[Ord. No. 20, 10/9/1973, § 1]
The purpose of this Part is to establish procedures for the use and maintenance of holding tanks designed to receive and retain sewage, whether from residential or commercial uses, and it is hereby declared that the enactment of this Part is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this Township.
[Ord. No. 20, 10/9/1973, § 2]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
HOLDING TANK
A watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of the sewage at another site. Holding tanks include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. 
CHEMICAL TOILETA toilet using chemicals that discharge to a holding tank.
2. 
RETENTION TANKA holding tank where sewage is conveyed to it by a water-carrying system.
3. 
VAULT PIT PRIVYA holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property 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 sewage shall or may be discharged.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property located in the Township.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation or other group or entity.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of water for domestic water supply or for recreation.
TOWNSHIP
Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. No. 20, 10/9/1973, § 4]
The Township may adopt such rules and regulations concerning sewage which it may deem necessary from time to time to effect the purposes herein.
[Ord. No. 20, 10/9/1973, § 6]
The Township shall have the right and power to fix, alter, charge and collect rates, assessments and other charges in the area served by its facilities at reasonable and uniform rates as authorized by applicable law.
[Ord. No. 20, 10/9/1973, § 7; as amended by A.O.]
The collection and transportation of all sewage from any improved property utilizing a holding tank shall be done solely by or under the direction and control of the Township, and the disposal thereof shall be made only at such site or sites as may be approved by the Department of Environment Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Ord. No. 20, 10/9/1973, § 8]
1. 
The owner of an improved property that utilizes a holding tank shall:
A. 
Maintain the holding tank in conformance with this or any ordinance of this Township, the provisions of any applicable law and the rules and regulations of the Township.
B. 
Permit only the Township or anyone acting under the direction or authorized by the Township to collect, transport and dispose of the contents therein.
[Ord. No. 20, 10/9/1973, § 9; as amended by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this § 18-409, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. 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 offense.
[Ord. No. 20, 10/9/1973, § 10]
In addition to any other remedies provided in this Part, any violation of § 18-409, above, shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the Township by either seeking appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.