This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Quarryville
Borough Geothermal Energy Systems Ordinance."
In this chapter, words and phrases shall have the meanings set
forth below unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
BOROUGH
Quarryville Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
DEP
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or
any agency successor thereto.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM, CLOSED-LOOP
A type of geothermal heating and/or cooling system that utilizes
a pressurized heat exchanger consisting of pipe, a circulating pump,
and a water-source heat pump in which the heat transfer fluid is not
exposed to the atmosphere. The heat transfer fluid is potable water
and may have approved antifreeze added. There are two kinds of closed-loop
systems:
A.
CLOSED VERTICAL LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMA bore hole that extends beneath the surface. Pipes are installed with U-bends at the bottom of the bore hole. The pipes are connected to the heat exchanger and heat transfer fluid is circulated through the pipes.
B.
CLOSED HORIZONTAL LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMA mechanism for heat exchange which consists of the following basic elements: underground loops of piping; heat transfer fluid; a heat pump; an air distribution system. An opening is made in the Earth. A series of pipes are installed into the opening and connected to a heat exchange system in the building. The pipes form a closed loop and are filled with a heat transfer fluid. The fluid is circulated through the piping from the opening into the heat exchanger and back. The system functions in the same manner as the open loop system, except there is no pumping of groundwater.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM, OPEN-LOOP
A type of geothermal heating or cooling system that utilizes
a water-supply well and a water pump to deliver groundwater to a water-source
heat pump. The discharge water from the water-source heat pump may
be returned to the subsurface through a recharge well or infiltration
bed or may be discharged into a pond, lake or stream. A spring may
also be the source of the groundwater supply.
UCC
The Quarryville Borough Uniform Construction Code.
[Amended 10-4-2021 by Ord. No. 445]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced for each
violation to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000
and costs of prosecution, including the Borough's reasonable attorneys'
fees, which fines and penalties may be collected as provided by law.
Each day that a violation continues shall be a separate offense, and
each section of this chapter which is violated shall be a separate
offense.
In the event any provision, section, sentence, clause or part
of this chapter shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional
by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality
or unconstitutionality shall not affect or impair the remaining provisions,
sections, sentences, clauses or parts of this chapter, it being the
intent of Borough Council that the remainder of the chapter shall
be and shall remain in full force and effect.