A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, water from swimming pools, cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters to any sanitary sewer. This prohibition shall include
but not be limited to the discharge and drainage of water from sump
pumps and downspouts.
B.
Any person desiring to install or use on a property
abutting on the sanitary sewer system an air purifier, humidifier,
dehumidifier or air conditioner which provides for the discharge of
filter wash or wastewaters shall be required to connect the wastewater
drain of said unit to the sanitary sewer system through an indirect
waste connection, after having first obtained a permit therefor from
the appropriate control authority.
C.
Control of stormwater. It shall be unlawful for any
person owning or occupying property in the Township to discharge or
cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater,
roof runoff, subsurface water or drainage of any kind so as to cause
a public health or safety hazard. This prohibition shall include but
not be limited to the discharge and drainage of water from sump pumps,
pipes or any other channel, whether natural or artificial.
D.
Material and specifications for pipes and sump pumps.
Sump pumps and other similar devices used for the discharge and drainage
of water shall be permanently connected and maintained with rigid
piping.
E.
Inspection. The Township Building Inspector or his
authorized representative from the appropriate control authority shall
have the authority to enter at any reasonable hour any building, structure
or premises within the Township to enforce the provisions of this
article.
F.
Enforcement of inspection. In the event that the owner
or occupant of a premises does not consent to an inspection to enforce
the provisions of this article, the Building Inspector or his representative
from the appropriate control authority shall have the authority to
obtain a warrant to search, which may be issued by an issuing authority
having jurisdiction of the place to be searched in the manner provided
by law.
G.
Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and/or to undergo imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation continues
beyond the date fixed for compliance shall constitute a separate offense.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage
shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated
as storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged,
upon approval of the Plumbing Inspector, to a storm sewer or natural
outlet.
A.
Prohibited conduct. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons, except an employee of this Township or of any control
authority, to tamper or in any way meddle with or remove any sewer
cover, storm drain grate or other appurtenances to the sewer, water
and drain systems located within the Township.
B.
Violations and penalties. Any person, firm or corporation
who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction
in a summary proceeding before any Magisterial District Justice of
Bucks County, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 and
costs of prosecution for each and every offense or, upon default in
payment of the fine and costs not caused by indigence or lack of sufficient
assets, by imprisonment in the Bucks County prison for a period not
to exceed 30 days. Each day that such violation is continued after
notice shall constitute a new and separate offense, punishable by
a like fine, penalty or imprisonment; and further notices to the offender
shall not be necessary in order to constitute such continuance as
an additional offense or offenses.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sewer:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
B.
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease.
C.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D.
Any garbage in any form, including that ground by
commercial garbage grinders, excepting only ground garbage from domestic
garbage grinders of an approved type.
E.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair or
any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction
to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation
of the sewage works.
F.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 7.0 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of
the sewage system.
G.
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or to interfere with any
sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant.
H.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
I.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 184-29 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Township shall be subject to the review and approval of the appropriate control authority. Where necessary, in the opinion of the appropriate control authority, the owner shall provide, at the expense of such owner, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 350 parts per million and the suspended solids to 300 parts per million by weight, or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 184-29, or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the appropriate control authority and of the Bureau of Engineering of the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at the expense of
such owner.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in § 184-29 shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes.
Before a building is demolished, the existing
sanitary building sewer connection shall be capped off at the property
line. Permit and inspection fees shall be designated by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors of the Township, which fees shall be established
from time to time. A permit shall not be issued until the designated
fees have been paid. Failure to pay designated fees shall be considered
a violation of the chapter. Any reuse of such connection shall require
a new connection fee if there is an increase in sewer usage.
