; and if any section,
sentence, clause or phrase shall be held to be illegal, invalid or
unconstitutional, the remaining portions of this ordinance shall not
be affected or impaired thereby.
Any ordinance or part of ordinance conflicting with the provisions
of this ordinance be, and the same is hereby repealed to the extent
of such conflict.