[Ord. 1982-3, 5/23/1982, Art. I]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
Any industrial waste having a suspended solid content of
BOD appreciably in excess of that normally found in sanitary sewage.
For the purpose of this Part any industrial waste containing more
than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids or having a BOD
in excess of 300 milligrams per liter shall be considered an abnormal
industrial waste regardless of whether or not it contains other substances
in concentrations differing appreciably from those normally found
in sanitary sewage.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Each individual building or house whether constructed as
a detached unit or as one of a pair or row which is designed or adaptable
to separate ownership for use as a family dwelling unit or for commercial
or industrial purposes. A school, factory, apartment house, office
building or other multiple unit structure whose individual apartments
or units are connected to a common internal sewage system and which
are not commonly subject to separate ownership shall be considered
as one connection unit.
Any property with the sewered area 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 waste shall be or may be discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance, 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 which is discharged into the sewer system as
distinct from sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curb line or from a sewer to an alley line or in the case of sewers
constructed within easements, from the sewer to the edge of the easements.
Each connection unit into the sewer system other than a residential
unit, which is connected to the sewer system and each separately owned
or managed business or professional office or commercial establishment
or industrial establishment within such connection unit, which is
connected to the sewer system and from which industrial waste is or
may be discharged into the sewer system.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any real property located in the sewered area.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
The Plumbing Code of Manchester Township [Chapter 5], as from time to time is revised, amended or superseded.
Each private dwelling, each dwelling unit in a double house
or in a row of connecting houses, each apartment, each room, group
of rooms, mobile home or enclosure occupied or intended for occupancy
as separate living quarters by a family or group of persons living
together or by persons living alone, which accommodation is connected
to the sewer system and from which sanitary sewage is or may be discharged
into the sewer system.
The type of toilet and other water-carried waste normally
discharged from residential properties.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
Each residential unit and nonresidential unit.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collection,
pumping and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial waste, situated
in the Township sewered areas and owned and/or operated by the Township.
That portion of the Township in which there shall be constructed
a sewage collection system as, from time to time, constructed and
extended by the Township or others and that part of areas outside
the Township in which sewers are or shall be constructed which connect
to the sanitary sewer facilities of the City of York and any other
municipalities.
Any street, road, lane, court, alley and public square.
The Township of Manchester, York County, Pennsylvania, or
as the context may require, the Board of Supervisors (in connection
with matters requiring action of the Board) or such officers or employees
of the Township as are authorized to act for the Township in the premises.
[Ord. 1982-3, 5/23/1982, Art. II; as amended by Ord. 1998-12,
9/8/1998, §§ 5, 6, 7]
1.
All person owning any improved property within the Township Sewer
Service Area "B" adjoining or adjacent to the sanitary sewer system
shall, at their own expense, make connection with the sanitary sewer
system in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
2.
All persons owning any improved property within the Township Sewer
Service Area "B" adjoining or adjacent to the sanitary sewer system
and not connected thereto shall, upon receipt of notice from the Township
of availability of sewer service, make such connection within 60 days
from the date of receipt of such notice.
3.
All persons owning any property within the Township Sewer Service
Area "B" which is hereafter improved and which is adjoining or adjacent
to the sanitary sewer system shall, at their own expense, at the time
of making such improvements make connection with the sanitary sewer
system in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
4.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into, or
use, alter or disturb, in any manner, a lateral of the sewer system
without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Township. Such
permit shall be issued to each owner required to connect to a sewer
by ordinance of the Township subject always to compliance with this
Part and may be issued by the Township to owners not so required to
connect.
5.
Application for a permit required under Subsection 4 shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served.
6.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved
property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each
of the following conditions:
B.
Such person shall have given the Township at least 24 hours notice
of the time when such connection will be made so that the Township
shall be aware of and may observe the work of connection and necessary
testing.
7.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each connection unit
on each improved property shall be connected separately and independently
with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one connection
unit 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 special permission of the Township, in writing,
shall have been secured.
8.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all
costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a lateral
shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected
and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the Township from
all loss or damages 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 lateral.
9.
Materials for a building sewer, jointing materials and methods of installation shall be in accordance with requirements of the Township Plumbing Code [Chapter 5].
10.
The permit required by Subsection 4 shall be displayed prominently upon the improved property to be connected to a sewer at all times during construction of the building sewer and connection of the building sewer to a lateral.
11.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the lateral. No
person shall make a connection directly to or tamper with a sewer
in any manner. The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection
to a lateral shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert
of the lateral. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection
of a building sewer to a lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
Special fittings for connection of a building sewer to a lateral may
be used only after approval of the Township has been secured.
12.
The construction of building sewers and the connection thereof to a lateral shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the Township Plumbing Code [Chapter 5].
13.
Whenever the Township has reason to believe any building sewer has
become defective, such building sewer shall be subject to test and
inspection. Defects found upon such test and inspection, if any, shall
be corrected as required by the Township, in writing, at the cost
and expense of the owner of the improved property served through each
building sewer.
14.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
15.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
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 costs and expense of
the owner of the improved property being connected in a manner satisfactory
to the Township.
16.
After any section of the sewer system constructed by the Township
shall have been completed and after all connection units required
to be connected to such section shall have been so connected and such
system shall have been accepted by the Township for operation and
maintenance, the owner of each additional connection unit thereafter
connected to such section shall comply with respect to such connection
with the provisions of this section.
[Ord. 1982-3, 5/23/1982, Art. III]
1.
If any person shall fail for 60 days after written notice from the
Township to remedy any unsatisfactory conditions with respect to a
building sewer, the Township may refuse to permit such person to use
the sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been
remedied to the satisfaction of the Township.
2.
The Township reserves the right to refuse to any person the use of
the sewer system or to compel the pretreatment of industrial waste,
in order to prevent discharge into the sewer system of harmful wastes
and/or in order to assure compliance with agreements entered into
or which may be entered into by the Township with the City of York
or with any other municipalities.
[Ord. 1982-3, 5/23/1982, Art. IV; as amended by Ord. 1992-5,
3/24/1992 § 2]
1.
There is hereby charged and imposed upon the owner of each connection
unit a connection charge which shall be due and payable to the Township:
A.
With respect to those owners that are required to connect to a sewer
by ordinance of the Township at the time the connection permit is
issued or 60 days after written notice to such owner to connect, whichever
date is earlier.
2.
The owner of each property required to be connected to the sewer
system and the owner of each property who shall voluntarily connect
such property with sewer system although not required to do so, shall
pay a connection charge to the Township as follows:
A.
The Township hereby fixes and imposes against the owner of each property
within the sewered area which shall be connected to the sewer system
a connection and tapping charge in an amount as may be fixed, from
time to time, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors for each connection
so made.
B.
Properties for which no lateral is provided.
3.
The owner of each property for which no lateral is provided at the time of the installation of the sewer and who thereafter shall be required to connect or who shall voluntarily connect to a sewer of the sewer system having a diameter of eight inches or greater shall pay a connection charge equal to the actual cost to the Township of constructing the lateral in addition to the charge imposed in Subsection 2A above, and such charge shall be due and payable in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 1, subject to adjustment upon completion of the work.
[Ord. 1982-3, 5/23/1982, Art. V; as amended by Ord. 1985-8,
10/22/1985, § 1; by Ord. 1987-9, 9/8/1987, § 2;
by Ord. 1989-13, 10/10/1989, § 3; by Ord. 1993-6, 6/8/1993,
§ 1; and by Ord. 2008-10, 12/9/2008, § 2]
1.
Sewer Rentals and Charges. Sewer rentals and charges are hereby imposed
upon and shall be collected from the owner of each sewer rental unit
accessible to the sewer system, which shall be computed and shall
be payable as provided herein. Except as hereinafter provided, both
residential and nonresidential units shall pay sewer rents and charges
to the Township in accordance with the following schedule:
[Ord. 2012-07, 12/11/2012; as amended by Ord. 2013-05, 12/10/2013;
and by Ord. No. 2018-01, 2/13/2018]
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Type
|
Amount
|
|---|---|
|
Residential unit
|
$95 per fiscal calendar quarter
|
|
Nonresidential unit
|
$2.96 per 1,000 gallons, with a minimum charge of $95 per fiscal
calendar quarter
|
A.
Nonresidential units that are not served by metered public water
shall be equipped with meters installed and maintained by the property
owner.
B.
A separate sewer rental or charge shall be made for each type of
use made by a connection unit in accordance with the above schedule
of sewer rents and charges.
2.
Measurements, Strength, Surcharge and Inspection.
A.
Volume Measurement. The volume of water to be used for billing sewer
rentals to all sewer rental units shall include any and all water
purchased from the York Water Company or any other private or public
water company and in addition all water obtained from any other source
or sources (wells, springs, streams, etc.) as determined:
B.
Excluded Water. Exclusion from the sewer system and treatment plant
of non-contaminated waste waters may be required by the Township or
such exclusion may be optional with the property owner if not required
by the Township. When such waste waters are not discharged to the
sewer system, sewer rentals shall be based upon total water consumption,
less waste waters not discharged to the sewer system. Waste waters
not discharged to the sewer system may be determined from meters installed
and maintained by the owner or the owner may elect to measure the
volume of waste actually discharged to the sewer system as provided
for below.
C.
Sewer Meters. The Township may require a nonresidential establishment
or the nonresidential establishment may elect to install, pay for
and maintain a meter approved by the Township for measuring waste
water discharged to the sewer system, in which case sewer rentals
shall be based upon the actual volume of wastes discharged to the
sewer system.
D.
Sewer Rental Surcharges for Non-Domestic Wastes. In addition to sewer
rent for collection and treatment of sewage discharged into the sewer
system by commercial and industrial users, further charges shall be
made for all sewage discharged into the sewer system having suspended
solids and biochemical oxygen demand in excess of the following concentrations:
(1)
Suspended Solids. 350 milligrams per liter.
(2)
BOD: 300 milligrams per liter.
(3)
BOD: 1,800 milligrams per liter.
The total surcharge fee shall equal the sum of each such surcharge
fee as calculated by the following formulas:
|
(1)
|
If SS is greater than 350 mg/L, a surcharge shall be assessed
for SS in an amount equal to:
|
|
8.34 x Q x (SS - 350) x K1
1,000,000
| |
|
(2)
|
If BOD is greater than 300 mg/L, a surcharge shall be assessed
for BOD in an amount equal to:
|
|
8.34 x Q x (BOD - 300) x K2
1,000,000
| |
|
(3)
|
If BOD is greater than 1,800 mg/L, an additional surcharge shall
be assessed for BOD in an amount equal to:
|
|
8.34 x Q x (BOD - 1,800) x K2
1,000,000
|
|
Where:
|
Q
|
=
|
Volume in gallons.
|
|
BOD
|
=
|
5 day biochemical oxygen demand of sewage in milligrams per
liter.
| |
|
SS
|
=
|
Suspended solids of sewage in milligrams per liter.
| |
|
K1
|
=
|
Cost factor per pound of SS.
| |
|
K2
|
=
|
Cost fact per pound of BOD.
| |
|
Cost factors K1 and K2 shall be determined by administrative
order of the City of York, operator of the sewage treatment facility,
based upon costs and are hereby incorporated by Township. The strength
of any sewage subject to surcharge shall be determined quarterly,
or more frequently as the Township and the City of York shall determine,
based upon sampling by the Township or City or their designees. However,
the Township or City of York may, if they so elect, determine the
strength of sewage based upon the results of routine sampling and
analysis by the producer of such sewage or the results of analysis
from previous quarters or from the results of analysis of sewage from
similar customers.
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E.
Inspection Facilities. When directed by the Township nonresidential
establishments shall install, pay for and maintain a manhole or other
device as may be approved by the Township to facilitate observation,
measurement and sampling of wastes discharged to the sewer system
and treatment plant. The Township, or its duly authorized representatives,
shall at all reasonable times be permitted to enter upon any and all
properties for the purpose of inspecting all metering devices and
of observing, measuring and sampling wastes discharged to the sewer
system and treatment plant. Any nonresidential establishment that
desires to connect with the sewer system or which is connected to
the sewer system and plans to change its operations so as to materially
alter the characteristic and/or volumes of wastes discharged therefrom
shall notify the Township, in writing, at least 10 days before making
such connection or changing its operations.
F.
Installation and Maintenance of Meters. If the owner of any industrial
or commercial establishment shall be required pursuant to the foregoing
provisions to install a water meter or meters or a meter or meters
for measuring waste waters, it shall be the duty of such owner to
furnish and install such meter at his own expense and in such case
and also if such owner shall have voluntarily installed such meter
or meters, such owner shall be required to maintain the same in good
operating condition and make all necessary repairs and replacements.
If the owner, being obligated so to do, shall fail to furnish or install
such meter or meters or shall fail to maintain the same as above provided,
then in any such case after 10 days written notice by the Township
to perform such obligation, the Township may enter onto such property
at all reasonable time and install such meter or meters or repair
and maintain the same, as the case may be, and charge the cost of
such installation or repair to such owner. Bills for such installation
or repairs if made by the Township shall be due and payable immediately
upon completion of the work and then shall be collected in the same
manner as quarter-annum bills for sewer rentals and charges.
G.
Amendments and Modifications. Additional classifications and sewer rentals or charges or modifications of the schedules contained in Subsection 1 may be established by Manchester Township, from time to time, as deemed necessary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Supervisors, upon resolution of said Board, is hereby empowered to modify the rates set forth in this Part to provide for increases or decreases in the treatment charge imposed by the municipality or municipality authority owning or operating the applicable wastewater treatment facility or in the Township maintenance charge for the sewer system.
3.
Time and Method of Payment, Penalties and Interest.
A.
Sewer rentals for all sewer rental units shall be billed each quarter-annum
on the first day of January, April, July and October, commencing on
the first next succeeding billing date upon which waste is first discharged
into the sewer system and shall be due and payable immediately.
B.
If the full amount of such bill shall not be paid within 30 days
from the date of billing, an additional sum of 10% shall be added
to such net bill, which net bill plus such additional sum shall constitute
the gross amount thereof. Any bill that remains unpaid after 90 days
shall be entered as a lien pursuant to the Municipal Lien Law, which
lien shall include attorneys' fees and costs for collection of
same.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2018-01, 2/13/2018]
C.
Failure of any owner to receive quarterly bills for sewer rentals and charges due to the failure of such owner to notify the Township of his correct address, or failure of any owner to receive a correct bill for sewer rentals and charges by reason of the failure of such owner to notify the Township of the use or uses of which an improved property or any portion thereof is made, pursuant to the notice requirements of § 18-328(5) shall not excuse nonpayment or failure to pay the amount that would be properly applicable to the use or uses of which said improved property is made and shall not result in an extension of the period of time during which the net bill shall be payable.
4.
Apportionment. Whenever sewer service to any sewer rental unit begins
after the first day or terminates before the last day of any quarterly
period, the sewer rentals for such sewer rental unit for such quarterly
period shall be for that portion of the quarterly period during which
the sewer rental unit is served. However, in making such apportionment,
a fraction of a month amounting to 1/2 or more of a month shall be
counted a full month and a fraction of a month amounting to less than
1/2 a month shall be disregarded.
5.
Collection of Delinquent Rentals; Liens. Delinquent bills for sewer
rentals together with all charges, expenses and fees added thereto
shall, in the manner provided by law, become a lien upon the property
served and shall be collectible by the Township by an action in assumpsit
against the owner of such property or be enforced against such property
by the filing of a municipal lien pursuant to the Municipal Lien Law.
[Ord. 1982-3, 5/23/1982, Art. VI; as amended by Ord. 2002-01,
1/7/2002]
1.
Approval Required for Industrial Waste.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer
system any industrial waste except upon application to this Township
and upon receipt of a written permit therefor from this Township.
Said permit shall set forth the terms and conditions upon which said
industrial waste discharge shall be admitted into the sewer system
together with special charges or surcharges or the formula for computing
any special charges or surcharges with respect to the discharge of
such industrial waste, which terms and conditions and charges or surcharges
shall be deemed a part of this Part. The discharge of such industrial
waste shall be subject to all applicable provisions of this Part.
Township has entered into agreements with the City of York, Springettsbury
Township and Dover Township for transportation and treatment of sewage
and industrial waste from areas of Township as appropriate under drainage
basin concepts, determinations under Act 537 and decisions of other
regulatory agencies. Copies of said agreements, together with ordinances
incorporated by reference, which bind Township to certain stipulations,
i.e., quality and quantity of waste are on file with the Plumbing
Inspector and each applicant and/or owner applying for plumbing permit
is responsible to ascertain which agreements and ordinances apply
to his area and to comply with all such requirements. Applicants for
plumbing permits, which will involve the connection and discharge
of industrial wastes, understand that a contract between the industry
and Township for such discharge must be consummated as a condition
precedent to the issuance of a plumbing permit.
B.
Required Survey Data. Any person desiring to make or use a connection
to the sewer system through which industrial waste shall be discharged
into the sewer system shall file with this Township an "industrial
waste questionnaire," to be furnished by this Township which shall
supply to this Township pertinent data, including estimated quantity
of flow, characteristics and constituents, with respect to industrial
waste proposed to be discharged into the sewer system. The cost of
obtaining all such data shall be borne by the person desiring to make
or use a connection to the sewer system.
C.
Control Manholes. Any person who shall discharge industrial waste
into the sewer system, when required by this Township, shall construct
and thereafter properly shall maintain, at his own expense, a suitable
control manhole or manholes or metering chamber and such other devices
as may be approved by this Township to facilitate observation, measurement
and sampling by this Township of industrial waste discharged to the
sewer system. Any such control manhole or manholes or metering chamber,
where required by this Township, shall be constructed at an accessible,
safe, suitable and satisfactory location in accordance with plans
approved by this Township prior to commencement of construction.
D.
Changes in Types of Wastes. Any person discharging sanitary sewage
and/or industrial waste into the sewer system and contemplating a
change in the method of operation which will alter the characteristics
and/or volumes of wastes at the time being discharged into the sewer
system shall notify this Township, in writing, at least 10 days prior
to consummation of such change.
E.
Variations in Rate of Discharge. This Township reserves the right
to require any person discharging industrial waste having large variations
in rates of waste discharge to install suitable regulating devices
for equalizing waste flows to the sewer system.
2.
Unacceptable Sanitary Sewage and Industrial Wastes.
A.
The discharge of excessive amount of unpolluted water or waste to
a sanitary sewer is expressly prohibited; however, such discharges
to storm sewers will be permitted wherever such sewers are available
and of adequate capacity. The Township reserves the right to define
the mount it deems excessive in each particular instance.
B.
The discharge of garbage to the sewer system is expressly prohibited,
except for the use of a garbage grinder or garbage disposal unit.
C.
No person shall discharge to the sewer system any sanitary sewage
or industrial waste having any of the following characteristics:
(1)
Wastes containing liquids, solids or gases which by reason of
their nature or quality may cause fire, explosions or be in any other
way injurious to persons, the structures of the sewer system or its
operation.
(2)
Wastes having a temperature in excess of 150° F. or less
than 32° F.
(3)
Waste having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 or having
any corrosive properties capable of causing damage or hazards to personnel
or to structures or equipment which is a part of the sewer system.
Where the Township deems it advisable, it may require any person discharging
industrial waste to install and maintain, at his own expense, in a
manner approved by the Township, a suitable device to continuously
measure and record the pH of the wastes so discharged.
(4)
Wastes containing any noxious or malodorous gas or substances,
which either singly or by interaction with sewage or other wastes
are, in the opinion of the Township, likely to create a public nuisance
or hazard to life or to prevent entry to sewerage structures for their
maintenance and repair.
(5)
Wastes containing ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plaster, wood, hair, chemical or
paint residues, greases, lime, slurry or viscous materials of such
characters or in quantity that, in the opinion of the Township, they
may cause an obstruction to the flow in the sewers or otherwise interfere
with the proper operation of the sewer system. Attention is called
to the fact that the maximum permissible concentration will vary throughout
the sewer system depending upon the size of the particular interceptor
sewer receiving the same and the flows therein.
(6)
Waste containing insoluble, non-flocculent substances having
a specific gravity in excess of 2.65.
(7)
Wastes containing the soluble substances in such concentrations
as to cause the specific gravity of the waste to be greater than 1.1.
(8)
Wastes which violate in any respect the provisions and limitations
of agreements entered into by the Township or may be entered into
by the Township with the City of York or with any other municipalities
regarding the use of their sewer systems and disposal facilities.
3.
Indemnify and Hold Harmless Township from any Liability or Expense.
A.
Township Responsibility. As indicated in Subsection 23 1A, Township
has entered into agreements with the City of York and other municipalities
for transportation and treatment of sewage and industrial waste from
areas of the Township. These agreements, together with ordinances
incorporated by reference, bind the Township to certain stipulations,
i.e., quantity and quality of waste discharged into the sewer system.
Violation of any of these agreements or of any applicable ordinance
of another municipality shall be a violation of this Part.
(1)
Any person who shall discharge or cause to be discharged into
the sewer system any industrial waste that fails to meet the quantity
and quality standard as set forth in the aforementioned agreements
shall indemnify and hold harmless Township from liability or expense,
including reasonable attorney's fees, that Township may incur
by that person's failure to meet the standards set forth in said
agreements and/or ordinances.
(2)
Any fines and penalties shall include, but not be limited to,
fines or penalties imposed on Township by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, the City of York or any other municipality for violation of
any statutes, rules or regulations, which violation shall be proximately
caused by the continued substandard industrial waste discharge permitted
by person in the Township.
B.
Person Right to Defend any Alleged Violation. A person shall have
the right to defend any alleged violation to the same extent as could
the Township.
[Ord. 1982-3, 5/23/1982, Art. VII]
Construction of Extensions. In cases where a builder or developer desires to install sewers, laterals and building sewers to every housing unit and/or lot within a housing development prior to its individual sale, he shall meet all conditions as set for this section and in other sections of this Part and the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22]. Plot plans for such a development must be submitted to the Township which must include a provision for maintenance bond protecting the Township against defects pursuant to the provision of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22] and must also include a covenant to convey to the Township the sewers so constructed other than building sewers, when the said sewers are connected to the sewer system. Said plans must be approved by the Township prior to any construction. Sewer plans conforming to all specification established by the Township, as to type of pipe, location of mains, size of pipe, grades, methods, workmanship and the type and construction of all necessary appurtenances must be prepared, approved by the Township and approval obtained from the necessary state agencies. The engineering fees and charges for permits shall be paid by the builder or developer. In no case will lesser standards than exist in the sewer system presently constructed and as required in Township ordinances be permitted for any future extensions. Upon approval of such plans by the Township, the extensions may be constructed by and at the expense of the builder or developer, but only under the inspection of an inspector designated by the Township. The cost of such inspection, including salaries and expenses shall be borne by the builder or developer making the extension.
[Ord. 1982-3, 5/23/1983, Art. VIII; as amended by Ord. 1997-2,
3/11/1997, § 2, and by Ord. 2002-01, 1/7/2002]
1.
Access. The Township shall have the right of access at reasonable
times to any part of any improved property served by the sewer system
as shall be required for purposes of inspection, measurement, sampling
and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service
rendered by the Township through the sewer system.
2.
Additional Rules and Regulations. The Township reserves the right
to amend this Part or to adopt additional rules and regulations, from
time to time, as it shall deem necessary and proper in connection
with the use and operation of the sewer system or as may be required
to meet necessary costs and expenses.
3.
Variance From Rules. No officer or employee of the Township is authorized
to vary these rules without action by the Board of Supervisors.
4.
Control of Service. The Township shall not be liable for a deficiency
or failure of service when occasioned by an emergency, required repairs
or failure from any cause beyond control. The Township reserves the
right to restrict the use of sewer service whenever the public welfare
may require it.
5.
Notices. Each owner must give the Township written notice of his
address, any change of address, any change of ownership and of the
use or uses of any improved property or any part thereof or any change
in such use or uses.
6.
Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
