[Ord. 353, 2/5/1968]
No person shall install an individual or community sewage disposal
system or construct any building in the Borough of Selinsgrove in
which an individual or community sewage disposal system is to be installed,
without first obtaining a permit indicating that the site, plans and
specifications of such system are in compliance with the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act 537, 35 P.S. §750.1 et seq., and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the Act.
[Ord. 353, 2/5/1968; as amended by Ord. 782, 12/7/2009]
The Borough Council shall from time to time, by duly adopted
resolution, determine and impose such fees and costs as it deems necessary
and permitted by the Act for the services rendered, the applications
reviewed and permits issued in accordance with the Act. Any person
who violates or fails to comply with any rule or regulation adopted
by the Borough by resolution or imposed by the Act shall be guilty
of a summary offense and shall be subject to the fines and penalties
provided for in Section 13 of the Act, as amended, 35 P.S. §750.13.
[Ord. 353, 2/5/1968]
Percolation tests and other inspections under this Part within
the limits of the Borough of Selinsgrove may be made by any individual
qualified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health,
to make such tests, said individual to make report of said tests to
the Borough and to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of
Health.
[Ord. 353, 2/5/1968]
In case any permit is denied or revoked, a hearing shall be
held thereon before the Borough Council of this Borough within 15
days after request thereof is made by the applicant. Within seven
days following the date of such hearing the applicant shall be notified
in writing of the determination of said hearing.
[Ord. 353, 2/5/1968; as amended by Ord. 434, 10/4/1976; and by Ord. 825, 10/3/2016]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Part
or of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, 35 P.S. §750.1 et seq., which is incorporated herein by reference or the
rules, regulations and standards promulgated there under or who resists
or interferes with any inspector or other officer, agent or employee
of this Borough in the performance of his duties under this Part,
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 less than $100 nor more than $1,000
plus costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Borough in
the enforcement proceeding 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. 353, 2/5/1968; as added by Ord. 782, 12/7/2009]
The Borough Council is hereby authorized to engage the services
of sewage enforcement officers licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to perform any and all of the services and comply with all of the
requirements of the Borough under the Act at such rate of compensation
as the Borough and those officers may mutually agree upon.