[Adopted 1-28-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-2]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
The Metal Township Municipal Authority, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a municipal authority incorporated under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, P.L. 382, or any designated agent, representative or employee acting on behalf of the Authority.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within the Township and within the area served by the Authority upon which there is erected a structure or structures intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy, at use by human beings or animals and from which structure or structures sewage, wastewater or industrial waste shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any liquid, gaseous, radioactive, solid or other substance, not sewage, resulting from any manufacturing or industrial activity or from any establishment, as compared to the liquid wastes from industrial operations and/or processes, which is distinct from segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curb line, or if there shall be no curb line, to the property line or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean that portion of or place in a sewer which is provided by the Authority for connection of any service line.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property located within the area served by the Authority.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, firm, association, society, corporation or other group or part of legal entity.
SEWAGE
A combination of water carried wastes from residences, commercial establishments, industrial facilities, and institutions.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system used or usable for sewage collection and transportation purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping, transportation, and/or disposing of Sanitary Sewage and/or industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to the Authority's System, undertaken to be constructed and/or to be acquired to be owned, to be maintained and to be operated by this Authority for rendering sewage service.
STREET
Includes any street, road, lane, court, alley and public square.
TOWNSHIP
Metal Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
A. 
The owner of any improved property located in the Township and adjoining or adjacent to the sewer system or whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer system shall connect such improved property to the sewer system, in such manner as the Township and the Authority may require, within 60 after notice to such owner from the Township to make such connection, for the purposes of discharge of all sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Township or the Authority, from time to time.
B. 
Sewage and certain industrial wastes to be discharged into sewers. All sewage and, to the extent permitted by the Authority, industrial wastes from any improved property shall be discharged into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Authority from time to time.
C. 
Unlawful discharge or deposit of sewage and industrial wastes.
(1) 
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within the area served by the sewer system any sewage or industrial wastes in violation of § 18-8B.
(2) 
No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within the area served by the sewer system any sewage or industrial wastes in violation of § 18-8B except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to the Authority.
D. 
Unlawful water discharge. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any spring water, stormwater, surface water, ground water, roof runoff or sub-surface drainage, building foundation drainage, drainage from roof leader connections, cooling water or unpolluted industrial or commercial process waters into the public sewer/public sewage system except with the consent and approval of the Authority. Basement floor and garage floor drains shall not be connected to the service line.
E. 
Certain receptacles not to be used.
(1) 
No privy, privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, holding tank, or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under § 18-8A to be connected to a sewer.
(2) 
Every such privy, privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, holding tank, or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned, rendered inoperable and shall be pumped out by a certified hauler and contents disposed of properly and in accordance with applicable laws, and the tank must be removed or knocked down and or back filled with suitable material under the observation and approval of the Authority; and any such privy, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, holding tank, or similar receptacle not so abandoned and not so cleansed and filled shall constitute a nuisance and such nuisance may be abated as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
F. 
Certain receptacles and drainage facilities not to be connected. No privy, privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, holding tank, or similar receptacle at any time shall be connected to a sewer. No surface or subsurface drainage facility shall at any time be connected to a sewer.
G. 
Notice to connect. The notice by the Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 18-8A, shall consist of a written or printed document requiring the connection and referring to this article and may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sewage and, to the extent permitted by the Authority, industrial wastes, for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by certified or registered mail or by such other method as at any time may be provided by law.
A. 
Permit to connect. No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a sewer connection permit, in writing, from the Authority.
B. 
Application by owner. Application for a permit required under § 18-9A shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served on an application form of the Authority.
C. 
Certain conditions to be met prior to making a sewer connection. No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved property with a sewer until such person has fulfilled each of the following conditions:
(1) 
Such person shall have notified the Authority of the desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer at least one week before service is required.
(2) 
Such person shall have applied for and obtained a permit as required by § 18-9A of this article and shall have paid all required permit and inspection fees and applicable connection and/or tapping fees.
(3) 
All sewer service lines must be inspected by the Authority's inspector. Trenches must be left open. The Authority is to be notified no less than 48 hours in advance of installation and an appointment made for inspection and an additional twenty-four-hour notice for inspection of the building sewer/service line will be required. All pipes and pipe joints must be visible and accessible to the Authority Inspector. If the work is satisfactory, the permit, which must be on hand at the time of inspection, will be endorsed and returned to the owner.
(4) 
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Authority that any tapping fee or connection fee imposed by resolution of the Authority against the owner of the improved property who connects such improved property to a sewer has been paid, or in those cases where the owner connects the building sewer into the sewer system constructed by the owner and no connection fee is charged, all required impact, permit, and inspection fees have been paid, or adequate bond or surety has been provided to insure payment thereof.
D. 
Each improved property to be connected separately. A separate and independent building sewer/service line shall be provided for every improved property. A separate and independent building sewer/service line shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer/service line, but the Authority does not and shall not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
E. 
Certain costs payable by property owner; liability therefor. All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer, including testing, shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the Township, the Authority and their agents from all loss and damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
F. 
Point of connection; manner of connection.
(1) 
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated by the Authority and where the lateral is provided.
(2) 
The invert of a service line at the point of a gravity connection shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the sewer, unless the connection is a pressure connection from a force main discharge, as approved by this Authority. The connection of a service line to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
G. 
Authority to make sewer connection and collect costs and expenses. If the owner of any improved property accessible, benefitted, improved or accommodated by a sewer, after 60 days' notice from the Township, in accordance with § 18-8A, shall fail to connect such improved property, upon authorization by the Township, the Authority may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by the filing of a municipal claim or lien, an action in assumpsit or such other legal proceeding as may be permitted by law.
A. 
Conditions for use of existing structure sewer. Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device, the existing sewer line may be broken at the building line or at such other location approved by the Authority and attachment may be made, with proper fittings, approved by the Authority, to continue such structure sewer line as a building sewer.
B. 
Building sewer to be inspected before covering. No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by the Authority. If any part of a building sewer is covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered for inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property to be connected to the sewer.
C. 
Responsibility for maintenance of building sewers. Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition at the cost and expense of the owner of such improved property.
D. 
Guarding of excavation; restoration of streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed. Every excavation for a service line shall be guarded adequately to protect all persons and property from damage and injury. Street, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in the course of installation of a service line shall be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Authority. In paved areas and roadways, the surface shall be restored to meet or exceed the original condition of the road, shoulder or parking area. Roadway and berm restoration must met all Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PA DOT) requirements as well as applicable local requirements. Prior to digging, PA One Call System shall be notified for utility location. All design plans submitted to the Authority for review shall include PA One Call Notification requirements.
E. 
Effects of failure to remedy unsatisfactory conditions. If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice from the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building sewer within 30 days of receipt of such notice, the Authority may refuse to permit such person to discharge sewage or industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of the Authority.
F. 
Installation of building sewers. The installation of a building sewer shall be the responsibility of the owner and shall be installed at the cost and expense of the owner. Building sewers shall be installed in accordance with the Technical Specifications and Standard Regulations of the Authority regarding the installation of sewers, which Technical Specifications and Standard Regulations are by reference incorporated as a part of this article and made a part hereof.
G. 
Other rules and regulations. The Authority shall establish such other rules and regulations governing building sewers and connections as may be required.
A. 
Penalty for violation. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District Justice of the Peace, be sentenced to pay the fines and costs and be generally subject to the penalties under Chapter 1, § 1-23A. Each day that a violation shall continue shall be deemed and shall be taken to be a separate offense and shall be punishable as such. Charges of construction of sewer mains shall be a lien against the property and enforced in the manner provided by law.
B. 
Enforcement and recovery of fines and costs. Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this article shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner and at the time provided by applicable law.
It is declared that the enactment of this article is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and welfare of inhabitants of Metal Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.