[Adopted 7-6-1992 by Ord.
No. 319 (Ch. 18, Part 3, of the 1983 Code of Ordinances)]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The Borough of Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
The Council of the Borough of Catawissa, Columbia County,
Pennsylvania.
A watertight receptacle, whether permanent or temporary,
which receives and retains sewage conveyed by a water-carrying system
and is designed and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal
of the sewage at another site.
Any property within the Borough 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.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the Borough.
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.
The Council is hereby authorized and empowered to undertake
within the Borough the control and methods of holding tank use, sewage
disposal and sewage collection and transportation thereof.
The Council 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. All such rules and
regulations shall be in conformity with the provisions hereof and
all applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Council shall have the right and power to fix, alter, charge
and collect rates, assessments and other charges.
A.
The collection and transportation of all sewage from any improved
property utilizing a holding tank shall be done under the direction
and control of the Borough Council, and the disposal thereof shall
be made only at such site or sites as may be approved by the Department
of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.
The Council, or its authorized designee, will receive and review
pumping receipts from permitted holding tanks and will retain the
same for a period of five years.
C.
The Council, or its authorized designee, will complete annual inspection
reports for each permitted tank and will retain the same for a period
of five years.
The owner of an improved property that utilizes a holding tank
shall:
A.
Maintain the holding tank in conformance with this article, the provisions
of any applicable law, and the rules and regulations of Council and
any administrative agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.
Provide to the Council the financial security required by § 312.7 of the regulations adopted pursuant to § 267-17 hereof (Attachment 1 to this chapter).
C.
Permit the Council or its agent to inspect holding tanks on an annual
basis.
D.
Permit the Council or its agent to collect, transport and dispose
of the contents therein.
Any person who violates any provisions of § 267-20 hereof shall, upon conviction thereof by summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $300, and in default of said fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment in the county prison for a period not in excess of 30 days.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, any violation of § 267-20 hereof shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the Borough, which may seek mitigation of the nuisance or appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.
