[Ord. No. 87, 12/8/1998, Art. I]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates other
wise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be
as follows:
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any improved
property, including any grinder pump or pressure sewer or similar
apparatus installed on such improved property.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any property within this Township upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habilitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary
sewage and/or industrial waste shall be or may be discharged.
Any improved property located in this Township used or intended
for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning,
laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article, or
any other improved property located in this Township from which wastes,
in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from and establishment and/or
wastewater having characteristics which may have the potential to
be detrimental to the treatment plant, other than domestic sanitary
sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there is no curbline, to the property line or, if
no such extension is provided, then "lateral" shall mean that portion
of, or place in, the sewer that is provided for connection of any
building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation, municipality, municipality authority of other
group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system,
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting
and transmitting sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste in and about
the Sybertsville service area of the Township, as such service area
is prescribed, from time to time, by the Township.
Includes any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley,
public way or public square.
The Township of Sugarloaf, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through
its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
its authorized representatives.
The wastewater treatment and disposal system facilities owned
and operated by the Conyngham Borough Authority.
[Ord. No. 87, 12/8/1998, Art. II]
1.
The owner of any improved property located within the Sybertsville
service area if this Township and which is adjoining, and adjacent
(within 150 feet) to the sewer system shall connect such improved
property with and use such sewer system, in such manner as this Township
may require, by the latter of the date which is 60 days after notice
to such owner from this Township to make such connection, for the
purpose of discharging all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from
such improved property; or December 8, 1998; subject, however, to
such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or
otherwise shall be established by this Township, from time to time.
A.
Not withstanding the provisions of Subsection 1, above, this Township shall not require any commercial or industrial business to connect to the sewer system when such commercial or industrial business is operating a sewer treatment plant under mandate of any agency of the federal or state government. This exemption shall last as long as such sewer treatment plant continues to meet the specifications and standards mandated by such federal or state agency and for 45 days thereafter. If, during the days immediately subsequent to the day a business sewer treatment plant is determined to be below federal or state mandates, repairs cannot be made to bring the system back up to satisfactory condition, this Township may require such business to connect to the sewer system. In such case, the full costs of connection to, and any necessary refurbishing of, the sewer system shall be borne by such business.
B.
The exemption provided for in Subsection 1A, above, shall not be
available in any situation where the business seeking to use it had
notice, either actual or constructive, prior to construction of this
sewer treatment plant, or this Township's intention to construct
a sewage pumping station and to require that business to connect with
the sewer system.
2.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer, shall be required under Subsection 1 to be conducted into such sewer; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township from time to time.
3.
No person shall place, shall deposit or shall permit to be placed or to be deposited upon public or private property within this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection 1. No person shall discharge or shall permit to be discharged to any natural outlet with in this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection 1, except where suitable treatment has been provided that is satisfactory to this 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 a sewer or that shall be required under Subsection 1 to be connected to a sewer. Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, shall be cleansed and shall be filled with a noncompactable material (e.g., sand) at the expense of the owner of such improved property, under the direction and supervision of this Township; and any such privy vault cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not 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.
5.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected to a sewer.
6.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection 1, above, shall include a reference to this Subpart 5A, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect or a summary of each section thereof, and a written or printed documents requiring the connection in accordance within the provisions of this Subpart 5A, and specifying that such connection shall be made within the time limitations described herein. Such notice shall be by personal service or by registered mail.
[Ord. No. 87, 12/8/1998, Art. III]
1.
No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall make any opening
into to shall use, shall alter or shall disturb, in any manner, any
sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit
in writing, from this Township.
2.
Application for a permit required under Subsection 1, above, shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
3.
No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection of any
improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled
each of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified the Secretary or other designated
representative of this Township of the desire and intention to connect
such improved property to a sewer.
B.
Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a permit as required by Subsection 1, above.
C.
Such person shall have given the Secretary or other designated representative
of this Township at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such
connection will be made so that this Township may supervise and inspection
or may cause to be supervised and inspected the work of connection
and necessary testing.
D.
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence
to the Secretary or other designated representative of this Township
that any tapping (or connection) fee and any other applicable fee
or charge that may be charged and imposed by this Township against
the owner of each improved property who connects such improved property
to a sewer has been paid.
4.
Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection 4, 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, but then only after special permission of this Township, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by this Township.
5.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all
costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer, including
such costs and expenses of acquiring and installing a grinder pump
or similar apparatus approved by the Township, shall be borne by the
owner of the improved property to be connected, and such owner shall
indemnify and shall save harmless this Township from all loss or damage
that may be caused, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction
of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
6.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by this Township and where, if applicable, the lateral is located.
The owner of each improved property shall provide this Township any
information requested pertaining to the existing or proposed location
of a building sewer. The invert of a building sewer at the point of
connection shall be at the same or a higher elevation that the invert
of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection
of a building sewer to the lateral, or other designated point of connection,
shall be made secure and watertight.
7.
If the owner of any improved property located within the Sybertsville service area of this Township and which is adjoining and adjacent to the sewer system, after 60 days' notice from this Township, requiring the connection of such improved property with a sewer, but not earlier than December 8, 1998, in accordance with § 18-502, Subsection 1, shall fail to connect such improved property and use the sewer system as required, this Township may enter upon such improved property and construct such connection and may collect from such owner the cost and expenses thereof in the manner permitted by law.
[Ord. No. 87, 12/8/1998, Art. IV]
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 line shall be broken or
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 line as a building sewer in the manner approved by
this Township.
2.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by this 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.
3.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
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 this Township.
5.
If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt of a written
notice of this Township, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with
respect to a building sewer within 60 days of receipt of such notice,
this Township may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary
sewage an industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Township.
6.
This 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 with the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be construed
as part of this Subpart 5A.
[Ord. No. 87, 12/8/1998, Art. V]
1.
Any person who shall violate this Subpart 5A shall be subject, upon
summary conviction for a first offence and upon summary conviction
for each subsequent offense, to a fine of not more than $1,000, 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.
2.
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this Subpart 5A shall
be enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided
by applicable law.
[Ord. No. 87, 12/8/1998, Art. VIII]
It is declared that enactment of this Subpart 5A and the provisions
here are necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of
the health, safety and welfare of inhabitants of this Township.
