[Adopted 3-24-2008 by Ord. No. 1-2008]
The following definitions shall apply to the regulation of sanitary sewer use and wastewater disposal in Pocopson Township:
AVERAGE DAILY FLOW
Average number of gallons per day of sanitary sewage calculated by taking the total quantity of flow delivered to a point during the thirty-day time period immediately proceeding the date of calculation and dividing by 30 days.
BILLING UNIT
Equal to that number which has been the basis for the design of the wastewater treatment plant which may be memorialized by a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors. In Sewer District One, the standard billing unit will be 262.5 gallons per day. For residential customers, each dwelling unit shall be considered a billing unit. With respect to non-single-family dwellings, flats or apartments having the use of the sewage collection system through one sewer lateral, each dwelling unit shall be considered as one billing unit as if each such unit had a direct and separate connection to the sewage collection system. For commercial or industrial properties, the number of billing units shall be determined by dividing the total daily water usage projected from standard usage rates (as set forth in a resolution) for different uses by 262.5. If there is a disagreement over actual usage, the daily water usage may be verified by metering for at least one year when the commercial or industrial operation has been fully operational, but in any event the usage rate shall not be reduced by more than 20% of the standard usage rates.
[Amended 4-23-2012 by Ord. No. 1-2012]
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five calendar days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or surface water.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure used or intended for use in the operation of one business enterprise for the sale and distribution of any product, commodity, article or service or used or intended for use for any social, amusement, religious, educational, charitable or public purpose and containing plumbing facilities for kitchen, toilet or washing facilities.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
A system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection of sewage from two or more residential lots and for the treatment or disposal of the sewage on one or more nonresidential lots.
CONNECTION NOTICE
Written notification by the Township, by personal service or registered mail, that community or public sewer is available to the property and that the property must connect thereto, at the owner's expense, within 60 days.
DWELLING UNIT
Each single-family residence connected to a sewage collection system shall be considered a dwelling unit. With respect to non-single-family dwellings, including but not limited to apartments, having the use of the sewage collection system through one sewer lateral, each residential unit shall be considered a dwelling unit as if such unit had a direct and separate connection to the collection system. Each store or office having use of the sewage collection system through one sewer lateral shall be considered at least one dwelling unit as if each such unit had a direct and separate connection to the collection system. With respect to commercial establishments connected to a separate lateral, each store, office, etc., shall be considered a dwelling unit. With respect to multiple, nonresidential establishments utilizing a single toilet facility, the Township shall determine the number of dwelling units. With respect to industrial establishments, the number of dwelling units shall be determined by the Township. In no case shall the number of dwelling units be less than one.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
This term is synonymous and interchangeable with "billing unit" for purpose of establishing user fees, sewer rents, and tapping fees.
FEE, DEBT SERVICE
The fee charged for the construction and financing costs, which will be billed monthly or in another specified period determined by the Township.
FEE, SEWER CONNECTION
A one-time fee charged by the Township at the time of connection to the public sewer.
FEE, SEWER SERVICE
The annual sewer service charge, which will be billed monthly or in another specified period as determined by the Township.
FEE, TAPPING
A one-time fee charged by the Township at the time of connection to public sewer or upon determination by the Township based on a change of use or volume of flow increasing the number of EDUs after the initial connection is made.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and/or serving of foods from residences, offices, hotels, stores, restaurants, commercial establishments and similar uses within the Township.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
OWNER
Any person who is the occupant, tenant or holder of title to any property served by and connected to the public sewer.
PERSON
A natural person, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a governmental body, a political subdivision, a municipality, a municipal authority or other group entity.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration, indicating the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven and a hydrogen ion concentration of 107.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the handling, preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer contained within a temporary sewer district.
SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM
All facilities, including sewers, inceptors, force mains, metering devices, pump stations, and other appurtenances, for the collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage from a community sewage system designated as a temporary or permanent sewer district.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries water-borne wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters that are not intentionally directed into the sewer.
SEPTAGE
Material removed from septic tanks serving individual or small groups of homes and businesses. It does not include material from septic tanks, holding tanks or other treatment units serving industries, which is classified as industrial waste.
SEWAGE
Water that carries the wastes of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SLUG
Any sanitary sewage discharge which, for a period of 15 minutes, shall exceed five times the average daily flow. The term particularly applies to the sudden emptying of large vats, tanks, or swimming pools into the sanitary sewage system.
TOWNSHIP
Pocopson Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
TOXIC POLLUTANTS
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in the United States Environmental Protection Agency Regulations under the provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-217), as heretofore or hereafter amended.
WASTE, DOMESTIC
Customary household waste from kitchens, baths, showers, sinks, water closets, lavatories and laundries.
WASTE, HOLDING TANK
Wastewater removed from temporary storage tanks serving individual or small groups of businesses. It does not include industrial waste.
WASTE, INDUSTRIAL
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of the source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried waste from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry away, and treat domestic waste, septage, and holding tank waste and industrial waste and dispose the effluent, including the treatment facilities.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, septage, holding tank waste, industrial waste, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste treatment plant" or "wastewater treatment plant," "water pollution control plant," or "sewage treatment plant."
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently.
[Amended 4-23-2012 by Ord. No. 1-2012]
The Township creates two sewer districts as follows:
A. 
Sewer District Number One consisting of the community sewage system for the area bound by SR 926, Brandywine Creek, SR 52, the Riverside development and the Lenape Village Shops;
B. 
Sewer District Number Two consisting of the community sewage system for the area bound by The Preserve development, homes along the north side of Corinne Road and Locust Grove Road including the historic Locust Grove schoolhouse.
The following systems and discharges shall be unlawful in Township:
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property within Township in any area under the jurisdiction of said Township, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or biological or chemical waste.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to discharge through any natural outlet within the Township, or in any area under jurisdiction of said Township, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with all of the provisions of this article and other applicable law.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person owning any property connected to the sanitary sewage system to erect, construct, use or maintain or cause to be erected, constructed, used or maintained any privy, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or other receptacle on such premises or otherwise for receiving sanitary sewage after connection to the sanitary sewer system.
D. 
It shall be unlawful to, at any time, erect, construct, use or maintain any pipe, conduit, drain or other facility for the discharge of sanitary sewage into the gutters of the Township, the storm sewers of the Township or upon public or private property or otherwise, except into the sanitary sewage system.
E. 
Any person who erects, constructs, uses or maintains a privy, cesspool, sinkhole or septic tank on any property connected to the sanitary sewage system or otherwise erects, constructs, uses or maintains any pipe, conduit, drain or other facility for the discharge of sanitary sewage in violation of this chapter shall be deemed and be declared to be erecting, constructing, using and maintaining a nuisance which the Township is hereby authorized and directed to abate in a manner provided by law.
No connection shall be made to the sanitary sewage system except with permission of the Township and in compliance with this chapter and the approved Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan for the Township and all Act 537 Plan separate study areas within the Township, as well as such rules and regulations as may, from time to time, be enacted, adopted, approved or promulgated by the Township.
A. 
The Township or its duly authorized agent shall be notified, in writing, when it is contemplated that the character of a waste will be altered from that previously discharged in the sanitary sewage system. Such notification shall be made prior to such change and shall be submitted with a characterization analysis, the requirements of which shall be determined by the Township, at the user's expense. The Township or its duly authorized designee shall determine its acceptability before such change takes place, and such discharge shall not occur prior to the granting of approval by the Township.
B. 
There shall be no connection to the sanitary sewage system, any industrial, commercial, or other processed waste whose quality may be deemed to have a harmful affect on the sewage treatment or sludge-handling process or which cannot be processed by the treatment plant in the normal and ordinary course of operation. Without limiting the foregoing, any commercial or institutional facility providing food service of food processing (hot or cold) must install a grease trap (750 gallon minimum capacity) prior to discharge to a community or public sewer collection system. Grease traps will be subject to inspection by the Township to insure adequate maintenance by the property owner.
C. 
No matter having any one of the following characteristics shall be discharged into the sanitary sewage system, with or without pretreatment:
(1) 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(2) 
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 milligrams per liter of fat, oil and/or grease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Township or its duly authorized agent, they are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease and oil or sand, except that such interceptors shall not be required for residential users. All interception units shall be of type and capacity approved by the Township or its duly authorized agent and shall be so located to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned and repaired regularly, as needed, by the owner at his expense.
(3) 
Any gasoline, benzene, paint thinner, naphtha, fuel oil or other inflammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
(4) 
Any animal hair, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, slugs, feathers, tar, diapers, plastics, woods, manure or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in the sanitary sewage system or otherwise interferes with the proper operation of the sewage collection, conveyance or treatment systems.
(5) 
Any waters or waste having a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 9.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the sanitary sewage system.
(6) 
Any waters or waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance or pollutants with sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to animals or humans or constitute a hazard in the receiving waters of the sanitary sewage system. "Toxic waste" shall include, but shall not by definition be limited to, arsenic, cadmium, cyanide, iron, trivalent chromium, hexavalent chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, lead or mercury compounds. This also includes any waste classified as hazardous under the Code of Federal Regulations at 40 CFR Part 261, Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste, as may be amended from time to time.
(7) 
Any radioactive waste or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Township in compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
(8) 
Any waters or wastes containing pollutants of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant or in the collection and conveyance systems.
(9) 
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
(10) 
Any rates of flow taking on the properties of a slug.
(11) 
Any wastewaters containing dyes or materials that will bleed colors to a substantial extent.
(12) 
Any putrescible garbage that has not been properly shredded. Garbage grinders that grind garbage to a maximum dimension of 1/2 inch may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels, institutions, restaurants, hospitals, catering establishments, or similar places where garbage originates from the preparation of food in kitchens for the purpose of consumption on the premises or when served by caterers.
D. 
Establishments with food preparation facilities shall be required to install adequately designed pretreatment units and traps to reduce greases and biological oxygen demand (BOD) prior to discharge into an individual or community sewage system or the sanitary sewage system.
E. 
The construction, installation or use of any facility which causes surface and/or subsurface stormwater or groundwater to be discharged to the sanitary sewage system is prohibited. The facilities prohibited shall include, but not be limited to, sump pumps, area drains, yard drains, perimeter drains, foundation drains, roof liters, downspouts, street inlets, storm sewers and cross-connections.
F. 
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations of 2011, attached hereto as Exhibit A,[1]are hereby collectively adopted as the Wastewater Treatment Regulations for the two sewer districts referenced in § 170-29.
[Added 4-23-2012 by Ord. No. 1-2012]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Township offices.
G. 
The DELCORA Local Limitations for the Eastern Service Area (the "Eastern Limitations") and the DELCORA Local Limitations for the Western Service Area (the "Western Limitations"), as set forth in DELCORA Resolution No. 2011-01, attached hereto as Exhibits B[2] is hereby adopted as the local limitations for all discharges of wastewater in the two sewer districts referenced in § 170-29. All such discharges of wastewater shall comply with the Western Limitations.
[Added 4-23-2012 by Ord. No. 1-2012]
[2]
Editor’s Note: Exhibit B is on file in the Township offices.
H. 
To the extent the provisions in §§ 170-30 and 170-31A through E are inconsistent with the provisions of § 170-31 and Subsection G, the most stringent provisions shall apply.
[Added 4-23-2012 by Ord. No. 1-2012]
A. 
Upon issuance of a connection notice, connection shall be required for those areas identified by the Act 537 Special Study Area on Map 2, Sewer Service Area, as adopted by the Board of Supervisors, as may be amended from time to time, at the owner's expense. Further, Pocopson Elementary School may connect at the sole discretion of the Township. If any owner of property required to connect shall fail or refuse to connect with and use said sewer for a period of 60 days after the connection notice to do so has been served by the Township, either by personal service or by registered mail, the Township or its designated agents may enter upon such property and construct such connection. The cost for constructing such connection, along with any collection costs and reasonable attorneys fees shall be payable immediately by the property owner upon billing. If the owner fails to pay the bill, the Township may file a municipal lien for the cost of construction, collection costs and reasonable attorneys fees within six months of the date of completion of the connection. The Township may pursue any other remedies available at law or equity. Failure by the Township to connect a property, lien a property, or pursue other remedies does not prohibit the Township from doing so in the future.
B. 
The owner shall construct the connection subject to inspection by the Township or its duly authorized delegate.
C. 
After a connection is made, any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with stable, uncontaminated material at the owner's expense.
In addition to civil penalties, the owner of any occupied building from which discharges of improper sanitary sewage are made shall be solely responsible for damages to the sewage system and/or sewage treatment plant resulting from the discharge of such improper sanitary sewage and for damages to others resulting from improperly treated effluent from the treatment plant due to such discharges.
A. 
Metering; measurement of flows.
(1) 
The Board of Supervisors is authorized to adopt a resolution to memorialize the average daily sewage flows, which may be modified at any time by further resolution of the Board.
(2) 
Actual water meter or sewer meter flow data indicating peak daily flows different than those shown in the average daily sewage flow calculations adopted by resolution by the Township over a one-year period for similar residential and nonresidential establishments may be accepted for use in determining the projected flows. If the average daily flows are used, the peak daily flow shall be calculated by multiplying the average daily flow by two.
(3) 
For establishments with multiple uses, such as motels or bed-and-breakfast operations with restaurant services for guests and nonguests, the flow for each use shall be added to determine the total flow for the establishment.
(4) 
Any residential and nonresidential owner may be required by the Township or its duly authorized delegate to install, at the owner's own expense, a water meter or sewage flow meter to determine volume for billing purposes. Said sewage flow meters shall be approved by the Township or its duly authorized delegate. The expense of procurement, installation and maintenance thereof shall be borne by the owner. Such meter shall be placed at the point of connection as may be mutually agreed upon by the Township or its duly authorized delegate and the owner and subject to the following conditions:
(a) 
The device shall be inspected and calibrated, and tested for accuracy, at least once every six months by a person or entity competent in the inspection and testing of such devices. Certified reports of such inspections shall be mailed directly to the Township or its duly authorized delegate. The costs of such inspection and the cost of any repair or replacement shall be borne by the owner. All repairs of meters of any type shall be accomplished within 30 calendar days of receipt of the inspection company's report attesting to the meter's malfunction. In the event of failure by the owner to meet the requirements of this subsection, the sewer service shall be terminated.
(b) 
In the case of missing flow records due to faulty meter registration or otherwise, an estimate of flows will be made for the purposes of determining volume of sewage discharged by the Township or its duly authorized delegate. This estimate will be based upon an evaluation of past flow records as applied to present conditions and as reviewed and approved by the Township or its duly authorized delegate.
(5) 
Where metering is not feasible, a calculation will be made by the Township or its appointed delegate to determine the number of billing equivalents which contribute to the waste water flow at a given connection. A minimum of one billing unit shall be applied to each connection regardless of the flow. For apartment or other multifamily dwellings, each apartment or dwelling unit shall be considered a billing unit.
B. 
Authority of Township.
(1) 
The Township and/or any duly authorized representative of the Township may require an owner of sewer services, at its own cost, to provide information needed to determine compliance with this chapter. These requirements may include:
(a) 
Wastewater discharge peak rate in volume over a specified period of time.
(b) 
Chemical analysis of wastewater.
(c) 
Information on raw materials, processes and product affecting wastewater volume and quality.
(d) 
Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge, oil, solvent or other materials important to sewer use control.
(e) 
A plot plan of sewers on the owner's property showing sewer and pretreatment facility location.
(f) 
Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
(g) 
Details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials through spills to the municipal sewer.
(2) 
Samples of waste may be obtained and analyzed, at the owner's expense, by the Township or its duly authorized representative at any place and at any reasonable time in order to ensure compliance with the terms of this chapter.
C. 
Measurement standards. All measurements, attests and analysis of the characteristic of waters and waste 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. Sampling methods, location, time, durations and frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject to the Township.
A. 
Sewer rental/user fee. Each owner of property served by the sanitary sewage system and having the use thereof shall pay an annual sewer rental, payable as hereinafter provided, for the use of the sanitary sewage system. Each occupied building shall be billed based on equivalent dwelling units of wastewater discharged. The annual charge per EDU adopted by the Board of Supervisors shall be fixed by resolution and may be modified at any time by further resolution of the Board. In addition to the sewer rental, the Township may impose a fee for maintenance, repair and replacement of the stormwater management facilities that serve the property, such fee to be added to the sewer charge and shall be established by resolution to reflect the costs of maintenance, repair, and replacement of said facilities as estimated by the Township Wastewater Engineer or reflecting actual experience.
B. 
Tapping fee. For each temporary sewer district located in the sanitary sewage system and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Township, there is hereby imposed upon each owner of a billing unit connecting to the sanitary sewage system a tapping fee. The tapping fee for each temporary sewer district shall be adopted by the Board of Supervisors by resolution and may be modified at anytime by resolution. Such tapping fee shall be paid to the Township by the owner at the time application is made to the Township to connect to the Township sanitary sewage system.
A. 
Monthly billings. Sewer rentals shall be paid monthly. Monthly billings for sewer rentals shall be made by bills dated on or about the first day of each month for that month. Sewer rentals shall be billed to owners of property connected to the sanitary sewage system. All persons connected to the sanitary sewage system are required to provide the Township or it duly authorized designee their correct address, and the obligation to update the address lies with the user. Failure to receive bills will not be considered an excuse for nonpayment nor permit an extension of the period during which the bills are payable at face.
B. 
Late fees/penalties. Monthly sewer rentals, if not paid by the due date specified on the monthly bill, shall be delinquent and shall be subject to payment of an interest charge of 1.5% per month, in addition to any penalty prescribed by resolution for nonpayment within the "face" payment periods. The sewer rentals imposed by this article shall be a lien on the property served from the date the charge thereof first becomes due and payable. If such sewer rentals are not paid, the Township shall file such liens and collect such sewer rentals by action in assumpsit in the name of the Township against the owner of the property served or the user of the service. The Township may pursue any other remedies available by law or equity. If a bill is not paid in 90 days, the Township may, after 10 days written notice to the owner, order the shutoff of the public water supply and the sewage service to the property. Failure of the Township to pursue any remedy does not preclude the Township from doing so in the future.
C. 
Restoration of service. Whenever sewer or water service has been shut off, no service shall be provided until all unpaid rentals have been paid and a charge paid for the cost of restoring service, but not less than $100.
D. 
Time and date of payments. Payments mailed, as evidenced by the United States Post Office mark, on or previous to the last day of the period during which the bills are payable, will be deemed to be payment within such period.
Those funds received by the Township from the collection of sewer tapping fees, sewer rentals/user fees and all interest and penalties thereon as herein provided for shall be segregated and kept separate and apart from all other funds of the Township and shall be used only for the purpose of operation, management, maintenance, repair, alteration, replacement, inspection, depreciation, or other expenses in relation to the sanitary sewage system.
A. 
The provisions of this article are declared to be for the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Township, and persons violating any provisions of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor, in a civil enforcement proceeding, pay a fine for each such violation in an amount not more than $1,000, together with all court costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred by the Township. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of determination of a violation by the District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Criminal Procedure. Each thirty-day period during which such violation of such provisions shall continue shall be considered a separate offense.
B. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall become liable to the Township for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the Township by reason of such violation. Proper officers of this Township are authorized and directed to do all things and take all legal action necessary, including the filing of municipal claims, shutting off water service or any other action, in accordance with law, to enforce collection of the debt service fee established and imposed hereby and otherwise to carry out provisions hereof. Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representation or certification in any application, record, reports, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this article or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this article, shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code pertaining to perjury and falsification in official matters, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4901 et seq.
C. 
Each occupied building, whether or not the owners thereof shall be permitted to connect two or more occupied buildings or units by a single common connection to a lateral of the Township sanitary sewage system or shall be required to make separate connections for each occupied building or unit, shall constitute a separate unit under the provisions of this article, and the persons owning occupied buildings, consisting of multiple billing units contained in the same structure, who violate any of the provisions of this article, shall be subject to the aforesaid civil enforcement proceeding before a District Justice for each and every one of such occupied buildings or billing units which are in violation of the provisions of this article. The Township Wastewater Engineer and other duly authorized employees or contractors of the Township, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the observation, measurements, sampling necessary.
A. 
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this article is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections or parts hereof. It is hereby declared the intent of the Township Board of Supervisors that this article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof not been included therein.
B. 
All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, conflicting with any provisions of this article are hereby repealed.
C. 
The Township hereby authorizes General Code to make nonsubstantive numbering and formatting changes to allow this article to comport with the numbering and formatting of the Code.