[Adopted 3-15-1989 by Ord. No. 89-3]
A.
APARTMENTS
AUTHORITY
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
BUILDING SEWER
COD (CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
CODE OFFICIAL
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
DOMESTIC ESTABLISHMENT
IMPROVED PROPERTY
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
LATERAL
mg/l
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME PARK
NONDOMESTIC ESTABLISHMENT
OWNER
PERSON
pH
SANITARY SEWAGE
SEWER
SEWER SYSTEM
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING
SLUG
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
TOWNSHIP
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
Structures containing domestic establishments, not classified
as a single-family detached or attached structure.
The Lower Saucon Authority, a municipality authority, incorporated
pursuant to the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of
1945, approved May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented,
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[1]
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter
(mg/l), utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory procedure for five days at 20º C. The standard
laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
by the American Public Health Association.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter
(mg/l), utilized in the chemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory procedure.
That individual appointed by the Township or its agent to
enforce the terms of these rules and regulations.
Any improved property used, in whole or in part, for sale,
storage and/or distribution of any product, commodity, article or
service.
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer or other enclosure
occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters with
separate cooking facilities by a family or other group of persons
living together or by a person living alone.
Any property on which there is erected a structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and/or from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial
waste is or may be discharged.
Any improved property used or intended for use, wholly or
in part, for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or
assembling of any product, commodity or article or from which wastes,
in addition to and other than sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Solid, liquid or gaseous waste from any industrial, manufacturing
or commercial process or from the development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, but not sewage.
[Amended 5-20-1998 by Ord. No. 98-17
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, 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.
Milligrams per liter.
A transportable, single-family dwelling, intended for permanent
occupancy, office or place of assembly, contained in one unit or in
two units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of
again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site
complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking
and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used without
a permanent foundation.
A parcel of land under single ownership, which has been planned
and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use,
consisting of two or more mobile home lots.
Any improved property or portions thereof not classified
as a domestic establishment.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation, municipality, municipal authority or other group
or entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, which indicates the
degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance. A stabilized pH will
be considered as a pH which does not change beyond the specified limits
when the waste is subjected to aeration. It shall be determined by
one of the accepted methods described in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the
American Public Health Association.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes 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,
pumping, transmitting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes, situated in or adjacent to this Township and owned
by the Township (or its Authority).
A single-family dwelling unit, excluding mobile homes, which
occupies the structure from ground to roof with independent access,
service and use of land, with one or more walls in common with another
dwelling unit or other type of structure.
A single-family dwelling unit, excluding mobile homes, which
occupies the structure from ground to roof with independent access,
service and use of land and with open yards on all four sides.
Any discharge of water, sanitary sewage or industrial waste
which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quality of
flow, exceeds, for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes,
more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or
flow during normal operation.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sanitary sewage, industrial waste or other liquids and which
are removable by laboratory filtering.
The Township of Lower Saucon, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
a Township of the Second Class of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
acting by and through its Council or, in appropriate cases, acting
by and through its authorized representative.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed by Act
of June 19, 2001, P.L. 287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601
et seq.
A.
Sewer rentals or charges are imposed upon and shall
be collected from the owner of each improved property required to
be connected to or connected to the sewer system for availability
or use of the sewer system, whether such availability or use shall
be direct or indirect, in accordance with the schedule of rates and
classifications described in the following sections.
B.
All owners of domestic establishments required to
be connected to or connected to the sewer shall pay sewer rentals
or charges at the rates established in the domestic establishment
rate schedule, as set from time to time by resolution or ordinance,
as may be required by law.[1] Each domestic establishment in a double house, in a row
of connecting houses, in a mobile home park or in an apartment shall
be billed as a separate entity even though the improved property may
belong to one owner. In this case, the property will be billed for
all domestic establishments.
[Amended 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 92-10; 1-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1; 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is
available at the Town Hall.
C.
All owners of nondomestic establishments required
to be connected or connected to the sewer shall pay sewer rentals
or charges at the rates established in the nondomestic establishment
rate schedule, as set from time to time by resolution or ordinance,
as may be required by law.[2]
[Amended 9-5-1990 by Ord. No. 90-10; 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 92-10; 1-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1; 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1]
[2]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is
available at the Town Hall.
D.
Sewer service for schools payable hereunder shall
be computed on the basis of the average number of pupils enrolled
during the school term preceding the date of the quarterly billing.
Teachers and employees shall be included as pupils for purposes of
such computation.
E.
The flat rate sewer service charges for sanitary sewage
from businesses or industrial users payable shall be computed on the
basis of the average number of employees (including individual owners
and employers) for the calendar quarter preceding the date of the
quarterly billing.
F.
If the owner of any nondomestic establishment (including
any school) shall fail to provide the Township with complete information
required to compute the flat rate sewer service charge to such nondomestic
establishment, the Township may estimate a reasonable applicable sewer
service charge for such nondomestic establishment, and such estimated
sewer charge shall be the actual sewer service charge payable until
the information is provided.
G.
The owner of an industrial establishment or any improved
property that discharges industrial waste shall pay sewer rentals
for such waste above and beyond the sanitary sewage charges at the
rates established in the industrial rate schedule, as set from time
to time by resolution or ordinance, as may be required by law.[3]
[Amended 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 92-10; 1-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1; 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1]
[3]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is
available at the Town Hall.
H.
The volume of industrial waste used for the purpose
of calculating the industrial waste charge shall be based upon water
utility company meter readings, meter readings from a water or sewer
meter installed and maintained by the owner but subject to inspection
and approval of the Township and/or from estimates or measurements
made by the Township. The choice of the system used shall be the Township's.
The volume of waste determined to be applicable shall be adjusted
to eliminate the counting of normal sanitary sewage volume since the
owner is charged for sanitary sewage costs by way of the flat rate
charge system.
I.
If excessively strong sewage or waste is allowed to enter the sewer system (refer to § 130-25A):
[Amended 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 92-10; 1-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1; 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1]
(1)
A surcharge shall be added to the flat rate charge
and the volumetric industrial waste sewage service charge for the
collection and treatment of any nondomestic sanitary sewage or industrial
waste that is excessively strong. "Excessively strong sewage or waste"
is defined as any such discharge having an average:
(3)
The strengths of this nondomestic sanitary sewage
or industrial waste to be used in establishing the amount of surcharge
shall be determined at least quarterly, either by sampling and analysis
by the owner with methods and procedures approved by the Township
or by estimates made by the Township from known sanitary sewage or
industrial waste strengths of sewage or waste generated by similar
establishments.
J.
If a domestic establishment and a nondomestic establishment
or if two or more than one nondomestic establishments are connected
to the sewer system through a single lateral; that is, if two or more
types of use are made of the same improved property, the sewer service
charge payable hereunder shall be computed as though each domestic
establishment and each nondomestic use were a separate user with a
separate connection to a sewer.
K.
Home occupancy.
[Amended 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 92-10; 1-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1; 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1]
(1)
Except as noted below, the home occupancy use of a portion of an improved property shall be subject to nondomestic establishment sewer service charges as if it were a separate nondomestic establishment. This sewer service charge is made in addition to any domestic establishment charge also applicable. The exception to this general rate regulation is that any home occupancy use qualifying as only Type 1 or Type 2 nondomestic establishments in the rate schedule listed above (§ 130-23C), operated solely by the residents of the domestic establishment on the same improved property, operated by four or fewer full-time or part-time employees or not creating any industrial waste shall be subjected to the special nondomestic establishment quarterly sewer rental rate, as established from time to time by resolution or ordinance, as may be required by law.[5]
[5]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is
available at the Town Hall.
L.
The user of a septage waste and holding tank waste
drop station owned and operated by the Township or the Authority shall
pay sewage rentals or charges as set from time to time by resolution
or ordinance, as may be required by law.[6]
[Amended 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 92-10; 1-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1; 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1]
[6]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is
available at the Town Hall.
M.
Additional classifications and sewer service charges
or modifications of the above schedule of sewer service charges may
be established by this Township from time to time, as deemed necessary.
N.
For the purpose of determining and verifying the amount
of sewer service charges payable under the flat rate schedule set
forth above or of determining the character and volume of discharge
of sanitary sewage and industrial waste to the sewer system or of
determining compliance with this article or any Township ordinance,
the Township or the Authority and/or its authorized representative
shall have access at all reasonable times with reasonable notice to
the properties using the sewer system.
Billing for improved properties shall be rendered
and payable quarterly, in advance, on the first days of January, April,
July and October of each year. Owners of property connected to the
sewer system for only a portion of a billing quarter shall pay 100%
of the sewer rental for that quarter. All sewer rental billings shall
be due and payable upon presentation, and if not paid within 30 days
from the date of billing, a penalty of 5% shall be added. If sewer
rental billings are not paid within 60 days from the date of billing,
an additional 2% per month financing and carrying charge shall be
added to the original rental bill and to the original five-percent
penalty. In the event that litigation is necessary to enforce collection
of bills, all costs of court and/or attorney fees shall become a part
of the bills due, and all such costs shall be paid by the owner.
A.
The Township reserves the right to refuse permission
to connect to the sewer system, to compel discontinuance of use of
the sewer system or to compel pretreatment of wastewater by any industry
in order to prevent discharges deemed to be harmful or to have a deleterious
effect upon any portion of the sewer system.
B.
No wastewater in any of the following categories shall
be discharged from any improved property into the sewer system without
the prior approval of the Township:
(1)
Industrial waste having a BOD greater than 300 mg/l;
(2)
Industrial waste having a content of suspended solids
greater than 350 mg/l;
(3)
Industrial waste having a COD greater than 600 mg/l;
(4)
Industrial waste slugs having an average daily flow
greater than 5% of the average daily waste flow at the sewage treatment
plant receiving wastes from the sewer system;
(5)
Any sewage, industrial waste or other matter or substance:
(a)
Having a temperature higher than 150º F.
or less than 32º F.;
(b)
Containing more than 100 mg/l of fat, oil or
grease;
(c)
Containing any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel
oil, paint products, acid or other inflammable or explosive liquids,
solids or gases;
(d)
Containing unground garbage;
(e)
Containing any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw,
shavings, metals, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole
blood, paunch manure, bentonite, lye, building materials, rubber,
hair, bones, leather, porcelain, china, ceramic wastes or other solid
or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction or other interference
with the operation of the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant
receiving wastes from the sewer system;
(f)
Having a pH, stabilized, lower than 5.5 or higher
than 9.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment, bacterial action or personnel;
(g)
Containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create
any hazard in the receiving waters sewer system;
(h)
Containing total solids greater than 850 mg/l
or of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense
is required to handle such materials in the operation of the sewer
system or the sewage treatment plant receiving wastes from the sewer
system;
(i)
Containing noxious or malodorous gas or a substance
which creates a public nuisance;
(j)
Containing dye from any source that will not
have an effluent the equivalent of that produced by alum coagulation
and chlorination to remove suspended or colloidal matter and bleach
the dissolved dyes;
(k)
Containing radioactive substances and/or isotopes;
(l)
Containing wastes which are not amenable to
biological treatment or reduction in existing treatment facilities,
specifically nonbiodegradable complex carbon compounds.
(m)
Containing concentrations of anions, cations,
and other various objectionable substances that would result in the
City of Bethlehem, even when using normal treatment plant operation
practices, discharging such substances in amounts in excess of those
amounts permitted to be discharged by the City of Bethlehem's National
Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
C.
The Township reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to require nondomestic establishments having large variations in rates
of wastewater discharge to install suitable regulating devices for
equalizing wastewater flows to the sewer system.
D.
When directed by the Township, owners of industrial
establishments shall install, pay for and maintain a manhole and such
other devices as may be approved by the Township to facilitate observation,
measurement and sampling of wastewater discharged to the sewer system.
The Township or its duly authorized representative, at all reasonable
times, shall be permitted to enter upon any and all properties for
the purpose of inspecting, observing, measuring and sampling wastewater
discharged to the sewer system.
E.
Industrial establishments.
(1)
Owners of industrial establishments desiring to discharge
industrial waste to the sewer system shall obtain a permit from the
Township to do so. Applications for a permit to discharge industrial
waste shall be accompanied by all information requested by the Township
for the determination of industrial waste volumes, characteristics
and constituents. The cost for obtaining such information shall be
borne by the owner of the industrial establishment.
(2)
The owner of any industrial establishment which is
connected to the sewer system who plans to change operations so as
to materially alter the characteristics and volumes of wastewater
discharged to the sewer system shall notify the Township, in writing,
at least 60 days before making such connections or changing its operations.
F.
When directed by the Township, grease, oil and sand
interceptors or traps shall be provided where, in the opinion of the
Township, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes
containing grease in excessive amounts, any flammable wastes, sand
and other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall be of a type
and capacity acceptable to the Township and shall be located as to
be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
G.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
to any sewer any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process water.
H.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
to any sewer sanitary sewage or industrial waste from any commercial
or industrial garbage grinder.
I.
The Township reserves the right to adopt from time
to time such additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary
and proper in connection with use and operation of the sewer system,
which rules and regulations shall become and shall be construed as
part of this article.
J.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed
as prohibiting any special agreement or arrangement between the Township
and any person whereby industrial waste of unusual strength or character
may be admitted into the sewer system.
Drain lines from all swimming pools shall be
connected to the storm sewer system where available. A pool drain
shall not be connected to the sewer system, unless such connection
is required specifically by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection. If such a connection is so required, the Township reserves
the right to make such connection subject to reasonable conditions
and additional sewer rental charges.
A.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods
for Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American
Public Health Association.
B.
All samples shall be twenty-four-hour composite wastewater
samples; that is, twenty-four-hourly wastewater samples collected
over a twenty-four-hour period, with the sample volume proportioned
according to the flow rate at the time of the sample. The cumulative
sample shall be refrigerated. Exceptions to the twenty-four-hour composite
sampling procedure may be made at the sole discretion of the Township.
C.
The frequency of sampling, measuring and testing shall
be as directed by the Township. All expenses of this activity shall
be borne by the owner, and all data obtained shall be sent to the
Township, as requested, or shall be obtained directly by the Township
at the Township's discretion.
D.
The owner of any improved property connected to the
sewer system shall provide the Township and its representatives and
agents the opportunity of access at any time to any part thereof,
as shall be required for purposes of inspection, measurement, sampling
and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service
rendered by the Township related to the sewer system.
A.
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 Township.
B.
Application for a permit shall be made by the owner
of the improved property, to be served or his duly authorized agent.
C.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have
fulfilled each of the following conditions:
(1)
Such person shall have notified the Township of the
desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
(2)
Such person shall have made application for and obtained
a permit from the Township.
(3)
Such person shall have given the Township at least
24 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made so
that the Township may inspect the work of connection and necessary
testing.
D.
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 the Township, in writing, shall have been secured and subject to
such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by the
Township.
E.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building
sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer
to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to
be connected, and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the
Township 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.
F.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at
the place designated by the Township and where, if applicable, the
lateral is provided. The invert of a building sewer at the point of
a gravity connection shall be at the same or a higher elevation than
the invert of the sewer. Where any building drainage system is too
low to permit gravity flow to the sewer lateral, the sewage discharge
from such building drainage system shall be lifted by an approved
means and discharged through the building sewer.
G.
Every building sewer of an improved property shall
be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner
of such improved property.
H.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded
adequately with barricades and lights 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.
I.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of
a notice of the Township, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt
of such notice, the Township may refuse to permit such person to discharge
sanitary sewage and industrial waste into the sewer system until such
unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction
of the Township.
J.
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.
K.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been
inspected and approved by the Township. If any part of a building
sewer is covered before being so 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.
L.
Persons performing work on the sewer system or installing
building sewers for a property owner other than himself shall be subject
to registration as follows:
(1)
Persons desiring registration to perform work on the
sewer system or install building sewers in the Township system must
apply to the Code Official, present their qualifications, past experience,
record their place of business and any other required information.
Upon approval, their names shall be inscribed on a registry list.
No registration fee will be charged by the Township, nor will the
Township issue any licenses or certificates. The person will be required
to provide at least two municipal references, which references can
verify the adequacy of sewer pipe installation work he performed in
other municipalities, and provide verification that he carries workmen's
compensation insurance and contractor's liability insurance. At least
one municipal reference shall be a current master's license or current
plumber's certification from a first-class township or third-class
city or second-class city or first-class city.
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(2)
Evidence of failure to comply with these rules and
regulations by any registrant will be sufficient cause to have that
registrant removed from the registry list, which will automatically
exclude him from doing any work in the Township on the sewer system.
The decision acceptance on the list or removal from the list shall
be made by the Code Official.
M.
The Code Official shall have the right of access at
reasonable times to any part of any improved property served by the
sewer system as shall be required for purposes of inspection, measurement,
sampling and testing and for performance of other functions relating
to service rendered by the Township through the sewer system.
N.
Building sewers and laterals shall be subject at all
times to the inspection and approval of the Code Official, and gravity
building sewers and laterals shall be installed in accordance with
all these regulations, including the following:
(1)
Size. Building sewers shall in no case be less than
four inches in diameter. Where a flow rate greater than anticipated
from a single domestic establishment is to be permitted to be received
from a single building sewer, then the building sewer shall be at
least six inches in diameter. An approved adapter connecting the building
sewer to the lateral sewer must be used. The lateral sewer may end
in a bell or may end in a spigot, and the plumber shall provide the
appropriate adapter connection in either case so as to form a watertight
permanent connection. Manufacturer's compatible O-ring connectors
are acceptable for this connection.
[Added 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(2)
Material. Pipe used for building sewers shall conform
to one of the following:
(a)
Service weight cast iron pipe. This pipe shall
be HS-67 service weight or heavier bell and spigot pipe with an internally
locked compression gasket push-on joint. Fitting weights and joints
shall conform to the same requirements as the pipe.
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(b)
PVC plastic pipe, which shall be Schedule 40
solid wall PVC pipe or heavier with an integral bell, gasket joint
or with solvent welded joints. Fittings schedule and joints shall
conform to the same requirements as the pipe. Any solution cements
used shall conform to the ASTM standards for the material being used.
PVC pipe and fittings meeting the requirements of ASTM Code Section
D3034, SDR35 (extra strength), are also acceptable for building sewer
material.
[Added 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(c)
Adapters. Proper adapters shall be used when
joining dissimilar materials.
(3)
Building sewers shall be laid on a grade of not less
than 1/4 inch per foot. Additionally, building sewers in general shall
be at least 30 inches below grade from the ground level to the top-of-pipe.
If the building sewer must be more shallow than that because of particular
grading problems and slope problems, the plumber shall provide insulation
over the bedding material to the satisfaction of the Code Official.
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(4)
Building sewers must be as direct as possible. The
following fittings shall be used where a change in direction of the
building sewer is required:
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(a)
Changes in direction are to be made with Y's
and 1/8 bends, with a cleanout to ground level, with such cleanout
upgradient from the Y on the projection of the down gradient leg of
the Y.
(5)
Ditches shall be promptly backfilled after inspection
and approval by the Code Official. Care shall be taken to prevent
damage to the pipe in backfilling and to secure a well compacted and
firm trench.
(6)
The building sewers shall be vented, trapped and
provided with cleanouts in accordance with the following specifications
and the attached Exhibit A to this article.[1]
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(a)
Vents. A vent shall be placed along the building
sewer, on the house side of the trap, no more than 10 feet from the
building or structure. The vent riser shall be a minimum of four inches
in diameter and shall be ended with a returned bend and protected
with an insect screening or perforated cap.
(b)
Trap. A standard building trap shall be provided
immediately after the vent. The trap size shall be the full size of
the building sewer.
(c)
Cleanouts. Cleanouts shall be provided at the
building trap in accordance with Exhibit A, and a cleanout shall be
placed immediately downstream from the building trap and at the connection
to the public sewer lateral. The cleanout shall consist of a line-size
Y branch, with a riser of not less than four inches extending to the
surface, where it is to be provided with a ferrule and plug for cleaning
purposes. In addition, cleanouts will be required every 50 feet along
the building sewer.
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is located at the
end of this chapter.
(7)
Bedding of building sewer.
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(a)
The building sewer pipe shall be bedded in first
class bedding material consisting of limestone, crushed aggregate
meeting the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) grading
and quality specifications for Type 2RC modified stone or Type 1B
stone (also known as AASHTO 8, 1/2 inch diameter maximum size), Type
C. Except in areas of high tables, as identified by the plumber, in
which case the building sewer shall be bedded in good quality, suitable
earth backfill, free of stones, rocks, organic material, frozen material,
topsoil or other unsuitable bedding material.
(b)
This bedding shall consist of at least four
inches of bedding material below the lateral and at least six inches
of bedding material on each side of the lateral and on top of the
lateral.
(c)
For cast-iron laterals 100% good quality, suitable
earth bedding and initial backfill may be used if it is free of stones,
rocks, organic material, frozen material, topsoil or other poor-quality
fill.
(8)
Backfill above bedding material of building sewers.
All backfill material above the bedding material shall be free of
tree stumps, roots, large stones over six inches in dimension and
any other material which may be injurious to the building sewer.
(9)
Testing. Either of the following tests may be selected
by the installer.
(a)
Air test. The system shall be tested to ensure
it will hold a uniform gauge pressure of 3 1/2 pounds per square
inch (psi), without introduction of additional air, for a period of
at least three minutes.
(b)
Water test. The system shall be filled with
water under a head of not less than 10 feet. The water level at the
top of the test head shall not drop for at least 15 minutes.
(c)
Tests. The plumber shall provide the appropriate
test tees, if necessary, and temporary plugs and all equipment necessary
to conduct the test in the presence of the Code Official. The plumber
shall also conduct the test under the observation and inspection of
the Code Official.
[Added 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
(10)
Inspection. The following inspections are required
on the installations of all building sewers:
(11)
Sewer lateral construction and construction
of connections to sewer mains shall be subject to all the same specifications
as required for building sewers, except for the following additional
requirements:
(a)
Materials. The following materials are approved
for use in sewer laterals:
[1]
Cast iron, as authorized for the building sewer,
but of a minimum inside diameter of six inches; such cast iron shall
be heavy duty.
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
[2]
PVC pipe and fittings meeting the ASTM criteria
of D3034, SDR35 (extra strength), compression gasket, bell and spigot-type
pipe of a minimum diameter of six inches.
[Amended 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
[3]
Six inches or larger inside diameter extra strength
vitrified clay pipe. Joints and connections shall be:
[a]
Approximately 25% of the joint
space at the base of the socket shall be filled with jute or hemp.
A pouring collar, rope or other device shall be used to be water absorbent
and shall have a bond of not less than 100 pounds per square inch
in shear. The compound shall not soften and destroy effectiveness
of the joint when subject to temperatures of 160º F. Pour shall
fill the joint in one operation. All surfaces of the joint shall be
cleaned and dried before pouring. Joints shall not be tested until
one hour after pouring.
[b]
Flexible joints between lengths
of clay pipe shall be made using approved resilient materials, both
on the spigot and in the bell end of the pipe.
[c]
Every joint between cast iron piping
and vitrified clay piping shall be made either of hot poured bitumastic
compound or by a preformed elastomeric ring. This ring shall, after
ramming, completely fill the annular space between the cast iron spigot
and the vitrified clay pipe.
[5]
Backfilling of laterals and connections to sewer
mains. Backfill of laterals and connections to sewer main shall be
placed in eight-inch to ten-inch lifts, tamped in place, and PennDOT
2A Type C or similar crushed stone coarse aggregate shall be used.
[6]
The final surface replacement of materials over
the lateral or connection to the sewer main shall be provided in accordance
with conditions of the surface prior to excavation or to the requirements
of the excavation or road encroachment permit, whichever is applicable.
[7]
If a road encroachment is being made as part
of the construction of the lateral or connection to the sewer main,
then inspections are required during surface restoration.
Any owner, equitable owner or subdivider or
developer who is subdividing or developing land may extend or may
request the Township to extend sanitary sewer collection system lines
or interceptor lines to serve his property, development or subdivision
if such extension of services conforms to the requirements of this
article and other Township ordinances and if:
B.
The Township has set aside or reserved capacity for
the property to be served by the extension. (It is stated here that
setting aside capacity or reserving capacity for a property does not
guarantee any approvals of specific plans by the Township or the Township
Zoning Officer.)
C.
The Township has a permit for the extension from the
Department of Environmental Protection if such permit is required
by the DEP.
[Added 3-7-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
D.
The Township has prepared or approved the design specifications
and plans for the extension and has found them to conform to the Township's
own construction standards and specifications.
E.
The person requesting the extension has either agreed
to pay all costs of the Township in making the extension or has agreed
to install the extension under the Township's inspection and has agreed
to reimburse the Township for costs associated with plan review, permit
submission and construction inspections.
F.
The person requesting the extension has agreed to
a date of project completion and has posted security with the Township
sufficient to guarantee payment of costs and proper installation in
a timely manner.
G.
The person requesting the extension has agreed to
be responsible for the maintenance of the proposed extension for 18
months after its installation and has posted security with the Township
sufficient to guarantee the estimated cost of such maintenance.
H.
The person requesting the extension has agreed to
provide dedication or dedicate the entire extension along with any
required easements to the Township and to pay for or provide the Township
with five copies of as-built plans, prepared and sealed by a registered
engineer, showing the size, location and depth of all lines and laterals,
all at no cost to the Township.
I.
The person requesting the extension has entered into
an improvement agreement and maintenance agreement with the Township,
covering, at a minimum, all the requirements of these regulations.
A.
Any sewer rentals or charges deemed delinquent pursuant
to this article shall be cause for termination of service and shall
be collected in any manner permitted by law.
B.
The Township reserves the right to amend this article
from time to time as it shall deem necessary and proper in connection
with the use and operation of the sewer system.
C.
Any person who fails to voluntarily pay within 10
days to the Township the penalty imposed for violation of this article
shall be subject to a civil enforcement proceeding. Any person who
violates or permits a violation of this article, upon being found
liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding, shall pay a fine
of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this
article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination
of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge and/or Court. 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.
[Amended 9-18-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10; 5-20-1998 by Ord. No. 98-17; 3-3-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
D.
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this article
shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided
by applicable law.
E.
It is declared that enactment of this article is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of inhabitants of this Township.
