The Department, in order to protect the health
and safety of the people of the Township, is authorized and directed,
by implementing and enforcing the provisions of this article, to control
the business of cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or other
places used for the reception or storage of human excrement.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct
or operate a business of cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies
or other places used for the reception or storage of human excrement,
within the Township, without first obtaining a license therefor.
No license shall be issued until inspection
of the facilities and equipment has been made by a duly authorized
representative of the Department. The fee for such inspection shall
be $25 annually.
A license issued under this article shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year. Licenses shall be renewable annually in the same manner and upon payment of the same annual fee as provided in §
184-40 hereof.
The Department shall have the power to enter
at reasonable times upon private or public property for the purpose
of inspecting equipment and investigating conditions relative to the
enforcement of the provisions of this article.
The Department is hereby authorized and directed
to adopt such written regulations as may be necessary for the implementation
and enforcement of the provisions of this article. The Department
shall file a certified copy of all regulations which it may adopt
with the Township Secretary, and such regulations shall be made available
for inspection by the public upon request. Such regulations shall
have the same force and effect as the provisions of this article,
and the penalty for violation thereof shall be the same as the penalty
for violation of the provisions of this article, as hereafter provided.
The Department regulations governing the business of cleaning septic
tanks, cesspools, privies or other places used for the reception or
storage of human excrement in the Township shall be those approved
by the Board of Supervisors.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article or any regulation adopted thereunder, upon conviction,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100, such fine or penalty
to be collectible as like fines and penalties are now by law collected.