[Ord. 1-2011, 4/13/2011]
The purpose of this Part is the establishment of the requirement
of mandatory connection to the Oxford Area Sewer Authority's
sewage collection and processing system for the following areas within
Lower Oxford Township.
[Ord. 1-2011, 4/13/2011]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AUTHORITY
The Oxford Area Sewer Authority, a municipality authority
existing and governed pursuant to provisions of the Municipality Authorities
Act (53 Pa.C.S.A., Ch. 56), as amended and supplemented, of the commonwealth.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property which shall be used in whole or in part for retail or other commercial use as established by the Lower Oxford Township Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27].
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected any structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy, or use by human
beings or animals and from which sanitary sewage shall be or may be
discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property which shall be used, in whole or in
part, for manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling
any product, commodity or article or from which any process waste,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, shall be discharged and also, for
purposes of this Part, that discharge sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR
The person appointed or employed by the Authority to inspect
public sewers, on-lot systems, cesspools, holding tanks and all other
connections between occupied structures, buildings and the public
sewer lines and area serviced by the public sanitary sewer.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the property line;
or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean
that portion of, or place in, a sewer that is provided for connection
of any sewer.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Any building, either industrial, commercial or residential,
which is newly constructed and which is located within the distance
requirements of this Part.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock
company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity,
or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns. The masculine
gender shall include the feminine, and the singular shall include
the plural where indicated by the context.
SANITARY SEWAGE and SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet waste from any
improved property; excluding, however, the effluent from septic tanks
or cesspools, rainwater, stormwater and groundwater, as well as roof
or surface water drainage or percolating or seeping waters, or accumulation
thereof, whether underground or in cellars or basements.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Lower Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through
its authorized representatives.
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No basement seepage, groundwater drainage, building drain, storm
drain, footer drain, roof drain, water drain of any type or any other
nonsewage source of water shall be discharged into the Oxford Area
Sewer Authority public sanitary sewage collection system, and all
owners connecting to the system shall certify that no groundwater,
seepage drains, building drains, footer drains, roof drains, storm
drains or water drains are connected to the sewage collection system.
After connection to the sewer is made, all owners shall maintain their
property in such a manner that no such seepage, groundwater drainage,
building drains, footer drains, roof drains or storm drains shall
enter the sewage collection system. No downspouts, roof drainage,
surface water or area drainage shall be connected to the sewage collection
system. The owner shall remove any connections and plug any drainage
before connecting to the sanitary sewage collection system. The inspector
shall inspect, confirm and approve the adequacy of each system before
final connection is approved or made.
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In case any owner of property required to connect to such sewer
shall neglect or refuse to connect with and use said sewers for such
period of one year after adoption of this Part or when said sewer
connection is located within 150 feet of the property or lot line,
Lower Oxford Township and the Oxford Area Sewer Authority or their
agents may enter upon such property and construct such connection.
In such case, the Authority or Lower Oxford Township shall, forthwith
upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the costs of
construction of such connection to the owner of the property to which
connection has been made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In
case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such property to pay said
bill, a municipal lien for said construction shall be filed within
six months of the date of completion of the construction of said connection,
the same to be subject in all respects to the general law providing
for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
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Any person or entity required to connect a property with the
sewer system of the Authority shall make application for a connection
permit therefor to the Oxford Area Sewer Authority on forms furnished
by the Authority and shall set forth, in said application, the character
of structure and use, the legal owner, the correct mailing address
for the owner, the lot number and location, and the name of the person
who is to make the connection.
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No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter, be connected
with the sanitary sewers of the Authority.
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The construction of all private sewers or laterals and their
connections with any lines of the sewer system shall be done in accordance
with rules and regulations established by the Oxford Area Sewer Authority
and shall be inspected by a representative of the Oxford Area Sewer
Authority or designee before being covered.
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The Board of Supervisors of Lower Oxford Township hereby delegates
to the Oxford Area Sewer Authority the sole and exclusive authority
for the administration of the monthly sewer fees and billings for
said sewer connections.
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It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
tap or connect into the Oxford Area Sewer Authority system before
making payment of the charges and the inspections herein established.
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Any person(s), partnership or any agents or executive officers
of any corporation violating any provisions of this Part shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $200 and not more
than $1,000 for each offense, and an equal fine amount for each thirty-day
period or fraction thereof wherein the violation is not corrected
to the satisfaction of the Authority or Lower Oxford Township. Additionally,
if this matter is turned over to an attorney, costs for litigation
shall be added to the fine amount. Each day or portion thereof in
which a violation exists shall be considered a separate violation,
and each section of this Part which is violated shall be considered
a separate violation.
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The provisions of this Part shall be severable; and if any of
the provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid for
any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of
the remaining provisions of this Part. It is hereby declared as the
legislative intent that this Part would have been adopted had such
unconstitutional or invalid provision not been included therein.