[Ord. 25A-1979, 8/6/1979, Art. 1; as amended by Ord. 96-004,
5/1996, § 1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
Spring-Benner-Walker Joint Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
The extension 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
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,
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 and/or disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes situate in or adjacent to this Township and owned, maintained
and operated by the authority.
The Township of Spring, Centre County, Pennsylvania, a political
subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in
appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
[Ord. 25A-1979, 8/6/1979, Art. 2; as amended by Ord. 96-004,
5/1996, § 2; and by Ord. 2003-05, 10/6/2003]
1.
The owner of any improved property which is located in this Township
and is adjacent to the sewer system shall connect such improved property
to the sewer system in such manner as this Township and the Authority
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
to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established by this
Township and the Authority, from time to time.
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 above, 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 and the authority, from time to time.
3.
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection 1 above. No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection 1 above, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to this Township.
4.
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, above, to be connected to a sewer. 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, above, 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 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.
7.
In order to provide public sewer to the eastern end of Greens Valley
Road and to preserve the integrity and intent of the Forest Zoning
District (F) and to protect the prime agricultural soils, there is
hereby created a Limited Sewage Connection Area which is shown on
Exhibit A. No connections shall be permitted along this section of
Greens Valley Road with one exception of the existing house on tax
parcel 13-6-18, which is situated within 20 feet of the roadway.
[Ord. 25A-1979, 8/6/1979, Art. 3]
1.
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 and the authority,
in writing, shall have been secured.
2.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all
costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer, including
testing, 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.
3.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by the authority and where the lateral is provided. 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.
4.
If the owner of any improved property located in this Township and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet of the sewer system, after 60 days notice from this Township in accordance with § 18-102, Subsection 1, 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. 25A-1979, 8/6/1979, Art. 4]
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 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 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 and the authority.
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 or the authority may refuse to permit
such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into
the sewer system until such unsatisfactory conditions shall have been
remedied to the satisfaction of this Township and the authority.
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.
[Ord. 25A-1979, 8/6/1979, Art. 5; as amended by Ord. 62-1989,
12/18/1989; and by Ord. 09-00, 10/2/2000]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions
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.
[Ord. 25A-1979, 8/6/1979, Art. 8]
It is declared that the enactment of this Part is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of the inhabitants of this Township.
[Ord. 25A-1979, 8/6/1979; as added by Ord. 1-1990, 3/5/1990]
1.
Any owner or developer of property in the Township may make application
to construct sewers or sewer systems to service the applicant's property,
either individually or as a developer, in an area not then served
by the sewer system of the Township and the authority, and upon the
application being approved, may construct a sewer system in accordance
with the rules, regulations and specifications of the Township and
the authority, and upon the completion of the same the sewers shall
be capped until such time as service may become available from the
Township and the authority. All costs and expenses, including inspection
fees, shall be paid by the applicant. The Township makes no representation
that service will be available to the applicant, and the applicant
shall construct and install the system to serve the applicant's property
at the applicant's own risk of ever obtaining service to the area
to be served.
2.
Upon the authority and/or the Township having the sewer system of the Township and the authority available to serve the sewers constructed by the applicant, the Township and/or authority shall give notice to the applicant to connect to the Township and/or authority sewer system as required by § 18-102, Subsection 6, of this Part, and upon such connection at the expense of the applicant, service shall be rendered by the Township and/or the authority in accordance with the rules, regulations and rates and specifications of the Township and/or the authority.
3.
No priority of service shall be established by the construction of
capped sewers by any owner or development in accordance with this
provision, but the rendering of service to any area of the Township
shall be strictly at the option of the Township and the authority.
