[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006;
as amended by Ord. No. 308, 11/7/2018]
(a)
Establishment of the Leaf Creek Interceptor Sewer District. The Board
of Supervisors hereby establishes the Leaf Creek Interceptor Sewer
District ("district") comprising the territory as more specifically
shown and marked on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein.
The district shall include all properties as depicted on Exhibit A.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Township offices.
(b)
Application for Permit. No person shall uncover, connect with, make
any opening into or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer
or the sewer system without first making application for and securing
a permit, in writing, from this Township. Application for a permit
required under this section shall be made by the owner of the improved
property to be served or his duly authorized agent.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006;
as amended by Ord. No. 308, 11/7/2018]
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any
improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled
each of the following conditions:
(a)
Such person shall have notified the Township, in writing, of the
desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
(c)
Such person shall have paid to the Township a tapping fee, which
amount is set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
of the Township.
(d)
There is hereby imposed a special purpose part tapping fee of $916.11 per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) upon the owner of every property within the Leaf Creek Interceptor Sewer District making application for a connection, or who is required to connect, to the sewer system, including owners changing the type of use of a property previously connected to the sewer system, connecting one or more new uses or properties through an existing connection, regardless of whether such property is connected separately through existing or new lateral connections installed by the Township or any other party. The special purpose part tapping fee shall be in addition to the sewer tapping fees and other fees set forth in Township resolutions. The payment of the special purpose part tapping fee shall be as set forth in Subsection (g) hereof.
(e)
Calculation of Tapping Fee. For the Leaf Creek Interceptor Sewer
District, the Township hereby approves and adopts the calculation
of special purpose tapping fee dated September 2018, as prepared by
Ebert Engineering, Inc., consisting of seven pages attached hereto
and incorporated herein as Exhibit B.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit B is on file in the Township offices.
(f)
Such person shall have given the Township at least 24 hours' notice
of the time when such connection will be made so that this Township
may, through its designated agents, servants, and employees, supervise
and inspect the work of connection and necessary testing.
(g)
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Township
that any reserved capacity, connection, tapping, special purpose tapping
fee and inspection fees, as may be applicable, charged and imposed
against the owner of each improved property who connects such improved
property to a sewer have been paid.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
Except as otherwise provided herein, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently with 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
for good cause shown and at the sole discretion of the Township, and
then only after special permission of this Township, in writing, shall
have been secured and subject to such rules, regulations and conditions
as may be prescribed by this Township.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
All costs and expenses of construction of 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 save harmless this Township 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.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place
designated by this Township and where the lateral is provided.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall
be at the same or a higher elevation than 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 gas tight and watertight.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
If the owner of any improved property located in this Township and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet of the sewer system, after 60 days or such additional time as may be determined appropriate by the Township, notice from this Township, in accordance with § 23-305, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Township may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof. In such case, this Township shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved property to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be payable within 30 days from the date of issuance. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such improved property to pay said bill, this Township shall file a municipal lien for said construction within six months of the date of the completion of the construction of said connection, the same to be subject in all respects to the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the filing and recovery of municipal liens. The Township shall also have the option of prosecuting a claim for the costs of the construction of such connection and any and all fees and expenses associated therewith including, but not limited to, engineering, administrative, and legal fees and expenses arising and resulting therefrom in a court of competent jurisdiction in the same manner as may be otherwise provided for collection and recovery of debts and expenses within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
