No person shall install, construct or request
bid proposals for construction or alter an individual sewage system
or community sewage system, or construct or request bid proposals
for construction or install or occupy any building or structure for
which an individual sewage system or community sewage system is to
be installed, without first obtaining a permit indicating that the
site and the plans and specifications of such system are in compliance
with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, as
amended, and the standards adopted pursuant to said Act.
Application for a permit shall be in writing
to the Township of Brecknock in accordance with the provisions of
the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, as amended, and shall be made in such form and shall include such
data as the Department of Environmental Resources may prescribe.
The Township of Brecknock shall employ qualified
sewage enforcement officers to administer the provisions of this article
and the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, as amended.
[Amended 4-13-1993 by Ord. No. 88]
A. A fee in the amount set by resolution of the Board
of Supervisors shall be paid to the Township of Brecknock at the time
of making application for a permit for the installation of an individual
or community sewage disposal system. Said fee shall include the inspection
of the percolation and soil tests and the issuance of a permit. When
a permit is sought for the repair of a malfunctioning individual or
community sewage disposal system, a fee in the amount set by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors will be paid by the applicant to the township.
B. When the Sewage Enforcement Officer is required to
inspect deep-probe and/or percolation holes as a condition precedent
to obtaining approval for a proposed subdivision, a fee in the amount
set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors per set of one (1) deep-probe and six (6) percolation test holes inspected will be paid by the applicant to the township for said service. As used in this section, the term "percolation test hole" will not be interpreted to mean or include percolation test holes per individual lot, which holes will be inspected by the Sewage Enforcement Officer pursuant to Subsection
A.
All fees required by §
86-40 of this article shall be paid prior to the performance of the designated services by the Sewage Enforcement Officer.
[Amended 4-13-1993 by Ord. No. 88]
The violation of this article shall be deemed
to be a summary offense, and any person convicted of the violation
of any of the provisions of this article shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.) and costs, and not more
than three hundred dollars ($300.) and costs, and, in default thereof,
shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the Lancaster County Prison
for a period of time not exceeding thirty (30) days.