[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Vanport as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 6-14-1948 by Ord. No. 111]
All owners of property abutting on or adjoining any street or
alley in which there is a sanitary sewer owned and constructed by
the Vanport Township Municipal Authority are hereby required to connect
at their own cost, and in accordance with the regulations and charges
of the Authority, the buildings erected on said property to such sewer
for the purpose of discharging all household waste liquids and human
excreta customarily directed into a sanitary sewer system and shall
be required to pay the usual and customary tapping fee and the service
charge for such sewage service to the Municipal Authority. Oils, grease,
tar, gasoline or any other liquids that are not of the usual household
nature, including stormwater or drainage due to rain or snow, shall
not be emptied into or permitted to enter the sanitary sewer system.
The owners of property abutting on or adjoining any street or
alley in which there is a sanitary sewer shall be given 45 days'
notice, in writing, by the Secretary of the Board of Township Commissioners
of the Township of Vanport of the requirement that all buildings erected
upon abutting property shall have sewer connections, and upon his,
her, its or their failure to make such connections within said period,
the Township may make the same and collect the costs thereof from
the owner by a municipal claim or in an action of assumpsit.
Any person, firm or corporation required to connect with said
sanitary sewer system shall make application for a tapping permit
to the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Vanport Township
Municipal Authority on forms provided by the Authority, and shall
not open any street or alley or make any connection with the sanitary
sewer system until a written permit has been issued and the fee for
the issuing of said permit has been paid in full to the Vanport Township
Municipal Authority.
[Amended 12-12-1997 by Ord. No. 281]
Any person violating any provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof before a District Justice, be subject to a fine
of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution for each violation
thereof and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, shall be
subject to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days.
[Adopted 2-9-1971 by Ord.
No. 190]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged, either
directly or indirectly, into any sanitary sewer line of the Vanport
Township Municipal Authority any stormwater, surface water or drainage
due to rain or snow, oils, grease, tar, gasoline or any other liquid
or substance which is detrimental to the sanitary sewers or to the
operation of the sanitary sewer system, including the treatment of
sewage for disposal.
[Amended 12-12-1997 by Ord. No. 281]
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600
and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days, provided that each
day's continuance of a violation, after notice, shall constitute
a separate offense.
