[Adopted 6-8-2004 by Ord.
No. 04-8 (Ch. 18, Part 4, of the 1995 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 11-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-O-12]
The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for the
installation of deduct meters and/or grinder pumps and any associated
force mains or low-pressure laterals. 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 Township.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
Warrington Township's Official Plan as defined in the
Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24, 1966, P.L.
1535 (1965), No. 537, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1
through 750.20a ("Sewage Facilities Act" or "Act 537").
The Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority.
[Added 11-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-O-12]
A deduct meter measures the amount of
water not flowing in the sewer system and is typically utilized by
customers who use water for irrigation, to water grass or to fill
a swimming pool.
[Added 11-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-O-12]
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Any electric motor driven, submersible pump capable of macerating
all material found in normal domestic sanitary sewage, including reasonable
amounts of objects, such as plastics, sanitary napkins, disposable
diapers, rubber and the like, to a fine slurry, and pumping this material
through a small diameter discharge.
Any property within Warrington 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
sewage shall or may be discharged.
Warrington Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
A change in the Warrington Township Act 537 Plan to provide
for additional or newly identified future or existing sewage facilities
needs, as defined fully in Section 2 of the Sewage Facilities Act,
35 P.S. § 750.2.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in Warrington Township.
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 or any substance
which constitutes pollution under the Clean Streams Law, 35 P.S. §§ 691.1
through 691.1001, as amended.
[Amended 11-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-O-12]
The connection of existing properties or proposed new land development
to an existing or proposed sewerage system through the use of sewage
grinder pumps, their associated force mains, or low-pressure laterals
shall occur only after an official plan revision to Warrington Township
Act 537 Plan, approved by both Warrington Township, the Authority
and the Department, designates that the proposed properties be served
by such a connection.
[Amended 11-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-O-12]
Any owner of property within the Township who desires to utilize
a sewage grinder pump and any associated force mains or low-pressure
laterals shall make an appropriate application to the Authority for
the use of the same, shall comply with all rules and regulations of
the Authority and shall execute any agreements and pay any fees required
by the Authority. The Township shall bear no responsibility for the
purchase, installation, use, operation, maintenance, service repair
or replacement of the grinder pump and/or its low-pressure force main
or lateral.
[Amended 11-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-O-12]
Any owner of property within the Township who desires to install
a deduct meter shall make an appropriate application to the Authority
for the use of the same, shall comply with all rules and regulations
of the Authority and shall execute any agreements and pay any fees
required by the Authority.
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Editor's Note: Former § 257-30, Duties and responsibilities
of others, § 257-31, Easement to Township, as amended, §
257-32, Reimbursement of costs, § 257-33, No waiver, § 257-34,
Remedies of Township, § 257-35, Indemnification, hold harmless
and duty to defend, § 257-36, Abatement of nuisances, and §
257-37, Rules and regulations to be in conformity with applicable
law, were repealed 11-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-O-12.
