[Adopted 2-18-1966 by Ord. No. 3-66; amended in its entirety 3-16-1988 by Ord. No. 1-88]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or
any agents thereof, to install on any property in Cecil Township an
on-lot sewage disposal system or to construct any building in which
a disposal system is to be installed or which is to be serviced by
an on-lot disposal system without complying with the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act 537 of 1966 (P.L. 1535)[1] and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto
and without first obtaining a permit indicating that the site, plans
and specifications of such system are in compliance with said Act
537 and its rules and regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
All on-lot sewage disposal systems, regardless of the size of the lot, will be subject to the provisions of § 187-24 of this article.
A fee shall be paid at the time the application is made for
an on-lot sewage disposal system in an amount set from time to time
by resolution and approved by the Board of Supervisors.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes all septic tanks or any other similar method by
which sewage is treated and discharged on the lot serviced by said
system.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof in an action brought
before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the
enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedures, 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 article continues or each section of this article which shall
be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
