[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
It is declared that enactment of this Part is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of inhabitants of the Township.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012; as amended by Ord. 277, 12/8/2015]
1.
The owner of any improved property which is located in the Township
and which is adjoining or adjacent and whose principal building is
within 300 feet of the sewer system of the Township, shall connect
such improved property with the sewer system, in such manner as the
Township and Authority may require, within 90 days (or such other
longer period of time prescribed by the Township) after notice to
such owner from the Township to make such connection, for the purpose
of discharging all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such
improved property; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions
as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by
the Township, from time to time.
2.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property,
after connection of such improved property with the sewer system shall
be required under Part 2A to be discharged into the sewer system;
subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be
established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Township,
from time to time. The Township reserves the right to require metering
and sampling of such discharges.
3.
No person shall place, shall deposit or shall permit to be placed
or to be deposited upon public or private property within the Township
any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Part 2A.
No person shall discharge or shall permit to be discharged to any
natural outlet within the Township any sanitary sewage or industrial
wastes in violation of Part 2A, except where suitable treatment has
been provided that is satisfactory to the Township.
4.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
shall be used or shall be maintained at any time upon any improved
property that has been connected to the sewer system or that shall
be required under Part 2A to be connected to the sewer system. 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 cleansed and shall be filled, according to the Township permit,
at the expense of the owner of such improved property, unless otherwise
provided for by the Township or the Authority, 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 or the Authority, not cleansed and filled
shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance abated, as provided
by law, at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
5.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected to the sewer system.
6.
The notice by the Township to make a connection to the sewer system,
referred to in Part 2A, shall include a reference to this Part, including
any amendments or supplements at the time in effect, in a written
or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the
provisions of this Part and specifying that such connection shall
be made within 90 days (or such other longer period of time prescribed
by the Township) from the date such notice is given or served. Such
notice may be given or served at any time after the sewer system is
in place that can receive and can convey sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property.
Such notice shall be given or served to the owner in accordance with
law.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012; as amended by Ord. 277, 12/8/2015]
1.
No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall make any opening
into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb, in any manner, any
sewer, building sewer, or any part of the sewer system without first
obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Township.
2.
Application for a permit required under Part 2A shall be made by
the owner of the improved property served or to be served or by the
duly authorized agent of such owner. The permit shall be applied for
in the period of time as set by resolution.
[Amended by Ord. No. 282, 5/8/2018]
3.
No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection of any
improved property with the sewer system until such person shall have
fulfilled each of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified the designated representative of
this Township of the desire and intention to connect such improved
property to the sewer system.
B.
Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a connection
permit as required by Part 2A.
C.
Such person shall have given such designated representative of the
Township at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection
will be made so that the Township may supervise and inspect or may
cause to be supervised and inspected the work of connection and necessary
testing to determine if the building sewer and connection are constructed
in accordance with the current Authority rules and regulations.
D.
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence
to such designated representative of the Township that any fee charged
and imposed by the Township against the owner of each improved property
who connects such improved property to the sewer system has been paid.
4.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer system
through a building sewer. Each improved property shall be connected
with the sewer system through a single building sewer. Grouping of
more than one improved property, or more than one structure discharging
sewage on a single improved property, on one building sewer shall
not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good
sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then only after special
permission of the Township, in writing, shall have been secured and
only subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed
by the Township.
A.
Exception. When one building stands in the rear of another building
on a common interior lot and no private sewer is available or can
be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining street, the
building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear
building and the whole be considered as one building sewer.
B.
Exception. A common sewer connection will be permitted to serve more
than one building in the following categories:
(1)
Apartments.
(2)
Townhouse developments, where units are owned by one entity.
(3)
Condominium developments, where units are owned by one entity.
(4)
Planned unit developments, where units are owned by one entity.
(5)
Hotels and motels.
(6)
Hospitals.
(7)
Warehouses and industrial buildings engaged in only one business.
(8)
Schools.
(9)
Mobile home parks.
(10)
Shopping centers.
(11)
Churches.
(12)
Other buildings under common management.
5.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer, lateral
and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to the
sewer system shall be borne by the owner of the improved property
to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and shall save harmless
the Township and the Authority from any 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 the sewer
system.
6.
In the situation where there is an elevation issue and a grinder
pump will be required, the initial pump may be provided by the Authority.
All costs associated with the installation, future repairs, and replacement
shall be the responsibility of the property owner. The property owner
shall enter into a maintenance agreement for said equipment. The agreement
shall be provided by the Township.
7.
A building sewer shall be connected to the sewer system at the place
designated by the Authority or the Township. The invert (flow line)
of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same
or a higher elevation than the invert of the sewer system. A smooth,
neat joint shall be made and the connection of the building sewer
to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
8.
The owner of any improved property which is located in the Township and which is adjoining or adjacent and whose principal building is within 300 feet of the sewer system of the Township, shall connect such improved property with the sewer system, in such manner as the Township and Authority may require. If after 90 days (or such other longer period of time prescribed by the Township) notice, in accordance with § 18-202, the owner shall fail to connect such improved property and use the sewer system, as required, the Township may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof in the manner permitted by law. Previously terminated sewer service shall be addressed in § 18-303.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
1.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is
required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or sewage
disposal device, the existing house sewer pipe shall be broken on
the structure side of such sewage disposal system or sewage disposal
device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue
such house sewer pipe as a building sewer.
2.
The building sewer shall be constructed in accordance with the current
Authority rules and regulations; in addition all items of the sewer
permit shall be adhered to.
3.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by the Authority and/or 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 the sewer system.
4.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Any street, sidewalk and other 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 Authority and the Township.
5.
If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt of a written
notice of the Township or the Authority, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer within 90 days (or such
other longer period of time prescribed by the Township) 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.
6.
Each building sewer, leading from the lateral to any improved property,
shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by
the owner of such improved property.
7.
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 the sewer system, which additional rules and regulations,
to the extent appropriate, shall be construed as part of this Part.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
1.
Private persons may, with the consent of the Township and the Authority,
construct a sewer extension connecting to the sewer system at his
own cost and expense in accordance with the following:
A.
Written application shall be made to the Township by the owner who
intends to construct the sewer extension in the Township's sewer jurisdiction.
All such applications and all such sewer extensions constructed and
connected to the sewer system shall be subject to the following requirements:
(1)
All sewer extensions shall be designed and constructed in conformance
with the current Authority's rules and regulations.
(2)
The applicant shall employ an engineer registered in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania at its expense to prepare plans for the proposed sewer
improvements.
(3)
The completed plans and specifications shall be submitted to
the Authority and the Township for review and approval prior to submittal
to other agencies. Approval of plans and specifications by the Authority
and/or the Township does not relieve the applicant from obtaining
any and all approvals necessary for the construction of the sewer
extension, i.e., PA DEP and Williamsport Sanitary Authority.
(4)
No construction of any sewer extension shall be initiated until
approvals have been granted by the Township and all other appropriate
agencies.
(5)
Sufficient collection and conveyance capacity, as determined
by the Township, and sufficient treatment capacity allocation, as
determined by the Williamsport Sanitary Authority, must be available
for the additional sewage flow, which will be received from the sewer
extension.
(6)
A permanent easement with a minimum width of 30 feet (with the
proposed sewer extension centered in the easement) shall be provided
for the entire length of the sewer extension unless the Township determines
that a wider width is justified.
(7)
The minimum size gravity collection sewer line will be eight
inches inside diameter.
(8)
The Township or the Township's representative shall observe
the installation and construction of the sewer extension and associated
appurtenances, as the Township deems necessary. All costs incurred
by the Township in the observation of the work shall be the responsibility
of the applicant. Prior to placing the sewer extension and related
equipment in service, the applicant shall satisfy the Township that
the sewer extension and associated appurtenances were built in accordance
with the approved plans and specifications. The applicant's engineer
shall certify, in writing, that all testing requirements have been
completed according to the Authorities specifications, and shall be
completed to the satisfaction of the Township.
(9)
The applicant shall modify the original approved drawings as
necessary to provide accurate reproducible record drawings ("as-built")
to the Township upon completing construction of the sewer extension.
(10)
Through appropriate legal documents such as deeds, lien waivers
and recorded plats, the applicant shall, prior to placing in service,
dedicate to the Township the sewer extension and related appurtenances
and all easements, rights-of-way or fee simple parcels on which the
sewer extension and related appurtenances were constructed.
(11)
The following information shall be submitted to the Township
prior to the applicant dedicating to the Township the sewer extension
and related appurtenances and all easements, rights-of-way or fee
simple parcels on which the sewer extension and related appurtenances
were constructed.
C.
No provisions in this section shall be construed to obligate the
Township to accept any sewer extension or parts of the sewer extension.
The Township may reject any sewer extension or parts of the sewer
extension that fails to comply with the requirements of the current
Authority's rules and regulations.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012; as amended by Ord. 277, 12/8/2015]
The Township may, as authorized by law, initiate civil enforcement
proceedings against any person, firm or corporation who violates any
provision of this Part. The Township shall prescribe a civil penalty
of not more than $600 per violation, plus costs, or other maximum
as established by law. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate violation. In any case where a penalty
for a violation has not been timely paid and the person upon whom
the penalty was imposed is found to have been liable therefor in civil
proceedings, the violator shall be liable for the penalty imposed,
including additional daily penalties for continuing violations, plus
court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Townships
in the enforcement proceedings.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
The Board of Supervisors of Old Lycoming Township, along with
the Board of the Old Lycoming Area Authority, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania,
finds it in the best interest of the residents of Old Lycoming Township
to adopt rules and regulations and to establish fees relating to connection
to the public sewer system located within both Old Lycoming and Lycoming
Townships by property owners who desire to or are required to connect
to the Authority's sewer system, and to confirm compliance with the
Clean Streams Act, 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
1.
Any property owner who desires to or is required to connect to the
sewer system is required to pay a tap-on fee to the Authority in an
amount that is established by resolution of the Authority from time
to time, or by special agreement specifically authorized by Authority
resolution.
2.
Said tap-on fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of a permit for
the connection to the sewer system. The permit shall be applied for
in the period of time as set by resolution.
[Amended by Ord. No. 282, 5/8/2018]
3.
Each improved property shall be charged a tap-on fee as a specific
amount per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) applicable to such improved
property, as determined by the Old Lycoming Area Authority from time
to time. The number of equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) applicable
to each improved property shall be determined as follows:
|
Description of Improved Property
|
Number of EDUs
|
|---|---|
|
Single Family Dwelling — full or part-time
|
1.0
|
|
Multiple Family Dwelling — per family
|
1.0
|
|
Trailer/Mobile Home/Recreational Vehicle
|
1.0
|
|
Apartment House — per unit
|
1.0
|
|
Hotel or Motel — per 4 units or fraction
|
1.0
|
|
Restaurant, Club, Tavern or other retail food or drinking establishment
— per 10 seats or fraction
|
1.0
|
|
Church
|
1.0
|
|
Community Hall
|
1.0
|
|
Gasoline Service Station
|
1.0
|
|
Commercial Mechanical Service Station
|
1.0
|
|
Car Washes — 1 per bay
|
1.0
|
|
Beauty/Barber Shop (attached/unattached to dwelling) —
1 for first 3 chairs and 0.5 for each additional chair
|
1.0
|
|
Laundromat — 1 per every two washers
|
1.0
|
|
Commercial/Industrial Establishment — process/no process
waste water 1 per 10 employees or less located on site; 0.5 for each
additional 5 employees
|
1.0
|
|
Educational/Institutional Establishment — 1 for first
20 students/employees; 0.5 for each 10 additional students/employees
|
1.0
|
|
Funeral Homes
|
2.0
|
|
Doctor's Office — 1 per three examination rooms; 0.5 for
each additional examination room
|
1.0
|
|
Nursing Home — 1 per every five full-time residents or
equivalents
|
1.0
|
|
Facilities not covered — EDUs will be established on an
individual basis
| |
|
Commercial/Industrial Establishment — process/no process
waste water 1 per 10 employees or less located on site; 0.5 for each
additional 5 employees
| |
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012]
1.
The owner shall first obtain a connection permit and then shall construct
the building sewer from the property to the edge of the public right-of-way
within which the sewer is located. The permit shall be applied for
in the period of time as set by resolution.
[Amended by Ord. No. 282, 5/8/2018]
2.
The Township shall inspect and approve all building sewer and lateral
construction and all connections to the sewer.
3.
The Township shall document its approval of the construction.
[Ord. 261, 8/17/2012; as amended by Ord. 277, 12/8/2015]
The Township may, as authorized by law, initiate civil enforcement
proceedings against any person, firm or corporation who violates any
provision of this Part. The Township shall prescribe a civil penalty
of not more than $600 per violation, plus costs, or other maximum
as established by law. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate violation. In any case where a penalty
for a violation has not been timely paid and the person upon whom
the penalty was imposed is found to have been liable therefor in civil
proceedings, the violator shall be liable for the penalty imposed,
including additional daily penalties for continuing violations, plus
court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Townships
in the enforcement proceedings.
