[Ord. 1978-8, 7/14/1978, Art. I]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part 5C shall be as
follows:
Manchester Township Municipal Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
The extensions from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
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.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
ejected 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.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, to the proposed curb
line, in those cases where rights-of-way are involved, the edge of
the right-of-way 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,
corporation 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, transporting, treating and/or disposing of sanitary sewage
and/or industrial wastes, situate in, adjacent to, and for rendering
sewerage service in and for a certain portion of this Township designated
as Sewer Service Area "D" and to be owned by the Authority and leased
to this Township for operation and use.
The Township of Manchester, York County, Pennsylvania, a
political subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors
or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
[Ord. 1978-8, 7/14/1978, Art. II; as amended by Ord. 1998-12,
9/8/1998, § 1]
1.
The owner of each improved property which is located in Sewer Service
Area "D" of the Township and the owner of any property which is hereinafter
improved located in Sewer Service Area "D" of the Township which property
is adjoining or adjacent to the sanitary sewer system, shall connect
such improved property with the sanitary sewer system at his own expense
in such manner as the Township shall require, within 60 days after
receipt of notice to such owner from Manchester Township to make such
connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
2.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under Subsection 1, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or as otherwise shall be established by this Township, from time to time.
3.
4.
Privy Vaults, Cesspools, Sinkholes and Septic Tanks.
A.
Except upon special permission granted for good cause shown, no privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection 1 to be connected to a sewer.
B.
Subject to the foregoing paragraph, 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 filled at the expense of the owner of such improved property and
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, 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.
5.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
6.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection 1, shall consist of a copy of this Part, including any amendments at the time in effect and a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part 5C and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
[Ord. 1978-8, 7/14/1978, Art. III; as amended by Ord. 1992-05,
3/24/1992, § 3]
1.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use,
alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or the sewer system without
first making application for and securing a permit, in writing, from
this Township.
2.
Application for a permit required under Subsection 1 shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served or his duly authorized agent.
3.
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:
A.
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this Township of
the desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
C.
Such person shall have given the Secretary of this Township at least
24 hours notice of the time when such connection will be made so that
this Township may supervise and inspect the work of connection and
necessary testing.
D.
Such person shall have paid the tapping and connection fee imposed
against the owner of each improved property who connects such improved
property to the sewer system as may be fixed from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
4.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, 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, and then
only after special permission of this Township, in writing, shall
have been secured and subject to such rules, regulations and conditions
as may be prescribed by this Township.
5.
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 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.
6.
Building Sewer.
A.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by this Township or the Authority and where 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.
7.
If the owner of any improved property located in Sewer Service Area
"D" of this Township and required to connect to the sewer system,
in accordance with § 18 532(1), after 60 days notice from
this Township, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required,
this Township may make such connection and may collect from such owner
the costs and expenses thereof. In such case, this Township shall
forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the
cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved
property to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be
payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such
improved property to pay said bill, this Township shall file a municipal
lien for said construction within six months of the date of the completion
of the construction of said connection, the same to be subject in
all respects to the general law provided for the filing and recovery
of municipal liens.
[Ord. 1978-8, 7/14/1978, Art. IV]
1.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is
required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device,
the existing house sewer line, if the same is of acceptable size,
material and condition, shall be broken on the structure side of such
sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made, with
proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line, as a building
sewer.
2.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by this Township or the Authority. 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.
3.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
4.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks and all 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.
5.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice from
this Township or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
conditions with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt
of such notice, this Township may refuse to permit such person to
discharge sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer
system until such unsatisfactory conditions shall have been remedied
to the satisfaction of this Township.
6.
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 the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall
be construed as a part of this Part 5C.
[Ord. 1978-8, 7/14/1978, Art. V; as amended by Ord. 2008-02,
4/8/2008, § 2]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district magisterial judge 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.
[Ord. 1978-8, 7/14/1978, Art. VIII]
It is declared that the enactment of this Part 5C is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of the inhabitants of this Township.
