[Ord. No. 2001-2, 12/3/2001]
This Part 3 shall be known and may be cited as the "Mandatory Sewer System Connection Ordinance for Walker Township."
[Ord. No. 2001-2, 12/3/2001]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part 3 shall be as follows:
Twin Boroughs Sanitary Authority, Mifflin Borough, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania Municipal Authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property located within this Township upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
An improved property located in this Township, used wholly or in part for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembly 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, are discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment, other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curbline, or if there shall be no curbline, extending 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.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation or other group or entity.
The rules and regulations of the Twin Boroughs Sanitary Authority as presently constituted and in effect or as subsequently amended by the Twin Boroughs Sanitary Authority.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged 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, transporting, pumping, treating and/or disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes, situate in this Township, to be constructed, acquired, owned, maintained and operated by the Authority in, adjacent to and for certain portions of this Township.
The Township of Walker, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors, or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
[Ord. No. 2001-2, 12/3/2001]
1.
The owner of any improved property located in this Township and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the gravity collection portion of the sewer system shall connect such improved property to the sewer system, in such manner as this Township and the Authority may require, within 90 days after notice to such owner from this Township to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township or the Authority, from time to time.
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 of this section shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township or the Authority from time to time.
3.
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within this Township and sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection 1, nor shall any person discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection 1, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to the Authority.
4.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which 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 filled at the expense of the owner of such improved property and under the direction and supervision of the Authority, and subject to inspection by and approval of the Authority; and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned 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 with a sewer.
6.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection 1 of this section, shall consist of a copy of this Part 3, including any amendments at the time in effect, or a brief summary of each section, and a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part 3 and specifying that such connection shall be made within 90 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by certified or registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
[Ord. No. 2001-2, 12/3/2001]
1.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or the sewer system without first making application for and securing a permit, in writing, from the Authority.
2.
Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection 2, 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, and then only after special permission of this Township and the Authority, in writing, shall have been secured.
3.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs and expensed of connection of a building sewer to a lateral shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless this Township and the Authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
4.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated by the Authority and where the lateral is provided. The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection to a lateral shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the lateral. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
5.
If the owner of any improved property located in this Township and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the gravity collection portion of the sewer system, after 90 days' notice from this Township, in accordance with Subsection 1 in § 18-303, shall fail to connect such improve property, as required, the Authority may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof. In such case, the Authority shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved property to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such improved property to pay said bill, the Authority shall file a municipal lien for said construction within six months of the date of the completion of the construction of said connection, the same to be subject in all respects to the general law providing for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
[Ord. No. 2001-2, 12/3/2001]
1.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure side of such sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line, as a building sewer.
2.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by this Township and the Authority. 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 an 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 light to protect all persons from damage and injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public 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 refuse, upon receipt of a notice of this Township or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt of such notice, this Township or the Authority may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Township and the Authority.
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 the sewer system, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be construed as part of this Part 3.
[Ord. No. 2001-2, 12/3/2001; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. AO)]
1.
Any person who shall violate this Part 3 shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this Part 3. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.
[Ord. No. 2001-2, 12/3/2001]
It is declared that enactment of this Part 3 is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and welfare of inhabitants of this Township.