[Ord. 191, 10/28/2008]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the Smithfield
Township Sewer Connection Ordinance.
[Ord. 191, 10/28/2008]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Smithfield Sewer Authority, a municipal authority of the
Commonwealth.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or any
agency successor thereto.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within this 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 sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property located within this Township and 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 within this Township, from
which wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage shall be
discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any and all wastes discharged from and industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, to the property line
or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then “lateral”
shall mean that portion of, or place in, a sewer which is provided
for connection of any building sewer.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation, municipality, municipality authority or other
group or entity, and the members of such partnership or association
and the officers of such corporation.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property excluding, however, the effluent from septic tanks
or cesspools, rain, storm and ground water, as well as roof or surface
water, drainage or percolating or seeping waters, or accumulation
thereof, whether underground or in cellars or basements.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transmitting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Township and owned
by the Authority.
STREET
Any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley, public
way or public square.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Smithfield, Monroe County, Pennsylvania,
a municipal subdivision of the Commonwealth, acting by and through
its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
its authorized representatives.
[Ord. 191, 10/28/2008]
For each violation of the provisions of this Part, the owner,
agent, lessee or contractor or any other person who commits, takes
part in or assists in any such violation shall be liable upon conviction
thereof in a summary proceeding to pay a fine of not less than $200
nor more than $1,000 for each offense, together with the costs of
prosecution. Each day or portion thereof in which a violation exists
shall be considered a separate violation of this Part, and each Section
of this Part which is violated shall be considered a separate violation.
[Ord. 191, 10/28/2008]
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 this Township.