[Adopted 6-1-1977 by Ord.
No. 1977-1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
Any municipal authority authorized by the Board of Supervisors
of North Whitehall Township to supply water within the Township for
public and private uses.
Any property within this Township upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in this Township.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
The Township of North Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Township
Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized
representatives.
The water distribution facilities, including all related
facilities (owned by the Authority and/or Township), including all
property, real, personal and mixed, rights, powers, licenses, easements,
rights-of-way, privileges, franchises and other property or interest
in property of whatsoever nature used or useful in connection with
such facilities, and together with all additions, extensions, alterations,
improvements and betterments thereof or thereto which may be made,
installed or acquired, from time to time, by or for the Authority
for its operation and use. For the purpose of this article and for
the purposes of requiring certain owners to connect to the water system,
the system shall include and mean only that area depicted on the plan
which is attached hereto, incorporated herein by reference and marked
Exhibit A.[1]
[Amended 5-17-1978 by Ord. No. 1978-3]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Township offices.
A.
The owner of any improved property abutting the water system, other
than industries and farms which have their own supply of water for
uses other than human consumption, shall connect such improved property
to the water system in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Authority and Township within 90 days after notice to such owner
from this Township and the Authority to make such connection.
B.
The notice by this Township and the Authority to make a connection to the water system, referred to in Subsection A, shall consist of a copy of this article, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section thereof, and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such connection shall be made within 90 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice maybe given at any time after a water main is in place which can supply water to the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner in accordance with law.
A.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use,
alter or disturb, in any manner, any water main constituting a part
of the water system.
B.
The Authority shall make all connections to its water mains. Upon
the payment of the required tapping fee, the Authority will tap the
water main, insert corporation cock, install a service line to a point
approximately two feet behind the curbline and insert a curb stop,
all of which facilities shall be and shall remain the property of
the Authority and shall be maintained by the Authority.
C.
All service lines from the curb stop to the structure (and through
the wall of the structure and housing facility for the meter) to be
served shall be installed by the owner of the improved property to
be served at his own expense, shall be of pipe approved by the Authority
and shall be kept in good repair at the expense of the owner of the
improved property to be served. No service line or other connection
facility between the curb stop and the structure to be served shall
be covered up in the process of installation until inspected and approved
by the Authority. If any service line or other connection facility
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.
D.
The size of the service connection from the water main to the curb
stop necessary to serve adequately an improved property and the location
of such service connection shall be determined by the Authority. If
any person shall request a service connection of a greater capacity
than that determined by the Authority, or if any such person shall
request that a service connection be located in a location different
than that determined by the Authority, the Authority, in its discretion,
may install such service connection in accordance with the request
of such person.
E.
When it is necessary to replace an existing service connection from
the water main to the curb stop, the Authority will provide for the
replacement of said service connection in the same location as the
old service connection; provided, however, that if the owner of the
particular improved property, for his own convenience, desires the
new service connection at some other location and agrees to pay to
the Authority all expenses of cutting off the old service connection
at the water main and any other additional expenses incurred by the
Authority in complying with said request, then the Authority will
install the new service connection at the location desired, if said
location is approved by the Authority.
F.
Only persons properly authorized by the Authority shall be permitted
to make service line and service connection installations.
G.
This Township and the Authority reserve the right to adopt, from
time to time, additional rules and regulations as they shall deem
necessary and proper relating to connections with the water system,
which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate,
shall be construed as part of this article.
[Amended 5-21-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-1]
Violations of this article shall be punishable as a summary offense as set forth in § 1-16A of this Code.
This article shall become effective five days after adoption,
as provided by 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 this 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 this Township.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this
article shall be and the same expressly are repealed.
