[Adopted 1-7-1997]
As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings stated:
AUTHORITY
Wyalusing Municipal Authority, a municipal authority organized and existing under the laws of the commonwealth.
COMMONWEALTH
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within this Township upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or wastewater shall be or may be discharged.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, company, association, society, trust, corporation, municipality, municipality authority of any group or entity.
PROPERTY ACCESSIBLE TO THE SEWER SYSTEM
Property which is benefitted, improved or accommodated by a sewer system, specifically the Hychko property on Route 6.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal, water-carried household and toilet wastes resulting from human occupancy.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, transmitting, treating or disposing of sanitary sewage and/or wastewater situate in or adjacent to this Township; and owned by the Authority.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Wyalusing, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried, industrial or domestic waste from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted to enter the sewer system.
A. 
The owner of any improved property that is property accessible to the sewer system may, at his own expense, install sanitary facilities in such building and connect the same to the sewer system within 90 days after publication of the notice of completion of the sewer specified in this section.
B. 
Any owner of improved property that is not property accessible to the sewer system who is nevertheless able to arrange for connections to the sewer system through adjoining properties may be permitted to make such connection.
No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection of any improved property to the sewer system until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
A. 
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of the Authority, or the Secretary's designee, of the desire and intention to connect such improved property to the sewer system;
B. 
Such person shall have given the Secretary of the Authority at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made so that the Authority may supervise and inspect or may cause to be supervised or inspected the work of connection and necessary testing; and
C. 
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Secretary of the Authority that any tapping (or connection) fee that may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the owner of improved property who connects such improved property to the sewer system has been paid.
The Authority is hereby authorized to prepare rules and regulations regarding connections, fees, permits, service charges for, and operation of the sewer system to be constructed, and regarding the constituents concentrations and quantities of sanitary sewage and wastewater permitted to enter the sewer system.
No connection shall be made to the sewer system except upon payment to the Authority of the prescribed connection fee to be set by resolution from time to time by the Authority, and upon permit issued by the Authority pursuant to its rules and regulations regarding connections. Violations of this section shall also be subject to the penalties set forth in § 182-48 of this article.
A. 
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/or 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B. 
Each separate building or dwelling unit in respect of which a violation occurs shall also be deemed a separate offense. Fines and costs imposed under the provisions of this article shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.
If any of the provisions of this article, or the application of any provision hereof, shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect or impair the remainder of this article, it being the intention of the Borough Council that such remainder shall continue in full force and effect.
It is declared that the enactment of this article is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and welfare of inhabitants of the Township.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The Supervisors, by enactment of this article, hereby adopt the agreement for sewer service dated March 2, 2004, as an intermunicipal agreement between the Wyalusing Municipal Authority and the Township of Wyalusing. Any future developers requiring a sewer extension in the Township shall enter a similar agreement for sewer service.