[Adopted 8-9-2004 by Ord.
No. 2-2004]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. New construction.
(1) Residential.
(a)
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(2) Commercial.
(a)
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(3) Agricultural.
(a)
Construction of the primary barn:
[1]
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(b)
Accessory buildings that are not considered primary barn facilities:
[1]
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
B. Structures - renovation/remodeling.
(1) Residential.
(a)
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(2) Commercial.
(a)
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(3) Agricultural.
(a)
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
C. Accessory uses.
(1) Residential outbuildings.
(a)
One hundred square feet or less:
[1]
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(b)
One hundred square feet or more:
[1]
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(2) Garages.
(a)
Five hundred square feet or less:
[1]
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(b)
Five hundred square feet or more:
[1]
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
D. Swimming pools.
(1) A permit shall be required relative to the installation of any in-ground
or aboveground swimming pool as follows:
(a)
Zoning certificate: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
(2) In addition, all in-ground pools must be enclosed on all sides with
a fence and locked gate.
E. Demolition permit: a fee as set by the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
All rates and fees may be changed by Board of Supervisors each
year at their reorganization meeting and shall be done by resolution,
which shall be dated and attached to this ordinance.
[Adopted 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 2-2015]
The purpose of this article is to establish the requirement
of our building permit issuant to delay issuing a building permit
unless he/she has seen one of the following sewage authorizations
for the building and property in question.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
AGENCY
Hopewell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, or its
designee.
BUILDING
Any structure requiring a building permit that also requires
sewage authorization per the rules of the PADEP Sewage Facilities
Act of Pennsylvania and known as "Act 537."
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the Township.
PERSON
And individual, partnership, company, association, corporation
or other group or entity.
SEWAGE AUTHORIZATION
Any of the following:
A.
On-lot sewage septic system permit.
B.
Deemed adequate confirmation for connection to an existing system.
C.
Deemed adequate confirmation for the ten-acre exemption system.
D.
Commercial holding tank permit.
E.
Receipt of the tap-in fee for a public sewer line.
The Agency is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such
rules and regulations concerning permit issuing which it may deem
necessary, from time to time, to effect the purpose herein.
All such rules and regulations adopted by the Agency shall be
in conformity with the provisions herein, all other ordinances of
the Township and all applicable laws, applicable rules and regulations
of administrative agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
If any sentence, clause, section or other part of this article
is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this article. It is hereby declared as the intent of the
Supervisors of the Township of Hopewell that this article would have
been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence,
clause, section or part thereof not been included herein.