The owner of any improved property accessible
to and whose principal building is within 150 feet of the sewer system
shall connect such improved property therewith, in such manner as
this township and the Authority may require, within 60 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.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer as required under §
117-2, 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.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank
or similar receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
The notice by this township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in §
117-2, shall consist of a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part
1 and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 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 registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
[Added 8-14-1972 by Ord. No. 169; amended 7-1-2010 by Ord. No.
590]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, springwater, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, building foundation drainage, basement drainage,
drainage from roof leader connections or drainage from swimming pools
into any sewer. Further, no property owner or occupant shall cause
or allow any infiltration and/or inflow to enter the building sewer
located on said property.
[Added 8-14-1972 by Ord. No. 169; amended 7-1-2010 by Ord. No.
590]
No person shall connect or cause to be connected or permit the continuance of a connection of a roof leader, basement, yard or area drain, foundation drain, or sump pump, to a sewer or building sewer, for the purpose of pumping water from roofs, yards, basements or foundations into such sewer or building sewer. Owners of dwellings and other buildings and structures which require, because of infiltration of water into basements, crawl spaces and the like, a sump pump discharge system shall install a permanent discharge line which shall not at any time discharge water into a sewer or building sewer. A permanent discharge line shall be one which provides for year-round discharge capability and which complies with the provisions of §
123-105. Within the dwelling or other building or structure, the sump pump discharge line shall consist of a rigid pipe, without valves or quick connections that would alter the path of discharge.
[Added 8-14-1972 by Ord. No. 169]
Any duly authorized representative of the Township of Lower Providence bearing the proper credentials and identification is hereby empowered to, at all reasonable times, enter and inspect all buildings and premises for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, testing or otherwise ascertaining whether the provisions of this Part
1 are being violated.