[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. 
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:
ACT
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, the Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, hereinbefore or hereinafter amended.
APPROVING BODY
Spring Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP
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.