[Ord. 24, 12/28/1980, Art. I; as amended by Ord. 2006-74,
4/13/2006; by Ord. 2008-09, 4/10/2008, § 1; and by Ord.
2013-40, 6/13/2013, § 1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
The Northern Lebanon County Authority, a municipal authority
of the Commonwealth; except that in the Swatara Township portion of
the Monroe Valley Service area, consistent with the agreement to provide
sanitary sewer service dated January 7, 2001, the Fredericksburg Sewer
and Water Authority, a municipal authority of the Commonwealth and
the portion of the Rockwood Service area, consistent with the agreement
to provide sanitary sewer service dated August 9, 2012, the North
Lebanon Township Municipal Authority, a municipal authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any property within this 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 improved property located within this Township and used
or intended for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing,
cleaning, laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article,
or any other improved property located within this Township from which
wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
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 that is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation, municipality, municipal authority or other group
or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from an
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transmitting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Township and certain
areas of the incorporating municipalities of the Authority and owned
by the Authority.
Any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley, public
way or public square.
The Township of Swatara, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, a
municipal subdivision of the Commonwealth, acting by and through its
Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
its authorized representatives.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic waste
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions,
whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted
to enter the POTW.
[Ord. 24, 12/28/1980, Art. II; as amended by Ord. 2008-09,
4/10/2008, § 1; and by Ord. 2013-40, 6/13/2013, §§ 2,
3]
1.
The owner of any improved property accessible to and whose principal
building is within 150 feet from the sewer system shall connect such
improved property with and shall use such sewer system, in such manner
as this Township may require, within 60 days after notice to such
owner from this Township to make such connection, for the purpose
of discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such
improved property; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions
as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by
this Township from time to time.
2.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer, shall be required under Subsection 1, to be conducted into a sewer; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township from time to time.
3.
No person shall place, shall deposit or shall permit to be placed or to be deposited upon public or private property within this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection 1 above. No person shall discharge or shall permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection 1, except where suitable treatment has been provided that is satisfactory to this Township.
4.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or shall be maintained at any time upon any improved property that has been connected to a sewer or that shall be required under § 18-102 to be connected to a sewer. Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion of this Township, shall be cleansed and shall be filled, at the expense of the owner of such improved property, under the direction and supervision of this Township; and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by this Township, not 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.
5.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected to a sewer.
6.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection 1, shall consist of a copy of this Part, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section hereof, and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 days after the date such notice is given or served. Such notice may be given or served at any time after a sewer is in place that can receive and can convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be given or served upon the owner in accordance with law.
7.
The owner of any improved property that is connected to the municipal
sewer system or that is required to be connected to the municipal
sewer system shall be required to have properly operating bathroom
facilities to accommodate the intended use of the building or buildings.
The Township shall determine what bathroom facilities shall be required
in order to meet the intended use.
8.
To the extent permitted by law, the Township may choose to delegate
all actions consistent with this section relating to the Township
portion of the Monroe Valley Service Area to the Fredericksburg Sewer
and Water Authority and the Rockwood Service Area to the North Lebanon
Township Municipal Authority.
[Ord. 24, 12/28/1980, Art. III; as amended by Ord. 2008-09,
4/10/2008, § 1; and by Ord. 2013-40, 6/13/2013, §§ 4,
5]
1.
No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall make any opening
into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb, in any manner, any
sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit,
in writing, from this Township.
2.
Application for a permit required under Subsection 1 shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
3.
No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection of any
improved property to a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled
each of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this Township of
the desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
B.
Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a permit as required by Subsection 1 above.
C.
Such person shall have given the Secretary of this Township at least
24 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made
so that this Township may supervise and inspect or may cause to be
supervised and inspected the work of connection and necessary testing.
D.
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence
to the Secretary of this Township that any tapping (or connection)
fee that may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the owner
of each improved property who connects such improved property to a
sewer has been paid.
4.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently to a sewer through
a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one
building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances
and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then
only after special permission of this Township, in writing, shall
have been secured and only subject to such rules, regulations and
conditions as may be prescribed by this Township.
5.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and shall save harmless this Township and the Authority from all loss or 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. Each such owner shall provide appropriate policies of liability and blasting or other insurance protecting the Township from any such loss, damage or liability therefor, which policies shall name the Township as insured, in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Township reasonably shall specify from time to time. Each such owner shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the Secretary of the Township coincident with the application for a permit as required by Subsection 1 that such insurance will be provided.
6.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by this Township or by the Authority and where, if applicable, the
lateral is provided. The invert of a building sewer at the point of
connection shall be at the same or a higher elevation that the invert
of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection
of a building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
7.
If the owner of any improved property located within this Township and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer system, after 60 days' notice from this Township in accordance with § 18-102, Subsection 1, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Township may enter upon such improved property and construct such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof in the manner permitted by law.
8.
To the extent permitted by law, the Township may choose to delegate
all actions consistent with this section relating to the Township
portion of the Monroe Valley Service Area to the Fredericksburg Sewer
and Water Authority and the Rockwood Service Area to the North Lebanon
Township Municipal Authority.
[Ord. 24, 12/28/1980, Art. IV; as amended by Ord. 2008-09,
4/10/2008, § 1; and by Ord. 2013-40, 6/13/2013, §§ 6,
7]
1.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is
required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or sewage
disposal device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on
the structure side of such sewage disposal system or sewage disposal
device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue
such house sewer line as a building sewer.
2.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by this Township. 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 a sewer.
3.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
4.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Any street, sidewalk and other public property disturbed in
the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being
connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Township.
5.
If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt of a notice
of this Township or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt
of such notice, this Township or the Authority may refuse to permit
such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into
the sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been
remedied to the satisfaction of this Township and the Authority.
6.
The Township reserves the right to adopt, by resolution, from time
to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary
and proper relating to connections to a sewer and to the sewer system,
which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate,
shall be and shall be construed as a part of this Part.
7.
If a sewer connection has not been made within one year from the
date of issuance of the sewer permit relating to the Township portion
of the Rockwood Service Area to the North Lebanon Township Municipal
Authority, the sewer permit shall expire. In such case, the property
owner desiring to connect to the Township portion of the Rockwood
Service Area to the North Lebanon Township Municipal Authority shall
obtain a new sewer permit and shall pay the applicable charges.
8.
To the extent permitted by law, the Township may choose to delegate
all actions consistent with this section relating to the Township
portion of the Monroe Valley Service Area to the Fredericksburg Sewer
and Water Authority and the Rockwood Service Area to the North Lebanon
Township Municipal Authority.
[Ord. 24, 12/28/1980, Art. V; as amended by Ord. 44, 6/11/1998]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
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 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 24, 12/28/1980, Art. VIII]
It is declared that enactment of this Part is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of inhabitants of this Township.
[Ord. 24, 12/28/1980; as added by Ord. 2013-40, 6/13/2013,
§ 8]
1.
All owners of the property that connect to municipal sewer may be
required to pay a permit fee in such an amount as is determined by
the Township by resolution duly adopted.
2.
All properties connecting to municipal sewer may pay a tapping fee
as established by resolution of the Township.
3.
When any improved property owner has received a notice to connect
to municipal sewer, there may be a ready-to-serve charge imposed upon
the property owner for each EDU that will be connected to the public
sewer system. The initiation of the ready-to-serve charge may be imposed
upon the owner commencing 60 days from the date of the notice to connect
and shall continue until the property owner makes the connection to
the municipal sewer. The ready-to-serve charge may be billed on a
quarterly basis and may include all normal and usual sewer billing
charges as established by resolution of the Township.
4.
The fee for inspection of the lateral connection to the sewer main
may be as established by resolution of the Township. The resolution
may provide for an additional charge for any additional inspections
required after the initial inspection.
5.
To the extent permitted by law, the Township may choose to delegate
all actions consistent with this section relating to the Township
portion of the Monroe Valley Service Area to the Fredericksburg Sewer
and Water Authority and the Rockwood Service Area to the North Lebanon
Township Municipal Authority.
[Ord. 24, 12/28/1980; as added by Ord. 2013-40, 6/13/2013,
§ 9]
1.
The following connections into the public sewer lines are prohibited
and may be inspected by the Township, or its designee, during connection
to a public sewer. The Township, or its designee, also reserves the
right to inspect any house from time to time for possible violations:
A.
The connection of any sump pumps, down spouts or any other connections
of surface water are hereby prohibited into the municipal sewer system.
