[Adopted 5-1-2018 by Ord.
No. 389]
Property owners whose properties are located in the Furlong
Water Service District, as hereinafter defined, shall be required
to connect to the public water system, which is to be constructed
in the Furlong Water Service District, as hereinafter defined, and
shall be required to connect to the public water system, which is
to be constructed by the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority,
within 90 days of written notice to do so. The obligation of the owners
of residential properties to connect to the public water system shall
be conditioned upon the costs of the infrastructure and the costs
to bring public water to the house being borne by the Department of
Environmental Protection or others.
The Furlong Water Service District shall include that portion
of Doylestown Township encompassing the map attached hereto as Exhibit
"A" and the parcel numbers attached hereto as Exhibit "B."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said exhibits are on file in the Township's
offices.
Any property owner required to connect to the public water system,
who fails to do so within 90 days after written notice to do so, who
has been served with notice by either Doylestown Township or the Doylestown
Township Municipal Authority, said Township and/or Authority may thereupon
enter upon the property of the property owner, construct the necessary
facilities to connect to public water, and, upon completion of that
project, assess the full cost and expense of said construction to
the property owner. The Township and/or the Authority is further authorized
to lien the real property of the property owner upon completion of
the construction of the connection to public water.
Any property owner who shall fail to comply with the requirement
to connect to public water, as set forth herein, shall be subject
to the imposition of a penalty and/or fine in an amount not to exceed
$1,000, which said penalty and/or fine shall be set by the District
Judge. Each day that the order to connect is violated or that the
property owner fails to comply with same shall constitute a separate
and distinct violation.
To the extent the provisions of this article are inconsistent
with the provisions of any prior ordinance adopted by Doylestown Township,
as set forth in the Code of Ordinances of Doylestown Township, said
prior ordinances and the Code of ordinances of Doylestown Township
are hereby repealed to the extent of the inconsistency. The provisions
of this article, however, shall not modify and/or amend any prior
Ordinances of the Township of Doylestown related to the mandatory
connection to public water, except as said ordinances may relate to
the Furlong Water Service District, as identified herein.
The provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
If any provision of this article is declared by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such determination
shall have to effect upon the remaining provisions of this article
or the provisions of the Code of Ordinances of Doylestown Township,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, not so declared.
