As used herein, the following terms shall have
the meanings stated:
BULK CONTAINMENT
Includes any impoundment, containment, reservoir, pond, tank
or other form of storage or containment, however denominated, containing
in excess of 25,000 gallons of any fluid, including but not limited
to public and private swimming pools, industrial lagoons, tanks and
other facilities.
COLLECTION SYSTEM
The system of public sewers, including laterals from street
mains to curb or property lines, located or to be located within Caln
Township, designed for the collection of sanitary sewage and operated
by Caln Township.
DELINQUENCY COSTS
Includes costs of payment to the Prothonotary for filing
and satisfying liens in the office of the Prothonotary, the Solicitor's
fees for preparing and filing such, costs of Township personnel for
the processing of delinquent accounts, costs of the posting of property
and of terminating and restoring water and sewage service to the property
which is the subject of the delinquent accounts, all other legal costs
incurred by the Township for enforcement of the collection and all
and any other fees incurred by the Township for the enforcement of
the collection and reimbursement or payment to any public utility,
Caln Township or political subdivision for rendering services, including
but not limited to termination of services for collection of delinquent
accounts and every and any other expense incurred in the collection
of delinquent charges.
DWELLING UNIT
Any single-family detached dwelling, semidetached dwelling,
attached dwelling, row house or townhouse, as well as any separate
or independent living unit within or forming a part of any duplex,
quadraplex, apartment building or other multiple-dwelling unit, however
denominated. Thus, an apartment building containing five apartments
shall be deemed to contain five dwelling units for the purpose of
computation of sewer rentals, connection fees and other similar charges.
So, too, a building or lot containing a commercial or industrial or
other nonresidential use and a residential dwelling unit shall be
deemed to impose upon the land and the owners thereof tapping charges
and sewer rentals computed based upon the charges and tapping fees
imposed for the commercial use, plus the charges and tapping fees
imposed upon the residential use, notwithstanding the fact that there
may be but a single sewer line or lateral entering the collection
system.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS
The gallons per day of estimated sewage flow emanating from
any commercial or industrial use as estimated by the applicant for
a permit and subject to the reasonable concurrence of the Township
Engineer, divided by 250. If such quotient is not a whole number,
the same shall be rounded off to the nearest high number.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or from the development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, as distinguished from sanitary sewage.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes resulting
from human occupancy of residences and other establishments.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Caln, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
[Amended 11-14-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-22; 6-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-8]
A. The Caln Township Municipal Authority shall impose
a tapping fee for each connection to be made to the collection system
at the curb or property line, which fee shall be at the rate as established
by resolution of the Authority. The tapping fee shall be payable upon
application for permit to make such connection. Said application for
permit shall be made and the fee therefor paid contemporaneously with
the application for a building permit or, if no such building permit
is required, then at the time of the application for a use and occupancy
permit. For any and all properties utilized for nonresidential purposes,
there is hereby imposed a tapping fee for each connection to be made
to the collection system, which fee shall be as established by resolution
of the Authority.
B. In addition to the tapping fee described above and
not included therein or substituted therefor, the Authority shall
impose an inspection fee for each direct or indirect connection to
the collection system in an amount as established by resolution of
the Authority. It is the intent hereby that a separate charge shall
be required for inspections of connections of each dwelling unit or
one or more stores or other units within a single building or one
or more connections within new industrial or institutional building
or buildings.
[Amended 1-5-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-1; 12-9-2004 by Ord. No.
2004-27; 6-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-8; 6-14-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-6]
The Authority shall establish by resolution
the annual sewer rent that shall be owed by every owner and user,
jointly and severally, of each property in the Township which is connected
to the collection system, or which is accessible to the collection
system which property is required to be connected to the collection
system, whether or not such property is actually connected to the
collection system.
The annual sewer rents imposed by §
128-11 hereof cover the discharge into the collection system of sanitary sewage only, and all persons are hereby prohibited from discharging into the collection system any wastes, substances or other matter other than sanitary sewage, except in accordance with §§
128-12 to
128-15, inclusive, hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all persons are specifically prohibited from discharging into the collection system any of the following waters or wastes:
A. Any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, water
from sump pumps or floor drains, roof runoff, subsurface drainage,
cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters.
B. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150º F.
C. Any garbage, except garbage properly ground in a garbage-grinding
device approved by Caln Township, which device shall induce sufficient
dilution water to carry the garbage after grinding in suspension so
as to prevent obstruction or restriction of the flow of said garbage
or sewage.
D. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in the collection system or to any interceptor, treatment and disposal
facilities to which the collection system is or is to be connected
or other interference with the proper operation of the collection
system or the aforesaid treatment facilities.
E. Any waters or wastes having a corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazards to structures, equipment or personnel
of the collection system or the aforesaid treatment facilities.
F. Any water or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the collection system or the
aforesaid treatment facilities. Toxic wastes shall include wastes
containing cyanide, copper and/or chromium ions.
G. Any water or wastes containing total solids of such
character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment works, except as
such waters or wastes may be approved by the owner or lessee of the
aforesaid treatment facilities.
H. Any noxious, explosive or malodorous gas or substance
capable of creating a public nuisance.
I. Bulk containment discharges.
Industrial wastes may be discharged into the
collection system, but only upon prior written permit issued by Caln
Township. Application for any such permit shall be accompanied by
such information relating to the nature or character of the industrial
waste proposed to be discharged or otherwise, including, without limitation,
a detailed engineering report in respect thereof prepared by a registered
engineer or engineering firm, as Caln Township may reasonably require.
Any permit issued under this section may be conditioned upon compliance
with such reasonable restrictions as Caln Township may impose, including,
without limitation, requirements for the establishment of facilities
for the pretreatment and prescreening of wastes, the construction
of flow-equalization facilities to assure a uniform rate of discharge
and the construction of suitable control manholes to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of wastes and the discharge thereof. Grease,
oil and sand interceptors shall be provided by the applicant when
they are required by Caln Township for the proper handling of liquid
wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes,
sand or other harmful ingredients. All such interceptors shall be
of a type and capacity approved by Caln Township and shall be so located
as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
Where any such required facilities or interceptors are constructed,
they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective
operation by the applicant at his expense. No permit for the discharge
of industrial wastes issued under this section shall be deemed to
give any right to the applicant to continue such use, and any such
permit may be revoked by Caln Township at any time.
Caln Township may promulgate prohibitions against specific types or strengths of industrial wastes or other substances (in addition to those set forth in §
128-12) which are harmful to the collection system or which are prohibited from discharge to any interceptor, treatment and disposal facilities to which the collection system is or is to be connected. Such prohibitions may be modified from time to time by Caln Township, and any permit issued pursuant to §
128-13 shall, by virtue hereof, be subject to such prohibitions as are in existence from time to time. Any person questioning the reasonableness of any such prohibitions as applied to property owned or used by such person shall have the right to a hearing before the Board of Commissioners within a reasonable time after requesting the same (but such request shall not operate as a stay of such prohibitions), except in cases where such prohibitions have been established or specifically approved by ordinance.
[Amended 2-28-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-2]
If any installment of sewer rent is not paid
within 30 days after the date of the bill, a penalty of 10% shall
be added thereto; and if the installment plus penalty is not paid
within 60 days after the date of the bill, the aggregate amount thereof
shall bear interest from the penalty date at the rate of 1/2 of 1%
per month or fraction thereof. Any unpaid sewer rent, together with
penalties and interest thereon to the extent permitted by law, and
all delinquent costs, shall be a lien on the property served, which
may be collected by action in assumpsit, by distress and/or by a lien
filed in the nature of a municipal claim and/or by termination of
services as and to the extent provided by law. In addition, any costs
and/or attorney's fees incurred by Caln Township shall be added to
the unpaid sewer rent along with penalties and interest as set forth
above, and the aggregate of the same shall be entered as a lien on
the property served.
The Township reserves the right to amend or
modify this article or any parts thereof at any time or from time
to time.