[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly shall indicate otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part 4B shall be as
follows:
All nitrogen that exists in aqueous solution as either the
ammonium ion or ammonia.
As applicable, each of the following: a "commercial establishment,"
a "dwelling unit," an "industrial establishment" and an "institutional
establishment."
The group of elected officials acting as the Board of Commissioners
of the Township.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter,
utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory
procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of Standard Methods
of the Examination of Water and Sewage, published by the American
Public Health Association.
The sewer or sewers of a building used to convey sewage and/or
industrial waste to the lateral or laterals from the respective building(s)
served.
The City of Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
A municipal sewer main whose primary purpose is to collect
wastewater from individual point source discharges.
Of an industrial waste shall mean the color of the light
transmitted by the waste solution after removing the suspended material,
including the pseudocolloidal particles.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system and used or intended for
use in the operation of one business enterprise for the sale and distribution
of any product, commodity, article, or service.
The quantity of chlorine absorbed in water, sewage or other
liquids, allowing a residual of 0.1 milligrams per liter after 15
minutes of contact.
The anhydrous residues of the dissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer or other enclosure
occupied or intended for occupancy as a commercial establishment or
separate living quarters by a family or other group of persons living
together or by a person living alone; interchangeable with residential
unit.
The volume of sewage flow which is equivalent to the average
amount of water consumed by a single residential unit, or 12,000 gallons
per quarter. The number of equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) assigned
to a residential unit, regardless of water consumption, is one. The
number of equivalent dwelling units assigned to any commercial establishment
shall be equal to the quarterly water consumption divided by 12,000
gallons, but shall not be less than one.
Solid waste resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale
of produce.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
its particles will be carried freely under normal sewer flow conditions,
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
Water which is standing in or passing through the ground.
Any property within the 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 user discharging other than sanitary sewage to the sewer
system.
Any liquid or gaseous substance, whether or not solids are
contained therein, discharged from any industrial establishment during
the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade, or business process
or in the course of the development, recovery, and/or processing of
natural resources, as distinct from domestic waste.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system which does not constitute
a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
Part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curb
line, or if there be no curb line, to the property line. If no such
lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean that portion
of, or place in which a sewer is provided for connection of any building
sewer.
A shaft or chamber leading from the surface of the ground
to a sewer; large enough to enable a man to gain access to the latter.
Is permissive; shall is mandatory.
Is milligrams per liter; equal to ppm.
Any improved property on which shall be located more than
one dwelling unit.
Any improved property on which shall be located more than
one billing unit.
An improved property not used for residential purposes.
All expenses required in operating and maintaining the sewer
system.
Person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or
partial, of any property located in the Township or served by the
sewer system.
Individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation
or other group or entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution, indicating the degree of acidity
or alkalinity of a substance. A stabilized pH will be considered as
a pH which does not change beyond the specific limits when the waste
is subjected to aeration. It shall be determined by one of the accepted
methods described in the latest edition of Standard Methods for Examination
of Water and Sewage, published by the American Public Health Association.
Elemental phosphorus in its combined or uncombined forms
as determined by using standard laboratory procedures.
Parts per million; equal to mg/l.
A dwelling unit.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system,
or usable for collection purposes, which carries sewage and to which
storm, surface and ground waters are not admitted.
The normal water-carried, household and toilet wastes discharged
from residence, business buildings, commercial, institutional and
industrial establishments. Any and all discharges from an industrial
establishment other than sanitary sewage shall be considered industrial
wastes.
Sanitary sewage.
The same as user charge.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating or disposing of domestic waste and/or industrial
wastes of, for, or in the Township.
Is mandatory; may is permissive.
That portion of precipitation which runs off over the surface
during a storm and for a short period following a storm.
That portion of the precipitation which runs off over the
surface of the ground.
Solids that either settle to the bottom of, float on the
surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids
and which are largely removable by laboratory filtration.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
or dissolved in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are determined
by appropriate procedures found in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage published by American
Public Health Association.
The Township's total costs in connection with the sewer
system including, bonded indebtedness plus operation, maintenance,
and administration expenses.
The Township of West Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania,
or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
Any noxious and/or deleterious substance in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans
or animals, to create a public nuisance, or to create any hazard in
any sewer system or in the receiving stream of the sewage treatment
plant.
The owner whose property is connected to the sewer system.
The system of charges levied on users of the system for the
cost of operation, maintenance, administration, debt service and reserve
funds for wastewater collection and conveyance facilities.
All facilities, as of any particular time, used for the supply
of water to the public in and adjacent to the Township.
Sanitary sewage.
The structures, equipment, and process required to collect,
transport, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and to dispose
of the effluent and accumulated residual solids.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 2; as amended by Ord. 454,
9/2/2008]
1.
User charges are imposed upon and shall be collected from the owner
of each improved property which shall be connected to the sewer system,
for use of the sewer system, whether such use shall be direct or indirect,
and for the services rendered by this Township in connection therewith,
which user charges shall commence and shall be effective as of the
date of connection of each such improved property to the sewer system,
and shall be payable as provided herein.
2.
Meter Requirements.
A.
Each improved property connected to the sewer system shall be considered
one or more billings units and shall be required to install a water
meter or meters to measure water consumption, except by prior arrangement
with the Township. User charges shall be computed based on water consumption.
B.
Exclusion from the sewer system of noncontaminated waste waters may
be required by the City or the Township, or such exclusion may be
optional with the property owner if not required by the City or the
Township.
C.
When such waste waters are excluded, user charges shall be based
upon total water consumed, less waste waters excluded. Waste waters
excluded from the sewer system may be determined from meters installed
and maintained by the City and/or the Township at the property owner's
expense.
D.
The City or the Township shall require any industrial establishment,
or the industrial establishment may elect to install, pay for and
maintain a meter approved by the City and the Township for measuring
the volume of waste water discharged to the sewer system. Any premises
used wholly or in part for the manufacture, processing, cleaning,
laundering or assembly of any product, commodity or article, or any
premises from which industrial wastes in addition to sanitary sewage
are discharged therefrom, shall be classified as an industrial establishment
for sewer user charge purposes.
3.
User Charges.
A.
All owners of improved property which shall be connected to the sewer
system shall pay a user charge based upon the actual metered water
consumption or water consumption less waste waters excluded. All user
charges shall be in an amount as established, from time to time, by
resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
B.
The volume of water to be used for billing user charges under this
subsection shall include any and all water obtained from the water
system or any other private or public water source, any source discharging
to sewer system to be metered.
C.
Multiple dwelling units and structures with multiple billing units,
with more than one residential, commercial, industrial or institutional
unit each having use of the sewer system shall be charged the rates
herein provided as though unit had a direct and separate connection
to the sewer system.
D.
Where a user is connected to the sewer system during the interval
included by any billing quarter, the user charge shall be in an amount
as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
4.
Industrial Surcharges.
A.
Industrial establishments discharging sewage and industrial wastes
to the sewer system having an average five-day biochemical oxygen
demand (BOD) greater than 215 parts per million (ppm), a suspended
solids content greater than 250 ppm, a total phosphorus (as P) content
greater than 11 ppm or a total ammonia nitrogen (as N) content greater
than 20 ppm shall pay a strength of waste surcharge, in addition to
applicable volume charges, equal to 1/10 of 1% for each part per million
by which the BOD exceeds 215 ppm, plus 1/10 of 1% for each part per
million by which the suspended solids exceeds 250 ppm, plus 1 1/10
of 1% for each part per million by which the phosphorus exceeds 11
ppm, plus 7/10 of 1% for each part per million by which the ammonia
nitrogen exceeds 20 ppm. Surcharges shall be applicable to billing
for user charges. The strength of sewage and industrial wastes to
be used for establishing the amount of surcharge shall be determined
at least quarterly either:
B.
By suitable sampling and analyses of the industrial wastes for a
three-day period, during which time the strength of waste discharged
or production is at a maximum, sampling to be done the Township's
authorized representatives and charged to the industrial establishment.
C.
By relating production of industrial waste strength at the time of
sampling to industrial waste strength at maximum production if sampling
is not performed at the time of maximum production.
D.
From estimates made by the City or the Township.
E.
From known relationships of products produced to strengths of industrial
waste for those industries where such factors have been established.
F.
In establishing industrial waste strengths for surcharge purposes,
analyses shall be made in accordance with procedures outlined in the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association.
5.
Review of Charges. The Township shall annually prepare an estimate
of anticipated costs for the forthcoming year, and, if necessary to
generate sufficient revenues to pay anticipated total expenses, shall
revise the user charges. Pursuant to federal regulation, the Township
shall review, not less often than every two years, the waste water
contribution of users and user classes, the total cost of operation
and maintenance of the treatment works, and its user charge system;
and, shall revise the charges for users or user classes, if necessary,
to maintain the proportionate distribution of indebtedness, operation,
maintenance and administrative costs among user and user classes as
required by federal regulation, and to apply excess revenues collected
from a class of users to the operations expenses attributable to that
class for the next year and adjust the rate accordingly.
6.
Nonresidential Flow Measurement and Sampling. The Township shall require the owner of a nonresidential property to install, pay for, and maintain a suitable control manhole with sampling chambers, meters, and other appurtenances as approved by the Township for measuring quarterly sanitary sewage volumes discharged to the Township system. Sewer user charges shall be based upon the actual volume of sanitary sewage as metered, using rates set forth in Subsection 3 or Subsection 4 as applicable.
7.
Waste Contribution Report. Ten days prior to the first day of April, July, October, and January, each nondomestic contributor of wastewater with characteristics requiring fees calculated in accord with the industrial surcharge as contained in Subsection 4, shall file with the Township a report on the wastewater characteristics and quantity of discharge on Form EPA 7550-22 or equivalent supplied by the Township.
8.
Estimation of Flows and Charges. If the owner of any improved property
(including and school) shall fail to provide this Township with complete
information required to compute the sewer user charge and industrial
surcharge to such improved property, this Township may estimate a
reasonable applicable user charge and industrial surcharge shall be
the actual user charge and industrial surcharge payable until the
required information is filed; provided, however, that no rebates
will be paid by this Township if the information filed reveals a lower
indicated user charge and industrial surcharge than that estimated
by this Township.
9.
Additional Charges. Additional charges shall be billed, as required,
for the following to owner of nonresidential properties subject to
user charges and/or industrial surcharges:
A.
Actual costs incurred by the Township for user-requested samplings
and analyses.
C.
Actual costs incurred for water meter inspection requested by the
user or as required because of improper maintenance.
D.
Actual costs incurred for special handling not provided for elsewhere
in this Part 4B.
E.
Actual costs incurred for handling a user's check returned because
of insufficient funds.
F.
Extraordinary costs for administering the user charge system.
10.
Minimum Non-Metered Sewer Rentals. Notwithstanding any other provisions
contained herein, all nonmetered residential users shall be required
to pay a minimum user charge of $75 per quarter and all nonmetered
nonresidential users shall be required to pay a minimum user charge
of $1,000 per quarter.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 3; as amended by Ord. 373,
2/3/1997, § 1]
1.
Quarterly Payment.
A.
All bills for user charges and industrial surcharges shall be rendered
to property owners in calendar quarters, on the first days of January,
April, July and October, respectively, in each year, or on such other
dates as this Township, by ordinance, shall specify, and shall cover
a quarter annum billing period consisting of the immediately preceding
three complete calendar months. All bills for user charges and industrial
surcharges which shall be based on estimates of this Township shall
be rendered for each calendar quarter annum billing period promptly
after the estimates are made.
B.
Each owner of an improved property which shall be connected to the
sewer system during any calendar quarter shall pay a pro rata sewer
rental and charge for service for the balance of the calendar quarter
and shall be billed for service for the balance of the calendar quarter
and shall be billed in conjunction with the next regular quarter annum
billing or by a special billing, in accord with Subsection 1A or as
this Township may determine.
2.
Payment Period. User charges and industrial surcharges shall be due and payable upon the applicable billing date as provided for in Subsection 1, at the office of the Township, or at such other location as this Township may designate, and the appropriate amount, computed in accordance with this Part 4B shall constitute the net bill. Any water and sewer bill tendered by this Township which remains due and unpaid for a period of 60 days shall have a $20 late payment penalty imposed thereon and said bill shall thereafter not be considered paid in full unless and until said late payment penalty is also paid in full. Payment made or mailed and received on or before the last day of such sixty-calendar day period shall constitute payment within such period. If the end of such sixty-calendar day period shall fall on a legal holiday or Sunday, payment made or mailed and received on the next succeeding week day which is not a legal holiday shall constitute payment within such period. Any bill not paid within said 60 calendar period day shall be deemed delinquent.
3.
Right to Cut Off Water or Sewer Service. If the owner of improved
property connected to the sewer system shall neglect or fail to pay,
for a period of 30 days from the due date thereof, any user charge
or industrial surcharge for sewage service imposed by the Township:
A.
The Township shall have the right to cut-off sewer services for such
premises and not to restore the same until all bills against the same
and the cost of cutting off and restoring service shall have been
paid.
B.
The Township shall have the right to request that the public water
supply be shut off to such improved property until all such overdue
rates and charges, together with any penalty and interest thereon
shall be paid. In no case shall the water supply be shut off to any
premises until 10 days after written notice of an intention so to
do has been mailed to the person liable for the payment of the charges,
and, in addition thereto, there has been posted a written notice of
such intention at a main entrance to the improved property.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 4]
Property Liens. User charges and industrial surcharges imposed
by this Part 4B shall be a lien on the improved property connected
to the sewer system; and any such sewer user charges and/or industrial
surcharges are delinquent shall be filed as a lien against the improved
property so connected to the sewer system, which lien shall be filed
in the office and shall be collected in the manner provided by law
for the filing and collecting of municipal claims.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 5]
Prohibitions Against Noncentral Sewage Disposal. Except as hereinabove;
provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy,
privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or
used for the disposal of sewage, within the sewer service.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 6; as amended by Ord. 454,
9/2/2008]
1.
Permit Requirement. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a permit from the Township as described in § 18-320.
2.
Separate Connections. Each mobile home and/or trailer unit or other
residential unit used for residential purposes, and having domestic
water and/or sanitary facilities therein, shall be considered a separate
and independent building, and as such shall have its own separate
and independent building drain and building sewer, except where the
Township permits connection to serve two joined properties in common
ownership, or where the configuration of property lines renders service
to one residential unit impossible except by common use of a single
building sewer and sewer lateral, in which case each property shall
be charged and make required payments as separate units.
3.
Re-use of Existing Laterals. Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Township, to meet all the requirements of this Part 4B.
4.
Compliance with Uniform Construction Code.
A.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code [Chapter 5, Part 1] and/or other applicable rules and regulations of the Township.
B.
The minimum pipe size permitted for the building sewer shall be four
inches, and the minimum slope of the building sewer pipe shall be
1/4 inch per foot. The building sewer shall be constructed of polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) pipe (ASTM D 2665; ASTM D 2949; ASTM D 3033; ASTM D
3034) or of vitrified clay pipe (ASTM C4; ASTM C700). The building
sewer material shall be of the same material as the sewer lateral
and sewer main. The vent piping shall be of PVC material meeting the
above referenced ASTM requirements or of cast iron meeting the requirements
of ASTM A74. Building sewer shall be laid on a bedding of crushed
stone.
5.
Service to Basement Level of Structures. Whenever possible, the building
sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement
floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to
permit gravity flow to the sewer system, sanitary sewage carried by
such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged
to the building sewer. The capital and operating cost for lifting
waste water shall be the responsibility of the user.
6.
Exclusion of Surface and Groundwater Drainage. No person shall discharge
or cause or permit to be discharged, any stormwater, foundation drainwater,
groundwater, roof runoff, surface drainage, or industrial cooling
water to any sewer connected to the sewer system.
7.
Safety Compliance During Construction. All excavations for building
sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and
lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks,
parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the
work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Township or
the Township's authorized representative at the property owner's
expense.
8.
Sampling, Flow Measurement Facilities. The owner of any improved
property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial waste shall
install at his expense a suitable control manhole together with such
necessary meters and sampling chamber and other appurtenances in the
building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement
of the waste.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 7]
1.
Separation of Sanitary Wastes and Clear Water. No person shall discharge
or cause or permit to be discharged any stormwater, surface water,
groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling
water, cellar water or unpolluted industrial process water to any
sanitary sewer.
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For the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of
this section, the employees or representatives of the Township or
the City are hereby authorized, at reasonable times, to visit and
inspect any improved property connected with the sewer system, provided
that such person, upon demand, shall show a card certifying that the
bearer of such card is authorized to inspect such improved property
connected with the sewer system of the Township.
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2.
Stormwater Discharge. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage
shall be discharged to such sewers are specifically designated as
storm sewers, or to a natural outlet, approved by the Township.
3.
Swimming Pool Drain Lines and Backwash. Drain lines from all swimming
pools in the Township may be connected to storm sewers, where available,
and filter back-wash lines shall be discharged to the sewer system
as follows:
A.
Sand filter back-wash shall be discharged to the sewer system.
B.
Diatomaceous earth filter back-wash shall be connected to the sewer
system through tanks with three month's storage capacity of spent
diatomaceous earth, which tanks shall be readily accessible for removing
solid waste for disposal.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 8]
1.
Prohibited Wastes. The City and/or Township reserve the right to
refuse permission to connect to the sewer system, to compel discontinuance
of use of the sewer system or to compel pretreatment of industrial
wastes by any industry in order to prevent discharges deemed harmful
or to have a deleterious effect upon any portion of the sewer system.
The discharge of roof water, stormwater, surface drainage and building
foundation drainage to the sewer system is expressly prohibited. No
sewage or industrial wastes shall be discharged to the sewer system:
A.
Having a temperature higher than 100° F.
B.
Containing more than 120 parts per million by weight of tar, oil
and/or grease.
C.
Containing any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquids, solids or gases.
D.
Containing any garbage which has not been ground by a household type
or other suitable garbage grinder.
E.
Containing any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, cotton,
wool, plastics or other fibers, or any other solid or viscous substances
capable of causing interference with proper operation of the sewer
system.
F.
Having a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 9.0 or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures,
equipment or personnel of the sewer system.
G.
Containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity
to injure or interfere with any sewage or sludge treatment process,
constitute hazards to humans or create any hazard in sewer system
operation. Toxic wastes shall include, but not by way of limitation,
wastes containing cyanide, chromium and/or copper ions.
H.
Containing noxious or malodorous gases or substances capable of creating
a public nuisance.
I.
Which interferes with, passes through untreated or otherwise is incompatible
with the system.
J.
Containing color from any source that when diluted with distilled
water 1:10 will have a luminance of less than 90% and purity of greater
than 10%, at its dominant wave length.
2.
Deleterious, Hazardous Wastes. If any waters or wastes are discharged,
or are proposed to be discharged to the sewer system, which waters
contains the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated
in this section and which in the judgment of the City or the Township
may have a deleterious effect upon the sewer system, or which otherwise
create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Township
may upon giving official notice to the discharger:
A.
Reject the waste.
B.
Require pretreatment to reduce characteristics to maximum limits
permitted by ordinance.
C.
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge.
D.
Require immediate discontinuance of the waste discharge until such
time as it meets the requirements of this section.
E.
Charge the discharger of an accidental spill of deleterious or hazardous
waste(s) for any extra or unusual costs incurred in treatment, handling
or clean-up of the waste(s) spilled.
3.
Garbage Grinders. The use of mechanical garbage grinders producing
a finely, properly divided mass, properly flushed with an ample amount
of water, shall be permitted upon the condition that no such mechanical
garbage grinder to serve improved property used for commercial purposes
shall be installed.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 9; as amended by Ord. 454,
9/2/2008]
1.
Use of Interceptor Devices. Grease, oil, and sand interceptors or
retainers shall be installed by the user at its own expense when,
in the opinion of the Township, such are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease, oils, or sand in excessive
amounts, of any inflammable wastes, and of such other harmful ingredients.
Such interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the
Township and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning by the user and for inspection by the Township. Where
installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained
by the user, at his own expense, and shall be kept in continuous and
efficient operation at all times.
2.
Pretreatment Facilities by Industries. Industries shall, at industry
expense, construct, install and operate suitable pretreatment facilities
to meet the requirements stipulated herein.
A.
Equalizing Waste Flow; Regulating Devices. The City and/or the Township
reserves the right to require industry having large variations in
rates of waste discharge to install suitable regulating devices for
equalizing waste flows.
B.
City Right of Inspection. The City's and/or the Township's
representatives shall have access at all reasonable times to industrial
establishments and any meters used for establishing or determining
water consumption, water excluded from the sewer system and sewage
and/or waste waters discharged to the sewer system.
C.
Concurrence of City and Township in Pretreatment. No preliminary
treatment (pretreatment) plant and facility shall be constructed or
operated unless all plans, specifications, technical operating data,
and other information pertinent to its proposed operation and maintenance
shall conform to all City, Township, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental
Protection, and any other local, state, federal agency regulations,
and unless written approval of the plans, specifications, technical
operating data, and sludge disposal has been obtained from U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental
Protection, and any other local, state, or federal agency having regulatory
Authority with respect thereto.
D.
Maintenance of Pretreatment Facilities. All such preliminary treatment
facilities as required shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operating condition by the user operating and maintaining
the facility served thereby, and at the user's expense.
[Ord. 312, June 30, 1983, § 10; as amended by Ord.
413, May 3, 2004; and by Ord. 425, 8/1/2005]
All connection charges, permits, and inspection fees shall be
done by resolution by the West Lebanon Township Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 11]
1.
Authorization to Extend Sewers. The Township shall have control and
authority over any and all extensions of the sewer system on approval
and concurrence of the City where necessary. No extension will be
made except upon the written request of an owner, or where the Township
determines an extension is economically justified.
2.
Financial Responsibility for Construction. The owner or owners applying
for such extension shall be responsible for the cost of making such
an extension. Title to any extension of the sewer system will be vested
in the Township, and the sewer system shall at all times remain the
sole property of the Township and shall not be trespassed upon or
interfered with in any respect. This property shall be maintained
by the Township and may be used as the Township deems fit.
3.
Submittal and Approval of Plans. When extensions of the sewer system
are to be constructed, the owner will furnish plans for review and
approval by the Township and all other agencies having jurisdiction.
These plans will denote location, profile and any other pertinent
details required by agencies having jurisdiction. The Township will
also require a public works agreement and bonds spelling out the conditions
by which the sewer system will be extended.
4.
Security. Before an extension of the sewer system is approved by
the Township, the owner or applicant shall post security for the estimated
cost of the extension. Final adjustments will be made upon the receipt
of all bills and expenses that may be incurred in the extension of
the sewer system. Any surplus will be returned to the owner. Any deficit
incurred by the Township will be billed to the owner upon final accounting.
5.
Additional Connections to Extended Sewer. The Township will not be
required to make any reimbursement to the owner who installs extensions
to the sewer system or enter into any type of buyback agreements.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 12; as amended by Ord.
454, 9/2/2008]
1.
Permit Required.
A.
Prior to discharging any industrial waste to the sewer system, or
prior to continuing the discharge of any industrial waste to the sewer
system, the owner of the improved property from which such discharge
is proposed to be made shall apply to the Township and the City in
writing for a permit to make such discharge. Application to continue
discharge of industrial waste shall be made within 60 days after passage
of this Part 4B.
B.
Application shall be made on discharge permit application forms furnished
by the Township, which forms shall contain all pertinent data including,
but not limited to, estimated quantity of flow, character of waste,
maximum rate of discharge, and pretreatment facilities, together with
any other information considered pertinent in such judgment of the
approving authorities. The costs for obtaining such information shall
be borne by the industrial establishment.
2.
Application Fee. A fee in an amount as established from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Commissioners shall be charged for issuance
of a discharge permit.
3.
Extent of Permit.
A.
Industrial waste discharge permits shall remain in effect so long
as the type of waste remains unchanged.
B.
Any owner of an improved property who is discharging industrial waste
into the sewer system and who contemplates a change in the method
of operation which will alter the type of industrial waste then discharged
into the sewer system shall apply for a new industrial waste discharge
permit at least 30 days prior to such change.
4.
Exclusion of Segregated Domestic Wastes. In the case of complete
separation of domestic waste from industrial wastes within an establishment,
with the domestic wastes only discharged to the sanitary sewer, no
industrial waste discharge permit fee shall be imposed on that portion
of the wastes going to the sanitary sewer.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 13; as amended by Ord.
454, 9/2/2008]
1.
Inspection Rights. Any duly authorized employee or agent of the Township
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted at
any reasonable time to enter upon all properties within the limits
of the Township or where the sewer system extends under contract for
wastewater treatment service, for the purpose of inspecting, observing,
measuring, sampling, and testing, as may be required in pursuance
of the implementation and enforcement of the terms and provisions
of these regulations. The City shall have the right to inspection
equal to the Township's rights as set forth.
2.
Prosecution. Any person found to be violating any provision of this
Part 4B shall be served by the Township with written notice stating
the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time for correction
of the violation. Any person, firm or corporation who shall continue
any violation beyond and the prescribed time limit, upon conviction
thereof, 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 30 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part 4B continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 312, 6/20/1983, § 14]
Right to Promulgate Additional Rates, Charges, Rules and Regulations.
The Township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, such
additional rates and charges, classifications, rules and/or regulations
as it shall deem necessary or desirable in connection with use and
operation of the sewer system, which additional rates and charges,
classifications, rules and/or regulations shall be, shall become and
shall be construed as part of this Part 4B.
