City of Lebanon, PA
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2023-01-23
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Part 9: Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
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Title Three - Utilities
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Article 928 Sewage Holding Tanks
- Part 1: Administrative Code
- Title One - General Provisions
- Art 101 Codified Ordinances
- Art 103 Official Standards
- Art 105 Registration of Real Estate
- Art 107 Council
- Art 109 Definitions
- Art 110 Short Title and Definitions
- Art 111 General Provisions
- Title Three - Administrative Offices and Departments
- Art 121 Elective and Appointive Officials
- Art 123 Departmental Organization
- Art 125 Procurement, Purchasing, and Contraction
- Art 127 City Engineer
- Art 129 City Clerk
- Title Five - Bureaus, Boards, Commissions, Authorities and Other City Agencies
- Art 151 General Provisions
- Art 153 Bureau of Fire: Career and Volunteer Divisions
- Art 155 Bureau of Water
- Art 156 Planning Commission
- Art 159 Shade Tree Commission
- Art 160 Land Bank
- Art 161 Lebanon Authority
- Art 163 Lebanon Parking Authority
- Art 164 Central Business District Authority
- Art 167 Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority
- Art 169 Vacant Property Review Committee
- Art 170 Crime Commission
- Title Seven - Employment Provisions; Pensions and Benefits
- Art 171 Personnel System
- Art 173 Municipal Employees' Retirement System
- Art 175 Police Pension Fund
- Art 177 Paid Firemen's Pension Fund
- Art 179 Social Security
- Art 181 (Reserved)
- Title Nine - Municipal Claims and Liens
- Art 191 Delinquent Accounts
- Part 3: Business Regulation and Taxation Code
- Title One - Business Licensing
- Art 301 Amusements
- Art 303 Coal and Coke
- Art 305 Coin-Operated Dry Cleaning Machines
- Art 307 Moving Household Goods
- Art 309 Peddlers
- Art 311 Taxis and Buses
- Art 313 Transient Retail Businesses
- Art 315 Pawn Shops and Second-Hand Shops
- Title Three - Taxation
- Art 331 Property Tax and Residence Tax
- Art 333 Mechanical Amusement Devices Tax
- Art 335 Earned Income and Net Profits Tax
- Art 337 Local Services Tax
- Art 339 (Reserved)
- Art 341 LERTA
- Art 343 (Reserved)
- Art 345 Realty Transfer Tax
- Art 347 Taxpayers' Bill of Rights
- Part 5: Traffic Code
- Title One - Traffic Regulations
- Art 501 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- Art 503 Operation of Motor Vehicles
- Art 505 Abandonment of Motor Vehicles
- Art 507 Mall Streets
- Art 509 Cruising
- Title Three - Parking
- Art 511 Parking Generally
- Art 513 Parking Meters
- Art 515 Municipal Parking Lots
- Art 516 Reservation of Meter Space
- Art 519 Emergency Tow-Away Zones
- Title Five - Pedestrians and Bicycles
- Art 521 Pedestrians
- Art 523 Pedalcycles (Bicycles) and Pedalcycle (Bicycle) Licensing
- Art 525 Skateboards
- Part 7: General Offenses Code
- Art 701 Dogs
- Art 705 Disturbing the Peace
- Art 709 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- Art 711 Adult Bookstores
- Art 713 Indecency and Immorality
- Art 717 Minors
- Art 721 Offenses Against Property
- Art 725 Railroads
- Art 729 Streets and Sidewalks
- Art 733 Weapons
- Art 737 Abandoned Refrigerators
- Art 741 Alcoholic Beverages
- Art 745 Controlled Substance Paraphernalia
- Art 751 Police or Burglar Alarms
- Art 755 Housing Discrimination
- Art 759 Loitering to Violate Drug Laws
- Art 761 Public Indecency
- Part 9: Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
- Title One - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- Art 901 Excavations
- Art 903 Sidewalks, Curbs and Driveways
- Art 905 Utility Poles
- Art 907 Building Numbers
- Art 909 Removal of Wires
- Art 911 Dumpsters in a Public Right-Of-Way
- Title Three - Utilities
- Art 920 Wells
- Art 921 (Reserved)
- Art 922 (Reserved)
- Art 923 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment
- Art 924 Sewage Enforcement
- Art 925 Sanitary Sewers
- Art 926 Sewer District No. SS-1-70
- Art 927 Sewer Rentals
- Art 928 Sewage Holding Tanks
- § 928.01 Purpose.
- § 928.02 Definitions.
- § 928.03 Rights and privileges granted.
- § 928.04 Rules and regulations.
- § 928.05 Rules and regulations to conform to applicable law.
- § 928.06 Rates and charges.
- § 928.07 Exclusiveness of rights and privileges.
- § 928.08 Duties of improved property owner.
- § 928.09 Abatement of nuisances.
- § 928.99 Penalty.
- Art 929 Garbage and Refuse
- Art 930 Recycling
- Art 931 Wastewater Collection and Treatment
- Title Five - Other Public Services
- Art 941 Playgrounds; Municipal Pool
- Art 943 Parks
- Title Seven - Stormwater System Discharges
- Art 951 Stormwater System Discharges
- Part 11: Public Health Code
- Art 1101 Board of Health
- Art 1103 Food Code
- Art 1105 (Reserved)
- Art 1107 Smoking Policy
- Part 13: Zoning Code
- Title One - Zoning Ordinance
- Art 1301 Title; Enactment; Severability
- Art 1302 Establishment of Zoning Districts
- Art 1303 Allowed Uses in Primarily Residential Districts
- Art 1304 Allowed Uses in Primarily Nonresidential Districts
- Art 1305 Dimensional Requirements in Each District
- Art 1306 Additional Requirements for Specific Uses
- Art 1307 Design Standards and Guidelines and Design Review
- Art 1308 Historic Building Demolition Approval Process and Incentives
- Art 1309 Floodplain Regulations (Overlay District)
- Art 1310 Environmental Protection
- Art 1311 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- Art 1312 Signs
- Art 1313 General Regulations
- Art 1314 Administration
- Art 1315 Terminology
- Ch APP1 Using This Ordinance: an Overview
- Ch APP2 Dimensional Requirements
- Ch APP3 Index
- Ch APP4 Floodplains by Zone Map
- Ch APP5 Historic District Overlay Map
- Ch APP6 Zoning Map
- Title Three - Subdivision and Land Development Regulations
- Art 1371 Purpose and Objectives
- Art 1373 Definitions
- Art 1375 Procedures
- Art 1377 Plans and Plats
- Art 1379 Required Improvements and Design Standards
- Art 1381 Planned Unit Residential Developments
- Art 1382 Stormwater Management
- Art 1383 Floodplain Management
- Art 1385 Modifications, Appeals and Penalty
- Art 1387 Tree Preservation Regulations for Land Developments
- Apx APPc Appendix
- Part 15: Fire Prevention Code
- Title One - Standards Adopted
- Art 1501 International Fire Code
- Art 1503 Procedures for Recovering Expenses
- Title Three - Other Fire Regulations
- Art 1511 Smoking in Stores and Buses
- Art 1513 (Reserved)
- Art 1514 (Reserved)
- Art 1515 Establishing Escrow Procedures for Payment of Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Art 1517 Control of Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Art 1519 Carbon Monoxide Alarms
- Part 17: Building Code
- Title One - Standards Adopted
- Art 1701 Pennsylvania Construction Code
- Art 1702 International Building Code
- Art 1703 International Residential Code
- Art 1704 International Existing Building Code
- Art 1705 International Mechanical Code
- Art 1706 International Plumbing Code
- Art 1707 International Fuel Gas Code
- Art 1708 International Energy Conservation Code
- Art 1709 International Electrical Code
- Title Three - Other Regulations
- Art 1711 Air Pollution
- Art 1713 Commercial Structure Code
- Art 1715 (Reserved)
- Art 1717 Buyer Notification
- Part 19: Housing Code
- Art 1901 International Property Maintenance Code
- Art 1903 Rooming Houses
- Art 1905 Rooming Houses and Boarding Houses
- Art 1907 Residential Rental Licensing and Inspection
- Art 1916 (Reserved)
- Comparative Section Table
- Ch CST Comparative Section Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 1, passed 2-13-1978]
The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for the
use and maintenance of holding tanks designed to receive and retain
sewage whether from residential or commercial uses and it is hereby
declared that the enactment of this article is necessary for the protection,
benefit and preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the
inhabitants of this City.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 2, passed 2-13-1978]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The City of Lebanon Authority, a Pennsylvania municipal authority.
The City of Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
A watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage
and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of
the sewage at another site. Holding tanks include, but are not limited
to, the following:
CHEMICAL TOILETWhich is a toilet using chemicals that discharge to a holding tank;
RETENTION TANKWhich is a holding tank where sewage is conveyed to it by a water carrying system;
VAULT PIT PRIVYWhich is a holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available.
Any property within the City on which there is erected a
structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sewage
shall or may be discharged.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the City.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation
or other group or entity.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical
to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of
water for domestic water supply or for recreation.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 3, passed 2-13-1978]
The Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized and empowered
to undertake within the City the control and methods of holding tank
sewage disposal and the collection and transportation thereof.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 4, passed 2-13-1978]
The Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized and empowered
to adopt such rules and regulations concerning sewage which it may
deem necessary from time to time to effect the purposes herein.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 5, passed 2-13-1978]
All such rules and regulations adopted by the Department of
Public Safety shall be in conformity with the provisions herein, all
other ordinances of the City and all applicable laws, and applicable
rules and regulations of administrative agencies of the Commonwealth.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 6, passed 2-13-1978]
Council shall have the right and power to fix, alter, charge
and collect rates, assessments and other charges in the area served
by its facilities at reasonable and uniform rates as authorized by
applicable law.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 7, passed 2-13-1978]
The collection and transportation of all sewage from any improved
property using a holding tank shall be done solely by or under the
direction and control of the City, and the disposal thereof shall
be made only at such site or sites as may be approved by the Department
of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 8, passed 2-13-1978]
The owner of an improved property that uses a holding tank shall:
(a)
Maintain the holding tank in conformance with this chapter or any
ordinance of this City, the provisions of any applicable law, and
the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Safety and any
administrative agency of the Commonwealth.
(b)
Permit only the City or anyone acting under the direction of the
City to collect, transport and dispose of the contents herein.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 10, passed 2-13-1978]
In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, any violation of Section 928.08 shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the City by seeking appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Ord. 5-1978, 79 § 9, passed 2-13-1978; Ord. 26-1994, 95 § 1, passed 11-28-1994]
Whoever violates any provision of Section 928.08 shall be fined not less than $50 and not more than $1,000.
