[Adopted 12-5-1985 by Ord. No. 1985-3]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this article
shall be as follows:
Eastern York County Sewer Authority, a Pennsylvania municipal
authority.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm by weight, utilized
in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure
shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Sewage," published by the American Public
Health Association.
A three-month period determined by dividing the calendar
or fiscal year into four periods of three months each.
The quantity of chlorine absorbed in water, sewage or other
liquids, allowing a residual of 0.1 ppm by weight after 15 minutes
of contact.
Any improved property which shall be used, in whole or in
part, for sale or distribution of any product, commodity, article
or service, excluding, however, churches and chapels (which shall
be considered to be domestic units) and industrial establishments.
A combination of individual samples obtained at regular intervals
over a specific time period not to exceed two hours.
The concentration as determined by a twenty-four-hour composite
sample.
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure which shall
be occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters
by one family or other group of people living together or by individuals
living alone, and also shall mean schools, churches and chapels, upon
an improved property.
Solid wastes resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
An individual sample collected in less than 15 minutes.
An occupation or profession such as, but not
limited to, physician (M.D. or D.O.), dentist, optometrist, optician,
chiropractor, podiatrist, veterinarian, psychologist, artist, writer,
lawyer, realtor, real estate salesperson, salesperson, sales representative,
surveyor, engineer, architect, accountant, barber, beautician, seamstress,
dressmaker, music or dance instructor or teacher, maintenance or repair
service, insurance agent, any business involving the display or sale
of a product, or other similar occupation or profession, which:
Is carried on only in a domestic unit or in
a structure accessory to a domestic unit.
Is carried on by a member of the family residing
in the domestic unit, and not more than one employee outside the family.
Is clearly incidental and secondary to the use
of the domestic unit for residential purposes and does not involve
the use of more than 25% of the total combined floor area of the domestic
unit and any accessory structure, and does not result in more than
25% of the total combined gross income of all family members occupying
the domestic unit as reported on their federal income tax returns.
A home occupation or profession use will be considered as, and billed at, the same rate as provided for a residential use under the provisions of this article, relating to sewer rentals or charges for the use of the sewer system. In the event that the use of the domestic unit meets or satisfies all of the above requirements except for Subsection A(3), it shall be billed at the same rate as provided for a commercial establishment.
Any property within Hellam Township and within the area served
by the authority upon which there is erected a structure or structures
intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by
human beings or animals and from which structure or structures sewage
and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any improved property which shall be used, in whole or in
part, for manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling
any product, commodity or article or from which any process waste,
as distinct from sewage, shall be discharged.
Solid, liquid or gaseous substances or forms of energy released
or escaping in the course of an industrial, manufacturing, trade or
business process or in the course of development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, as distinct from sewage, excluding any ground,
surface or stormwater.
The concentration not to be exceeded at any time in any grab
sample.
All commercial establishments, industrial establishments
and all other uses other than domestic units, and any combination
thereof.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property located within Hellam Township
and within the area served by the authority.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity, public or private.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, and indicates the
degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
Parts per million.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
its particles will be carried freely under normal sewer flow conditions,
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in dimension.
All domestic units.
Any improved property owned or occupied by any school district
or school districts and used in connection with the public education
system of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and any establishment
used for private school purposes and not falling within the foregoing
definition shall be considered to be a commercial establishment.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property, excluding any ground, surface or stormwater.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
which shall be used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and industrial wastes.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtration.
Hellam Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Any poisonous substance, including copper, cyanide and chromium
ions.
Any publicly or privately owned duly authorized agency, corporation,
municipality or organization which is the approved purveyor of the
public water supply within the area served by the authority within
Hellam Township.
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Editor's Note: Original Sections 2 through 5, Sewer rentals and charges, as amended 4-6-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-5; Computation of sewer rentals and charges; Time and method of payment; and Liens for sewer rentals; filing and collection of liens, respectively, which immediately followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). These provisions were replaced with §§ 380-8 and 380-9.
Sewer rentals and charges for use of the sewer
system shall be imposed and collected by the authority in accordance
with one or more resolutions of the authority.
Sewer rentals and charges imposed by the authority
shall be a lien upon the improved property connected to and served
by the sewer system; and such sewer rentals and charges which shall
be delinquent may be filed and collected by the authority as a lien
against the improved property so connected to and served by the sewer
system, which lien shall be filed in the Office of the Prothonotary
of York County, Pennsylvania, and shall be collected in the manner
provided by law for the filing and collecting the municipal claims.
A.
Methods of measuring volume.
(1)
Whenever the entire water supply of an improved property
which shall discharge sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer
system shall be supplied by a water company, the volume of water furnished,
as determined from meter readings of the water company, shall be used
as the measure of discharge of sewage and/or industrial wastes in
computing sewer rentals and charges, subject to adjustment, if appropriate,
as provided in this article.
(2)
Whenever an improved property which shall discharge
sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system shall have a
source or sources of water supply in addition to or other than a water
company, the owner shall provide a meter on such additional or other
source or sources of water supply. The total volume of water consumed,
as determined from the meter readings of the water company and the
meter readings of the meter or meters on such additional or other
source or sources of water supply, or the meter readings of the meter
or meters on such other source or sources of water supply, as appropriate,
shall be used as the measure of discharge of sewage and/or industrial
wastes in computing the sewer rentals and charges, subject to adjustment,
if appropriate, as provided in this article.
(3)
Whenever an improved property shall use water from
the water company and/or water from a source or sources of water in
addition to or other than the water company, and all or part of the
water so used is required to be excluded from the sewer system by
the authority the volume used as the measure of discharge of sewage
and/or industrial wastes in computing sewer rentals and charges may,
at the sole discretion or option of the authority, be adjusted by
one of the following methods:
(a)
By installing a meter or other measuring device
on the connection to the sewer system. The readings from such meter
or measuring device shall be used as the measure of discharge of sewage
and/or industrial wastes in computing sewer rentals and charges.
(b)
By installing a meter or other measuring device
to measure the volume required to be excluded from the sewage system.
The readings from such meter or measuring device shall be deducted
from the total water meter readings and the remainder shall be used
as the measure of discharge of sewage and/or industrial wastes in
computing sewer rentals and charges.
(c)
If it is not practical, in the opinion of the
authority, to install a meter or other measuring device to determine
continuously the volume required to be excluded from the sewer system,
the authority shall determine, in such manner and by such method as
it may prescribe, the percentage of metered water which is being discharged
into the sewer system. The quantity of water used as the measure of
discharge of sewage and/or industrial wastes in computing sewer rentals
and charges shall be the percentage so determined of the quantity
measured by the water meter or meters. Any dispute as to such estimated
percentage shall be submitted to the authority, after notice of such
estimate. The decision of the authority with respect to the matter
shall be final for the then current calendar year.
B.
Measuring devices. Meters and other measuring devices which shall be required or permitted under this § 380-10, other than meters of the water company, shall be furnished and installed by the owner, at his expense, shall be under the control of the authority and may be tested, inspected or repaired by the authority whenever necessary. The owner shall be responsible for the maintenance and safekeeping of such meter or other measuring device; and all repairs thereto shall be made at the expense of the owner, whether such repairs shall be made necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other cause. Bills for such repairs, if made by the authority, shall be due and payable immediately upon completion of such repairs and shall be collected in the same manner as quarterly bills for sewer rentals and charges.
A.
Approval required for industrial wastes. The discharge
into the sewer system of industrial wastes having:
B.
Preliminary treatment and handling of industrial wastes.
(1)
Whenever necessary, in the opinion of the authority,
the owner shall provide, at his expense, such facilities for preliminary
treatment and handling of industrial wastes as may be necessary to:
(a)
Reduce BOD to 300 ppm and suspended solids to
300 ppm by weight; or
(b)
Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents
to come within the maximum limits permitted in this article; or
(c)
Control the volume, rate of discharge, and/or
quality over a twenty-four-hour day and a seven-day week.
(2)
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed facilities for preliminary treatment and handling
of industrial wastes shall be submitted to the authority and no construction
of any such facility shall be commenced until such plans, specifications
and other pertinent information first shall have been submitted to
the authority and until approval thereof first shall have been obtained
from any governmental regulatory body having jurisdiction.
(3)
Whenever facilities for preliminary treatment and
handling of industrial wastes shall have been provided by the owner,
which shall be satisfactory to the authority, such facilities continuously
shall be maintained, at the expense of the owner, in satisfactory
operating condition; and the authority shall have access to such facilities
at reasonable times for purposes of inspection and testing.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface
drainage into any sewer.
B.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, no person
shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
wastes or waters into the sewer system:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F. or less than 32° F.
(2)
Any water or waste containing more than 70 ppm by
weight of fats, oils or greases.
(3)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas which, by reason of its
nature or quality, may cause fire or explosion or which may be injurious
to any person or to the sewer system or the operation thereof.
(4)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, shall be capable
of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or of preventing entry
into any sewer or into the sewage treatment works of the sewer system
for maintenance and repair.
(5)
Any garbage, except properly shredded garbage.
(6)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, hay, straw, scraps,
shavings, metal, glass, rags, bones, feathers, tar, plastic, wood,
paunch manure, butcher's offal, whole blood, bentonite, lye, building
material, rubber, leather, porcelain, china, ceramic wastes or any
other solid or viscous substance which shall be capable of causing
obstruction to the flow in any sewer or other interference with the
proper operation of the sewer system.
(7)
Any water or waste having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher
than 9.0 or having any corrosive or scale-forming property capable
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or bacterial
action of the sewer system or to personnel engaged in the operation
and maintenance thereof.
(8)
Any water or waste containing any toxic substance
in quantity sufficient to constitute a hazard to humans or animals
or to interfere with the biochemical processes of the sewerage treatment
works of the sewer system or that will pass through the sewerage treatment
works of the sewer system in such condition so that it will exceed
state, federal or other validly existing requirements for the receiving
system.
(9)
Any water or waste containing total solids greater
than 2,000 ppm or having suspended solids greater than 150 ppm of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense shall
be required to handle such water or waste at the sewerage treatment
works of the sewer system.
(10)
Any toxic radioactive isotopes.
(11)
Any drainage from building construction.
(12)
Any pathological matter originating from doctor's
offices, hospitals, laboratories, etc.
(13)
Wastes containing any of the following substances
in solution or in suspension in concentrations exceeding those shown
in the following table:
|
Daily Average Concentration
|
Instantaneous Maximum Concentration
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Substance
|
(24-hour composite)
(mg/L)
|
(Grab sample)
(mg/L)
| |
|
As
|
0.5
|
1.0
| |
|
B
|
5.0
|
10.0
| |
|
Cd
|
0.5
|
1.0
| |
|
Cr+6
|
0.05
|
0.1
| |
|
Cr
|
0.6
|
1.2
| |
|
Cu
|
0.8
|
1.6
| |
|
CN
|
0.15
|
0.3
| |
|
H2S
|
—
|
10.0
| |
|
Fe
|
25.0
|
25.0
| |
|
Pb
|
0.5
|
1.0
| |
|
Hg
|
0.003
|
0.006
| |
|
Ni
|
1.0
|
2.0
| |
|
NQ
|
—
|
10.0
| |
|
Phenolics
|
0.3
|
0.6
| |
|
Ag
|
1.0
|
2.0
| |
|
SO2
|
—
|
10.0
| |
|
Zn
|
1.0
|
2.0
| |
(14)
Any other toxic substance that will pass through
the sewage works and exceed state or federal environmental quality
standards or cause an adverse effect on the sewage treatment processes
or the quality of the treatment plant effluent.
C.
Changes are imposed upon and shall be collected from
the owner of each improved property which shall be connected with
the sewer system from which there shall be discharged, directly or
indirectly, into the sewer system a substance or quantity of a substance
in violation of the provisions of this section if different from the
owner and whether or not the unlawful discharge shall emanate from
an improved property. The charge shall be the amount of the cost,
expense, loss or damage to the sewer system of the authority as a
result, directly or indirectly, of the discharge, including by way
of example and not limitation, physical damage to the sewer system
or any component part, the cost of labor, equipment rental and materials
used in the repair or replacement of the damaged components upon the
authority or its agents, officers and employees, damages to third
parties, and costs incident to litigation, civil or criminal, or the
preparation, defense or settlement of the litigation.
D.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed
as prohibiting any special agreement or arrangement between the authority
and any person whereby industrial wastes of unusual strength or character
may be admitted into the sewer system by the authority, either before
or after preliminary treatment.
A.
Required survey data. Any person desiring to make
a connection to the sewer system through which industrial wastes shall
be discharged into the sewer system shall file with the authority
an "Industrial Wastes Questionnaire," to be furnished by the authority,
which shall supply pertinent data, including estimated quantity of
flow, to the authority with respect to industrial wastes proposed
to be discharged into the sewer system.
B.
Control manholes.
(1)
Any person who shall discharge industrial wastes into
the sewer system, when required by the authority, shall construct
and thereafter properly shall maintain, at his own expense, a suitable
control manhole to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling
by the authority.
(2)
Any such control manhole, when required by the authority,
shall be constructed at an accessible, safe, suitable and satisfactory
location in accordance with plans approved by the authority prior
to commencement of construction.
C.
Sewage sampling. Industrial wastes being discharged
into the sewer system shall be subject to periodic sampling, inspection
and determination of character and concentration. Such sampling, inspection
and determination shall be made by the authority as frequently as
may be deemed necessary. Representative samples for a full working
day shall be obtained by taking hourly samples and compositing them
in accordance with the flow at the time of sampling. Sewage sampling
facilities shall be accessible to the authority at all times. Due
care shall be exercised in the collection and preservation of all
samples to insure preservation thereof in as nearly the natural state
as possible, including refrigeration of all samples which are intended
for analysis by biochemical methods. The owner of any improved property
from which such industrial wastes are discharged into the sewer system
shall be responsible for payment of, or reimbursement to the authority
for all costs incurred in connection with such periodic sampling,
inspection and determination of character and concentration of such
wastes, together with such charges as may be established by resolution
of the authority, from time to time, in connection with the administration
and enforcement of this section.
D.
Analysis.
(1)
The authority shall be responsible for analysis of
samples of industrial wastes.
(2)
Laboratory methods used in the analysis of samples
of industrial wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition
of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" as published
by the American Public Health Association; provided, however, that
alternate methods for the analysis of industrial wastes may be used,
subject to mutual agreement between the authority and the person discharging
such industrial wastes into the sewer system.
E.
Changes in types of wastes. Any owner of an improved
property who is discharging industrial wastes into the sewer system
and who contemplates a change in the method of operation which will
alter the type of industrial wastes at the time being discharged into
the sewer system shall notify the authority, in writing, at least
10 days prior to consummation of such change.
The authority shall have the right to access
at reasonable times to any part of any improved property served by
the sewer system as shall be required for purposes of inspection,
measurement, sampling and testing and for performance of other functions
relating to services rendered by the authority through the sewer system.
The Township and the authority reserve the right
to adopt, from time to time, such additional rules and regulations
as they shall deem necessary and proper in connection with the use
and operation of the sewer system, all of which rules and regulations
shall be, shall become and shall be construed as part of this article.
[Amended 9-5-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-6; 2-6-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-1]
A.
Hellam Township police officers, the appropriate enforcement
officers of Hellam Township, or other appropriate officer or officers
of Hellam Township shall have the power to enforce the provisions
of this article.
B.
Penalty for violation. Any person who violates or
permits a violation of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary
proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge 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 all costs of
prosecution, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees, and in
default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned for a term not to
exceed 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.
It is declared that the enactment of this article
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of the inhabitants of Hellam Township.
