[Adopted 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-2 (Ch. 18, Part 6, of the 2006 codification)]
A.
The available sewer connection
permits will be issued on a first come, first served basis for the
following types of development in areas with existing public sewer
service (i.e., no sewer extension required):
B.
* Multiple units within a single
development or to a single builder may be subject to limits as noted
below.
A.
The size of these larger EDU
developments relative to the total remaining capacity available to
the Borough under its agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental Resources, now Department of Environmental
Protection, for the treatment of wastewater at the Moraine State Park
Sewage Treatment Plant at the time of the permit application will
be the primary factor in the Borough's determination to permit such
developments. In general, permits may be issued for these large EDU
developments when the proposed development will utilize less than
10% of the total remaining capacity available to the Borough at the
Moraine State Park Sewage Treatment Plant at the time of the permit
application.
B.
As noted above, the Borough reserves
the right to limit the number of permits issued to any single builder
or any single developer during the allocation year in order to distribute
the permit allocation as equitably as possible. The Borough will consider
a variety of factors before limiting permits to any single builder
or developer, including, but not limited to, historic sales within
a development, historic sewer connection permits issued for a development,
the number of permits already issued to the builder or developer,
and how readily development can be phased.
For any new subdivisions or residential development requiring
a public sewer extension that was not constructed and accepted by
the Borough as of September 1, 2003, the Borough will impose phased
development requirements as a condition of the specific written developer's
agreement for that proposed development. The Borough may approve sewer
connection permits in accordance with the following schedule:
|
Type of Development
|
Maximum Per Year
|
|---|---|
|
Single-family residential
|
5 EDUs per year
|
|
Multifamily residential (2 to 3 units per building)
|
3 buildings per year
|
|
Multifamily residential (4 units per building
|
2 buildings per year
|
|
Multifamily residential (5 to 10 units per building)
|
1 building per year
|
|
Multifamily residential (> 10 units per building)
|
Case-by-case basis
|
A.
All of the Borough's sewer connection
permits require that the building construction must be substantially
started within 90 days after the date of permit issuance. The completion
of a foundation and/or slab with piping shall constitute a "substantial
start" of construction, unless approved otherwise by the Borough.
If construction has not been started within 90 days, the connection
permit will be revoked and nullified by the Borough, unless the Borough
Council has approved a time extension due to extenuating circumstances.
In addition, 50% of the original permit application fee will be returned
to the permit applicant.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
If the Borough extends the time
for use of the permit based on extenuating circumstances, the applicant
shall be required to pay the rate of the monthly service fee commencing
with the fourth month following the original issuance of the permit.
In no event shall the permit be extended for more than one additional
year from the original date of issuance or July 2, 2016, whichever
occurs later.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
Any builder, developer and/or
person who obtained a sewer connection permit which the Borough had
to subsequently revoke for failure to start construction shall:
