[Adopted 1-29-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-01]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this article shall be as
follows:
Any sewer extension constructed at the expense of a person
under the supervision of the Township and dedicated to the Township.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property located within the 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 industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any improved property located in the Township used wholly
or in part for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering
or assembly of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved
property located in the Township from which wastes, in addition to
or other than sanitary sewage, are discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, extending to the property
line or easement line or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then
"lateral" shall mean that portion of, or place in, a sewer which is
provided for connection of any building sewer.
Any watercourse, pond, lake or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged
from any improved property, as more particularly set forth in the
rules and regulations of the Township.
That portion of the Township intended to be served by the
sewer system, as set forth on maps designated, from time to time,
by the Township as the "Sewer System Service Area Maps."
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes, including a building
sewer and a lateral.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
transporting, pumping, treating and/or disposing of sanitary sewage
and/or industrial wastes, situate in the Township, to be constructed,
acquired, owned, maintained and operated by the Township in, adjacent
to and for certain portions of the Township.
The Township acting by and through its Board of Supervisors,
or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
A.
Mandatory connection.
(1)
The owner of any improved property located in the service area and
adjoining[1] or adjacent[2] to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from
any portion of the sewer system constructed by the Township shall
connect such improved property to the sewer system, in such manner
as the Township may require, within 60 days after notice has been
served by the Board of Supervisors to such owner to make such connection,
for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes from such improved property, subject to such limitations and
restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be
established by the Township, from time to time.
(2)
The owner of any improved property located in the service area which
is accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from
an acquired extension and not already connected to an existing public
sanitary sewer system shall connect such improved property to the
sewer system, in such manner as the Township may require, within 60
days after notice has been served by the Board of Supervisors to such
owner to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all
sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property,
subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established
herein or otherwise shall be established by the Township, from time
to time.
B.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer, shall be required under § 155-3A, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Township from time to time.
C.
D.
Connection location.
(1)
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under § 155-3A to be connected to a sewer.
(2)
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion
of the Township, shall be emptied, cleansed and filled at the expense
of the owner of such improved property and under the direction and
supervision of the Township; and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole,
septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required
by the Township, emptied, cleansed and filled, shall constitute a
nuisance and such nuisance may be abated as provided by law, at the
expense of the owner of such improved property.
E.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
F.
The notice by the Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 155-3A, shall consist of a copy of this article, including any amendments at the time in effect, or a brief summary of each section thereof, and a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
A.
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
the Township.
B.
Except as otherwise provided in this § 155-4B, 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 and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, and then only after special permission of the Township, in writing, shall have been secured.
C.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all
costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a lateral
shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected;
and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the 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.
D.
Connection location.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
(1)
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by the Township and where the lateral is provided.
(2)
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection to a lateral
shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the
lateral. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of
a building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
E.
If the owner of any improved property located in the Township and adjoining or adjacent to or whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer system, after 60 days' notice from the Township, in accordance with § 155-3A, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, the Township may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof. In such case, the 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 immediately or if the owner of such improved property fails to pay said bill, the Township shall file a municipal lien for the cost of said construction within six months of the date of the completion of said connection.
A.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is
required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device,
the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure side
of such sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made,
with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line, as a building
sewer.
B.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by the Township. If any part of a building sewer is covered
before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered for
inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property
to be connected to a sewer.
C.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
D.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in
the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being
connected, in a manner satisfactory to the Township.
E.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice of the
Township, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with
respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt of such notice,
the Township may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of the Township.
F.
The Township shall be permitted, at all reasonable times, to enter
upon any premises connected or about to be connected or required to
be connected to the sewer system for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this article.
G.
The Township may refuse any person the privilege of connecting any
improved property to the sewer system, or may compel discontinuance
of the use of any sewer by any person, or may compel the pretreatment
of industrial wastes, in order to prevent discharge of wastes into
the sewer system which is deemed by the Township to be harmful to
the sewer system or to have a deleterious effect on sewage treatment
processes or to be injurious to personnel operating the sewer system.
H.
The Township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional
rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating
to connections with a sewer and the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall
be construed as part of this article.
A.
Any person who shall violate this article shall be liable, upon summary
conviction for a first offense and upon summary conviction for each
subsequent offense, to a fine of not less than $25, nor more than
$100, together with costs of prosecution in each case. Each day that
a violation shall continue shall be deemed and shall be taken to be
a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
B.
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this article shall be
enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by
applicable law.
In the event any provision, section, sentence, clause or part
of this article shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect or impair any remaining provision, section, sentence, clause
or part of this article, it being the intent of the Township that
such remainder shall be and shall remain in full force and effect.
It is declared that enactment of this article is necessary for
the protection, benefit, and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of inhabitants of the Township.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this
article shall be and the same expressly are repealed.
This article shall become effective as provided by law.
