[Ord. 2005-06, 7/12/2005]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Manchester
Township Water District No. 1 Ordinance."
[Ord. 2005-06, 7/12/2005]
To provide for the public health, safety and welfare, the Supervisors
of Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, are hereby authorized
and empowered to enter into an agreement with the York Water Company
and others for the purposes of creating a water district in which
there will be installed public water mains for public water service.
The water district shall be called the "Manchester Township Water
District No. 1" and shall encompass the following areas of the Township:
Approximately 710 feet of six-inch pipe on Maurice Street northwardly
from Church Road to an end; approximately 662 feet of six-inch pipe
on Anna May Street northwardly from Church Road to an end; approximately
695 feet of twelve-inch pipe on Church Road westwardly from Maurice
Street to an end east of Stillmeadow Lane; approximately 1,278 feet
of twelve-inch pipe on Church Road eastwardly from an end approximately
500 feet east of Maurice Street to an end west of Lewisberry Road.
[Ord. 2005-06, 7/12/2005]
1.
All persons owning any building now erected within the Manchester
Township Water District No. 1 that is occupied or intended for human
habitation and is accessible to the public water system, and all persons
hereafter erecting any new building within that District that is intended
for human habitation or occupancy and is accessible to the public
water system, may, at their own expense, make connection of such building
to the public water system.
2.
All connections to the public water system shall be made in accordance
with the applicable Township ordinances then in effect and the rules
and regulations thereunder and in accordance with the rules, regulations
and specifications from time to time in effect and specified in the
York Water Company's tariffs and operating policies.
[Ord. 2005-06, 7/12/2005]
Upon the connection of any building to the public water system,
the internal water and plumbing system of such building connected
to any individual on-lot or private water system shall be immediately
disconnected. Thereafter, such individual on-lot or private water
system shall not be used for human consumption, bathing, other household
uses, or for sanitary purposes. Existing on-lot or private water systems
may, with the approval of the York Water Company, be maintained and
used for irrigation, fire protection, filling of swimming pools or
other purposes not prohibited by said company's operation policies.
In no event shall there be any cross-connection of any on-lot or private
water system with the system supplied by the public water system.
[Ord. 2005-06, 7/12/2005]
1.
Any person who shall connect a building to the public water system
within 90 days of receiving notice from the York Water Company that
the system is ready to accept connections shall not be required to
pay a connection fee.
2.
Any person desiring to connect to the public water system more than
90 days after receiving notice that the system is ready to accept
connections shall not do so unless a connection fee, payable to Manchester
Township, is paid, according to the following schedule:
|
Time after Notification
|
Fee
| |
|---|---|---|
|
91 days-1 year
|
$900
| |
|
1 year-2 years
|
$1,800
| |
|
2 years-3 years
|
$2,700
| |
|
3 years-4 years
|
$3,600
| |
|
More than 4 years
|
$4,500
|
3.
Application for water service after the initial ninety-day connection
period shall be made to Manchester Township.
[Ord. 2005-06, 7/12/2005]
Any person who shall connect a building to the public water
system shall thereafter be responsible to pay the York Water Company
for such service at its rates in effect for such service.
[Ord. 2005-06, 7/12/2005]
The Township, in its agreement with the York Water Company,
has designated the company as its agent to do and perform certain
acts for the Township regarding the Manchester Township Water District.
Wherever the York Water Company is so designated, either expressly
or by implication, in the agreement or this Part, said Company, after
execution of the agreement, is hereby authorized to act, subject to
the terms and provisions of the agreement and this Part.
[Ord. 2005-06, 7/12/2005]
Any person who shall fail or refuse to perform any act, duty
or obligation imposed by this Part shall, upon conviction thereof,
be fined not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default
of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 days.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation or failure to comply occurs or continues.
