City of New Castle, PA
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2023-03-24
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Part 9: Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
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Title Three - Public Sewers
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Article 935 Septic Tanks and Holding Tanks
- Part 1: Administrative Code
- Title One - General Provisions
- Art 101 Codified Ordinances
- Art 102 Act 47 Recovery Plan
- Art 103 Official Standards
- Art 104 Home Rule Charter Initiative
- Title Three - Legislative
- Art 111 Council
- Art 115 Council Procedure
- Title Five - Administrative Offices and Departments
- Art 121 Administration Generally
- Art 123 Mayor
- Art 125 City Clerk
- Art 127 City Treasurer
- Art 129 City Controller
- Art 131 Fiscal Procedure
- Art 133 Department of Administration
- Art 135 Bureau of Law
- Art 137 (Reserved)
- Art 139 Bureau of Planning and Development
- Art 141 Department of Public Works
- Art 143 (Reserved)
- Art 145 Department of Police
- Art 146 Educational Service Agency
- Art 147 Auxiliary Police
- Art 149 Department of Fire
- Art 151 Department of Community and Economic Development
- Art 153 Department of Code Enforcement
- Art 155 Department of Recreation and Parks
- Art 156 Department of Parking
- Art 157 Board of Health
- Art 159 Recreation Task Force
- Title Seven - Employment Provisions; Pensions and Benefits
- Art 161 Personnel System and Board
- Art 163 Civil Service Board
- Art 165 Employment Provisions
- Art 166 Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees
- Art 167 City Employees Pension Plan
- Art 169 Police Pension Plan
- Art 171 Firemen's Pension Plan
- Art 172 Plan of Administrative Improvement for the City of New Castle Pension Plans
- Title Nine - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
- Art 181 General Provisions
- Art 183 Standing Committees of Council
- Art 185 Human Relations Commission; Discrimination
- Art 186 Shade Tree Commission
- Art 187 Authorities
- Art 188 Historical Conservation/Preservation/Restoration Commission
- Art 189 Lawrence County Regional Council of Governments
- Art 190 Municipal Sexual Assault/Special Victims Task Force Agreement
- Title Eleven - Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Art 191 New Castle Municipal Fire Services Assistance
- Art 192 Shared Equipment Program
- Art 193 Central Booking Program Intergovernmental Agreement
- Art 194 Municipal Utility Alliance Cooperation Agreement
- Art 195 Centralized Answering and Dispatch Service
- Art 196 Interjurisdictional Agreement With New Castle Sanitation Authority
- Art 197 Drug Task Force Agreement
- Art 197A Lawrence County Drug Task Force Agreement
- Art 198 Municipal Police Cooperative Agreement
- Art 199 City-County Cooperative Agreements
- Art 199A Citywide Development Corporation of New Castle
- Part 2: Emergency Services Cost Recovery
- Art 201 Fire Suppression
- Art 202 Automobile Accidents
- Art 203 Specialty Rescue Services
- Art 204 Hazardous Material Response, Mitigation and Abatement
- Art 205 Unlock Service
- Art 206 Staff Training, Inspections and Fire Drills
- Part 3: Business Regulation and Taxation Code
- Title One - Real Estate
- Art 301 Assessment Law
- Art 303 Property Tax
- Art 304 Property Tax Distraints
- Art 305 Tax Collection
- Art 306 Delinquent Real Estate Taxes Fee Schedule
- Title Three - Business Regulation
- Art 311 Closed Circuit Television Systems (Catv)
- Art 313 Circuses, Carnivals and Shows
- Art 315 Coal Sales
- Art 317 Closing-Out, Damaged Goods and Defunct Business Sales
- Art 319 Dances and Dance Halls
- Art 321 Gaming Devices and Amusement Devices
- Art 323 Juke Boxes
- Art 325 Loudspeakers
- Art 329 Panhandlers, Solicitors, and Transient Vendors
- Art 333 Refuse Collectors
- Art 334 Refuse Disposal
- Art 335 (Reserved)
- Art 337 Eating and Drinking Places
- Title Five - Act 511 Taxes
- Art 341 Earned Income Tax
- Art 343 Business Privilege Tax
- Art 345 Local Services Tax
- Art 347 Mercantile License Tax
- Art 349 Realty Transfer Tax
- Title Seven - Property Tax Exemptions
- Art 361 Improvement of Deteriorated Real Property Tax Exemption
- Art 363 Deteriorated Area Improvement Tax Exemption
- Art 365 Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance (Lerta)
- Part 5: Traffic Code
- Art 501 Traffic Rules
- Art 502 Brake Retarder Prohibition - Jake Brakes
- Art 505 Vehicle Removal and Impounding
- Art 509 Parking Meters
- Art 513 Vehicle Operation and Parking
- Art 517 Streets Closed for Repair
- Art 521 Snow Emergencies and Street Cleaning
- Art 525 Loading Zones
- Art 533 Parking Commercial Vehicles
- Art 537 Snowmobiles and Mini-Bikes
- Art 538 All-Terrain Vehicles, Dirt Bikes and Other Motorized Recreational Vehicles
- Part 7: General Offenses Code
- Art 705 Advertising and Handbill Distribution
- Art 709 Curfew
- Art 713 Disorderly Conduct
- Art 714 Public Nudity
- Art 715 Disorderly Houses
- Art 716 Residential Restrictions for Registered Sexual Violent Offenders
- Art 717 Dogs
- Art 718 Offenses Endangering Public Peace and Good Order
- Art 721 False Fire Alarms
- Art 725 Firearms and Weapons
- Art 737 Parades and Assemblages
- Art 739 Tobacco Use Restrictions
- Art 741 Parks
- Art 745 Pigeons and Starlings
- Art 749 Railroads
- Art 753 Streets and Sidewalks
- Art 757 Downtown Improvement Area
- Part 9: Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
- Title One - Streets and Sidewalk Areas
- Art 901 Street Excavations and Pavement Cuts
- Art 903 City Improvements
- Art 905 Street Acceptance
- Art 909 Unpaved Street Maintenance
- Art 911 Low Cost Street Paving
- Art 913 Manholes
- Art 915 Poles and Wires
- Art 917 Driveways
- Art 919 (Reserved)
- Art 921 Sidewalk Construction and Repair
- Title Three - Public Sewers
- Art 931 Sanitary Sewer Connections
- Art 933 Stormwater Management Program and User Fee
- Art 934 Stormwater Management
- Art 935 Septic Tanks and Holding Tanks
- § 935.01 Outside toilets prohibited.
- § 935.02 Septic tanks.
- § 935.03 Holding tanks.
- § 935.04 Abatement of nuisances.
- § 935.05 Repealer.
- § 935.06 Severability.
- § 935.99 Penalty.
- Art 937 Sewer Extensions Outside the City
- Art 939 Interceptors and Separators
- Title Five - Other Public Services
- Art 950 City of New Castle Municipal Solid Waste
- Art 951 (Reserved)
- Art 952 (Reserved)
- Art 953 Hydrant Surcharge
- Part 11: Health and Sanitation Code
- Title One - Health Nuisances
- Art 1103 (Reserved)
- Art 1107 Waste and Discarded Materials
- Art 1111 Depositing and Littering
- Art 1115 Transporting Materials
- Art 1123 Weeds and Grass
- Art 1127 Trees
- Title Three - Animals and Fowl
- Art 1141 Bees
- Art 1145 Domestic Animals
- Title Five - Groundwater Use Restrictions
- Art 1160 M-2 Heavy Industrial Zoning District of the Seventh Ward Groundwater Use Restrictions
- Part 13: Planning and Zoning Code
- Title One - Subdivision Regulations
- Art 1301 Purpose and Jurisdiction
- Art 1303 Definitions
- Art 1305 Compliance, Enforcement, and Penalty
- Art 1307 Variances and Amendments
- Art 1309 Plan Requirements
- Art 1311 Plat Procedures
- Art 1313 Design Standards
- Art 1315 Improvements
- Title Three - Zoning Ordinance
- Art 1321 General Provisions
- Art 1322 Definitions
- Art 1323 Administration, Enforcement and Appeals
- Art 1324 Amendments
- Art 1325 Zoning Hearing Board
- Art 1326 Neighborhood Improvement Overlay District
- Art 1327 New Castle North Hill Historic Overlay District Standards and Guidelines
- Art 1328 (Reserved)
- Art 1329 District Regulations
- Art 1331 Supplementary Regulations
- Art 1332 Signs
- Art 1333 Mobile Home Court and Development Guidelines
- Art 1335 Group Homes
- Art 1336 Adult Entertainment Establishments
- Ttl Three Map Zoning Map
- Part 15: Fire Prevention Code
- Art 1501 Standard Adopted
- Art 1505 Explosives Storage and Transportation
- Art 1509 Gasoline Filling Stations
- Art 1513 Tank and Pump Testing
- Art 1517 Fireworks
- Art 1521 Fire Insurance Escrow
- Art 1522 Payment of Delinquent Taxes From Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Part 17: Building and Housing Code
- Title One - Standards Adopted
- Art 1701 (Reserved)
- Art 1702 Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Act
- Art 1703 (Reserved)
- Art 1705 (Reserved)
- Art 1709 Flood Plain Management
- Title Three - Local Provisions
- Art 1725 Fire Zones
- Art 1727 Numbering Buildings
- Art 1729 Moving Buildings
- Art 1731 Demolition
- Art 1733 Unsafe and Unsanitary Structures
- Art 1735 Trailers
- Art 1737 Junk and Wrecking Yards
- Art 1739 Party Walls
- Art 1741 Surface or Storm Waters
- Art 1743 Buyer Notification
- Art 1743A Zoning Classification/Occupancy Permits
- Art 1744 (Reserved)
- Art 1745 Dumpster Ordinance
- Title Five - Existing Structures
- Art 1761 International Property Maintenance Code
- Art 1783 Facilities and Services
- Art 1784 Procedures for Council Review of Repository Property Bids
- Tables
- Tbl A Franchises
- Tbl B Easements
- Tbl C1 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 1ST Ward
- Tbl C2 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 2ND Ward
- Tbl C3 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 3RD Ward
- Tbl C4 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 4TH Ward
- Tbl C5 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 5TH Ward
- Tbl C6 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 6TH Ward
- Tbl C7 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 7TH Ward
- Tbl C8 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 8TH Ward
- Tbl D Dedication, Location and Grade Levels of Streets
- Tbl E Acquisition and Disposal of Real Property
- Tbl F Lease of Real Property
- Tbl G Change of Street Name
- Tbl H Annexation and Detachment of Territory
- Tbl I Zoning Map Changes
- Tbl J Traffic Rules
- Tbl K Subdivisions
[Ord. 7779, passed 5-11-2006]
No property owner within the City shall maintain on his property
any outside toilet or water closet.
[Ord. 7779, passed 5-11-2006]
(a)
Construction, inspection and use. Whenever there is any property
in the City where an adequate sanitary sewer is not available, the
property owner may, with the consent of the City of New Castle under
the supervision of the Sewer Enforcement Officer, erect an approved
septic tank to meet the standards of the State Department of Environmental
Protection, and continue to maintain the same so long as it is sanitary
and no public sanitary sewer is constructed adequately to serve the
property. The Sewer Enforcement Officer shall inspect the property
and shall prescribe the kind of septic tank which must be erected
and maintained under such permit. Any septic tank shall be installed
under the supervision of the Sewer Enforcement Officer, and no such
septic tank may be put in use until it has been approved by the Sewer
Enforcement Officer. If at any time the Sewer Enforcement Officer
finds the septic tank or the connections to or from it to be unsanitary,
such permit may be revoked.
[Ord. 7779, passed 5-11-2006]
(a)
Purpose. The purposes of this Section 935.03 shall be to authorize
the use of holding or retaining tanks upon improved property and to
establish procedures for the use and maintenance of holding or retaining
tanks.
(b)
Definitions.
(1)
CITY — The City of New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania,
and its duly authorized agents or representatives.
(2)
HOLDING TANK or RETAINING TANK — A water tight receptacle,
whether permanent or temporary, which receives and retains sewage
conveyed by a water carrying system and is designed and constructed
to facilitate the ultimate disposal of the sewage at another station.
(3)
IMPROVE PROPERTY — Any property within the City 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.
(4)
OWNER — Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable,
sole or partial, of any property located in the City.
(5)
PERSON — Any individual, partnership, company, association,
corporation or other group or entity.
(6)
SEWAGE — Any substance that contains any of the waste
or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals and
any noxious substance being harmful or inimical to the public health,
or to animal of aquatic life or to the use of water for the domestic
water supply or for recreation.
(c)
Authorization of use of holding or retaining tank. This Section 935.03
authorizes the use by owners of improved property of holding tanks
or retaining tanks. Said use of holding or retaining tanks is authorized
from the date a public sewer contract is awarded that will provide
access from the owner's property to the public sewer system.
Said use of holding tanks is authorized only until such date as the
aforesaid public sewer system is completed and on line and ready to
accept discharge from owners' property and holding or retaining
tanks.
(d)
Delegation to sewer enforcement officer. The Sewer Enforcement Officer
is hereby authorized and empowered to undertake within the City the
control and methods of holding tank use, sewage disposal and sewage
collection and transportation thereof.
(e)
Bond. At a minimum, the property owner shall post a bond in a sufficient
amount so as to guarantee the cost of disposal, transportation, and
removal of the holding tanks.
(f)
Exclusiveness of rights and privileges.
(1)
The collection and transportation of sewage from any improved
property utilizing a holding tank shall be under the direction and
control of the City of New Castle, and the disposal thereof shall
be made only at such site or sites as may be approved by the Department
of Environmental Protection.
(2)
The City will receive, review and retain pumping receipts from
the permitted holding tanks.
(3)
The City will complete and retain annual inspection reports
for each permitted tank.
(g)
Duties of improved property owner. The owner of an improved property
that utilizes holding tanks shall:
[Ord. 7779, passed 5-11-2006]
In addition to any other remedies provided in this Ordinance,
any violation of the duties of any improved property owner shall constitute
a nuisance and shall be abated by the City or its agent by either
seeking mitigation of the nuisance or appropriate equitable or legal
relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Ord. 7779, passed 5-11-2006]
All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent
therewith, are hereby repealed.
[Ord. 7779, passed 5-11-2006]
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this article is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid,
such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this article. It is hereby declared it is the intent of
the Council of the City of New Castle, that this article would have
been adopted had such constitutional, illegal or invalid sentence,
clause, section or part thereof not been included therein.
[Ord. 7779, passed 5-11-2006]
Any person who violations any provision of this article shall
be punished as provided in Section 101.99 of the Administrative Code.
