[Adopted 11-7-1978 by Ord. No. 6-1978]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Greene Township Municipal Authority, a municipality authority
of the commonwealth.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any property 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 improved property located within this Township and used
or intended for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing,
cleaning, laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article,
or any other improved property located within this Township, from
which wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, shall
be discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, 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, municipality, municipality authority or other
group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe 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, transmitting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Township and owned
by the Authority.
Includes any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley,
public way or public square; and
The Township of Greene, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a
municipal subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through its
Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
the Authority, as its authorized representative, or by and through
its other authorized representatives.
The owner of any improved property accessible
to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer
system shall connect such improved property with and shall use such
sewer system, 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 sewage and
industrial wastes from such improved property; subject, however, to
such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or
otherwise shall be established by this Township, from time to time.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under § 67-11, shall be conducted into a sewer; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township, from time to time.
A.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or shall be maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under § 67-11 to be connected to a sewer.
B.
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 shall be filled,
at the expense of the owner of such improved property, 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, not 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.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank
or similar receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 67-11, shall consist of a copy of this article, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section hereof, and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 days after the date such notice is given or served. Such notice may be given or served at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and can convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be given or served upon the owner in accordance with law.
No person shall uncover, shall connect with,
shall make any opening into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb,
in any manner, any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first
obtaining a permit, in writing, from this Township.
A.
As the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection authorizes new
connections to the Greene Township Municipal Authority sewer system,
the newly authorized connections shall be allocated 80% to be set
aside for single-family residential development, 10% to be set aside
for multifamily residential development, the term “residential
development” in both instances being as hereinafter defined,
and 10% to be set aside for commercial development, as that term is
hereinafter defined.
B.
The Greene
Township Municipal Authority shall establish and maintain a list of
applicants desiring a public sewer connection. A separate list shall
be maintained for single-family residential development, for multifamily
residential development and for commercial development.
C.
Applicants
for a period of time may reserve a right to connect to the Municipal
Authority’s sewer system. The reservation process shall be as
follows:
(1)
Single-family
homes. The “customer,” as that term is hereinafter defined,
shall make application to the Authority on a form to be provided by
the Authority. The reservation and subsequent connection will be in
the name of the customer applicant and only to that customer. No reservation
will be issued to a developer, builder or tradesman on behalf of a
buyer or customer. For purposes of this provision, a duplex residential
structure shall be treated as a single-family home, and two connections
shall be allowed for each duplex structure.
(2)
Multifamily
dwellings. The owner of the property on which multifamily development
is proposed shall make application to the Authority on a form to be
provided by the Authority. The reservation and subsequent connection
will be in the name of the applicant and only to the applicant. These
connections may be transferred one time from the developer/builder
to the customer, as the term "customer" is herein defined. Not more
than one connection may be reserved by a single applicant, and the
reservation shall not be for a capacity in excess of eight EDUs.
(3)
Commercial
development. The owner of the property on which commercial development
is proposed shall make application to the Authority on a form to be
provided by the Authority. The reservation and subsequent connection
will be in the name of the applicant and only to the applicant. These
connections may be transferred one time from the developer/builder
to the customer, as the term "customer" is herein defined. Not more
than one connection may be reserved by a single applicant.
(4)
Reservation
for builders/developers. Builders/developers may reserve two connections
for purposes of constructing spec houses. If/when one of the spec
homes is sold, the builder/developer may make application to be placed
on the reservation list for a new connection to replace the unit sold.
This application for reservation will go to the bottom of the list.
Under no circumstances may a builder/developer have more than two
connections at the same time. A unit will be considered sold upon
presentation of receipts for recording of a deed of transfer. If the
unit being sold is 1/2 of a duplex, the unit will be considered sold
upon presentation of a receipt for recording of the deed of transfer.
D.
Institutional
and industrial development will be handled on an individual basis.
E.
Recognizing
that unique circumstances may arise from time to time which may justify
some adjustment to the allocation procedures herein described, the
Township Board of Supervisors reserves the right, on a case-by-case
basis, to adjust the various allocation formulas or to make exceptions
to the same to accommodate extraordinary circumstances.
F.
Upon issuance
of a permit to connect, the permit will be valid for a period not
to exceed six months. Within the six-month connection period, the
connection to the sewer system for the premises for which the permit
was issued must be made and all required connection and related fees
must be paid to the Authority. All such fees must be paid by the applicant
at the time the permit to connect is issued. No fee will be charged
for the reservation. If the connection is not made within the six-month
connection period, the permit will be lost. Termination of the permit
will be automatic, no notice required, and final. If the permit is
lost in this manner, the applicant must reapply and will go to the
bottom of the list of applicants desiring to reserve a connection.
G.
No land
use permit for new construction requiring a connection to the Greene
Township Municipal Authority sewer system will be issued to any applicant
who/which does not hold a current permit for connection to the system.
In the event the permit for connection expires without connection
to the Greene Township Municipal Authority sewer system, the land
use permit issued in reliance on the permit will likewise be revoked
on the same date the permit expires. Revocation will be automatic
and without specific notice being required.
H.
AVAILABLE PUBLIC SEWER CONNECTION
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
CONNECTION
CUSTOMER
LIMITED RESERVATION OF SEWER CONNECTION
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
For purposes
of all matters relating to the permit reservation to which this section
applies, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
A connection to the Greene Township Municipal Authority sewer
system authorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection.
All commercial enterprises other than institutional or industrial.
For purposes of this temporary procedure, a “connection”
shall be a single EDU as defined by the regulations of the Greene
Township Municipal Authority. In the case of multifamily or commercial
development, a single connection may be for a capacity in excess of
one EDU.
The person or persons for whom a home is being constructed
who will occupy the home as their individual personal residence. Customer
status shall be evidenced by a fully executed agreement of sale. This
term may also describe the business owner who will own and operate
the business property. It does not describe a developer, contractor
or tradesman offering the property for sale.
The reservation of an available public sewer connection for
a period of time not to exceed six months from the date of issuance
of the permit to connect.
All residential dwellings other than hotels and motels.
No person shall make or shall cause to be made
a connection of any improved property with a sewer until such person
shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified this Township of the
desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer;
C.
Such person shall have given this Township at least
24 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made so
that this Township may supervise and inspect or may cause to be supervised
and inspected the work of connection and necessary testing; and
D.
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory
evidence to this Township that any tapping (or connection) fee which
may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the owner of each
improved property who connects such improved property to a sewer has
been paid.
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, but then only after special permission of this Township,
in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to such rules,
regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by this Township.
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 shall save harmless
this Township and the Authority 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.
A.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at
the place designated by this Township or by the Authority and where,
if applicable, the lateral is provided.
B.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection
shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the
sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a
building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
If the owner of any improved property located within this Township and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer system, after 60 days' notice from this Township, in accordance with § 67-11, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Township may enter upon such improved property and construct such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof in the manner permitted by law.
Where an improved property, at the time connection
to a sewer is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal
system or sewage disposal device, the existing house sewer line shall
be broken on the structure side of such sewage disposal system or
sewage disposal device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings,
to continue such house sewer line as a building sewer.
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.
Every building sewer of any improved property
shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by
the owner of such improved property.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall
be guarded adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons
from damage and injury. Any street, sidewalk 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.
If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon
receipt of a notice of this Township or the Authority, in writing,
to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building
sewer, within 60 days of receipt of such notice, this Township or
the Authority may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Township
and the Authority.
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 a sewer and with the sewer
system, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate,
shall be and shall be construed as part of this article.
[Amended 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-4]
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.[1]
[Amended 8-10-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-8]
A.
The Township
hereby delegates to the Authority, as the Township’s agent,
the power and authority to adopt and administer such rules and regulations
as necessary and appropriate to implement the provisions of this chapter
of the Code; provided, however, that no authority is given to change
or add to or subtract from the legislative provision hereof.
B.
The Township hereby delegates to the Authority the power and authority to commence and pursue such enforcement proceedings as are necessary and appropriate under § 67-30 hereof. The delegation to the Authority hereby shall be co-existent with the power of the Township to commence and pursue such enforcement proceedings as the Township shall determine from time to time to be necessary and appropriate.
