[Adopted 2-23-1968 by Ord. No. 15]
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "North Codorus Township Sewage Facilities Ordinance."
[Amended 8-1-1984 by Ord. No. 79-84; 4-7-1993 by Ord. No. 126-04-93]
There is hereby established and created in the
Township of North Codorus the position entitled "Township Sewage Enforcement
Officer" under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.[1] The duties of said officer shall be to issue permits prior
to the commencement of the installation of any individual or community
disposal system, and the further duty of said officer shall be the
inspection of all sewage disposal systems proposed to be installed
within the Township of North Codorus for the purpose of determining
whether such proposed installations conform to the requirements of
the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act. For purposes of this article
the installation of any individual or community sewage system shall
include the repair, replacement or enlargement of any treatment tank,
subsurface absorption area or holding tank or privy unless the Department
of Environmental Protection determines that a permit is not required
in a particular case. A permit shall be required for the installation
of an individual on-lot sewage system for a residential structure
occupied or intended to be occupied by not more than two families,
one of whom is the property owner, on a contiguous tract of land of
10 acres or more if the owner of the property was the owner of record
as of January 10, 1987.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq.
No person, firm or corporation shall install
within the Township of North Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania, any
individual or community sewage disposal system unless there shall
have been obtained from North Codorus Township a permit indication
that site, plans and specifications of such system are in compliance
with the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act. No such permit shall
be issued by the Township Sewage Enforcement Officer unless the facilities
proposed to be installed shall comply with the requirements of the
Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as promulgated
under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.
[Amended 10-1-1969 by Ord. No. 21]
Prior to the commencement of the installation
of any individual or community disposal system, a permit so to do,
if required under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act, 1966, January 24, P.L. (1965) 1535,[1] must be obtained from the North Codorus Township Sewage
Enforcement Officer. In order to obtain such a permit, the owner of
the land upon which such installation is to be made shall make, or
cause to be made, an application to the Township Sewage Enforcement
Officer on such form as shall be provided by the Township through
the Township Sewage Enforcement Officer. All pertinent information
required to be on said form shall be submitted by the applicant.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq.
[Amended 10-1-1969 by Ord. No. 21; 11-3-1971 by Ord. No.
26; 2-8-1980 by Ord. No. 56; 4-2-1980 by Ord. No. 60; 8-1-1984 by Ord. No. 79-84; 4-7-1993 by Ord. No. 126-04-93]
A permit and inspection fee established by resolution
of the North Codorus Township Board of Supervisors shall be paid at
the time the application is filed.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the current fee schedule
is on file in the Township offices.
Upon receipt of each application, the Township
Sewage Enforcement Officer shall examine the application and make
such inspection or inspections of the proposed installation as will
enable him to determine whether the same complies with the laws and
regulations promulgated by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.[1] Upon being so satisfied, the Sewage Enforcement Officer
shall issue the permit as applied for.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq.
The Township Sewage Enforcement Officer shall
keep a record of all applications submitted to him and his action
taken on each such application; and he shall report, from time to
time, as the Supervisors shall require, on his work as Sewage Enforcement
Officer. All fees received by the Sewage Enforcement Officer for the
use of the Township under the provisions shall be paid by him to the
Township Supervisors not later than their monthly meeting following
receipt of such fees.
[Added 10-1-1969; amended 3-15-1989 by Ord. No. 108-3-89]
Except as may otherwise be provided by 35 P.S.
§ 750.1 et seq., any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
