Upon receipt of notice from the Ewing-Lawrence
Sewerage Authority that the sewer in any street in Ewing Township
is ready to receive sewage or industrial waste, the Board of Health
of Ewing Township shall order every property owner along the line
of said sewer to connect his house or other building to such sewer.
A fee for service connections may be charged as established by said
Authority.
The Board of Health shall designate one of its
officers to give notice of its order requiring connection to the Ewing-Lawrence
Sewerage Authority. The notice shall be addressed to the owner of
said property as the name of said owner appears in the last tax duplicate
of Ewing Township and shall describe the property by lot and block
designation as the same appears on the Tax Map of Ewing Township and
by the street address thereof, if a street address exists, and shall
state that by order of the Board of Health of the Township of Ewing,
the owner is required to connect the house or other building or buildings
on said property with the sewer. The notice shall inform the owner
of the penalty to be imposed for failure to comply with the order,
in accordance with terms of this article.
Notice may be served on the owner personally
or by leaving it at his usual place of abode with a member of his
family above the age of 18 years, if the owner has a place of abode
within the Township of Ewing. Notice may also be served within or
without the limits of the Township of Ewing by registered mail to
the last known post office address of said owner as the same appears
on the last tax duplicate of the Township of Ewing.
Charges for sewage disposal service shall be charged as of 60 days after service of the above notice. This is not intended to abrogate or amend §
300-4.
All sewer connections involving the construction
or reconstruction of said improvements within the Township shall conform
to the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority construction rules and regulations
dated September 1994, and as amended by said Authority from time to
time, as well as the Wastewater Treatment Program rules and regulations
dated April 1992, again as amended by the Authority from time to time.
Any improvements requiring the issuance of a certificate of occupancy
by the Township Construction Official shall not release said certificate
until said Construction Official verifies that the aforementioned
sewer connection has been made in accordance with the Authority's
rules and regulations.
Any person or corporation who shall not comply
with any order issued in accordance with the provisions of this article
within 30 days after notice of such order shall, upon conviction thereof,
pay a fine of $25 and shall pay an additional fine of $10 for each
day of delay after the expiration of the 30 days, until the provisions
of the order are complied with.