[Adopted 5-26-1987 as Ch. 18, Part 1 of the 1987
Code of Ordinances]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the
meaning of terms and phrases used in this article shall be as follows:
Antrim Township Municipal Authority, a municipality authority incorporated,
organized and existing under provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, approved May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented,[1] acting by and through its Board or, in appropriate cases, acting
by and through its authorized representatives.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to
the lateral of a sewer.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Property within this Township upon which there is erected a structure
intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human
beings or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes shall be or may be discharged. The term "improved property" shall not
include or apply to barns or other farm outbuildings unless such structures
are improved with bathroom facilities for the discharge of sanitary sewage.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected directly
or indirectly to the sewer system used or intended for use, wholly or in part,
for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling of any
product, commodity or article, or any other improved property located in this
Township from which wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage,
shall be discharged.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance of waterborne wastes or form
of energy rejected or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery or
processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curbline
or, if there shall be no curbline, to a point designated by the Township,
or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then lateral shall mean that portion
of or place in a sewer which is provided for connection of any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial,
of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation,
school district, municipality, municipality authority or other group or entity.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any improved
property.
Any pipe, main or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
and used or usable for collection and transportation of sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping,
transporting, treating and disposing of wastewater to be acquired and/or to
be constructed and to be owned by the Authority and to be leased to the Township
for maintenance, operation and use.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
Any street, road, lane, cul-de-sac, alley, public way or public square.
The Township of Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a municipal
subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors
or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
A.
The owner of any improved property accessible to and
whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer system shall connect
such improved property with such sewer system and shall use such sewer system,
in such manner as this Township may require, within 60 days after notice to
such owner from this Township to make such connection, for the purpose of
discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such improved
property; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall
be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township from
time to time.
B.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved
property, after connections of such improved property with a sewer as required
under § 110-2A, shall be conducted into a sewer; subject, however,
to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise
shall be established by this Township from time to time.
C.
No person shall place, shall deposit or shall permit
to be placed or to be deposited upon public or private property within this
Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of § 110-2A.
D.
No person shall discharge or shall permit to be discharged
to any natural outlet within this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial
wastes in violation of § 110-2A, except where suitable treatment
has been provided which is satisfactory to this Township.
E.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle shall be used or shall be maintained at any time upon any improved
property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under
§ 110-2A to be connected to a sewer. Every such privy vault, cesspool,
sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned
and, at the discretion of this Township, shall be cleansed and shall be filled
at the expense of the owner of such improved property under the direction
and supervision of this Township; and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole,
septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by this
Township, not cleansed and filled, shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance
may be abated as provided by law at the expense of the owner of such improved
property.
F.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
G.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a
sewer, referred to in § 110-2A, shall consist of a copy of this
article, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect,
or a summary of each section thereof, and a written or printed document requiring
the connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying
that such connection shall be made within 60 days from the date such notice
is given. Such notice may be given at any time when a sewer is in place which
can receive and can convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment
and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served
upon the owner in accordance with law.
A.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening
into or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or any part of the
sewer system without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from this Township.
B.
Application for a permit required under Subsection A
shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served
or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
C.
No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled
each of the following conditions:
(1)
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this
Township of the desire and intention to connect such improved property to
a sewer.
(2)
Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained
a permit as required by Subsection A.
(3)
Such person shall have given the appropriate Township
official at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be
made so that this Township may supervise and inspect or may cause to be supervised
and inspected the work of connections and necessary testing.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
(4)
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory
evidence to the Secretary of this Township that any tapping (or connection)
fee which may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the owner of
each improved property who connects such improved property to a sewer has
been paid.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building
sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall
not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary
reasons or other good cause shown, but then only after special permission
of this Township, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to
such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by this Township.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs
and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer shall be borne by
the owner of the improved property to be connected, and such owner shall indemnify
and shall save harmless this Township and the Authority from all loss or damage
that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction
of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
A.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at a place
designated by this Township or by the Authority and where, if applicable,
the lateral is provided.
B.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection
shall be at the same or higher elevation than the invert of a sewer. A smooth,
neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building sewer to the lateral
shall be made secure and watertight.
If the owner of any improved property abutting on or adjoining any street
in which a sewer constituting part of the sewer system is located, after 60
days' notice from this Township requiring the connection of such improved
property with a sewer, in accordance with § 110-2A, shall fail to
connect such improved property as required, this Township may make such connection
and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by a municipal
claim, an action in assumpsit or such other legal proceeding as may be permitted
by law.
A.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to
a sewer is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or
sewage disposal device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the
structure side of such sewage disposal system or sewage disposal device and
attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer
line as a building sewer.
B.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been
inspected and approved by this Township. If any part of a building sewer is
covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered for
inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property to
be connected to a sewer.
C.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be
maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such
improved property.
D.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded
adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Any street, sidewalk and other public property disturbed in the course
of installation of a building sewer shall be restored, at the cost and expense
of the owner of the improved property being connected, in a manner satisfactory
to this Township.
E.
If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt
of a notice of this Township or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt of such
notice, this Township or the Authority may refuse to permit such person to
discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until
such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction
of this Township and the Authority.
F.
This Township reserves the right to adopt, from time
to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper
relating to connections with a sewer and with the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be construed as part
of this article.
A.
When a property owner along an existing sewer line intends
to connect into the Authority's sewer, the following conditions must be met:
(1)
If the property owner has paid his or her connection
fee for a future service at the time of construction and his or her lateral
has been constructed, a permit to connect to the system will be issued. The
house lateral will then be installed and the lateral inspected by the Township
upon payment of the inspection fee to the Township.
(2)
If a property owner did not pay a connection fee at the
time of construction of the original public sewer system, an application must
be made to the Township to connect, and the then-existing connection fee,
tapping fee and inspection fee must be paid prior to issuance of a building
permit and commencement of construction. The Township will provide the service
lateral from the sewer main to the right-of-way line at the owner's expense.
The owner shall, at his or her expense, install the line from the right-of-way
to the improvements on the owner's property.
[Amended 1-9-1990 by Ord. No. 196]
B.
Special provisions for subdividers.
(1)
When a property owner wants to subdivide his or her property
and have the lots connect into the Authority's sewer system, the following
procedures shall apply:
(a)
If the subdivided lots are adjacent to the sewer line
along a road with a sewer line available, the procedures outlined in Subsection
A above shall be followed.
(b)
If the subdivided lots are not serviced by an existing
sewer, the developer shall make application to the Township to connect into
the existing sewer system, present plans of his or her proposed sewer extension,
pay the tapping fees for each physical connection to the existing sewer system,
pay the connection fee for each EDU within the proposed subdivision/land development,
pay the Township inspection fees, and construct the proposed sewer extension
complete, including the service laterals, to the edge of the sewer right-of-way
at the developer's expense. The tapping fees for each physical connection
within the development/subdivision shall be paid as set forth in Subsection
A(2) above.
[Amended 1-9-1990 by Ord. No. 196]
(c)
The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all
subdivision or land developments located within 500 feet of the Authority's
sewer system.
[Amended 1-9-1990 by Ord. No. 196]
(2)
After dedication of the lines to the Township, the Township
will not charge the developer connection fees for the future lots within the
subdivision, provided that the developer has constructed all the lines at
his or her expense. Where another property owner owns land between the end
of the original service line and the new subdivision and applies for a permit
to connect into the newly dedicated line, the Authority will charge the in-between
developer connection fees as stated in Subsection A(2).
C.
The provisions of § 110-9A(2)
and B(2), as amended, shall not apply to building lots with existing laterals
at the time of enactment, nor to any subdivision and land development plans
submitted and approved prior to the effective date of this article, provided
that improvements are constructed upon any such lots and such improvements
are physically connected to the public sewer system within two years from
the date of enactment of this article.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
This article shall be enforced by action brought before a District Justice
in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under
the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Any person who violates or permits
the violation of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding,
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by 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. Each section
of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
