[Ord. 224-1975, 6/2/1975, § 1]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Spring Township
Ordinance Implementing Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act."
[Ord. 224-1975, 6/2/1975, § 2]
1.
The definitions as set forth in § 2 of the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act, being the Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535,
as amended, are incorporated herein by reference.
2.
ACT
APPROVING BODY
TOWNSHIP
In addition to the definitions set forth in the Act, the following
words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this
section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, the Act of January
24, 1966, P.L. 1535, hereinbefore or hereinafter amended.
Spring Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
The Township of Spring, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 224-1975, 6/2/1975, § 3; as amended by Ord.
09-00, 10/2/2000]
1.
Notwithstanding § 7 of the Act, no person shall install
an individual or community sewage disposal system or construct any
building in which an individual or community sewage disposal system
is to be installed within the Township, without first obtaining a
permit indicating that the site and the plans and specifications of
such system are in compliance with the provisions of this Part, the
Act and the standards, rules and regulations adopted by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection.
2.
Applications for a permit shall be in writing to the Secretary of
the Township and shall be made on a formal application blank which
shall be furnished by the Secretary of the Township and each application
shall include such data as shall be prescribed by the technical standards
adopted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental
Protection.
3.
Issuance of permits shall be in accordance with § 7 of
the Act and all of the provisions of § 7 of the Act are
incorporated herein by reference.
[Ord. 224-1975, 6/2/1975, § 4; as amended by Ord.
09-00, 10/2/2000]
Inspections of applications and the site and the installation
itself shall be in accordance with the provisions of § 7
of the Act. The Township Supervisors shall from time to time designate
and appoint a Sewage Enforcement Officer who shall carry out the inspections
in accordance with this Part, with § 7 of the Act and also
with the rules and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental Protection, which are incorporated herein.
[Ord. 224-1975, 6/2/1975, § 5; as amended by Ord.
09-00, 10/2/2000]
This Township hereby enacts and ordains and adopts as part of
this Part, the rules and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental Protection, including Title 25, Chapter
71 and 73, as amended. All such rules, regulations and standards are
incorporated in this Part by reference. Copies of these regulations
shall be available for inspection at the time of application for a
permit.
[Ord. 224-1975, 6/2/1975, § 6; as amended by Ord.
09-00, 10/2/2000]
1.
Permit Fees. The applicant shall pay a fee with the application for
the permit, which fee shall be made payable to the Township and shall
cover the ordinary administration of this Part, including initial
completion of the application, issuance of the permit and closer inspection
of premises by the Sewage Enforcement Officer for a conventional subsurface
sewerage system. Such fee shall be established from time to time by
resolution of the Township.
2.
Additional Inspections and Tests. In the event the Township deems
it necessary to make additional inspections or to make additional
percolation tests or any other tests as required to be made by the
applicant under the Act and the regulations of the Department of Environmental
Protection, the applicant shall pay to the Township the actual cost
of such additional inspections or such percolation tests or other
tests made by the Township, which shall be paid to the Township prior
to the issuance of the permit.
3.
Denial of Permit. In the event the application for the subsurface
sewerage system is denied and the applicant desires to install an
alternate subsurface sewerage system, a separate application and fee
shall be required before a permit is issued. Such additional fees
shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Township.
[Ord. 224-1975, 6/2/1975, § 7]
In accordance with § 11 of the Act, the Township shall
have the power to institute in the Court of Common Pleas of Centre
County, Pennsylvania, proceedings in law or to restrain any and all
violations of § 7 of the Act and the provisions of this
Part. Such proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the Township
of Spring.
[Ord. 224-1975, 6/2/1975, § 8; as amended 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.
